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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. ,;;J.)' ( 7!!!; ., i ~ * 1 t "' ; jT • • , • .. • • • - 'I' ~'':''~ ~liIliiii.:;iIiiii;"'_" ,,",,~jiiJII 7 • UTAH-LAW ENFORCEMENT ,. ~-...... .- ...... _...... ..... ' ... ~ , ....... , -... "'-~ ~ ... '- .. ~. r'-"'-"-~-''''' PLANNING• ~ ~." .'~"'.'" ,~.- •• -.# ••• -.-, .. -AGENCY-••" •• ,".'-"' ... ," ". ,' ••••••• --~ -'" .-~ ....... Room 304 State Office Building Calvin Rampton, Governor Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Commissioner Raymond Jackson, Chairman Telephone (801) 328-5731 Robert Andersen, Executive Director CALVIN l. RAMPTON RAYMOND A. JACKSON Governor THE STATE OF UTAH Commissioner DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY 317 STATE OFFICE BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114 April, 1974 To: Governor Calvin L. Rampton and the Utah State Legislature This report represents the first extensive description of the efforts of the Utah State Law Enforcement Planning Agency. During the past five years, the Law Enforcement Planning Agency has awarded o;-er $10, 000, 000 in action funds to units of state and local government to assist them in re duCing crime and to promote more effective justice. This report provides an explanation of the statewide planning effort, and a description of projects now operating with Law Enfol'cement Plannin$ Agency support. It also briefly describes our multi-year goals and ob jectives designed to reduce crim.e and delinquency and to improve services' of the criminal justice system. Having established a solid framework for planning, the Law Enforcement Planning Agency is now focusing major attention on establishing standards and goals for all segments of the criminal justice system. Future reports will emphasize our progress toward achieving adoption of specific stan dards designed to control crime and to increase public confidence in our criminal justice system. Respectfully submitted, I -P~" t Jack I' ~=ndA. I C ommi s sione l' RAJ:pc table of contents Page PREFACE ............................................................................... · . ' ....... 1 MEMBERSHIP Utah Law Enforcement Planning Council (ULEPC) .. : ...................................................... 5 Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency (ULEPA) Staff .................................................... 8 Regional Planning .................................................................................. 8 INTRODUCTION The Crime Control Act of 1973 ........................................................................ 19 Crime in Utah 1972 ................................................................................ 21 Utah's Criminal Justice System ....................................................................... 29 PLANNING AND EVALUATION The Planning Effort ................................................................................. 33 Evaluation ........................................................................................ 38 STANDARDS AND GOALS Utah Task Forces on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals ....... ; ........................................ 43 GRANTS AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT Structure ......................................................................................... 49 1973 Innovations and Accomplishments ........................................... : ............' ....... 50 PROGRESS REPORT Equipment and Facilities ..................................................................... , ...... 53 Construction .' ..................................................................................... 55 Upgrading Personnel .................................................................. , ............ 57 Systems Reorganization and Law Reform .............................................................. 66 Manpower Utilization .................................... , .......................................... 68 Research and Development ......................................................................... 74 Information Systems ................................................................................ 75 Rehabilitation ..................................................................................... 83 Community Relations ana . ~;Jcation .................................................................. 90 High Crime Area Incidence .......................................................................... 92 GRANT ALLOCATIONS Subgrants Awarded to State Agendes ................................................ , .......... 99 Regional Distribution of Subgrants ................................................... , .......... 100 Functional Category Distribution ................................................... ............... 103 preface The Safe Streets Act has now been in operation for statewide information system. Information gathered approximately five years. During that time, Utah hc,.s would be for departmental and statewide planning as been engaged in the development and implemento well as for rehabilitation or courtroom purposes and tion of annual action plans. During 1972, crime case studies. decreased by more than 10% in Salt Lake City, but The past year brought the concept of "crime specific increased by 3% throughout the State. Many attribute planning" to ULEPA's attention. Although. 1973 was part of the success in Salt Lake City to Omnibus projects. planned on a system-wide basis, the decision was The $2,758,000 in total funds awarded to Utah for the made to pion for the following year with two goals in 1973 comprehensive plan has gone toward mind: to \'educe crime (crime planning), and to system-w'ide improvement of criminal justice. In the improve i".ystem effectiveness (support systems judicial area, the urgent need for a complete revison of planning). the Utah Penal Code was accomplished. The past year Perhaps the most significant accomplishment of the also saw implementation of the first phase of a unified Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency (ULEPA) during court system and the establishment of a Sia'leWide 1973 has been the initiation of Utah Criminal Justice Association of Prosecutors (SWAP). Standards and Goals. The Utah Law Enforcement Funds have been appropriated to address Planning Council (ULEPC) has been directed by the correctional needs, such as the lack of training and Governor to identify the selected standards (based education in correctional personnel, low salaries, primarily on the Reports of the National Advisory personnel shortages, the jailing of youth, the need for Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals) additional community-based resources as alternatives which are best suited to our State. Five task forces have to prison sentencing, and the need for adequate adult been created in the areas of Police, Courts, Corrections, and youth rehabilitating programs. Information Systems, and Community Crime preven Needs in the police area included:· equipment; the tion. It is the responsibility of the Task Forces to analyze investigation and prosecution of organized criminal the reports and apply goals and standards in their own activities and the accumulation, evaluation and way and in the context of Utah's needs. dissemination of intelligence data; multi-jurisdictional enforcement units that attack a specific crime or provide a special prevention effort; the lack of, and subsequent need for, police-community relations divisions; and additional recruit and in-service training. Problems have been recognized and notable changes made in information systems. One of the needs estab.lished in 1969 was the implementation of a --------~--------------~'\------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ ---,.- •.. I •.. • ,3 membership the utah law enforc:ement planning council (ULEPC) Governor Calvin L. Rampton created the Utah Law 1:30 p. m. unless Council members are otherwise Enforcement Planning Council, together with the staff notified. support designated as the Utah Law Enforcement Ten members of the Council constitute a que-rum for Planning Agency, under the Utah Department of P~blic the transaction of all business. Members of the Council, Safety by Executive Order, dated September 24, 1968. or their duly appointed alternates, are permitted to The Governor designated the membership on the vote only if they or their alternatives are present when Council in the Executive Order. the vote is taken. Members are permitted to designate The Utah Law Enforcement Planning Agency began alternates to attend Council meetings in their stead. operations officially' on January 1, 1969. Subsequent to the initial designation of Council membership by the Executive Committee Governor, some changes in Council membership have occurred with the concurrence of the Governor. The full Council has designated a five-member An amended Executive Order, dated November 30, Executive Committee, made up of Council members, to 1971 and signed by the Governor clarified duties of the approve programs for action funds. The executive Council and specified that Council membership should Committee meets the first Tuesday of each month at be pk.lced at 19. The representative nature of the 10:00 a.m. and reviews all project applications. membership was detailed, and conditions of Council General policy guidelines are approved by the Council. membership were outlined. Membership of the Council Any projects that require special decisions or need has been subsequently altered to reflect the directives policy determinations are referred to the full Council. A with