Adjudication

The Camden County Police Department is requesting assistance to enhance access to probation data. In order to do this, the New Jersey Courts needs assistance in determining how to best extract the data and to receive a demonstration on how a web enabled system can not only help Camden County access their public data, but every county in New Jersey as well.

BJA will commission a White Paper on risk assessment use in state and local sentencing decision making. The final report will be a critical tool to expand BJA's knowledge of how risk information is used, and may impact future BJA funding priorities and strategies.

BJA will identify a provider to facilitate JRI peer-to-peer technical assistance events. Similar events were held in February 2015 to share ideas, resources, and tools from sites involved in JRI efforts. This TA will expand those events to more sites involved in JRI activity.

The Oregon CJC is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to perform 3 tasks: 1) Develop an implementation plan for Lane and Klamath Counties; 2) advise on performance and outcome measures for counties implementing the Marion County program, 3) work with CJC to document the implementation process and prepare resources for other counties to replicate the process.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is seeking technical assistance in creating and designing an investigative database for the Wayne County Sexual Assault Kit Task Force (WCSAKTF). The grant would provide for an expert in data analysis and database management to aid in the merging of several existing databases created and maintained by law enforcement, prosecutors, and lab personnel.

Louisiana requests assistance in developing a quality assurance program around their Risk, Needs, Responsibility tool. They also require the facilitation of focus groups to inform the tools development and implementation.

Delaware would like assistance developing a structured devision making aid to assist magistrate judges in translating pretrial risk assessment results with release decision/placements

The 26th Judicial District is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to design an approach using best practices for the scheduling cases from filing to disposition and the management of the docket within the courtroom itself. Achieving buy-in from court officials with diverse perspectives is key. This effort will result in a more productive courtroom and effective utilization of courtroom time.

Requesting a study of Philadelphia's indigent defense delivery system. To date, Philadelphia has never conducted a comprehensive, professional study to determine which type of conflict counsel indigent defense delivery system best meets the needs of the City’s criminal, delinquency and dependency court systems. It is prudent for the policymakers of Philadelphia to decide for themselves the appropriate model for delivering conflict services, rather than having something imposed on it through costly litigation.

Ken Sharpe is requesting reimbursement for travel expenses to travel to Boston, MA for a Blue Courage Training on July 14 and 15, 2014.