Item B: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Department of Youth Services Corrections . We have experienced a reduction of 44 secure beds for juvenile offenders (out of75 total) at the state training school (over 125 admissions each year are remaining in the community). . Out of a total of 96 detention beds, only 32 are available for use because we cannot afford staff to operate the facility (32 beds allow for about 800 admissions each year) . In 2004, 715 juveniles were released early from detention. . In FY 80-81, DYS had about 85 staff and in 05-06 there are about 71" . Intensive supervision/treatment services for 120 juvenile offenders annually have been lost, resulting in larger case loads, less treatment monitoring, and fewer services to families. We are unable to afford offender management technology, such as electronic monitoring, which as limited our ability to monitor juvenile sex offenders and other high risk offenders returning to the community. Treatment . Residential alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment funding is at 33 percent of available space. Out ofa total of21 AOD juvenile beds, only 8 are funded (14 beds serves about 40 juveniles per year)" Out of21 juvenile shelter beds, only 7 are funded. (14 shelter beds serve about 80 juveniles per year) About 80 percent of female juvenile offenders have drug and alcohol issues and represent about 25 percent of all juvenile crime. There are no Lane County General Fund beds for adolescent female offenders with AOD issues. The county has had between 2 and 4 beds funded through time-limited grant funds" There are no shelter care beds for girls in our community . Juvenile sex offender supervision/treatment is currently funded through grant funds" . Community options for first time offenders have been reduced by 62 percent" Comparison to Clackamas'l Marion and Washington Counties Juvenile Arrests Juvenile Arrests per 1,000 Y~uth Percent Chronic Juvenile -Offenders Lane 2,820 37.2 6.3 Clackamas 2,246 24.7 2.7 Marion 4,090 50.0 6.3 Wash 2,485 19.2 3.3 Public Safety Needs in Lane County Cities Coburg. The City of Co burg sees themselves as partners and part of the planning for greater Lane County. Similar to Junction City, they have their own court, police chief, and have 5 police officers. Although Coburg did not express any needs, they expressed a desire to want to do things better, want support, and want to be team players. f Cottage Grove. The lack of or reduction of public safety services provided on the County level has had a significant impact on our ability to provide good public safety with in the community. Executive Summary - Lane County Public Safety Task Force Final Report 10