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Legal & Justice System Subcommittee
The next meeting is 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in the Courthouse Fifth Floor Conference Room 514, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham.
Legal & Justice System Ad Hoc Subcommittee Statement of Work
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| 2019 Legal & Justice System Committee Meeting Documents |
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| DATE | AGENDA | PACKET | AUDIO | MEETING SUMMARY | MEETING INFORMATION |
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| December 10, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| November 12, 2019 |
Agenda | None | Audio | Summary | Joint meeting with the Behavioral Health Committee |
| October 8, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| September 10, 2019 | Agenda | n/a | Audio | Summary | |
| August 13, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| June 11, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| May 14, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Joint meeting with the Behavioral Health Subcommittee |
| April 9, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| March 12, 2019 | Agenda | Packet | Part 1 Part 2 |
Summary | |
| N/A | N/A | Meeting cancelled | |||
| 2018 Legal & Justice System Committee Meeting Documents |
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| DATE | AGENDA | PACKET | AUDIO | MEETING SUMMARY | MEETING HANDOUTS |
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| December 11, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Draft Summary | |
| November 13, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| September 11, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | NADCP Presentation |
| July 10, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| June 12, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Whatcom County Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Program |
| May 8, 2018 | Agenda | Packet* | Audio** | Summary | *Amended to include draft annual report **Partial recording |
| April 10, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | N/A | Meeting cancelled for lack of a quorum. | |
| March 13, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| February 13, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| January 9, 2018 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| 2017 Legal & Justice System Committee Meeting Documents |
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| DATE | AGENDA | PACKET | AUDIO | MEETING SUMMARY | MEETING HANDOUTS |
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| December 12, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Draft Summary | Handout: Presentation on Restorative Justices and Practices Overview |
| November 14, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| October 10, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Developing a pretrial risk assessment instrument working draft |
| September 12, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment Handout: Working list of Drug Court improvements |
| July 11, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | VERA Institute Preliminary Data Report Karen Burke DVSAS Presentation |
| June 13, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| May 9, 2017 | Agenda | Packet (Large Document, may take time to download.) |
Audio | Summary | Supplemental Information received re: Drug Court at past meetings. |
| April 11, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| March 14, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| February 28, 2017 Special Meeting |
Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: City of Bellingham risk assessment tool |
| January 9, 2017 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Anderson presentation Handout: Judge Snyder Email |
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| 2015 & 2016 Legal & Justice System Committee Meeting Documents |
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| 2016 |
| Date | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Meeting Summary | Meeting Handouts |
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| December 14, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Whiteboard notes from Nov. 14 Committee meeting Handout: Project Brief on Pre-arrest diversion to behavioral health services Handout: Email from Judge Snyder on FasTrack and Drug Court Reference: Law Review Article by Rob McKenna, Washington State's 45-Year Experiment in Governmental Liability |
| November 14, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| September 19, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| August 8, 2016 | Agenda | None | Audio | Summary | Handout: Mental Health Court Handout: Virginia Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool Handout: Yakima Pretrial Public Safety Assessment |
| July 18, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Adult Static Risk Assessment Handout: Jail Alternatives Qualification Comparison Handout: Probation Department Information |
| June 13, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Judge Garrett Memo to Committee re: 2012 Drug Court Study Handout: Jail Alternative Qualification Comparison Handout: Comments on Drug Court and Fast Track Handout: Questions and Answers on Probation Services Handout: Table of potential programs |
| May 16, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| April 11, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handouts |
| March 28, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | |
| February 8, 2016 | Agenda | N/A | Audio | Summary | N/A |
| January 25, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout |
| January 4, 2016 | Agenda | Packet | Audio | Summary | Handout: Draft Program Revisions/Innovations Revised Statement of Work |
| 2015 | |||||
| December 7, 2015 | Agenda |
Packet |
Audio | Summary | N/A |
| Meeting Documents |
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| DATE | AGENDA | PACKET | AUDIO | MEETING SUMMARY | MEETING HANDOUTS | |
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| October 19, 2015 |
Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
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October 5, 2015
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Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
Handout: Whatcom County Jail Offender Population Profile Handout: City of Bellingham Jail Prevention, Alternative & Diversion Programs Handout: Whatcom County 2015 Criminal Justice Diversion Program Funding |
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| September 21, 2015 |
Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
Sequential Intercepts for Developing Criminal Justice - Mental Health Partnerships Use of Sequential Intercept Model Letter to Task Force from Judge Deborra Garrett |
| Meeting Documents |
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| DATE | AGENDA | PACKET | AUDIO | MEETING SUMMARY | MEETING HANDOUTS | |
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| October 19, 2015 |
Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
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October 5, 2015
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Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
Handout: Whatcom County Jail Offender Population Profile Handout: City of Bellingham Jail Prevention, Alternative & Diversion Programs Handout: Whatcom County 2015 Criminal Justice Diversion Program Funding |
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| September 21, 2015 |
Agenda |
Packet |
Meeting audio |
Sequential Intercepts for Developing Criminal Justice - Mental Health Partnerships Use of Sequential Intercept Model Letter to Task Force from Judge Deborra Garrett |
Upcoming Legal & Justice Systems Subcommittee regular meetings are generally held on the second Tuesday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Courthouse Fifth Floor Conference Room 514, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, unless otherwise noted. Additional meetings may be scheduled as needed. Please check this webpage periodically for confirmed meeting information. The regular meeting dates for 2020:
- January 14, 2020
- February 11, 2020
- March 10, 2020
- April 14, 2020
- May 12, 2020 (joint mtg. with Behavioral Health)
- June 9, 2020
- July 14, 2020
- August 11, 2020
- September 15, 2020
- October 13, 2020
- November 10, 2020 (joint mtg. with Behavioral Health)
- December 8, 2020
The purpose of the Legal & Justice Systems Ad Hoc Committee is to recommend to the Task Force specific, achievable programs and services that would prevent or reduce incarceration, if implemented within the legal and law enforcement systems. Treatment for addiction and mental health, and other behavioral health programs and services are the purview of a different Ad Hoc Committee.