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FROM: Lionel D. Chatman, County Probation Officer
Costa
DATE: June 20, 2006
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SUBJECT: Probation's Application to The Office of Traffic County
Safety (OTS) for First Time Felony DUI Offenders ,
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
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 $614,722 for an
Enhanced Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Program for First Time Felony DUI Offenders
for the period October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The grant application will fund a full-time Deputy Probation Officer and two part-time Clerks
(one in Probation, one in the Courts) and other direct program expenses including new .
technology for monitoring alcohol use. In addition to grant revenues, offenders will be
required to pay fees according to their ability to pay. Additionally, the grant funds will
support an evaluation component. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the proposed project is to protect public safety and reduce DUI recidivism by
implementing a First Time Felony DUI Offender Program for 150 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 DUI's 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 first-time DUI felons on a regular Probation caseload, using a
specially trained Probation Officer to work closely within the existing criminal justice treatment
program, the Recovery Gateway Unit, and with Alcohol and Other Drug Services (AODS) case
managers. Conventional and cutting edge drug and alcohol use testing protocols will be utilized.
Theproposed multidisciplinary approach will mirror the way in which the County already addresses
other treatment court defendants - as an effective and realistic method of addressing the level of
risk they pose to public safety.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATUR ..
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RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
Action of Boar o yv Approved as Recommended— —Other
V TE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS ISA TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES: NOES: SHOWN.
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CONTACT: Lionel Chatman 313-4188 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Cc: CCC Probation-N.Valencia SUPERVI ORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator's Ofc-J.Deadman
Office of Traffic Safety BY ;DEPUTY
County Auditor's Office