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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06041985 - 2.2 Ts: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR Contra County Administrator Costa DATE: May 21, 1985 County SUBJECT: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (CAL-ID) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Authorize County participation in the local board required by Senate Bill 190 (Foran) to plan for implementation of the California Identification System (CAL-ID) if such bill is enacted into law. 2 . Appoint a member of the Board of Supervisors to serve on the local board. 3 . Request the 'local board to develop an operational plan for the implementation of CAL-ID, should SB 190 be enacted into law, including the specification of project costs, an analysis of potential fiscal impact upon justice agencies, and the identification of ongoing State funding sources, such plan to be developed in preliminary form by July 15, 1985 and submitted to the Board of Supervisors for review through the County Administrator' s Office. 4. Request the local board to work jointly with Alameda County to determine the feasibility of bi-county implementation and funding of CAL-ID 5. Direct the County Administrator to work with the local board as appropriate and periodically report to the Board of Supervisors the status of program activities. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The CAL-ID system, if enacted into law and implemented either within this County or other adjoining counties, has the potential of solving more crimes and causing the arrest of more criminals. Preliminary estimates for Contra Costa County indicate an additional 400 to 600 per year. This may have significant fiscal impact on various criminal justice agencies, including the District Attorney, Public Defender, Probation, the courts, the detention system, and the Sheriff ' s fingerprint identification bureau. The equipment costs to begin the program require a local match, probably in the range of $40, 000 to $100 ,000. This cost can be shared among participating agencies. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATICQOF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON June 4, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER Appointed Supervisor Powers to represent the Board of Supervisors in accordance with recommendation number 2. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD CAO - just. Syst. Programs OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Sheriff-Coroner S CC: District Attorney ATTESTED l� Mayor, City of Concord J. . OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK Police Chiefs , Concord & Richmond AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD Chief R. Quinn, President CC Police Chiefs ' Assn. a-a-�� . DEPUTY M382/7-e3 BY"_- -2- REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: In my report to you of March 19, 1985, this Office described Senate Bill 190 (Foran) establishing the CAL-ID system, and your Board conditionally supported that legislation providing the bill was amended to include funding for the additional cost that county criminal justice agencies would incur. The bill is currently proceeding through the Legislature and, ..at this point, has not been amended. Basically, the California Fingerprint Identification System (CAL-ID) represents a major new advance in technology which permits the automated storage, retrieval, and classification of fingerprints. It is based on technology developed in Japan and exported to this country. It promises to become a powerful law enforcement tool which will increase arrests and provide quality evidence for prosecution. San Francisco currently has such a system and has found it to be a very effective tool for solving crimes and arresting offenders; however, there has been a significant impact on the rest of the system, including the District Attorney, Public Defender, courts, and the jails. Given the widespread support that SB 190 has and the likelihood of its passage by the Legislature, it is imperative that this County begin serious planning for its implementation, including consideration of the fiscal impacts within the justice system and how such impacts can be mitigated and/or funded. Since the bill will require a local operational committee, referred to in the legislation as a "local board" , the recommendations made above would authorize County participation in the local board now and request it to begin planning for implementation within this County. In addition, there are possibilities of some cost savings and efficiencies if this program is approached as a joint effort with Alameda County. Alameda County has, in fact, indicated a willingness to explore this together and has appointed Supervisor Fred Cooper as liaison. The local board required by SB 190 must have the following seven members: . a member of the board of supervisors, the sheriff, the district attorney, - the chief of police of the department having the largest number of sworn personnel within the county (City of Richmond) , a second chief selected by all other police chiefs within the county, the mavor of the city selected by the City Selection Committee and a member-at-large chosen by the other members. The Sheriff and the Police Chiefs ' Association have already begun consideration of CAL-ID. The Association has designated the Chief of Police of Concord as the second police chief. Thus, if your Board appoints a member of the Board of Supervisors, as recommended above, the only appointment that would remain to be made would be the member at large. Your actions on the above recommendations would enable the local board to begin operations immediately. It should be noted that these actions do not commit this County to participate in the program. However, the planning and coordination efforts recommended would allow us to develop the necessary program and fiscal data upon which to base an informed decision. Also, the failure of this County to participate would not prevent County costs later since, undoubtedly, some cities would participate resulting in more offenders coming into the justice system.