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Josephine County Criminal Justice System

Josephine County Criminal Justice System. A presentation for Grants Pass, Cave Junction & County residents 2012-2013: General Fund budget What service does a $2 million dollar budget provide?. This presentation does not provide the solution(s).

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Josephine County Criminal Justice System

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  1. Josephine CountyCriminal Justice System A presentation for Grants Pass, Cave Junction & County residents 2012-2013: General Fund budget What service does a $2 million dollar budget provide?

  2. This presentation does not provide the solution(s). We are presenting only facts to inform the public. These decisions are the responsibility of our Commissioners. We need LEADERS, Commissioners with the education, experience, and business sense to take us into the future ! Ask the Commissioner Candidateshow they will provide adequate safety to our community ???

  3. Criminal justice 2011: • District Attorney filed 2,650 cases. • Sheriff Office responded to well over 15,000 calls for service. • 4,521 total # of inmates lodged in our jail. • Provided helpful service to over 600 juveniles.

  4. Our Message It is the “Criminal Justice System’s” responsibility to provide the best services possible in a professional, ethical, and fiscally responsiblemanner ! (and, to do the best we can with what we have)

  5. or Deputy Community Corrections How the “System” works

  6. X X or Deputy X Community Corrections

  7. Who determines the level of safety within our Community?

  8. THE FACTS • Sheriff Office: • Total number of employees from 98 to 40, or less. • Jail = From 150 beds to 30. • Patrol = From 21 deputies to 5. • (one 8hr shift 5 days per week)

  9. THE FACTS • District Attorney: • Will lose 6deputy DDAs leaving only 3to prosecute cases. • Limits D.A.’s ability to prosecute anything but the most serious crimes. • Major cases are very expensive. • At least 1,750 cases will not be prosecuted.

  10. THE FACTS • Juvenile Justice: • Close16 bed shelter and 14 bed detention facility; loss of 2 probation officers. • 3 probation officers would manage all youth crime intake, diversion, court, and probation supervision. • Limited to two rental detention beds in Jackson County Juvenile Facility.

  11. THE FACTS • Community Corrections: • Loss of ability to hold probation/parole offenders due to lack of jail capacity. • Loss of current State funding to the Jail. • Local Court: • May cut personnel and hours due to State deficit shortfall – creating an additional bottleneck in our system.

  12. Summarization Grants Pass, Cave Junction, County residents: • Criminals will be cited on promise to appear in Court (not held in our jail). • Civil paper process & subpoenas / Court security / SAR / CHL / Fingerprint service diminished, and walk-in or non-emergent report taking reduced. • Fewer cases will be prosecuted by District Attorney. • Loss of local juvenile facility.

  13. To end where we began Who determines the level of safety within our County?

  14. To end where we began Who determines the level of safety within our County? You !

  15. So, what will this cost?

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