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CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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--,r. MEETING MINUTES
Date: Tuesday,July 8, 2014
Centennial Center Building, 3'd Floor, Conference Rooms A&B
915 10th Street, Greeley
Present: Judge James Hartmann,Commissioner William Garcia,Judge Michele
Meyer,Judge Thomas Quammen,Jerry Green,Karen Salaz,Kevin
Strobel,Ryan Broswell,Rick Dill,Dionne Sund,Doug Erler,Dianna
Campbell,Keith Coleman,Jeff French,Trevor Jiricek, Cindy Villegas
Chair,Judge Hartmann, called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m.
Introduction of attendees.
AGENDA
I. Meeting Minutes:
A. The April 2014 meeting minutes were accepted with no changes.
2. Subcommittee Reports:
A. Sheriff's Office Jail Reports-Ryan Broswell, from the Work Release program,
reported on Weld County Jail Admission Information,4353 bookings(4.9%increase
from 2013), 595 daily average population(increased by 11 offenders compared to
2013), average length of stay 21.1 days (remains neutral to 2013). The analysis of all
adult bookings when compared to 2013 shows warrants increased by 8.1%,Failure to
Appear(FTA)warrants increased by 18.9%,new charges increased by 7.3%and
traffic related charges increased 4.9. Judge Hartmann inquired if the number of adult
bookings included parolees. Rick Dill clarified that the number includes all bookings.
The year-to-date 193 booked in parolees are any type parole hold,which can range
from technical violations to new charges. Community Corrections is not included in
the parole number,the break out is based on the type of supervision. Parole
Supervisor, Jeff French noted most of the parole holds are due to technical violations
and these offenders are transferred to the Washington County jail facility.
Ryan further noted statistics for the Work Release program. The actual/possibility for
orientation holds at 92%,the success rate decreased to 75%compared to 2013 rate of
85%and the rate for no prior alternative sentencing has increased. He stated that he
is trying to identify root causes for the decreased success rate and the increased rate
of no prior alternative sentencing.
B. Pretrial Services Reports—Dianna Campbell, Pretrial Services Supervisor reported
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on the statistics for the Pretrial Services program for January to June 2014. She
reported on average year-to-date, 90.8%public safety rate, 96.7%technical
compliance rate,207 cases with no FTA's giving 87.3%court appearance rate, 154
risk assessments with a notable increase last month, 161 supervision intakes (by
defendant), 174 intakes (by case)and 1005 active supervised cases. Judge Quammen
inquired if the bench is ordering too many defendants to Pretrial Services supervision.
Dianna stated that the average population has remained steady;there has been a
balance between defendants that are being ordered to supervision and case closures,
the period of supervision is relatively short-term. Doug Erler,Director of Justice
Services, expanded by stating the CPAT category helps to determine supervision,the
higher category defendants should ideally be on supervision. Although the category
designation helps determines the frequency of supervision contact,the conditions of
bond as specifically ordered by the Court, such as monitored sobriety, delegates
workload outside of the category.
C. Mental Health/Criminal Justice Subcommittee Update-Kendall Alexander from
North Range Behavioral Health was unable to attend. At the next meeting,he will
present to attendees an update on the Crisis Stabilization Services,Mobile Crisis
Services, and Crisis Respite/Residential Services RFP.
Criminal Justice Analysis -Rick Dill,contract Criminal Justice Analyst for Weld
County,presented to the CJAC, a handout of a document titled, "Local Community,
Mental Health/Criminal Justice, Committee/Groups."This document identifies the
three current but separate committees/groups working on various criminal justice
mental health initiatives in the County: (1)Direct Service Group, focuses on day to
day case management; (2)Agency Coordination Group,agency coordination; and(3)
Strategic Improvement Group, sub-committee for CJAC,which focuses on
systematic,policy driven issues. The purpose of this document is to provide for
stakeholders a central resource to inform of the contact person,meeting times and
locations,the group's objective and list of participants. It was recommended that
the groups should do "report outs"to the CJAC to update their progress.
The discussion led to Rick presenting his next handout,"MH/CJ Interagency Group
and Agency Coordination Group." This handout is intended to serve as a living
document. It identifies 16 core issues,the identifying group and contact,and the
status (which will also be a historical log). Rick said he was able to compile this
information in part, from the work of the MH/CJ Interagency Group(i.e. Strategic
Improvement Group)who has spent over a year mapping out gaps in our current
system when dealing with mentally ill persons in our criminal justice system. Jerry
Green,Chief Probation Officer, stated that it would be useful to do a cost saving
analysis through workload. Overall,the attendees thanked Rick for putting these two
documents together. Doug Erler urged the group toward an actionable process.
Judge Quammen motioned to make the"MH/CJ Interagency Group and Agency
Coordination Group"a standard agenda item. Kevin Strobel of the Public Defender's
Office seconded the motion. The motion passed with no opposition.
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Judge Hartmann inquired if any of the groups are looking for direction from the
CJAC. Rick stated not at this time. Doug encouraged the CJAC to share the
information compiled and the end-result as was previously noted,may be"report
outs"from the other groups. Karen Salaz inquired about the state's mental health
funding that was tied up in the courts. The money has been released and Kendall
Alexander will be presenting an update at the next CJAC meeting of how this affects
his agency. It was noted that North Range Behavioral Health,because of these new
funds,might slowly be shifting their focus to the criminal justice arena.
3. Roundtable:
A. In the CJAC's meeting materials was a letter from Stan Hilkey representing the
Colorado Commission on Criminal Juvenile Justice regarding a future initiative
sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections titled,"Advancing Criminal Justice
System Planning for Local Jurisdictions." His letter summarizes how the National
Institute of Corrections(MC)has been working with seven localities in the U.S. over
the last six years providing support and resources to address systematic criminal
justice issues. Mesa County,CO is one of the localities. NIC seeks to expand this
project to states. As such,Mr.Hilkey's letter describes and solicits interested
jurisdictions to participate in this evidence-based decision making project. Judge
Hartmann stated there is plethora of questions and several judges may listen in to the
webinar on 7/10/14. In addition,NIC is hosting an informational session on 8/21/14.
The deadline to apply is October. For all interested parties, there is a link in the letter
for the NIC project. Doug Erler stated that he is familiar with the work being done
in Mesa County and cautioned that the scope is broad and challenging. While there is
upside to enhance our local justice system, it would take a collective commitment by
all stakeholders. Once more information is obtained about the 8/21/14 organizational
meeting,Doug will forward to interested parties.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:05 p.m. The next CJAC meeting will
be Tuesday October 14,2014 at 12:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Reviewed by,
Dianna Campbell Doug Erler
Pretrial Services Supervisor, Weld County Director,Weld County Justice Services
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