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Home My WebLink AboutPublic Safety OctOctober 30, X014 300 p.m. $T® LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION ANNEX BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER= CONFERENCE ROOM 3 1. Call to Order Chairman Tod Mowery X. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes- July 31, 2014 Meeting 4. Sheriff's Office Update- Major Tighe 5. Update by Criminal Justice Coordinator- Mark Godwin 6. Judicial Update- Chief Judge Levin 7. Old Business So New Business 9. Adjournment Members: Suzanne Caudell Janet Collins State Attorney Bruce Colton Commissioner Tod Mowery Public Defender Diamond Litty John Thompson Sheriff Ken Mascara Chief Judge Levin John Romano Major Pat Tighe Judge Philip Vacucci Minutes of Meeting October 30, 2014 Convenes 3:30 p.m. J 2+� djourneds 3:46 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Vice Chairman, Brue Colton called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in Conference Room # 3, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken. Members Presents Members Absents Others Presents Bruce Colton, State Attorney Tom Genung for Chief Judge Steve Levin,19th Circuit Judge Philip). Yacucci,19th Circuit Ken Mascara, Sheriff of SLC Major Pat Tighe, SLSO Diamond Litty, Public Defender Janet Collins, Bail Association John Romano, New Horizons John Thompson, Florida Department of Corrections Suzanne Caudell, CORE Program Commissioner Tod Mowery Commissioner Kim Johnson, BOCC Markt Godwin, SLC Criminal Justice Coordinator Broderick Underwood, CJIS Analyst Allison Duffy, SLC Drug Lab Ivelisse Chico, Pretrial Program Captain William Lawhorn, SLSO Trevor Morganti, SLSO Susie Caron, Aide to Commissioner Mowery APPROVAL OF MINUTEfs The minutes from July 31, 2014 were unanimously approved. Public $afety CoordinatingCouncil UPDATE by SLC $herriff's Office- Major Tighe on behalf of Sheriff Mascaras Sheriff Mascara briefly remarked that the population was going up, the bookings down (Major Tighe would expand on that). The Sheriff stated, we were getting into a danger zone again. Major Tighe gave an update on a regional training that took place at the Fenn Center called, Control the Crisis. It was regarding how to deal with the mentally ill in the jail setting. The turn- out was successful with seven counties in attendance and positive feedback was given on the evaluation cards regarding the training. Mark Godwin thanked Major Tighe for allotting five spots for his staff to attend. Major Tighe provided a handout: Safe Jails/Smart Decisions, this training is offered by, Envision Justice Solutions and will be held at the Fenn Center January 21-22, 2015 (the cost is $295 per person). Please see the attachment for more information. A breakdown of the jail population was reported as follows: 1326 with 48 Federal Inmates, 33 percent mentally ill, 400 gang members, 5o murder/attempted murder individuals along with over 200 female inmates encompass the population. The medical unit as previously reported by Major Tighe is at 200 percent. In October the jail population was 1360 and the population threshold is 1370. He referred to the Quarterly Detention Center Population Summary (attached) and noted the Average Daily Population block showed an increase since April 2014 while the block below showed a decrease in the Booking rate. Tom Genung asked the Major if there was anything he can put his finger on to attribute to the cause of what was reported. Major Tighe replied no and he was going to suggest a case study be done with the Criminal Justice Coordinator if Commissioner Mowery was present. Mr. Godwin offered to pass the suggestion on to Commissioner Mowery on behalf of the Public Safety Coordinating Council. Mr. Colton who facilitated the meeting on behalf of Commissioner Mowery supported the idea. Concluding the Major's report, good news was noted, since January 2014 there were no new HIV cases in the jail. Unfortunately, Hepatitis C is on the rise and not only locally. There is a cure that costs $150,000 per patient. The medical unit at the jail will not be treating this because the provider who starts the treatment has to treat and track the patient for 22 months and the average length of stay at the county jail is less than that. UPDATE by Criminal Justice Coordinator- Marl: Godwins None. Public Safety ooa in linCouncil JUDICIAL UPDATE- Judge Vaeueci on behalf of Chief Judge Levin Judge Vacucci went over some judicial assignments and some upcoming investitures for new Judges taking place in January 2015. Tom Genung confirmed that there are 16 candidates for Judge Holly's seat. OLD BUSINESS- None NEW BUSINESS- Mark Godwin thanked the Sheriff once again for the vehicles that were donated to the Pretrial Program over the years, we are in the process of returning them since we were able to get new ones. The Sheriffs office assisted with installing AVL's (Automatic Vehicle Locators) for safety purposes and he expressed appreciation for that as well. Mr. Godwin also thanked John Thompson, DOC for the meeting he invited our staff to attend at his office. The Regional training Coordinator for the Drug Enforcement Agency in Miami provided information about a new "shake and bake" method of making Meth Amphetamines. Mr. Thompson complimented the professionalism of our staff members who attended the meeting. ADJOURNMENTS Vice Chairman, Bruce Colton adjourned the meeting at 3:46 p.m. Submitted by, Carlene Busse THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD January 29, 2015