Item B: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Results: Improves supervision of addicts and dealers; increase rate of treatment participation by high and medium risk offenders to 30 percent. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- offending rate. Sherman CenterlDOMC Staff Enhancement. Fund three additional Release Assistance Officers who will apply a regularly validated uniform risk assessment tool permitting objective individual release and hold decisions for pretrial inmates based on their risk. Cost: $270,000 Results: Creates a 24/7 operation in which each of the 14,000 plus people booked in to the jail every year is interviewed and assessed, within four hours of being booked, for risk of failure to appear in court, dangerousness, and the likelihood of committing new crimes. The failure to appear rate will be reduced. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate" ~ Goal-Reduce Family Violence. The majority of domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect, and elder abuse are committed by people under the influence of drugs and alcohol" Family violence in Lane County should not be tolerated and must be significantly reduced. Familv Violence Dete~tives. Three detectives will be added to the investigative unit to focus on family violence; one civil service deputy will enhance the delivery of protective orders such as retraining and stalking orders, and subpoenas. Cost: $650,000 Results: Increase prosecution success of family abuses. Part of a balanced public safety system. Domestic Violence Prosecution Team. Create a new, coordinated Domestic Violence Team to handle up to 1,000 family violence cases per year. Recruit approximately 20 volunteers to act as 24-hour responders. Cost: $890,000 Results: Defendants that beat up intimate partners and children will be aggressively prosecuted and held accountable, with conviction rates exceeding 80 percent. Part of a balanced public safety system. Home-based Behavioral Systems Familv Therapv for Juveniles. Provide funding for two additional probation and supervision staff. Cost: $170,000 . Results: Approximately 85 youth will receive intensive supervision services and 70 percent will be diverted from chronic delinquency. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate" Suoenrise Domestic Violence Offenders and Sex .Offenders.. Provide improved staffing in P&P to intensively supervise adult domestic violence offenders and sex offenders, many of whom are misdemeanants. Cost: $540,000 Results: Reduce caseload sizes from approximately 110 offenders per officer (domestic violence) to 55 and from 75-80 offenders per officer (sex offenders) to 55. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Executive Summary - Lane County Public Safety Task Force Final Report 16