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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem B: Public Safety Task Force Update ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Public Safety Task Force Update Meeting Date: September 21, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Mary Walston www.ci.eugene.or.us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a work session item to provide an opportunity to discuss the work of Mayor Piercy and Councilor Kelly on the Public Safety Task Force. BACKGROUND For several years, Lane County has looked at ways to improve the public safety system in the area, including a range of public services, from enforcement activities and correctional facilities to treatment and rehabilitation options. A few months ago, Lane County proposed a special taxing district to fund public safety activities. The proposal, however, was rejected by several cities in Lane County and out of the jurisdictions’ disagreement came the Public Safety Task Force. This group is composed of elected officials from Lane County and the incorporated cities in Lane County. Mayor Piercy and Councilor Kelly are the elected officials on this body representing the City of Eugene. RELATED CITY POLICIES There are no City policies issues related to this update report. If and when a final proposal is presented to the City Council for consideration, there will be several policy issues to be considered in that context. COUNCIL OPTIONS There are no options to consider at this time; this is an update report only. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager has no recommendation on the matter at this time. SUGGESTED MOTION There is no suggested motion for this discussion topic. ATTACHMENTS None. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050921\S050921B.doc FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Mary Walston Telephone: 682-5406 Staff E-Mail: mary.f.walston@ci.eugene.or.us L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050921\S050921B.doc Programs and Services to Achieve Goals A Note on Public Safety System Outcomes In recognition of the interconnections of the public safety system, staff propose an overall system reducing the rate of re-offending outcome of . This addresses the desired effect in the community, as well as measuring the impact on people who are actually served by the programs: juveniles and adults who have already committed a crime. Because of differences in the juvenile and adult corrections systems, the methodology and the target for reduction will be different. ? Impact of juvenile system proposals: 65 percent reduction in re-offenses as measured by the rate of change in average referrals three years prior and three years post involvement. ? Impact of adult system proposals: XX percent reduction in re-offenses as measured by the rate of change in average convictions three years prior and three years post involvement. Because of differences in data definitions and collection, the specific target for reduction is still being developed. Work on methodology and baseline data is currently underway, and a target will be determined in the Fall of 2005. In addition to the overall system measures, the proposed services have identified intermediate system outcomes or results as described below. Overall, the proposed package contains the balance that has been identified by research as critical for reducing re-offending. Outcomes are listed in anticipation of services being part of the overall system, rather than stand-alone menu items. ? Target these Groups for Special Action: Illegal Drug Producers, Dealers, and Users and Target Property Criminals. Devote substantial resources toward the goal of significantly reducing illegal drug production, dealing, and use—especially of methamphetamine. Direct efforts at reducing repeat adult and juvenile offenders. Focus resources on drug users who commit property crimes while high on drugs and/or to support their drug addiction. Interagency Drug Team. Staff and coordinate a new interagency (county/city/P&P/ State Police) drug team to target major drug manufacturing and distribution. The team would consist of nine officers and two support staff. The District Attorney’s Office will provide legal advice and prosecution. B udgeted for 11.0 FTE for INET for all three agencies: Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield. (1.0 Sergeant, 8.0 Deputy Sheriff, 1.0 Communications Officer, 1.0 Administrative Assistant). 1 Cost: $1,800,000 Results: Reduce or curtail illegal drug manufacturing and distribution thus reducing the availability of drugs, reducing drug use, and reducing property and identity crimes. Part of a balanced public safety system. 1 All costs reflect next fiscal year and will increase each subsequent fiscal year. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 1 Rural Patrol and Resident Deputies. Add 35 staff (23 deputies, two sergeants, five communications officers, one radio technician, and four record officers) as rural patrol and resident deputies to respond to calls for service and to enhance law enforcement presence in unincorporated areas. Cost: $4,900,000 Results: Increase response to priority calls for service and decrease response time. Resident Deputies will provide a presence in communities, be aware of the environment, and develop relationships with residents and businesses which will help prevent criminal activity and solve crimes. These patrol officers and resident deputies will arrest people who commit crimes. Part of a balanced public safety system. Detectives for Property and Violent Crimes. Add four detectives in the criminal investigation section of the Sheriff’s Office; two to focus on property crime and two on violent crimes, supervised by a sergeant. Cost: $800,000 Results: Increase in the prosecution of property criminals and drug cases; more stolen property returned to victims, increase in the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of violent criminals. Part of a balanced public safety system. Assistant District Attorneys, Investigators, and Support Staff. Provide funds for additional assistant district attorneys to aggressively prosecute all drug and property crimes; provide legal advice to interagency drug team; institute all appropriate forfeiture proceedings as part of criminal actions; prosecute all complex identity theft cases which are often part of a drug scheme. Return all offenders to court when they violate probation. Add 13 staff plus one additional deputy medical examiner. Cost: $1,500,000 Results:Prosecute all drug and property crimes (estimated to be 2000 to 2500 cases annually); at least 90 percent of those charged with a drug or property crime will be convicted and sentenced traditionally or offered alternative programs such as Drug Court. Part of a balanced public safety system. Existing Juvenile Detention Capacity. Open 32 bed detention pod with central control operation; add 38.2 staff. Provide appropriate treatment for youth offenders while in detention. Cost: $3,600,000 Results: Provide for about 700 youth admissions per year and achieve a 65% reduction in re- offenses for those using detention. The additional beds would provide about 66 percent of the identified need. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Existing Jail and Forest Work Camp Capacity. Restore 96 bed third-floor housing unit; restore the Special Management Unit; add 79 beds through double bunking. Bring the Forest Work Camp up to capacity by adding 25 beds. Cost: $5,700,000 Results: Increased ability to hold offenders longer; decrease offender’s ability to re-offend; hold more sentenced offenders accountable; reduce failures to appear for court; get people into treatment programs; undertake skill-building. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- offending rate. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 2 Fund Operations of 100-bed Springfield Jail. Consider joint funding of the new Springfield jail—perhaps some beds are county jail beds and some beds are for city use by all cities in Lane County. Cost: About $2,000,000 Results: Increased ability to hold offenders longer; decrease offender’s ability to re-offend; hold more sentenced offenders accountable; reduce failures to appear for court. More municipal jail bed capacity for small cities in Lane County. Dollar savings for cities of Springfield and Eugene. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Intensive Juvenile Offender Supervision. Fund seven additional probation/supervision staff to supervise youth who will receive intensive supervision services including electronic monitoring, urinalysis, and case management. Cost: $890,000 Results: The number of youth receiving intensive supervision services will be approximately 420 and 80 percent will be diverted from chronic delinquency. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Adult Drug Offender Supervision. Provide adequate staffing to supervise existing P&P caseload made up primarily of felons of whom 80 percent are estimated to be drug-involved; provide additional officer to serve with the interagency drug enforcement team. Add 17 staff. Cost: $1,300,000 Results:Reduce caseload size per officer from approximately 110 to 75; maintain adequate supervision of addicts and dealers; increase rate of treatment participation by high and medium risk offenders to 30%. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Sherman Center/DOMC Staff Enhancement for Pretrial Inmates. Fund three additional Release Assistance Officers to apply a regularly validated uniform risk assessment tool permitting objective individual release and hold decisions; and establishes the mechanism to manage, and identify required capacity of the jail resource, jail alternatives, supervision and treatment, by focusing on dangerousness, recidivism, and failure to appear (the risks identified and prioritized by the community). Cost: $400,000 Results: The addition of three staff creates a 24/7 operation to meet the goal of every person being interviewed and assessed within 4 hours of booking (approximately 14,000/year) for risk of failure to appear in court, dangerousness, and the likelihood of committing new crimes.. The results of the assessment informs pretrial release and hold decisions, conditions of release (which may include supervision and treatment), jail housing and classification. The rate of failure to appear in court by defendants released from jail pretrial will be reduced. The lowest risk offenders will be the first to be released. Jail beds will be reserved for the most dangerous offenders first. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 3 ? 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. Family Violence Detectives. Four detectives will be added to the investigative unit to focus on family violence; two civil service deputies will enhance the delivery of protective orders such as retraining and stalking orders, and subpoenas. Cost: $920,000 Results: Increase prosecution success of family abuses. Part of a balanced public safety system. Domestic Violence Prosecution Team. Create a Domestic Violence Prosecution Team to work with city police agencies and the Sheriff’s Office. The team will consist of four assistant district attorneys and one juvenile assistant district attorney, two investigators, support staff, and victim advocates (11 total staff). Reinstitute the 24-Hour Response Team to respond to serious crimes, many of which are domestic violence crimes. Cost: $1,400,000 Results: The team will handle all of family violence cases (estimated to be 1000 cases per year) and achieve an 80 percent or better conviction rate for abusers. Part of a balanced public safety system. Home-based Behavioral Systems Family Therapy for Juveniles. Provide funding for two additional probation and supervision staff . Cost: $250,000 Results: Approximately 120 youth will receive intensive supervision services and 80 percent will be diverted from chronic delinquency. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- offending rate. Supervise Domestic Violence Offenders and Sex Offenders. Provide adequate staffing in P&P to intensively supervise adult domestic violence offenders and sex offenders, many of whom are misdemeanants. Add 9 staff. Cost: $800,000 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. Child Advocacy Center Staffing. Provide funding for a victim/witness coordinator, two office assistants and an investigator. Provide services to children who report sexual and physical abuse or who have witnessed domestic violence; provide a medical exam if necessary; reduce trauma to children that must go through the criminal justice process; help the non-offending parents in dealing with trauma. Cost: $320,000 Results: Care for 700 to 1,000 children per year. Part of a balanced public safety system. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program. Recruit, train, and supervise court- appointed volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children. Cost: $200,000 Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 4 Results: Safe, permanent homes; effective support for children during out-of-home placement or judicial review. With current cost at $1,485 per child (presently 250 children are on the waiting list) funding would allow an additional 134 children to be served. Part of a balanced public safety system. Relief Nurseries. Enhance capacity of the Relief Nursery programs in Eugene and Cottage Grove; provide a therapeutic early childhood program; a home visitation program; intensive parenting education; child and family mental health services; special education services/support; respite, crisis response, parent meetings, support groups, and waiting list outreach. Cost: $200,000 Results: Child maltreatment rates decrease; abuse, neglect and/or re-abuse rates decrease; family problem-solving skills increase. Cost for Intensive Therapeutic Children’s Program is $4,150 per child per year (currently there is a consistent waiting list of 150 children per year). Funding would allow an additional 48 children access to services. Part of a balanced public safety system. Domestic Violence Coordination. Provide additional support for the Domestic Violence Council in its efforts to attract additional grant funding and to coordinate and strengthen the community's response to family violence. Cost: $50,000 Results: Secure at least $250,000 of grant money annually. Part of a balanced public safety system. ? Enhance Treatment Programs. Provide effective treatment programs to stop the cycle and provide resources to help adults and juveniles who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. Enhance treatment options for people with mental health problems made worse by drug and alcohol use. Reduce the number of re-offending criminals. Supervision/Treatment for Substance Abusing Juvenile Offenders. Fund two additional probation/supervision staff to provide intensive supervision of juveniles who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. Cost: $250,000 Results: The number of youth receiving intensive supervision services will be approximately 120 and 80 percent will be diverted from chronic delinquency. This intensive supervision component, plus the two from the other sections, would provide about 95 percent of the identified need for intensive Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. supervision services. Intensive A&D Treatment Beds - Juveniles. Contract for seven treatment beds for boys and contract for five treatment beds for girls who are referred for delinquent behavior. Cost: $770,000 Results: Over a one-year period, about 55 youth will receive intensive drug/alcohol residential rehabilitation services and there will be about a 70 percent reduction in re-offenses by these youth. Funding this program area will provide about 40 percent of the identified need. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 5 Detox and Sobering Station. This package will provide detoxification/sobering for men and women clients. The detox/sobering station provides an alternative resource for police response, and reduces jail book-ins. It is significantly less expensive than hospital bed detoxification. Cost: $210,000 Results: About 2,000 bed days in addition to the 5,800 currently funded Detox bed days and 4,700 sobering station admits. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Intensive A&D Treatment. Provide 100 substance abuse outpatient treatment slots in the community; fund 15 residential treatment beds for substance abusers, especially for methamphetamine addicts. Ten beds will serve adults and five beds will be for the treatment of substance abuse in adolescent girls. Cost: $940,000 Results: Outpatient services to 300 individuals per year in addition to the 1,100 currently funded; residential services to about 60 clients per year in addition to the 140 currently funded. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Mental Health Crisis Response - Adults. Add three staff to work with crisis, civil commitment, and aftercare (post-hospital) services; expand availability of rapid-access prescriber time for psychiatric medicine; create a mental health specialist liaison position to the jail. Cost: $390.000 Results: Approximately 300 people will be served in addition to the 1,200 currently funded. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Sex Offender Treatment – Adult. Fund outpatient treatment for high and medium risk supervised sex offenders, including group treatment, on-site polygraphs, and case coordination between Parole and Probation and Child Welfare, and other appropriate agencies. Cost: $180,000 Results: Serve 80 medium to high risk sex offenders in addition to the 45 currently served. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Drug Court Treatment Options. Restore treatment options to maximize the ability of the Drug Court to intervene in the lives of offenders. Cost: $160,000 Results: Restores drug court treatment slots to 300. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- offending rate. Skill-Building for Jail Inmates and P&P Offenders. Increase capacity of inmate programs for job skills training, employment seeking assistance, language classes, anger management, GED and high school diploma certification programs, housing and transportation assistance and other re-entry programs. Increase employment-related services to P&P offenders. Cost: $270,000 Results:Obtaining skills that enable people to live and work successfully in the community; reduce re-offending. Provide group and individual job readiness program for up to 1,000 supervised offenders (there are no services being provided to P&P offenders now). Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 6 Peer Courts in Six Communities. Restoration of six Peer Courts in the following communities: Oakridge, Cottage Grove, Bethel/West Eugene, Mapleton/Florence, Fern Ridge, and Springfield. About 480 youth will participate. Cost: $70,000 Results: About 480 youth will go through peer court and about 70 percent will not re-offend. It is estimated that this amount of Peer Court activity is about 70 percent of the need. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Provide Prevention Programs. ? Allocate substantial resources to effective programs that serve children, families, and at-risk youth. We must place a high priority on prevention programs and community awareness in order to reduce future crime. Healthy Start. Expand capacity of Healthy Start, which provides home visiting, parenting education and support, developmental screening, and connections to community and health services for first-time families identified at moderate or high risk of child maltreatment throughout Lane County. Cost: $200,000 Results: Child maltreatment rates decrease; abuse, neglect and/or re-abuse rates decrease; nurturing, responsive care; family literacy practices and resources; rates of immunization increase. Current costs are $2,640 per child per year. Funding would allow for an additional 169 families to be served. Part of a balanced public safety system. Mentoring . Expand capacity of mentoring services to youth (structured one-to-one relationship focusing on the needs of the youth). It fosters caring and supporting relationships by providing focused attention, interaction and genuine attachment. Cost: $200,000 Results: Positive attitude towards school; quality of parent/youth interactions. The cost is approximately $4,726 per youth per year (includes all ancillary program supports to mentors/youth). Funding will allow an additional 42 youth mentoring opportunities. Part of a balanced public safety system. Community Mobilization, Coalitions, and Advocacy. Based on models from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Department of Justice, implement strategies to prevent substance abuse (especially methamphetamine). Cost: $100,000 Results: Staff at least two community mobilization efforts, in addition to the four currently funded. Part of a balanced public safety system. Families Not Served by Child Protective Services. Employ a family team model for directing and planning comprehensive wraparound services for families not served by Child Protective Services but for whom child abuse and neglect are a serious concern. Cost: $200,000 Results: Adequacy of social support resources improves. Part of a balanced public safety system. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 7 Family Resource Center Network. Increase capacity of the Family Resource Center Network consisting ofeleven school-based family centers that work in partnership with school districts and other community providers. Services offered include access to community resource information and referrals, evidence-based parent education both structured and drop-in and family and youth enrichment activities, with the goal of supporting families to improve school outcomes. Cost: $200,000 Results: Positive attitude towards school; effectiveness of social support groups. Funding would allow an additional 4,000 individual’s access to FRCs. Part of a balanced public safety system. Structured After-School Program. Provide funding to support structured after school activities for youth. Use a Request for Proposals system to choose programs that meet public safety goals and objectives. Cost: $3,000,000 Results: Reduction of juvenile crime rate over time. Part of a balanced public safety system. ? Other System Requirements. Court Facility Improvements. Admin Staff to Support Public Safety Enhancements. County Office Space Considerations. Sustain County Service Levels. Construct New Child Advocacy Center. Property and Evidence Storage/Management. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 8 Program Budget to Achieve Identified Goals Four Goals Focus Goal: Users, and Target Propety Criminals Draft BudgetFTE Interagency Drug Team 1,800,000 11.0* Rural Patrol and Resident Deputies 4,900,000 35.0 Detectives for Property and Violent Crimes 800,000 5.0 Assistant DA's, Investigators, and Support Staff 1,500,000 14.0 Existing Juvenile Detention Capacity 3,600,000 38.2 Existing Adult Jail and Forest Work Camp Capacity 5,700,000 54.0 Fund Operations of 100-bed Springfield Jail 2,000,000 Not Available Intensive Juvenile Offender Supervision 890,000 7.0 Adult Parole and Probation Supervision 1,300,000 17.0 Sherman Center/DOMC Enhancement 400,000 3.0 Subtotal 22,890,000 184.2 Goal: Family Violence Detectives 920,000 6.0 Domestic Violence Prosecution Team 1,400,000 11.0 Home-based Behaviorial Sys Family Therapy-Juveniles 250,000 2.0 Supervise Domestic Violence Offenders and Sex Offenders 800,000 9.0 Child Advocacy Center Staffing 320,000 4.0 Court Appointed Special Advocates Program 200,000 contract Relief Nurseries 200,000 contract Domestic Violence Coordination 50,000contract Subtotal 4,140,000 32.0 Goal: Intensive Supervision of Juveniles with A&D Problems 250,000 2.0 Supervise/Treat Substance Abusing Juvenile Offenders 770,000 contract Detox and Sobering Station 210,000 contract Intesive A&D Treatment - Adults 940,000 contract Mental Health Crisis Response - Adults 390,000 4.0 Sex Offender Treatment - Adults 180,000 2.0 Drug Court Treatment Options 160,000 contract Skill Building for Jail Inmates and P&P Offenders 270,000 contract Peer Courts in Six Communities 70,000contract Subtotal 3,240,000 8.0 Goal: Healthy Start 200,000 contract Mentoring 200,000 contract Community Mobilization,Coalitions, and Advocacy 100,000 0.5 Families Not Served by Child Protective Services 200,000 contract Family Resource Center Network 200,000 contract Structured After School Programs 3,000,000 contract Subtotal 3,900,000 0.5 Court Facility Improvements 1,500,000 Admin Staff to Support Public Safety Enhancements 235,000 3.0 County Office Space ConsiderationsLapse** Sustain County Service Levels Construct New Child Advocacy CenterLapse Property and Evidence Storage/ManagementLapse Subtotal 1,735,000 3.0 Grand Total 35,905,000 227.7 * In three agencies **Lapse means that the County will use salary savings derived from the delays in hiring all of the employees immediately.