THE IMPACT OF AB 109 ON LAPD

1. THE IMPACT OF AB 109 ON LAPD

2. Overview • AB 109 impact on the LAPD • Statistical information • AB 109 impact on LAPD jail facilities • Securing the safety of the LAPD residents

3. Background • US Supreme Court mandate to reduce the state’s prison population by 32,000 inmates due to overcrowding and poor health care within California’s prison system • October 2011 Public Safety Realignment Act - AB 109 enacted • AB 109 altered the criminal justice system by changing felony sentencing, shifting housing for low-level offenders from state prison to county jails, and transferring supervision of designated parolees from California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to local county agencies • AB 109 mandates that individuals newly convicted of felonious non-serious, non-violent or non-sex offenses (N3) serve their sentence in a county jail • Responsibility of supervising these individuals shifted from State Parole to Probation Department and local Law Enforcement Agencies

4. What steps has LAPD taken to address AB 109? • Created a Parolee-at-Large Unit, Gangs & Narcotics Division • - Provides oversight on AB 109 information • - Locates and arrests absconders • Created a Parole Compliance Unit in each geographical division • - Conducts address verifications • - Tracks and monitors PSP’s in their respective areas • - Conducts probation compliance checks • Partnership with California Department of Probation • - Five Deputy Probation Officers assigned to LAPD • Partnership with California State Parole • - Parole Agent assigned to LAPD • Liaison with Residential Treatment Facilities to avoid any • violations of HIPPA laws and facilitate cooperation

5. What impact has AB 109 had on LAPD resources? • 165 officers reassigned to Parole Compliance Units (PCU) • Additional administrative staff has been added • 18 million dollars in estimated cost, fiscal year 2013/2014, • on officers’ salaries and equipment • Created systems to monitor PSP’s and track PCU activities • within their geographic areas

6. Parole Compliance Units activities recap between Jan 2012 – August 2013 • Post Released Supervised Persons (PSP) arrest: 7,663 • Flash Incarceration Arrest: 1,510 • PSP Warrant Arrest: 394 • PSP Open-Charge Arrest: 746 • PSP arrested for Murder: 9 • PSP arrested for Attempt Murder: 8 • Non-PSP Arrest: 3,106 • Compliance Checks: • - Attempted (nobody home) = 9,604 • - Completed (PSP home) = 9,030

8. AB 109 Legislative Issues • Current law only considers the individual’s most recent felony • conviction to determine qualification as a N3 crime • Under AB 109, the individual’s criminal record is not considered • when determining eligibility for release • Under AB 109, prior sex-offences does not disqualify an • individual from being released • AB 109 Impact on LA City Jails • At this point, there has been no adverse impact on daily • operations within LAPD jail facilities

9. Securing the safety of residents • Note: Each Parole Compliance Unit has a minimum staff of one • supervisor and four officers; responsibilities include: • Work with Probation to monitor the PSP population in their Area • Information gathering and sharing within Law Enforcement • Identify PSP’s, Parolees and Probationers in their area, most at • risk of committing new crimes • Conduct mandated Compliance Checks and Address Verifications • Locate and arrest PSP’s and Parolees with active warrants

10. Future Projections • PSP population will decrease as the State prison population • reaches mandated levels • N3 population is expected to increase • - There is currently no mandated supervision for N3 • offenders, who have completed their sentences and • are released from County Jail • Funding is being sought to develop a statewide database to • allow sharing of PSP information and enhance the monitoring • of PSP’s on a statewide basis

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