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5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 1 <br /> 2 <br />Public Safety 3 <br />• Criminal Justice Resource Department – page 123 4 <br />o Restoration Legal Counsel Program 5 <br />– 16,000 Orange County Residents with Suspended Drivers 6 <br />Licenses 7 <br />– 3,000 of those Suspensions Result from Failure to Comply with 8 <br />Traffic Fines and Court Fees 9 <br />– Free Legal Services to Reduce or Eliminate a Traffic Fee or Fine 10 <br />– Expunction Relief to Purge Criminal Record 11 <br />– Means Tested Service Eligibility 12 <br />o Program Performance 13 <br />– Started in October 1, 2019 14 <br />– 250 Referrals in FY2019-20 15 <br />– 40% of Referrals Received Restoration Relief 16 <br />– 420 Referrals Expected in FY2020-21 17 <br /> 18 <br />Public Safety 19 <br />• Criminal Justice Resource Department – page 123 20 <br />– Pretrial Services Performance-graph 21 <br /> 22 <br />Public Safety 23 <br />• Criminal Justice Resource Department – page 123 24 <br />– Criminal Case Assessment -graph 25 <br /> 26 <br />Commissioner Price referred to the lethality project slide, and asked if it is known where 27 <br />this would go in the chart. 28 <br />Travis Myren referred to page 289-291, and said it is in the Public Safety Non- 29 <br />Departmental Section. 30 <br />Commissioner Price said the Department requested $198,000 for operations, but the 31 <br />Manager recommended $93,000. She asked if the proposed use of the money could be 32 <br />identified. 33 <br />Travis Myren said staff is not recommending any general fund funded positions. 34 <br />Caitlin Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resource Director, said the original plan was to start 35 <br />earlier with the Compass Center, with more funding, but that was reduced due to Covid-19. 36 <br />Caitlin Fenhagen said she is very excited about the lethality assessment protocol, and 37 <br />the state is offering free training. She said it requires a great deal of collaboration amongst all 38 <br />local law enforcement. She said it will be worth it, and highly valuable. She said this program is 39 <br />evidence based, and has shown to reduce lethality in domestic violence cases. 40 <br />Caitlin Fenhagen said the jail population has been greatly reduced, through the 41 <br />collaboration of all involved. 42 <br />Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is any update of the Restoration Relief program. 43 <br />Caitlin Fenhagen said it has been terrific, and the Judges all respect the staff involved. 44 <br />She said referrals have slowed due to Covid-19. 45 <br />Travis Myren asked if MAR could be defined. 46 <br />Caitlin Fenhagen said it stands for Motion for Appropriate Relief, and there are people 47 <br />serving state prison sentences that are vulnerable to Covid-19, or are close to the end of their 48 <br />sentences, who can be released early. She said support is being provided when people return 49 <br />home. 50