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WHEREAS, an estimated 30 counties were operating under court-ordered or self-imposed population <br />caps before realignment, and the current lack of bed space in county jails has since led to many convicted <br />probationers being released early after serving a fraction of their time; with inadequate to no subsequent <br />supervision, leaving them free to engage in further criminal offenses in our local cities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is increasing knowledge among the offender population which offenses will and <br />will not result in a sentence to state prison, and many offenders, if held in custody pending trial, that would <br />be sentenced to county jail are ultimately sentenced to time served due to overcrowding in county facilities; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there are inadequate databases allowing local police departments to share critical <br />offender information among themselves, with county probation departments, and with other county and state <br />law enforcement entities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, local police departments have not received adequate funding to properly address this new <br />population of offenders who are victimizing California communities; and now therefore let it be <br /> <br /> RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the League of California Cities, assembled in Sacramento <br />on September 20, 2013, to request the Governor and State Legislature to immediately enter into discussions <br />with League representatives and the California Police Chiefs’ Association to address the following issues: <br /> <br />1. The need to fully fund municipal police departments with constitutionally protected funding to <br />appropriately address realignment issues facing front-line law enforcement; <br /> <br />2. Amend appropriate sections of AB 109 to change the criteria justifying the release of non-violent, <br />non-serious, non-sex offender inmates (N3) inmates to include their total criminal and mental <br />history instead of only their last criminal conviction; <br /> <br />3. Establish a uniform definition of recidivism with the input of all criminal justice stakeholders <br />throughout the state; <br /> <br />4. Enact legislation that will accommodate the option for city police officers to make ten (10) day flash <br />incarcerations in city jails for probationers who violate the conditions of their probation; <br /> <br />5. Establish oversight procedures to encourage transparency and accountability over the use of <br />realignment funding; <br /> <br />6. Implement the recommendations identified in the California Little Hoover Commission Report #216 <br />dated May 30, 2013; <br /> <br />7. Provide for greater representation of city officials on the local Community Corrections Partnerships. <br />Currently AB 117 provides for only one city official (a police chief) on the seven-member body, six <br />of which are aligned with the county in which the partnership has been established. As a result, the <br />counties dominate the committees and the subsequent distribution of realignment funds. <br /> <br />8. Provide, either administratively or by legislation, an effective statewide data sharing mechanism <br />allowing state and local law enforcement agencies to rapidly and efficiently share offender <br />information to assist in tracking and monitoring the activities of AB 109 and other offenders. <br /> <br />////////// <br /> <br />12