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<br />Lane County's Property tax rate includinsz timber revenue is the 35th lowest in the state with <br />only Clatsop County lower. <br /> <br />Lane County permanent property tax rate <br />Washington County <br />Clackamas (city) <br />Clackamas (rural) <br />Marion <br />Multnomah <br /> <br />$ 1.28/1000 <br />$ 2.25/1000 <br />$ 2.40/1000 <br />$ 2.97/1000 <br />$ 3.02/1000 <br />$ 4.34/1000 <br /> <br />Note: over 25 years, needs, missions and funding sources change. The above chart is not meant <br />to be an exact comparison of identical services. It was prepared to demonstrate that loss has <br />been county wide. <br /> <br />Lane County District Attorney <br /> <br />. Since 1980, crime caseload has more than doubled, while criminal prosecution staff has been <br />cut by 30 percent; over the last 25 years, the investigator staff has been cut from 11 to only 1 - <br />over 90 percent. <br />. 100 misdemeanor crimes-including misdemeanor theft and forgery-are no longer <br />prosecuted due to lack of funding for DA staff. <br />. The Juvenile Prosecution division has a higher caseload, with less that half the legal staff, than <br />either Douglas or Deschutes Counties. <br />. 24 hour Victim's Response has been eliminated. <br /> <br />Comparison to Clackamas", Marion", and Washington Counties <br /> <br />Felonies Filed with DA <br />Felonies Filed per Prosecution Lawyer <br /> <br />Lane Clackamas <br />3,578 2,056 <br />149 76 <br /> <br />Marion <br />3,709 <br />128 <br /> <br />Wash <br />3,452 <br />84 <br /> <br />Lane County Sheriff's Office <br /> <br />. The Lane County Jail has 485 beds for pretrial offenders and defendants, but 96 are not <br />available because of lack of funds for staff. <br />. Last year, 4,059 inmates were released from jail early due to lack of capacity. That is an <br />average of more than 11 offenders each day. Approximately 735 of those released early are <br />likely to be rearrested within six months of their release and out of those, 286 will have returned <br />to jail for committing a new act of violence. Many inmates are released before their cases are <br />tried and others will be released before they serve even a quarter of the sentence imposed by a <br />judge. <br />. Lane County has 18 patrol deputies providing 24-hour coverage, seven days a week where <br />103,452 people live. Each day shift there are four deputies patrolling, about three during swing <br />shift and two during the graveyard shift. In 1974, nine to 12 patrol cars covered the same area <br /> <br />Executive Summary - Lane County Public Safety Task Force Final Report <br /> <br />7 <br />