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WELCOME, EVERYBODY, 12:35, WE WILL GET STARTED. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, MAKE A FEW INTO THE THREE COMMENTS.
FIRST , WE DECIDED TO MEET VIRTUALLY TODAY , BECAUSE THE ROOM WE WOULD BE IN IS SIMPLY NOT AVAILABLE. WE HAVE LEARNED ONE THING IF NOTHING ELSE DURING THE PANDEMIC, VIRTUAL MEETINGS CAN WORK SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO START EVERY MEETING WITH HARRIS COUNTY JUST A SAFETY VISION STATEMENT THAT WE ALL WORK ON AND AGREED TO.
THIS IS IT, HARRIS COUNTY WILL PROMOTE SAFE , THRIVING COMMUNITIES TO RESTORATIVE AND EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT FOSTER PUBLIC TRUST , PREVENT VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA, REDUCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND MINIMIZE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM EXPOSURE WHERE AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ZOOM TO MAKE OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FAIR AND EFFECTIVE, TO ACHIEVE SAFETY AND JUSTICE. MOST OF THE DAY MEETING UP FOCUS ON THE FINAL STEPS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING SO DEDICATED OVER TWO DAYS , MIGHT I ADD, TO DEFINE THE VISION AND PRIORITIES OF THIS COUNCIL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, WORKING TOGETHER TO CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND TRY TO MAKE IT A SAFER AND MORE EQUITABLE , FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN IT. I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE A QUORUM, DEWEY ? SHE WILL LET IS NO, BUT WHEN WE GET TO IT, I WILL NOT FORCE A VOTE, BUT JUST ASK IF ANY OBJECTION ?
[2. Approval of previous meeting minutes 02.16.2023, 04.20.2023, and 06.22.2023]
>> WE ARE TRYING TO FORM QUORUM AT THIS TIME.
>> JUST LOOKED AT THE MINUTE SO WHEN WE GET TO THEM, I MIGHT WANT TO TYPE SOMETHING IN THE VOTE, BUT I WILL SAY IS THERE
[3. Approval of Proposed 2024 Meeting Schedule]
ANY OBJECTION ? THEN SAY THE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. 2024 CJCC CALENDAR HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED FOR YOU ON THECALL. ANY PROPOSED CHANGES ? >> IF SO, SEND THEM IN ON THIS CHAT , BUT IF NOT, WHEN WE GET A QUORUM, I WILL ASK IS TO
[4. Strategic Planning Overview and Next Steps – Justice Management Institute ]
VOTE TO AGREE ON THAT. WITH THAT I WANT TO MENTION WENDY CJCC WAS RECONSTITUTED IN 2021, IT WAS TOLD TO US THAT WE NEEDED A STRATEGIC PLAN AND VISION TO GUIDE OUR WORK FOR THIS COUNCIL. OUR LAST PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN 2015. SO WE WERE OVERDUE FOR A NEW ONE. LAST YEAR HARRIS COUNTY CONTRACTED WITH JMI. JUSTICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, HELPING US DEVELOP THIS PLAN. JMI HAS WORKED WITH NUMEROUS PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SAFETY AND OFF THIS CHALLENGE INCLUDING HARRIS COUNTY AND THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCILS AROUND THE COUNTRY. JMI LET US IN TWO DAYS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, FIRST DAY WAS GREAT , THE SECOND ONE WAS GREAT, VENUE WAS A BIT BETTER AT THE SECOND ONE. I WILL BE BACK OVER TO THE BAYARD INSTITUTE TONIGHT FOR ANNIVERSARY. THAT WAS IN SESSIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER . I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. AT THIS MEETING TODAY WE WILL SOLIDIFY OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES AND DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THOSE PRIORITIES. SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION AMONG MEMBERS, NOT A PRESENTATION BY JIM IT JMI, BUT THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US STARTED, FOLLOWING THE SESSION. JMI WILL FOLLOW A DRAFT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT, I WANT TO THANK ELAINE AGAIN AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO LEAD THIS DISCUSSION.>> ARE RIGHT , I FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNMUTE. THANK YOU,
>> I WANT TO ECHO YOUR THANKS THAT YOU GAVE TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE TWO DAY MEETING . WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF COMING AND HAVING OPEN, OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PRIORITIES FOR THE CJCC . I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT CJCC REALLY INTENDED TO BRING KEY STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY , TO ACTIVELY MANAGE AND IMPROVE LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. THAT IS WHY YOU ALL CAME TOGETHER. THE INTENT IS REALLY TO OVERCOME
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SYSTEMIC ISSUES TOGETHER. IT MEANS COLLECTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, MINIFIED EFFICIENCY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE, MAKE SURE THOSE RESOURCES ARE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY AND TO BETTER DO THE WORK THAT COMMUNITIES EXPECT OF YOU. WHEN I WAS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE COUNTRY MUSIC FANS THAT THERE IS A SONG THAT HAS A LYRIC AND IT SAYS WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME VOTE BAR, FISHING FROM THE SAME HOLE, WORKING FROM THE SAME GOAL. I THINK THAT IS RELEVANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CJCC, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LEGISLATIVE BODIES, THEY ARE NOT COMMITTEES, THEY ARE NOT US VERSUS THEM FORM , BUT COLLECT FOR YOU FORM. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE AN EQUAL VOICE. IT SHOULD NOT BE A PLACE WHERE YOU DIRECT OTHERS, BUT A PLACE WHERE YOU COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN ACHIEVING THE SAME GOAL. THAT SAID, BEING A MEMBER OF A CJCC MEANS THAT YOU RECOGNIZE YOU ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT AND IF YOU'RE NOT ALL ROWING TOGETHER, WITHOUT WORKING TOGETHER, THE BOAT TIPS OVER OR SINKS OR STAYS IN THE SAME PLACE. THAT IS A NICE WAY TO TEE OFF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU TODAY THAT WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE CHAT FUNCTION IS OPERATIONAL , BECAUSE I TRY TO USE IT EARLIER , BUT IF WE COULD MAKE IT OPERATIONAL, AFTER EACH SET OF PRIORITIES WE WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN THE CHAT SOME QUESTIONS, REACTIONS YOU HAVE TO THOSE PRIORITIES THEN AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WE WILL DO DISCUSSION AROUND THE THINGS YOU HAVE RAISED. IT WILL NOT BE YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, BUT WE WILL ALSO BE SENDING THIS SLIDE DECK OUT. I THINK YOU HAVE IT ALREADY, BUT WE WILL SEND IT OUT FOR YOU TO REVIEW INDIVIDUALLY AND WITH YOUR STAFF TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE PREPARE THE VINYL STRATEGIC PLAN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A RIGHT. COMMISSIONER ELLIS STARTED OFF WITH THE VISION FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY CJCC, REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE TO START, BECAUSE THAT IS THE SAME GOAL THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THE INTENT OF YOUR TO THREE IS REALLY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND SUPPORTIVELY. IN WAYS THAT WILL PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, ANSWER FAIRNESS, EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND REDUCE UNNECESSARY INCARCERATION AND SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT . THE APPROACH FOR A CJCC IS REALLY TO COLLECT AND EVALUATE DATA, TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS, AND DEVELOP POLICIES AND PRACTICES BASED ON THE EVIDENCE BOTH WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION AND BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO DAYS YOU CAME UP WITH FOUR AND WE MOVED IT TO THREE THEN JMI ACTUALLY INCREASED IT TO FOUR AGAIN. PART OF THE REASON WE DID THAT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE REDUCED PUBLIC HARM AS A THIRD PRIORITY AREA THERE , BECAUSE IT CAME UP IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS UNDER EACH OF THE OTHER PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE FELT IT SHOULD BE ELEVATED TO THE LEVEL THAT IS EQUAL WITH EQUITY INFORMATION SHARING AND COLLABORATION. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE ARE GOAL STATEMENTS. THOSE OF YOU THAT APART ME TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT GOALS ARE THE LONG-TERM THING YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS TO ACHIEVE REVISION. OBJECTIVES OF THE BENCHMARK THAT YOU TO THE GOAL , STRATEGIES ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU PLAN TO DO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF THE SPECIFIC DUTIES UNDER EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES THAT HAVE TO BE ACHIEVED. I ALWAYS USE PLANNING A ROAD TRIP AS AN EXAMPLE. IF YOUR GOAL IS TO GET TO DISNEYLAND, YOU ARE GOING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO COVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MILES PER DAY. YOU WILL NEED FOOD, PLACE TO STAY, SO THAT IS KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE DO STRATEGIC PLANS UNDER. LOOKING AT THE PRIORITY AREAS, THEIR WORK FOUR, EQUITY, INFORMATION SURE, REDUCING PUBLIC HARM, COLLABORATION. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATED GOAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THOSE SO FOR EQUITY IT IS TO REDUCE RACIAL, ETHNIC, GENDER AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES ACROSS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. INFORMATION SHARING, TO MAKE THE OVERALL SYSTEM MORE TRANSPARENT, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. REDUCING PUBLIC HARM, IT IS THE NEW ONE WE[00:10:02]
HAVE ADDED, TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES THAT REDUCE HARM TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. LAST , COLLABORATION, CREATING A STRONGER, MORE COORDINATED AND COLLABORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE WILL NOW GET INTO STRATEGIES -- I'M SORRY THE OBJECTIVES FOR EACH GOAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE , SORRY. WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS OUR EQUITY OBJECTIVES. READY ?>> THAT AFTERNOON, GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN. THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD, WE THEN CAME TO THE GOAL OF REDUCING RACIAL ETHNIC EQUITY, RACIAL ETHNIC GENDER AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES ACROSS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE SOCIAL IDENTIFIERS WERE COME BEFORE AND WE COULD LOOK FOR EQUITY FIRM MULTIPLES PROSPECTUS.
FIRST WE WILL IDENTIFY ISSUES WHICH IS SYSTEMICALLY REVIEW POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT DRIVES DISPARITY. THEN WE WANT TO CREATE COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS, SO SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS OR WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OR SEEN IS THAT THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THIS COLLECT OF USE OF RESOURCES, RESOURCE SHARING, CONTENTIONS THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES, SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THE EQUITY GOAL THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT WORKING IN SILOS OR DUPLICATING SERVICES, BUT ACTUALLY COMBINING AND COMPOUNDING EFFORTS IN THE EFFORT OF COLLABORATIVE SOLUTION. AND MAKING SURE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING THE SOLUTION SO WE CAN MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITHIN THE SUBJECTIVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE THE STRATEGIES FOR EACH EQUITY OPPORTUNITY . FIRST WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVERS IN EQUITIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM. WE WANT TO OBTAIN A CENTRALIZED AND ACCURATE DATA SYSTEM WIDE SHARING , MAKING SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GENDER IDENTIFIERS AND ECONOMIC STATUS AND IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS CENTRALIZED AND WE CAN SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IDENTIFYING DRIVERS ARE SHARED ACROSS THE BOARD AND WE HAVE A COMMON DEFINITION. THEN WE WANT TO ANALYZE DATA DECISION POINTS AND IN THE SYSTEM SO I WANT TO LOOK AT THE PROPORTIONALITY.
ALSO DESPAIRED OUTCOMES THEN WANT TO DEFINE THE SOURCE SO WE NEED TO REVIEW POLICIES. WE NEED TO REVIEW THE CRITERIA WHICH WE ARE MAKING SOME DECISIONS THEN WE WANT TO REVIEW THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. IN ORDER TO MOVE US THROUGH THE STRATEGIES ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO DO IS CREATE SOLUTIONS. WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY AND DISCUSSION OF DRIVERS, TEST LOGICAL CONNECTIONS AND PRIORITIZE THE AREAS OF GREATEST IMPACT. ONE OF THE DECISIONS WE ARE MAKING WHEN IT PERTAINS TO ATTENTION WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT SERVICES ARE WE PROVIDING FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? THEN WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE INITIAL CONTACT WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND LOOK AT WHO IS HAVING THE MOST DISPARATE CONTACT, HOW DO WE DRIVE THE SOLUTIONS AT THE TIME OF CONTACT? WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS, IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE ASSESSING EQUITY, HOW WE ARE ASSESSING OR THE DISPARITIES, HOW WE ARE ASSESSING IDENTITIES , ASSESSING THINGS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DISPROPORTIONALITY OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE WITHIN A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. LAST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE ARE PROVIDING SOLUTIONS. DEFINING POLICY, CATABOLISM OF THE , PROCEDURES, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MAKING A PLAN, COLLABORATIVELY INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS, BUT IDENTIFY AND DEFINE THOSE METRICS, SECURE RESOURCES OF NECESSARY. WANT TO PROVIDE TRAINING IF NECESSARY THEN LAUNCH A PILOT PROGRAM ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL. ONCE WE PILOT THE PROGRAM, RECEIVING FEEDBACK THEN GO INTO A FULL PROGRAM THEN EVALUATE THE PROCESS ANY QUESTIONS? YOU COULD SUBMIT THEM IN THE CHAT.
NOW THE PRELIMINARY ACTIONS AS IDENTIFIED , AGAIN, WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SYSTEM AND WITH COMMUNITY ON DATA. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE COMMON INFORMATION AND WE ARE USING DATA IN THE SAME WAY. THAT WE ARE COLLECTING DATA IN THE SAME WAY, BECAUSE OF NOT, WE WILL HAVE MISCONSTRUED DATA AND COMPLETE DATA AND HAVING NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESULTS WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. WE WANT TO CREATE A DATA DASHBOARD, SHARON AND AGREEMENTS. SOMETIMES THERE IS
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ONE DEPARTMENT THAT WANTS TO SHARE INFORMATION FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND THERE IS COMPLICATIONS, BECAUSE THEN WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION CAN WE SHARE? DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE DATA OR WHO HAS A ABILITY TO IDENTIFY DATA OR WHO HAS ABILITY TO SHARE THE DATA THEN WHAT DO YOU SEE OF THE DATA BEING SHARED. WE ALSO WANT TO REEVALUATE CURRENT SITE AND RELEASE POLICIES, COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT WITH THOSE POLICIES WITH OTHER COUNTIES, TO SEE IF OTHER POLICIES AND OTHER COUNTIES -- DETERMINING WHAT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TWO CONCRETE DEFINITIONS WITH REFLECTION AND DIVERSION ON HOW IT WILL PERTAIN TO THE JIG01 SYSTEM. WE WANT TO REVIEW RETAIL CONDITIONS AND EXAM ADEQUACY OF REPRESENTATION AND HOW IT IMPACT THE COUNTY. I SAW SOMETHING IN THE CHAT. MINIMAL IMPACT AND JIG01, WE SEE MORE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS LIKE HEART . THE HEART PROGRAM IS DOING A GOOD THING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING WITH HEART THEN GIVE ROOM FOR MR. SPENCER TO EXPLAIN MOREABOUT YOUR STATEMENT. >> YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT NOW?
>> YES. >> THANK YOU. JUST FROM SHERIFF OFFICE PERSPECTIVE, FROM OUR ANALYSIS THE DATA, SITE AND RELEASE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL ENDORSE AS A PHILOSOPHY, BUT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES . ONE OF THE FACTORS IS EVERY AGENCY HAS ITS OWN POLICY. DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND JIG01, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN POLICIES REGARDING SITE RELEASE. THE INITIAL RETURNS AT WE HAVE SEEN ON H.E.A.R.T. HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING. THOSE TYPES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES TO CALL TO SERVICE WITH THE COLD A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR MORE IMPROVEMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING THE GENERAL POPULATION AND ENSURING THAT PEOPLE WHO POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN JAIL.
>> THIS IS RODNEY. I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT WHAT YOU DO ON THE GROUND. I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WE ARE ALSO TO FOCUS , YOU KNOW, MORE ATTENTION ON THE H.E.A.R.T. PROGRAM . PRETRIAL CONDITIONS , LEAD PROGRAM AS WELL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO
YOU ? >> YES, COMMISSION. LEAD I DO NOT BELIEVE HAS BEEN TRIED IN JIG01, BUT IT IS HAD GOOD RETURNS ELSEWHERE. PHILOSOPHICALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH. I KNOW THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT
THE SHERIFF WOULD SUPPORT . >> LOOK, I AM ALSO HOPING THAT SOME OF THE JUDGES ON THE LINE, I HOPE WE CAN CREATE A FELONY MATCH PROGRAM. I THINK THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND HELPING US AS WELL IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING THE PD OFFICE. I KNOW THE SHERIFF HAS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT WITH FOLKS IN THERE, SAYING THEY HAD OR FELT LIKE THEY GOT ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR LAWYERS, BUT ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? IF NOT, DOES NOT MEET WE SHOULD NOT DO SITE AND RELEASE, BUT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES WE TALK ABOUT IT. FROM WHAT I HEAR, NOT A LOT OF BANG OR FOR THE BANG , OR VICE VERSA. BANG FOR THE, BUT
LAUGHTER ] . >> YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE GET TO THE FINAL PLAN. I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE EQUITY ISSUE. I NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT H.E.A.R.T., BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE THAT I KNOW ABOUT L.E.A.D.. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHO IS COMING INTO THE JAIL AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE DISPARITIES AND WHO IS GOING INTO THE JAIL, SITE RELEASE, IT COULD HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO DISPARITIES. IT MAY NOT IMPACT JAIL POPULATION SO I THINK WHEN WE GET THIS PRESENTATION, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT,
OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> DO YOU OF LAMENT TRAN05
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]. >> IF I MAY ADD THAT THIS IS BARBARA ROBINSON. ACTUALLY THE H.E.A.R.T. MODEL DOES ADDRESS EQUITY, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A MORE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE RELATIVE TO FOLKS THAT ARE INTERSECTING WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO I THINK THAT IS PERHAPS WHY IT
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HAS COME UP UNDER THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE NOT JUST SENDING OUT TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT , BUT FOLKS THAT ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES, NONCRIMINAL CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS MAY BE HAVING FROM CULTURALLY PROSPECTIVE OR APPROPRIATE PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THE PLANT WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT WITH GEORGE FLOYD.>> THAT IS HELPFUL CONTEXT. >> WE
>> I APOLOGIZE, DID NOT MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE WOULD ECHO WHAT DIRECTOR ROBINSON, POINT SHE JUST MADE. SITE AND RELEASE DOES RELY A LOT ON OFFICER DISCRETION WHICH IS WHERE SOME OF THE UNATTENDED BIASES THAT
COME INTO PLAY. >> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS SAYING DO NOT DO SITE AND RELEASE, BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE IT, THEIR ARE OTHER THINGS WE OUGHT TO PRIORITIZE FIRST IT THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THAT COULD BE DONE AT ONE TIME.
GET TO THE SITE AND RELEASE, BUT JUST THE PRIORITIZE IT .
>> YES, COME FROM COMMISSIONER, NOT ONE VERSUS
THE OTHER TO TO OKAY. >> I LIKE THAT.
>> SORRY, GO AHEAD, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE AT THE END THIS, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAY THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE IS PRIORITY AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW ARIAL WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH THAT UNINTENTIONAL BIAS. REALLY SWITCHING AS TO THE IMPLEMENT PIECE AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WE CONSIDER IT GOING FORWARD.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS SO WE NEED TO REFORMULATE THIS DRAFTING FORMAL CITE FOR THE POLICIES. I THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO PUT ALL OF THOSE POLICIES TOGETHER AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THOSE THINGS TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE DOING WITHIN THE COUNTY TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY PRETRIAL CONDITIONS THEN TO CREATE FELONY MANAGED ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTIONS, ONE, ME TO PROVIDE TRAINING ON CITE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THOSE POLICIES, COLLECT DATA FOR REASONS FOR CITE AND RELEASE VALUES, THINGS EMPOWER, EVALUATE AND APPLY AND I THINK VOLUME ] HAS TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY AND ANALYSIS. THEN PROVIDE TRAINING ON UTILITY OF UNNECESSARY PRETRIAL TRADITIONS. EVALUATE STAFFING LEVELS AT THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE FOR THE MANAGE ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED IN THE LAST SESSION OR SECOND SESSION, OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, IS THAT WE ADDED ECONOMIC INTO THE GOAL STATEMENT. I THINK THIS ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC ISSUE WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE VARYING DISPARITIES HAPPENING WITHIN THE COUNTY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SECURING RESOURCES THEN PESTABLISH POLICIES ANDROCEDURES. FOR THE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. .
>> BARBARA, I SEE YOUR HAND WAS THAT YOU ?
>> SORRY, I WILL TAKE IT DOWN. >> OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE INFORMATION SHARING OBJECTIVES , THE GOAL IS TO MAKE THE OVERALL SYSTEM MORE TRANSPARENT, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. THE THREE OBJECTIVES HERE ARE INTEGRITY, INTERPRETATION AND USAGE. BY DATA AND INTEGRITY, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CJCC ESTABLISH ACCURATE VALIDATOR METRICS COLLECTION AND REPORTING. I WILL TALK ABOUT ISSUES WITH ACCURACY IN JUST A SECOND . THE SECOND OBJECTIVE IS RELATED TO INTERPRETATION.
IT IS CREATING STANDARD DEFINITIONS AND PROTOCOLS FOR INTERPRETATION SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DA OFFICE MAKE COUNT CASES BY CHARGE. PDO MAKE COUNT CASES BY INDIVIDUALS . THE COURT MAY COUNT THEM BY THE NUMBER OF CASES THEMSELVES , INCLUDING MULTIPLE CHARGES AND MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS. CREATING SOME KIND OF STANDARDIZATION THERE SO WE ARE INTERPRETING DAY THAT THE SAME WAY. DENNIS OBJECTIVE IS REALLY AROUND USAGE. I AM WANT TO CALL ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT DATA ARE ORGANIZED IN HARRIS COUNTY. THIS GROUP REALLY SHOULD COMMIT TO WHAT THE ACCEPTABLE AND UNNECESSARY USES OF ABOUT
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AGENCY DATA AND SYSTEM DATA SO YOU CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE THE SYSTEM THAT IS TRANSPARENT, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE STRATEGIES UNDER EACH FOR INTEGRITY FIRST IS TO DEFINE WHAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO SHARE ACROSS AGENCIES. NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE SHARED, BUT THERE ARE SOME COMMON MET AND METRICS RELATED TO THESE PARTICULAR GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT YOU ALL AS A GROUP SHOULD COLLECTIVELY IDENTIFY AS NECESSARY FOR SHARING. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO REVIEW WITH THE EXISTING DATA AVAILABILITY IS. IDENTIFY THOSE FOR WIDTH DIFFERENCES, DEFINITIONAL DIFFERENCES, EXCUSE ME, AS WELL AS ANY ISSUES WITH ACCURACY. WITH ACCURACY, IN ALL, EVERY DATA HAS SOME FLAW IN IT. THERE IS MARK TWAIN QUOTE THAT I LIKE TO USE, RELEVANT FOR INTERPRETATION WHEN USED AS WELL, BUT THERE ARE LIVES LOST AND STATISTICS. WHEN DEALING WITH ACCURACY ISSUES, DEFINE WHAT THOSE ARE , SOME CAN BE ADDRESSED EASILY AND SOME CANNOT , BUT THEN WHERE YOU DO HAVE ACCURACY ISSUES, MAKE SURE YOU CALL IT OUT SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE DATA ARE SHOWING THEM WITH ALL OF ITS WARTS AND USING THAT DATA APPROPRIATELY. THE NECK STRATEGY UNDER INTEGRITY IS WILLING TO SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. WE HEARD THIS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS BOTH IN TERMS OF HARDWARE, TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY, BOTH IMPROVE INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND REDUCE DUPLICATION OF EFFORT , BUT WE ALSO HEARD IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. WHEN WE GO TO INTERPRETATION, AS I SAID, THIS BODY SHOULD BE DEFINING WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER WITH THE DATA THAT IS KEY THAT YOU HAVE DEFINED? DEFINE WHAT THOSE DATA CAN SAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY CANNOT SAY. AGAIN EVERYBODY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO DATA. I RECOMMEND , ONE THAT I ADDED, UNDER THIS STRATEGY, DEFINE A SPECIFIC ANALYTIC PLAN AS IT RELATES TO EACH GOAL YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED. NEXT ONE IS USAGE, AGAIN, COMING BACK TO THE IDEA THAT DATA CAN BE USED FOR GOOD , CAN BE USED FOR BAD. YOU AS A GROUP SHOULD IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE USAGE PRIORITIES . HOW DO YOU WANT TO USE THIS INFORMATION ? WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT OR LEAST IMPORTANT ? ESTABLISH A POLICY THAT ALL THE MEMBERS SIGN ONTO FOR ACCEPTABLE USES FOR DATA . DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE DATA BEING COLLECTED ARE BEING SHARED PUBLICLY OR IF THEY ARE INTERNAL TO THE SYSTEM. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IN DEFINING WHAT IS PUBLIC AND NOT PUBLIC , IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY VOICE HERE. IF YOUR VISION IS TRANSPARENCY, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE INPUT INTO WHAT KIND OF DATA THEY EXPECT TO SEE FROM THEIR SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE SPECIFIC TASKS THAT PEOPLE IDENTIFY, SOME OF THESE WILL BE LONG-TERM SOME SHORT-TERM, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END, BUT WE HEARD THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY HE ATE COMMITTEE LOOKING TO RESTRUCTURE THE WEB SYSTEM AND CJCC SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT. NEED TO UPDATE AND REFRESH SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ACROSS THE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT DATA AND SHARE DATA AND COLLECT DATA . ONE OF THE THINGS I CAUTION IS THAT DATA SYSTEMS ARE ONLY USEFUL IF THEY DO NOT INSTITUTIONALIZE ARCHAIC PRACTICES SO AS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE DATA THAT YOU NEED AND WANT, HOW YOU WILL USE IT, BE MINDFUL OF MODERNIZING ARCHAIC PRACTICES.DO NOT JUST INSTITUTIONALIZE BAD PRACTICES. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONDUCT A VALIDATION STUDY AS WELL . IN TERMS OF INTERPRETATION, AGAIN, COMING BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER, DEVELOPED A GUIDE FOR INTERPRETATION FOR EACH PIECE OF DATA YOU'RE COLLECTING. HOW WILL IT BE INTERPRETED? WHAT ARE THE CAVEATS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? PROVIDE THAT TRAINING TO THE CJCC MEMBERS, THE STAFF OF THE MEMBER AGENCIES, PROVIDE TRAINING ON HOW DATA ARE GOING TO BE SHARED , HOW DATA REQUESTS WILL BE PROCESSED AND INTERPRETATION. THEN INCREASE THE DATA ANALYSIS CAPACITY ACROSS THE SYSTEM USING THOSE PARAMETERS. FOR USAGE, AND OTHER CJCC WE HAVE SEEN THIS AS EFFECTIVE, DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING DATA SHARING THAT ALL WOULD AGREE TO AND SIGN. HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THOSE DATA ARGUES IN THAT AGREEMENT . ESTABLISH A
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DATA COMMITTEE FOR DATA USE AND DATA INTEGRATION WITH THE IJ TC . THEN CREATE DASHBOARDS, BASED ON THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT YOU NEED TO COLLECT, DEVELOP DASHBOARDS. SOME OF THESE ALREADY EXIST, BUT CASELOAD, WORKFLOW DASHBOARDS, I KNOW THE COUNTY COURTS HAVE A CASELOAD DASHBOARD, CASELOAD PROCESSING DASHBOARD AND I BELIEVE THE PROCESSING COURTS TO AS WELL, BUT TRUE FOR OTHERS AS WELL, PRETRIAL SERVICES, CJCC, BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE IN THE AGENCIES. GRADING DASHBOARDS LOOKING AT TIMELINESS, EFFECTIVENESS, DISPARITIES, ARE RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC GOALS YOU HAVE OUTLINED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.BEFORE WE GO TO THIS ONE, ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS THAT FOLKS WANT TO POP IN THE CHAT ? OR YOU CAN PUT OUT THERE IN THE
MEETING. >> LOOKS LIKE YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF THE TITLE
>> I WILL SAY THAT IS PROBABLY NOT THE EASIEST ONE TO DEAL WITH, BUT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A BIT.
THIS IS THE THIRD ONE THAT JMI PULLED OUT OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD. WE CALLED IT PUBLIC HARM REDUCTION OBJECTIVES. AGAIN IF ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE CJCC IS TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES IN A WAY THAT REDUCES HARM TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE GROUP OVER THE TWO DAYS THAT WE MET. FIRST IS GRADING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION . THIS IS REALLY RELATED TO THE JAIL POPULATION CRISIS THAT YOU HAVE AND HAVE HAD FOR A WHILE , FOCUSING ON ALTERNATIVES THAT APPROPRIATELY REDUCE THE OVERRELIANCE ON INCARCERATION TO HELP REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION. THE SECOND ONE IS AROUND VIOLENCE PREVENTION, HARRIS COUNTY LIKE SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REALLY DEALING WITH CONCERNS ABOUT GROWING VIOLENT CRIME, SO THIS BODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SYSTEMICALLY FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION TO PREVENT VIOLENCE. THEN ALONG WITH THAT, MAKE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, CASE PROCESSING PRACTICES THAT BOTH REDUCE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES FOR SYSTEM INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS AND DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, MORE QUICKLY. SO THEY ARE NOT HARMING THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE IN . IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? OKAY, FOR THE STRATEGIES FOR ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, OBVIOUS ONE IS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEFLECTION AND DIVERSION FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE HEARD IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS IT IS UP TO THE CJCC TO REALLY DEFINE WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT AS ONE MEANS OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM OR SITTING IN THE SYSTEM, PRETRIAL, INCREASING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE IMPORTANT AS WELL AS PRIORITIZING PRETRIAL RELEASE. REDUCE THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IN JAIL. SO MANY TIMES WE SEE JAIL POPULATION'S FULL OF PEOPLE THAT EITHER CANNOT AFFORD TO GET OUT OR MAD AT AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE THAT WE ARE AFRAID OF. SO LOOKING AT WAYS FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BETTER SERVED OUTSIDE OF THE JAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. WORKING TO REDUCE THE OVER OR AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN JAIL, COMING DOWN TO SOME CASE PROCESSING ISSUES THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. >> THOSE ARE REALLY OBJECTIVES, WHAT YOU SAY, INSTEAD OF STRATEGIES?
>> THOSE ARE OBJECTIVES . WELL, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
THE STRATEGIES. WE WILL GET INTO SPECIFIC TASKS AROUND THAT . THE OBJECTIVES ARE REALLY TO REDUCE THE OVER --
OVERRELIANCE ON THE JAIL . >> OKAY .
>> CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? I THINK YES, INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEFLECTION AND DIVERSION FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. I BELIEVE EARLIER POINT THAT WE SHALL BE DOING IT EARLIER , I WOULD SAY WE ARE DOING SOME OF THIS, BUT NOT REALLY TO THE LEVEL THAT WE COULD. I DO BELIEVE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EARLIER IN THE SYSTEM AND NOT SOLELY RELIANT UPON WHETHER IT BE THE PROSECUTOR IN THE COURTROOM OR THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY COMING FORWARD.
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>> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT . IF I WAS UNDERSTANDING BARBARA'S DESCRIPTION OF H.E.A.R.T., THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS OR PROGRAMS THAT HELPS ACHIEVE THAT, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THIS IS REALLY AT FIRST. OF CONTENT, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ? RATHER THAN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SYSTEM THEN WE ARE DEALING
WITH A CASE PROCESSING ISSUE. >> RIGHT.
>> GOOD POINT . >> I THINK BOTH L.E.A.D. AND H.E.A.R.T. PROGRAM, STRATEGIES THAT WOULD HELP IN THAT REGARD,
WOULD YOU AGREE? >> SHE IS PROBABLY GETTING
>> COMMISSIONER, PRETRIAL SERVICES JUST SPEAK WITH EVERY PERSON WALKING THROUGH THE CJCC , COMING THROUGH THE THREE.
CJCC . THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRETRIAL COULD SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A DOWN EARLY SCREEN OF THIS PERSON, PRELIMINARY, THEY MEET YOUR PRELIMINARY CRITERIA. DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE ACCEPTING, BUT JUST EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE FOLKS.
MOST JURISDICTIONS YES ABSOLUTELY, IT IS.
>> ARIAL, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE PREVENTION ?
>> YEAH, FIRST THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THE DRIVERS OF VIOLENCE IN HARRIS COUNTY. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT, ACKNOWLEDGING TURN TO DR. ROBISON AND THE WORK SHE IS DOING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, TALKING ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF VIOLENCE IN ONE, SO IS IT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS? IS IT INSTRUMENTAL OR EXPRESSIVE CRIME? CHILD OR PERSON OR INDIVIDUAL GOT OFF THE SOCIAL TRACK SOMEWHERE ? WHERE DID WE MISS THEM ? OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEM BACK ON THE TRACK ? WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING VIOLENCE IN HARRIS COUNTY . WE WANT TO COMMIT TO VIOLENCE REDUCTION TARGETS AND STRATEGIES. SO IS IT COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS? CREDIBLE MESSENGERS? HOW DO WE COMMIT TO THOSE REDUCTIONS STRATEGIES? THEN IDENTIFY AND SHARE EXISTING RESOURCES FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION. SOMETHING THE INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE ACROSS THE COUNTY SYSTEM . THEN ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIES LIKE WHAT OF THOSE EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN USE , THINGS WE HAVE DONE OURSELVES, THINGS THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON WHEN IT COMES TO HARM REDUCTION ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WERE MARGINALIZED UNDER
>> OKAY. NOW WE MOVE TO SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. THESE TWO BULLETS PROBABLY SHOULD'VE BEEN FLIPPED , BECAUSE THEY ARE MARRIED VERY MUCH RELATED .
WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE RESEARCH IS THAT IF YOU WANT TO DETER PEOPLE FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF BEHAVIOR, OR SET MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF BEHAVIOR ARE NOT ACCEPT THE BALL, THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO SWIFT AND CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM AND MANY, WHEN HE , IF NOT MOST OTHER SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY IS THAT WE ARE REALLY BAD AT SWIFT AND CERTAIN. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING THIS WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT HOW CASE PROCESSING TIMES INTERFERE WITH ABILITY TO ENSURE SWIFT AND CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES. YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE QUICKLY? HELD ACCOUNTABLE UNIFORMLY QUICK COMMUNICATED TO THEM IF YOU DO THIS, THIS WILL HAPPEN ? THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING PUBLIC HARM AND REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME. ALSO ENGAGE IN PRETRIAL JAIL AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS BEHAVIOR , JUST A STRATEGY, BUT SOME OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY GOING ON. WHEN WE GET TO THE TEST, SOMETHING YOU WANT TO EVALUATE AND SEE IF THERE ARE GAPS ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THIS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, WITH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT FOLKS TALKED ABOUT WAS CONDUCTING ONE OF THE TASKS , EXCUSE ME, CONDUCTING SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MAP. MAPPING
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EXERCISE. UNDERSTANDING IS ONE HAS BEEN DONE FAIRLY RECENTLY.I KNOW WHAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO . THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION TO YOU ALL. IF THERE IS ONE THAT EXISTS THAT WAS DONE FAIRLY RECENTLY, THIS GROUP SHOULD CONSIDER HOW THEY ARE GOING TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY IT , IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO DEFLECTION AND DIVERSION AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN EVOLVING SINCE THE O'DONNELL INCIDENT IS INCREASING THE USE OF PRETRIAL RELEASE. WITHOUT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER , YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ON NECESSARY CONDITIONS , REMEMBER PRETRIAL RELEASE HAS A WORKLOAD AS WELL SO JUST SHOWING EVERYBODY ONTO PRETRIAL RELEASE WITH TONS AND TONS OF CONDITIONS IS NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE NECESSARILY THE OUTCOME THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SO THAT IS TO MAKE PEOPLE SUCCESSFUL ON PRETRIAL RELEASE . VIOLENCE PREVENTION, --
>> SORRY, SAY THAT THING THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WE WANT TO CONDUCT AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT ENGAGES VICTIMS AND STRATEGIES ENGAGEMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, POWERFUL TOOL THAT HARRIS COUNTY CAN USE. ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A MORE MIXER YOU GET A TYPE OF VIOLENT STRATEGIES THAT WOULD BE MOST IMPACTFUL PIN THEN YOU WANT TO CONDUCT RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, REALLY LOOK AT A PRIORITIZE -- COLLABORATING AND COLLECTING RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY.
THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE WITHIN THE COUNTY, BOTH ACROSS BEARING APARTMENTS. I THINK IT IS JUST A MATTER OF BEING ABLE TO PUT ALL THOSE RESOURCES IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AND PRIORITIZE THOSE RESOURCES TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE AND DO NOT HAVE AND WHAT IS EFFECTIVE OR NOT. IMPLEMENTING MULTI-RESOURCE COLLOCATED SERVICES SUCH AS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, SOME TYPE OF RESOURCE HUB WHERE THERE IS CENTRALIZED LOCATION FOR RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, ACT ON THIS INFORMATION, IMPLEMENT THIS
INFORMATION. I'M SORRY . >> I'M SORRY I SAW THAT BRANDON, CANNOT SEE EVERYBODY, BUT I SAW YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED. I WANT TO STOP AND GET YOUR COMMENT.
>> ARE YOU MUTED? >> I AM HERE, SORRY GOT QUIET
>> ARE WE GOOD? ANY OTHER COMMENTS WAS WHAT I THOUGHT BRANDON HAD ONE OF THE TOP DID HE GET YOU?
>> GO AHEAD . >> HE MIGHT'VE STUCK HIS HAND OUT , BUT HE CAME IN HERE, HE IS COMING BACK .
>> OKAY. >> I JUST ADDED INTO THE CHAT , EILEEN, OR ELAINE, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY IN LIEU OF INCREASE USE OF PRETRIAL RELEASE , IF WE COULD USE A LANGUAGE INCREASED USED OF LEGAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED
PRETRIAL RELEASE PRACTICES . >> ABSOLUTELY .
>> I THINK THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOD GATES, BUT JUST SAFELY RELEASING PEOPLE UNDER THE LEASE RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS ,
WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. >> PERFECT.
>> BRANDON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> NO. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW THE SYSTEM PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, AGAIN, THESE WERE ALL TAKEN FROM COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE TWO DAY SESSIONS. ONE IS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE EVIDENCE PROCESSING TIMES. SEVERAL PEOPLE NOTED THAT DELAYS WITH GETTING EVIDENCE PARTICULARLY FROM THE CRIME LAB CREATES DISCOVERY ISSUES, ADDS TO CASE PROCESSING TIME. THE NEXT TASK WAS TO ASSESS CRIME LAB UTILIZATION AND OPERATION AND CAPACITY. DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU THROW MONEY AT THE CRIME LAB, BUT A COLLECTIVE BODY TO LOOK AT HOW IT OPERATES, HOW IT IS BEING UTILIZED, WHETHER IT HAS THE CAPACITY OR WHETHER THERE ARE CHANGES THAT COULD BE MADE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESSING TIME IN THE CRIME LAB. NEXT ONE WOULD
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BE TO REDUCE CONTINUANCES. AND REDUCE CASE PROCESSING TIMES TO CASE MANAGEMENT. THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT CAME UP AGAIN AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION , SO ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COLLABORATION?>> SEE HOW QUIET WE ARE WHEN WE FOCUS ?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS, BECAUSE BBQ INTO SUBMISSION OR
YEAH, NOT OWING TO HAPPEN. >> DETAILED SOPHIE THAT IT LEAST THE COMMENTS THAT I GOT FROM PEOPLE, MOST OF WHICH I RAISED, SHE JUST SENT THEM TO THE GROUP IN WRITING.
>> YEAH. >> SHE WILL SEND THEM TO YOU.
>> IF SHE IS TAKING NOTES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT , BUT I'M TRYING TO KEEP TRACK, BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AGAIN, IT ALL, NONE OF THESE ARE TICKET PLAN IS NECESSARY -- NOT NECESSARILY EASILY, BUT STRATEGIC PLAN IS THINKING BIG, BID MONDAY SHOULD, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT FACE OUR SYSTEMS? WE WILL OR THERE WILL BE PRIORITIZATION, SOME THINGS THAT ARE SHORT-TERM, SOME THINGS MUCH MORE LONG-TERM THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT. THAT SAID, I THINK THIS NEXT SET OF OBJECTIVES IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR ANY PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THE GOAL THAT EVERYONE AGREED TO IN THE TWO-DAY SESSION WAS TO CREATE A STRONGER SYSTEM THROUGH COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION . IN ORDER TO DO THAT THERE HAS TO BE TRUST AMONG THE MEMBERS. THERE HAS TO BE POWER-SHARING. EVERYBODY HAS TO FEEL EQUAL IN THIS PARTICULAR BODY. THERE HAS TO BE COMMITMENT. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT ? FOR THE TRUST, YOU REALLY NEED TO ENHANCE INTERAGENCY AND COLLABORATION AND IMPROVE INFORMATION SHARING. SOME OF THAT WILL BE BUILT BY THE DATA USE AGREEMENT, MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WILL TALK ABOUT THAT . POWER-SHARING IS ONE THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT , BUT IN ANY KIND OF COLLECTIVE BODY, THERE ARE POWER DYNAMICS AND POWER DYNAMICS IN DECISION-MAKING.
SO THAT IS WHEN THE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE POWER-SHARING. THEN THE COMMITMENT , YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID THIS IS NOT US VERSUS THEM. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE YOU. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE YOU BODY. YOU KNOW IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FOSTER RESPECT WITHIN THE CJCC , THERE IS FOLLOW THROUGH WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY WILL DO SOMETHING, THEY WILL. THEN THE GROUP WORKS TOGETHER TO HOLD EACH OTHER AS WE SAY IN THE SOUTH ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABLE, I FORGOT THE T. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.
WITH TRUST, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OTHERS TO BE THE EXPERT. EVERYBODY HAS A STAKE IN THIS GAME, REMEMBER? YOU ARE ALL FISHING FROM THE SAME HOLE WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. EVERYBODY HAS A VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE. THAT SHOULD BE HONORED AND YOU ALL SHOULD HEAR THAT THROUGH ACTIVE LISTENING PROCESSES. THAT HELPS ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS VALUED, PEOPLE TRUST THE ISSUES THEY ARE RAISING ARE BEING HEARD AND RESPECTED. THE CJCC SHOULD FOCUS ON PROGRESS , NOT MISTAKES. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A BODY TO BLAME EACH OTHER, BUT SHOULD BE A BODY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER THAT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING PROGRESS AND NOT BEEN IN THE PAST. THIS ONE IS VERY HARD, BUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE CJCC WE HAVE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY , MEMBERS SHARE OWNERSHIP IN THE DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES. WHEN THE GROUP AS A COLLECTIVE DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION OR RECOMMEND A POLICY OR MOVE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM, WHEN ONE MEMBER TURNS AROUND AND SAYS, ALL, THAT IS AN AWFUL PROGRAM PUBLICLY, THAT HAS COMPLETELY ERODED ANY PARTICULAR TRUST . YOU HAVE TO SHARE OWNERSHIP IN YOUR DECISIONS AND OUT COMES. ALL OF THIS IS INTERRELATED, EQUITABLE POWER-SHARING. ARIAL
? >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ABLE TO COLLABORATE ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM-SOLVING AND IMPLEMENTATION AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEAR ALL PERSPECTIVES THE MEMBERS OF THE CJCC THAT YOU ENGAGE ALL OF ITS MEMBERS AGAIN ALLOWING OTHERS TO BE THE EXPERT IN THEIR ERRORS, BECAUSE THEY BRING NOT ONLY LIVED EXPERIENCES , BUT EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND TO THIS BODY. YOU WANT TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, DATA AND INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] LEADING TO THE EQUITY YOU PUT INTO THE CJCC, BUT ALSO HOW YOU ARE DEALING WITH THAT INFORMATION AND ACTIVELY ENGAGE ALL MEMBERS OF THE CJCC SO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR MEMBER ESPECIALLY THOSE COMING
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OUT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHO ARE BRINGING IN LIVE EXPENSES, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN ACQUITTAL VOICE AT THE TABLE AND THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT MOTIVATING OR PROBLEM SOLVE CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND TALK IT .PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND NONMEMBERS TO LOW VOLUME ] CONTRIBUTE VALUE SHOULD BE USED MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT CJCC IS REALLY PUSHING FORWARD IN THE AGENDA ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING RACIAL, ETHNIC GENDER AND
LOW VOLUME ] . >> LESS OBJECTIVE HERE IS COMMITMENT. CJCC ONLY WORK THAT PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING ON THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WILL RELY ON THAT. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH INCENTIVES FOR CONSISTENT PARTICIPATION AND YOU CAN BE VERY CREATIVE ON WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES MIGHT BE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS RECOMMEND AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS FINDING OUT FROM EACH CJCC MEMBER WHAT IS VALUABLE ABOUT BEING A MEMBER.
THAT INTRINSIC VALUE WILL HELP DEFINE WHAT SOME OF THOSE INCENTIVES ARE FOR CONSISTENT PARTICIPATION. THEN ALSO JUST CREATING CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT DESTRUCTIVE, BUT CONSTRUCTIVE MEANS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AS A BODY FOR HOLDING MEMBERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT DIVVIES BEING UNDERTAKEN. IF WE CAN GO TO TASKS IDENTIFIED THEN WE WILL STOP AND LET YOU GUYS WAIT WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE. TRUST, AGAIN, PART OF THIS PLAN WILL BE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE KEY ISSUES ARE THAT REQUIRE INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES MAKE OR MAY MAKE ONE MEMBER FEEL MORE VULNERABLE THAN ANOTHER AND RECOGNIZING IT AND CALLING IT OUT A BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND DEFINING IT AS PART OF THE COLLABORATION PLAN SO YOU CAN ADD IT EXECUTE ON THE IDENTIFIED ISSUES YOU'LL WORK ON. WITH POWER-SHARING, PART OF IT IS I DENNY IDENTIFYING THE PART DYNAMICS WITHIN CJCC AND I WILL LET ARIALA TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE SECOND, BUT THE OTHER ONE I THINK REALLY IS IMPORTANT IS EVALUATING THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE CJCC . YOU HAVE BYLAWS THAT TAKE WHO THE MEMBERS ARE, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT POWER-SHARING, ENGAGING OTHERS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, WITHIN THE CJCC, IT IS ENGAGING OTHER VOICES THAT MAY NOT CURRENTLY BE MEMBERS. SO IT MAY MEAN REVISION TO THE BYLAWS. THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH CJCC COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CREATING EQUITY COMMITTEES TO GIVE COMMUNITIES A LARGER VOICE , BUT ALSO MEANS ENSURING THE VALUE OF THE STAFF OF MEMBER AGENCIES AS WELL IN THE DECISION-MAKING. NOT NECESSARILY AS VOTING MEMBERS, BUT CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC PLAN. ARIALA, KNOW I PUT THE HEAD ON THE BULLETS, BUT YOU COULD BRING A BACK TO THE POWER DYNAMICS.
>> THAT IS FINE. IDENTIFIED LIKE I SAID EARLIER ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS A MEMBER OF A CJCC MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR VOICE BE HEARD AND ALLOWED TO BE THE EXPERT IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREA THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM, RECOGNIZE THEM AS THE EXPERTS IN THEIR AREAS, VALUING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS BODY.
THEN ALSO ENGAGING CJCC COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AS INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] . LEGS OF THE CJCC OR WE THINK THEY ARE LEGS OF THE DEGREE THAT CAN BE UTILIZED A LOT MORE ESPECIALLY WHEN MOVING THIS PARTICULAR PLAN FORWARD. OKAY.
COMMITMENT . I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE THIS, BUT I THINK CREATING A MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT, DEFINING WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CJCC, WHAT IS EXPECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CJCC, IT IS A REALLY VALUABLE TASK. CREATING MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING OR CHARTERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES AS WELL AS FOR THE EVALUATION OF THOSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE PURSUING THOSE, ESTABLISH GROUND RULES FOR THE ASPECT OF DECISIONS SO THAT EVERYBODY'S VOICES HEARD.
CREATE MEASURES OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STRATEGY AND
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IMPLEMENTATION. I WILL STOP THERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIGONE. THERE IS A LOT IN HERE. >> WE NEED SOME COUNTY STAFF TO STAMP IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL IT, I LIKE IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, BUT WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. HAVE SOMETHING OR I GUESS YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SIGN SOMETHING? SAYING WE AGREE TO IT ? NATALIE, I SAW
YOUR HAND POP UP. >> I WAS TRYING TO GIVE A
>> THAT I AGREE . >> I SAW GRACIE GIVE A THUMB UP ALTHOUGH IT WAS FLOATING ON THE SCREEN
>> SILENCE IS AGREEING . >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE WILL TAKE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ON. THEN AGAIN, AS PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A FORUM FOR REACHING BACK OUT TO THIS WITH ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL ASK PEOPLE, SEND THESE SLIGHT OUT, SQ TO REVIEW AS A MEMBER. IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW IT WITH KEY STAFF IN YOUR AGENCY, GIVE US FEEDBACK ABOUT THINGS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE H.E.A.R.T. PROGRAM TODAY AND TRY NINE, GETTING THOSE INCORPORATED. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEND OUT A TOOL WITH THAT. KIND OF LIKE A QUICK SURVEY, BUT IT WILL TAKE EACH STRATEGY AND WE WILL ASK YOU TO TELL US WHETHER YOU THINK IT IS HIGH, MEDIUM OR LOW PRIORITY. WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE IN THE SHORT, INTERIM OR LONG-TERM? SO THAT WILL REALLY HELP US DEFINE THE FINAL PIECES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN . NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ONLY A DOCUMENT . THAT DOCUMENT CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT COLLABORATION. SO IN MY MIND, BUT COLLABORATION IS A BIG ONE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES, WHAT CAN BE DONE AND THAT AREA TO SOLIDIFY COLLABORATION? THAT COLLABORATION SPORTS THE INFORMATION SHARING , WHICH THEN HELPS ADDRESS EQUITY ISSUES AND ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE CARME. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE WAYS THAT WE SEE THESE ELEMENTS OF STRATEGIC PLAN KIND OF INTERRELATED.
>> THE OTHER THING IS I THINK HARRIS COUNTY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING GREAT, WE ALWAYS HEAR INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] MODEL COUNTY, PRECIPICE OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE AGAIN LIKE REITERATING WHAT ELENA SAID ABOUT COLLABORATION, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT STAKEHOLDERS ARE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND BRING ALL OF THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES , EDUCATION, BACKGROUND, AND THOSE THINGS ARE UTILIZED TO MOVE THE COUNTY FORWARD. THAT IS GOING TO MOST DEFINITELY HAVE IMPACT ON HOW WE SHARE THE EVOLUTION, WHAT TOOLS ARE USING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION, BUT IT WILL HAVE IMPACT ON EQUITY
INAUDIBLE ] . >> RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. NOW WE ARE DONE TALKING TO YOU THAT DID NOT COME OUT RIGHT, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO WEIGH IN. BEFORE WE KIND OF SIGN OFF AND WALK TO
THE NEXT STEPS WITH YOU. >> ANY COMMENT , ANYONE ?
>> NATALIE HAS HER HAND UP. >> YES MA'AM?
>> NATALIE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR WAS THAT A
THUMBS UP? >> NO, THAT WAS NOT THUMBS UP
>> I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. I THINK IT REFLECTS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THOSE TWO DAYS , BUT IT IS A MOUTHFUL. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ANYTHING WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND I KNOW THIS IS ON YOUR NEXT SLIDE ABOUT PRIORITIZATION, IS OR ARE THERE THREE OR FOUR THINGS YOU WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS YOU SHOULD TACKLE ?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO INFLUENCE THE CJCC 'S DECISION, BUT I THINK THERE ARE THINGS WITHIN THE COLLABORATION OBJECTIVE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED FAIRLY QUICKLY
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AND REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE NEXT SET OF TASKS .>> OKAY. >> TAUGHT THAT IS WHERE I WOULD EMPHASIZE THE ATTENTION IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE MONTHS, IF YOU WILL . THEN WITH ANY INFORMATION SHARING, EQUITY AND PUBLIC HARM REDUCTION, PICKING THOSE THAT MAY BE SMALLER, QUICKER WIN, FOR THE SYSTEM THAT YOU ALL CAN CELEBRATE TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, WHILE BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING, IT WILL ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE LONGER-TERM GOALS AND AT ACTIVES TO TALK THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ?
>> KEEP THE BALL OUT OF THE COURT, BUT I WOULD SAY FROM MY STANDPOINT I WAS ONE THAT CAME INTO THIS PROCESS KICKING AND SCREAMING, BUT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. EVEN WHEN I WAS NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE ROOM, BECAUSE I WANTED THE WINDOWS, AT THE FIRST VENUE, HOPEFULLY IMPROVED AT THE SECOND ONE, BUT IT WAS A WORTHWHILE PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR NUDGING US TO DO
>> THE WORK IS NOT DONE SO LIKE I SAID, THIS WILL COME OUT TO EVERYBODY TO GET INITIAL REACTIONS. IT IS HARD IN THIS FORMAT WHERE I CANNOT SEE EVERYONE, NOT SORT OF TOGETHER IN A ROOM, BUT I WANT ANYONE WHO HAS COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS TO PLEASE EMAIL US . I WILL MAKE SURE WHEN WE SEND THIS OUT THAT YOU HAVE BOTH MIND AND ARIALA ADDRESS AS WELL AS PHONE NUMBERS IF IT IS EASY TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY' AS VOICES TO BE REFLECTED IN THIS. AS I SAID WE WILL DO THE PRIORITIZATION, FEASIBILITY, TIMELINE AS PART OF THAT AS WELL. RIGHT NOW THE SCHEDULE IS TO PRESENT A FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN DRAFT TO THE CJCC HOPEFULLY FOR A VOTE AND ADOPTION IN DECEMBER . YOU KNOW, IF NOT, IF WE NEED TO MAKE A FEW REVISIONS, THE VINYL WOULD BE IN JANUARY AT THE MEETING IN JANUARY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE AIMING FOR DECEMBER FOR A FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
YOU. >> OKAY . THAT IS IT , BUT BEFORE I GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY , HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF THE CJCC ENERGY DEFENSE COMMITTEE WHICH WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW. THE COMMITTEE HAS LONG ANTICIPATED SINCE THE COMMISSION COURT DIRECTED THE DEGREE TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO EXPAND PUBLIC DEFENSE TO AT LEAST 50% OF DEFENSE APPOINTMENTS AND HARRIS COUNTY AND ENSURING QUALITY REPRESENTATION. INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AS WET AS OTHER LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING ON THE PROGRESS OF THIS COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OTHER WORKING COMMITTEES. ALONG THE LINES, COMMITTEE, FOR THEIR WORK ON FAMILY VIOLENCE REPORT. I AM HOPING WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND THEY HAVE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB. AS HAS EVERYONE ELSE. ANY OTHER MATTERS BEFORE GO TO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ? AM I SKIPPING ANYTHING? ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ?
>> OKAY, IF NOT, THAT SESSION IS CLOSED. I DO WANT TO SAY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE TO THE MINUTES, PLEASE GET THAT IN TO THE STAFF . AND IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CALENDAR THAT WAS THE JUST A, BASED ON A SURVEY OF EVERYBODY'S OFFICES, SO PLEASE LET THE STAFF KNOW ASAP. TO USE A WONDER WE HAVE, PLEASE, WE HAVE 21 PEOPLE ON HERE SO PLEASE LET YOUR FOLKS KNOW IF THEY ARE NOT ON HERE. WITH THAT, THE NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 14, IN THE HARRIS COUNTY BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM AT 1019 CONGRESS, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES . IF THEY GET THAT YOU CHAMBER FINISHED UP, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE BEST ONE, BUT I GUESS AT THE BAKER INSTITUTE . NOT AS CONVENIENT, BUT THAT SURE WAS HOLLYWOOD. I MUST ADMIT. I WILL TELL SECRETARY BAKER WENT ICM TONIGHT, THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING ON THE LINE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES LEFT ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO BRING UP? IF NOT, I ASSUME THERE IS NO OBJECTION . THANK YOU,
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