To: Board of Supervisors
From: Probation
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Joint Agency Fugitive Apprehension Team Memorandum of Understanding and Fiscal Year 2019-20 Supplemental Budget for Budget Unit 295 to Reimburse Law Enforcement Overtime Costs (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the MOU between Humboldt County and local law enforcement agencies to provide realignment fugitive apprehension services;
2. Authorize the Chief Probation Officer, Sheriff, and District Attorney to sign on behalf of Humboldt County, and to sign future renewals of the MOU on substantially similar terms and conditions after review of County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3. Approve the corresponding supplemental budget for budget unit 295 to reimburse agencies the cost of staff overtime incurred by executing this program.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Humboldt County Public Safety Realignment Allocation
DISCUSSION:
The Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 made significant changes to the sentencing and supervision of persons convicted of felony offenses. The legislation amended many statutes concerning where a defendant serves their sentence, and how a defendant is to be supervised following their release from prison or jail custody. For the Humboldt County Probation Department, this meant assuming supervision responsibilities for Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) offenders who were released from prison, and Mandatory Supervision offenders released from County Jail. The shift of responsibility from state to county had a significant impact on the jail population which was already at full capacity. In response to this issue, Humboldt County Probation created the Supervised Release Program (SRP) which is an alternative to custody for individuals pending criminal proceedings. These changes created three distinct realignment populations: PRCS offenders, Mandatory Supervision offe...
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