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FROM: Warren E. Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner r Contra
Torrence Starr,County Probation Officer Costa
DATE: June 15, 1999 County
SUBJECT- Senate Bill 1420-Continuous Electronic MonItorIn_q Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
AUTHORIZE the Sheriff, as the County Correctional Administrator, and the County Probation Officer
to participate in a pilot project utilizing continuous electronic monitoring for the purpose of monitoring
the-whereabouts of court-referred high risk offenders, both adult and juvenile.
FISCAL IMPACT-
NONE. No additional county funds are required to participate in this project. All required equipment
will be provided to the pilot counties without cost.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office staff has actively participated in a state-wide Penal Code 9000
Committee which was formed in 1995 as a result of AB 1804. Senate Bill 1420 added Contra Costa
County as a pilot project site through legislation amending Penal Code 9000. San Diego and San
Mateo Counties are also authorized participants in this pilot project.
The objective of continuous electronic monitoring technology is the enhancement of public safety
through a reduction in the number of people being victimized by crimes committed by persons on
parole or probation or released from custody, Current electronic monitoring equipment can only alert
program staff when a person has left home detention; it cannot track a participant until the participant
has returned to the surveillance area of the home receiver. Continuous electronic monitoring,
through the use of global positioning (satellite tracking) systems, can track these movements of
participants,
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: NO SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REC64MENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON "7/'o' APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS ATRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT-2,:Z AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOVJN,
Contact Person:Mike Rutledge,646-1362
CC:Sheriff-Coroner(for distribution) ATTESTED_,.L-
Probation Department
CAO,Law&Justice
Superior Court
Public Defender
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY