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Public Safety Improvements and Promoting Justice Policy Recommendations GOVERNOR‐ELECT DANNEL MALLOY TRANSITION TEAM SUB –COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND PROMOTING JUSTICE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS Submitted by Theresa Lantz, former Corrections Commissioner and Daryl K. Roberts, Chief of Police, City of Hartford December 20, 2010 1 Governor Elect Dannel Malloy Transition Team Public Safety Working Group December 20, 2010 Co‐Chairpersons Theresa Lantz, former DOC Commissioner Daryl K. Roberts, Hartford Chief of Police [email protected] [email protected] Malloy Transition Team Representatives Kathryn Emmett Sen. Andrew McDonald [email protected] [email protected] Roy Occhiogrosso Shawn Wooden [email protected] [email protected] Advisory Group Members Attorney Henri Alexandre Leo Arnone Brian Austin, Jr., Esq., Chair The Crumbie Law Firm Commissioner Undersecretary Department of Correction Criminal Justice Policy and [email protected] [email protected] Planning ‐ OPM [email protected] William H. Carbone Attorney Andrew R. Crumbie Chief John DeCarlo Executive Director (Ret.) State Police Chief of Staff Branford Police Department Court Support Services Division The Crumbie Law Firm [email protected] Judicial Branch [email protected] [email protected] Robert Farr, Esq. Thomas Flaherty Hartford 2000 Chairman Executive Director A collaboration of 13 Hartford Board of Pardons and Parole Police Officer Standards and NRZ’s Website: [email protected] Training Council http://www.hartford2000.org/ [email protected] Linda Bayer, Executive Director [email protected] The Hartford Business Improvement Tamara Lanier Chief Lisa Maruzo‐Bolduc, District (HBID) Criminal Justice Committee Chair Connecticut Chiefs of Police Michael Zaleski, Executive Director NAACP Association [email protected] [email protected] Willimantic Police Department [email protected] 2 Assistant Chief Lester McKoy Chief Matthew Reimondo Chief Anthony Salvatore Hartford Police Department East Hampton Police Department Cromwell Police Department 50 Jennings Road [email protected] [email protected] Hartford, CT 06120 [email protected] Susan O. Storey, Esq. Chief James Strillacci James M Thomas Chief Public Defender West Hartford Police Department Commissioner [email protected] [email protected] Department of Public Safety [email protected] Chief Melvin Wearing Bridgeport Public Schools former New Haven Chief of Police [email protected] 3 Alphabetical Table of Contents 1. Bail Bond Reform 2. Blum Shapiro Report 3. CJPAC Proposals 4. Connecticut Non‐Profits Proposals 5. Daryl K. Roberts Submissions 6. Department of Corrections Proposals 7. Fire Safety Proposals 8. Hartford 200 Neighborhood Group Proposal 9. Hartford Business Improvement District (HBID) Proposals 10. IMRP Proposals 11. Public Defenders Proposals 12. State’s Attorney Proposals 13. Theresa Lantz Submissions 14. Resumes 15. Security and Emergency Preparedness 4 Governor Elect Dannel Malloy and Lt. Governor‐Elect Nancy Wyman Transition Team Public Safety Working Group December 20, 2010 Co‐Chairpersons Theresa Lantz, former DOC Commissioner [email protected] Daryl K. Roberts, Hartford Chief of Police [email protected] Malloy Transition Team Representatives Kathryn Emmett [email protected] Sen. Andrew McDonald [email protected] Roy Occhiogrosso [email protected] Shawn Wooden [email protected] Public Safety Working Group Advisors: Attorney Henri Alexandre The Crumbie Law Firm [email protected] Leo Arnone Commissioner Department of Correction [email protected] Brian Austin, Jr., Esq., Chair Undersecretary Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Office of Policy and Management [email protected] 1 William H. Carbone Executive Director Court Support Services Division Judicial Branch [email protected] Attorney Andrew R. Crumbie (Ret.) State Police Chief of Staff The Crumbie Law Firm [email protected] Chief John DeCarlo Branford Police Department [email protected] Robert Farr, Esq. Chairman Board of Pardons and Parole [email protected] Thomas Flaherty Executive Director Police Officer Standards and Training Council [email protected] Hartford 2000 A collaboration of 13 neighborhood revitalization zones in Hartford Website: http://www.hartford2000.org/ Linda Bayer, Executive Director [email protected] The Hartford Business Improvement District (HBID) A collaboration of 19 large and small businesses in downtown Hartford Website: http://www.hartfordbid.org/boardofcommissionerslist.html Michael Zaleski, Executive Director [email protected] Tamara Lanier Criminal Justice Committee Chair NAACP [email protected] Chief Lisa Maruzo‐Bolduc, President Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association Willimantic Police Department [email protected] Assistant Chief Lester McKoy Hartford Police Department 2 50 Jennings Road Hartford, CT 06120 [email protected] Chief Matthew Reimondo East Hampton Police Department [email protected] Chief Anthony Salvatore Cromwell Police Department [email protected] Susan O. Storey, Esq. Chief Public Defender [email protected] Chief James Strillacci West Hartford Police Department [email protected] James M Thomas Commissioner Department of Public Safety [email protected] Chief Melvin Wearing Bridgeport Public Schools former New Haven Chief of Police [email protected] 3 Subject: PUBLIC SAFETY: Bail Bond Reform I. Statement of Issue: There has been much criticism of the CT Bail Bond system to include reference to corruption and violent individuals usurping the system and endangering public safety. There must be a comprehensive review and analysis of the Bail Bond system to support public safety. II. Proposed Action: Initiate a full review and analysis of the CT Bail Bond system to include focusing on the Insurance Department requirements and the impact on the criminal justice system and public safety. Develop recommendations for reform. A. Prioritization Schedule: OPM/CJPPD to conduct a multi‐faceted review and analysis of the CT Bail Bond system, to include the Department of Insurance and CJPAC review, and offer recommendations for reform and public safety enhancement. B. Fiscal Impact: Staff time for review, analysis and report. C. How does it tie‐in to Malloy/Wyman campaign policy? Improve public safety and promote justice. III. Long‐term Needs/Vision: Bail Bond system reform IV. Jobs Impact & Other Benefits: N/A V. Dissenting Opinions & Other Relevant Items: N/A References: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Officials‐say‐Connecticut‐s‐bail‐system‐in‐need‐723847.php http://www.ct.gov/cid/lib/cid/press_release_bailbondreform.pdf http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/ctnj.php/archives/entry/bail_bond_industry_needs_reform/ http://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/pridata/Studies/Bail_Final_Report.htm PUBLIC SAFETY: Drug Policy/Prison Reform Institute for Municipal &Regional Policy, Central Connecticut State University Lead Author: Robert Painter, M.D I. Statement of Issue State policy toward illegal drugs is expensive, ineffective, and destructive of neighborhoods and families. It is taxing for law enforcement officials forced to utilize dangerous methods to interrupt the flow of illegal drugs, methods which have had no effect upon the drug market, the level of drug addiction, or the negative impact of illegal drug use on our youth. These methods reflect a moral judgment of problem drug users and a conception of the use of illegal drugs and drug addiction as a crime rather than as a social, medical, and public health issue. It fails to recognize the need for expanded treatment options instead of incarceration. Although the use of illegal drugs is approximately equal across all economic, social, ethnic, and racial groups, and more than 80% of drug overdose deaths in Connecticut occur in the suburbs, the major concentration of drug sales occur in the cities (at minimum a $42 million market in Hartford) and therefore focuses law enforcement on the cities which provide the majority of residents who are arrested and incarcerated. Users in non‐urban areas who are not ‘caught’ are not prosecuted. II. Proposed Action 1. A review of sentencing policies, reserving jail time for offenses that are a threat to the health and safety of Connecticut’s citizens. 2. Continue improvements to probation, parole, pre‐sentencing and non‐incarceration programs with regard to supervision, and a more certain, less punitive approach to technical violations (such as Hawaii’s HOPES program as instituted by Judge S. Alm). 3. To decrease recidivism and re‐incarceration, begin a medical (drug) assisted treatment program in prisons for problem drug users (now prohibited), combined with ‘wrap‐around social services’ to prepare discharged prisoners for return to the community, family, and employment. The treatment and services should be continued uninterrupted into the community for as long as necessary. This better addresses the public safety of the community as well. 4. Approach (as an official policy) problem drug use as we do other chronic diseases such as diabetes or hypertension, recognizing there will be repeated treatment failures as a part of the treatment program which are not a reason for discontinuation of treatment. 5. Review particularly the approach to young people caught up in the use or sale of illegal drugs, since this group is most likely to have positive results from
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