HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08082006 - C.28 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �` =bE L °F Contra
FROM: Lionel D. Chatman, County Probation Officer
a1 .. I Costa
DATE: August 8, 2006 Y
SUBJECT: Probation's Application to The Office of Traffic County
Safety (OTS) for Felony DUI Offenders
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: j
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer to apply for and accept funding
from the State Office of Traffic Safety in an amount not to exceed $624,123 for an
Enhanced Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program for Felony DUI Offenders for the
period October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The grant application will fund' two full-time Deputy Probation Officers and other direct
program expenses such as alcohol testing supplies. In addition to grant revenues, offenders
will be required to pay fees according to their ability to pay. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the proposed project is to protect public safety and reduce DUI recidivism by
implementing a Felony DUI Offender Program for 200 individuals. Currently, Contra Costa County
does not offer formal active probation for any category of DUI. Budget cuts and high caseloads
have 'led to a situation where only Felony DUls get any probation supervision through the Probation
Department's Computer Assisted Probation Services (CAPS). Given their more serious case
factors, among all DUI offenders, felony offenders are arguably the most at-risk for re-offending.
Experience indicates that this group is often intervention resistant, treatment phobic, and unlikely to
follow the Terms and Conditions of Probation. The program proposed in the application is to begin
supervising a targeted group ofd DUI felons on specialized Felony DUI Probation caseloads, using
specially trained Probation Officers to work closely with the existing DUI treatment programs and
the courts. Drug and alcohol use testing protocols will be utilized. The proposed intensive
supervision will serve as an effective and realistic method of addressing the level of risk felony DUI
probationers present to public safety.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES I SIGNATURE:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
_RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
� PPROVE _OTHER I
SIGNATURE(S):
Action of Board on: Approved as Recommendex Other
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES: NOES: 1 SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED
CONTACT: Lionel Chatman 313-4188 JOHN CULLEN,CL�OF THE BOARD OF
Cc: Nancy Valencia, Probation SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Jennifer Deadman,CAO
BY DEPUTY
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