Michigan's .Criminal Justice
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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. I l \. \ \ ''-c ~. , . , ~-- ~-~, -~ "f'-, ..... -- -, .. - ,.. ~ ~ .ur / , ! V ',' . PERIPECTIYES- _'J --'T'''', ,'t_. ,~'~ _,r ' -' The 1974 AnnuaJ Report of the Michigan Office of Criminal Justice Programs Don. P. LeDuc Administrator • - {II "c,", ... 1973-74 in retrospect (ORTERTS The issues of crime control and justice reform came to the forefront in Michigan and across the nation during the 1973-74 fiscal year. 1973~74 In Retrospect.............................................................................. 1 National statistics showed unreported crime high in many large American cities; reported crime in Michigan and the nation rose slightly in 1973, and the gloomy prediction that further increases Organization') of OCJP.............................................................................. 7 could be expected in 1974 was made. Planning Section ........................................................................................ 9 New directions in crime control and strong commiHments based on exhaustive research and Grant Administration ................................................................................ 11 study highlighted the year. Fund Flow Chart ...................................................................................... 17 In Michigan, efforts to prepare extensive recommendations on crime reduction and justice reform continued under the direction of the Michigan Commission on Criminal Justice, a statewide advisory Summary of Audits .................................................................................. 19 body created in June, 19?a, by Gov. William G. Milliken. Summary of Grants.................................................................................. 20 This "goals and standards" project, financed and staffed in part by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning Funds Statement ..................................................................... 21 Programs (OCJP), was a major activity during the past fiscal year. By June 30, 1974 .. the six Commission task forces had nearly completed review of all major proposals mad(~ nationally and Staff .. ".. ,11 •••••••• "............ ~.411: ••••••••••••••••••• * ••••.................... 1' ••••• " .............................. • \"1 24 locally, and preparation of a state goals and standards document was well underway. Goals and St,andards ............................................................................... '29 Shortly after the close of the fiscal year, the final goals and standards report was approved by the C ommlsslon.. on C··rlmlna I J ustlce............................................................ 31 Commission for presentation to the Governor. In it are contained nearly 600 goals and standards relating to nearly every aspect of the Michigan criminal justice system. 'The Regional Role ................................................................................... 39 OCJP also assisted in preparation of a major message on crime given to the Michigan Legisjature Regional Map............................................................................................ 41 in March by Gov. Milliken. Regional and Local Criminal Justice Planners................................... 42 In it MillHcen sf-lived notice to "all criminals, here and throughout the country, that Michigan is a 73-74 Oistribution of Projects by Regions, State Agencies.............. 43 bad place to do bus'ness." He referred to an ,:)CJP-sponsored public opinion poll on crim~~ when he told lawmakers that "59 Urban Area Jmpact ................... :'................................................................ 55 per cent of the peopir.'J say the most important problem facing th~ir community is either the drug Crime Impact Cities Oata........................................................................ 57 problem, crime in general, burglaries, robberies, delinquency, theft, murder or vandalism." Crime Rates for Specific Cities ..................................~.......................... 57 Milliken outlined ~,ieveral programs designed to combat these pmblems including a sweeping and fundamental reform of the state's sentencing practices. Michigan Crime Impact Cities ......................................................... v...... 58 He urged tougher sentences for those persons convicted of cornitting felonies while possessing Grant Activity in Counties ...................................................................... ..56 handguns, uniformity in police operations, a state level narcotics task force, an end to plea Evolving ... The OCJP Planning Process ............................................ 61' bargaining, improvement of courts and corrections and creation of a Commission on Investigation to A Second Look ... Outstanding PrOjects.............................................. fight organized crime, prevent publics corruption and increase police accountability. 991 OCJP was .charged with following up on the proposals and with monitoring the progress of the Past and Present Objectives ofOCJP .................................... ~~\. .......... 127' reGommendatiolns. Specific proposals in the area of investigation of organized crime and narcotics E . 0 If xecutlve rdeps .......................................................................... J~ ............ 133 law enforcement were developed by OCJP during the fiscal year. 1 In the area of federal grant administration, OCJP continued its struggle to meet local and state Grant Activities by Program Areas .... , ...................................... !;............ 139 I anti-crime needs with $23.1 million in block grants awarded to the state by the federal Law Grant b H O· t . + >., i! 142 s youse IS rIC~S ........................................................... I;.", ....... .. Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). Grants by Senate Oistricts ..... ;' ................................................................. 148 II The block grants had nearly been all awarded to state and local agencies by the end of the 1974 AU Subgrants Awarded .............................. ; ............... , ........."., ............... ,.. 153 fiscal year - a precedent for OCJP and nearly every other state involved in the federal crime control " -- . I. program. ~ ~-----DV.--~ -"~~-----------fi--------------------------W---------- --------------------------------- ____________ ! ...... .. ________________________ _ This accelerated grant award process was undertaken by OC,)P partly because of the need to The change resulted in elimination of the agency's Program Section and expansion of the Grant speed the flow of LEAA dollars to grant recipients and partly to coordinate the federal anti-crime Administration Section. grant and planning program with the state's budgetary process. The decision made in the previous fiscal year to give more grant administration duties to the This coordination means OCJP is able to award one year's block grants during the same fiscal state's 14 planning regions and three local criminal justice planning units made the change year for which they are designated. necessary. It is anticipated that by June, 1976, OCJP will make grant awards once a year, rather than The new structure places more emphasiS on planning while allowing sound grant administration quarterly as has been the case in the past. practices to remain intact. This is expected to force potential grant recipients into long-range planning - particularly state Regional and local criminal justice planners began during the 1974 fiscal year preparation of the agencies which have to prepare their budgets for gubernatorial and legislative scrutiny nine months 1976 plans for their areas. Deadline for completion of these plans was Oct. 1, 1974. Planr:ers also before the start of the fiscal year. provided technical assistance to grant recipie"ts and potential applicants, inspected and monitored In addition to coordination 01 the anti-crime program and the state's budgetary process, the new projects and assisted in developing projects. procedure is expected to help OCJP run :l~~ grant administration program more smoothly. In the current fiscal year ending June 3D, 1975, OCJP will continue its work on goals and During the 1974 fiscal year the agency also began preparing for the likelihood that Congress standards, increase its statewide planning efforts, maintain its grant administration activities and would not approve the full $1 billion appropriation authorized for the LEAA in the Crime Control Act begin looking at new roles in the areas of gathering and analyzing statistics and budgeting for of 1973 for use in the 1974-75 fiscal year. At the end of the 1974 fiscal year Congress was considering state-level criminal justice activities. a request for funds totaling $886.4 million. If the full authorization had been appropriated, Michigan would have received about $4 million more in block grants than the $22.9 million awarded for disbursement. The agency, Gov. Milliken and the Michigan Commission on Criminal Justice urged full authorization because of anticipated needs in the area of continued and new projects. Because of the reduced appropriations, however, many proposed projects have been denied funding, and it is anticipated this situation will continue in the 1975 and 1976 fiscal years. During the 1974 fiscal year a $4.7 million supplement grant was awarded to Michigan by LEAA to help finance 17 anti-crime projects being