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AGENCY TESTIMONY

Public safety initiatives and criminal justice funding

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Director Jiha details the city's investments in public safety and criminal justice initiatives, emphasizing a comprehensive approach to community safety and support for law enforcement and justice systems.

  • Strengthened support for indigent defense providers
  • Funding for criminal justice initiatives including alternatives to incarceration and enhanced supervision
  • Support for reentry programs helping decarcerated individuals
  • Increased staffing at the Civilian Complaint Review Board
  • Plan to reach 35,000 police officers on the streets by fall 2026
Jacques Jiha
0:15:56
To safeguard the constitutional right to council, we strengthened support for indigent defense providers.
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We also funded criminal justice initiatives including alternatives to incarceration and enhanced supervision.
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And to promote successful reentry, we are helping decarcerated individuals secure housing, employment, mentorship, and healthcare.
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And we added support for recovery centers which provide safe spaces and treatment to survivors of violent crime who have less access to the additional victim services.
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We have also increased staffing at the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
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Further, we fund the funding in this financial plan keeps the city on a path for 35,000 police officers on the streets by the fall of twenty twenty six.
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