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DOP officials explain reorganization of branches and client grouping
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Antonio Pullano, Associate Commissioner of Adult Operations, explains the ongoing reorganization of DOP branches, focusing on simplifying client categorization and grouping. The changes aim to improve resource allocation and reduce fragmentation in service delivery.
- Branches are being reorganized based on client risk levels rather than age or location
- New groupings include a gun branch for firearms offenses and an intensive engagement branch for sex offenders and domestic violence cases
- The goal is to consolidate resources and improve sharing across fewer, more logically organized branches
Antonio Pullano
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I can speak to that.
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So we're actually still making some changes.
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We don't have a final chart.
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But what has happened in the past through many programs over the decades is that we had different categorization systems.
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So for example there was a branch and me take a step back.
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Branches are logical divisions.
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They're not physical.
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It's not like a bank branch.
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Not a location.
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It's just a logical grouping.
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So there was a group by age for a certain age group.
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Then there was a group by location in the high risk areas.
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There's a group by crime, by risk level.
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So then what happens if you have a particular age, particular crime and you live in a particular place?
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Which one do we put you in?
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So that's what we're simplifying.
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And generally the plan is where we've already moved forward with it, is grouping people by their risk, by who has the highest risk.
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So gun branch, anyone with a firearms offense tends to have similar risk, although there still is a risk assessment within them.
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They have similar needs.
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So that's one logical group.
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The other is intensive engagement which tends to be sex offenders and domestic violence groups.
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It's a loose grouping.
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Not everyone perfectly fits there.
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But they also have similar needs.
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And then the two branches that we combined were client development and community progression, which were by risk level medium and low.
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So we put the medium low risk groups together.
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The goal of these groupings is to have fewer separate branches, less fragmentation, and so that the resources that the officers are using can be consolidated.
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And that we're not thinking, Okay, well this is a program just for young people, or this is a resource that's only for people in this group.
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And so by having fewer branches and fewer of those little fragments, we can share our resources a little bit better.
Amanda Farias
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So outside of that goal that has been set for the agency are there any other new goals that have been set?
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
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Yes, no?
Antonio Pullano
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Just general goals or still related to I
Amanda Farias
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mean I'm hearing you're saying that there was a perceived goal here to try to make sure there's as many groupings of classes of people to put resources in and what officers need to know what they needed to do but are there any other goals that are new for the agency itself?