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Home My WebLink About08/20/2024 09.D. Resolution accepting and authorizing TSRP (Traffic Safety Resource Program)funding to add a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor position to the Legal Department i4 _44iiilli i,i 00 BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 9.D. For Meeting of: August 20, 2024 ITEM TITLE: Resolution accepting and authorizing TSRP (Traffic Safety Resource Program)funding to add a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor position to the Legal Department SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia Martinez, Senior Assistant City Attorney SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Fatal and serious traffic collisions are statistically up in the entire state and typically involve substance abuse. The trends are especially alarming in Yakima County. The Traffic Safety Resource Program (TSRP) is interested in funding City of Yakima participation in DUI Court and a TSRP Resource Prosecutor position. Our office has discussed DUI Court in the past and has been interested, but due to the cost and staff commitment, we did not have the resources to seriously consider participation. DUI Court is a Yakima District Court program available to repeat DUI offenders. Participants plead up front and receive intensive treatment and weekly monitoring for a five-year period. If successful, the defendant receives a reduction of the charge and a firmly rooted new lifestyle. We do have a number of offenders who would be eligible for the program. See statistic presentation attached. Although TSRP is interested in funding our participation in DUI Court, which includes paying the judge, public defender, cost of UA, probation, and the cost of the prosecutor. The prosecution division does not have the personnel bandwidth to devote time to another program. As a result, TSRP has offered to fund a Resource Prosecutor in the Legal Department. TSRP desires to have a Central Washington presence and had funded a Resource Prosecutor at Yakima County for a time. When Yakima County started to experience severe staffing shortages, they withdrew from the program. TSRP has approached the City in the past about hosting this position, but City Legal lacked the office space to house the Resource Prosecutor. The soon-to-start remodel of the Legal Department will give us the space to accommodate the position. A Resource Prosecutor is a prosecutor employed by the host agency (City of Yakima) that is fully funded by TSRP (salary, benefits, equipment, and other costs). TSRP has been funding Resource Prosecutors for the past 15 years in Washington State and they have never pulled funding for a Resource Prosecutor position. The Resource Prosecutor is a resource for officers, prosecutors and judges. They conduct training, provide technical assistance, create resource documents, and take on limited in house cases and projects. In our case the resource prosecutor would staff the DUI court. Our traffic prosecutors handle a large caseload and would welcome the limited help. If the Council passes this resolution, the City will advertise the TSRP Resource Prosecutor position. 202 Once a candidate is identified, a budget and agreement between the Legal Department and TSRP would be reduced to a formal contract for Council consideration. The City's commitment would be the office space, information technology, and Human Resource support. ITEM BUDGETED: Yes STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Safe and Healthy Yakima RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution. ATTACHMENTS: Res-TSRP Funding_TSR Prosecutor.docx DUI Court Analytics_Jun 2024.pdf 203 RESOLUTION NO. R-2024- A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to pursue TSRP (Traffic Safety Resource Program) funding to add a Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor position to the Legal Department. WHEREAS, the Traffic Safety Resource Program (TSRP) in Washington is a valuable resource for prosecutors, law enforcement, hearing examiners, and judges specializing in impaired driving crimes; and WHEREAS, since 2009, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission has funded the Washington Traffic Safety Resource Program which funds Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors strategically around the state; and WHEREAS, TSRP and the City of Yakima Legal Department share a mutual interest in placing/hosting a TSRP Resource Prosecutor in the City Legal Department Prosecution Division. WHEREAS, the TSRP would reimburse the City of Yakima for the Resource Prosecutor salary and benefit package and the City would provide office space, information technology, and Human Resource support; and WHEREAS, Council approval is needed to add the position, move forward with the hiring process and contract with TSRP; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: The City Manager is hereby authorized to add the Resource Prosecutor position to the City Legal Department contingent upon TSRP funding, allow the Legal Department to select a candidate, finalize a budget between the City and TSRP, and reduce the agreement to a formal contract to be submitted to Council for consideration. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 20th day of August, 2024. ATTEST: Patricia Byers, Mayor Rosalinda Ibarra, City Clerk 204 SI* • UI COURT tal NALYTICS Sobriety Accountability Education He ilth DUI Court Helping you put the pieces back together JUNE 2024 Program Information • Began January 1, 2012 • 18-Month voluntary program - Consisting of 5 Phases • $400 Program fee • Max number of participants is 30, currently we have 9 participants Participant Breakdown Screened Enrolled � f Denied Pending 0 50 100 150 200 250 Screened: 217 Enrolled: 141 Denied:74 Pending: 2 Enrolled Participant Breakdown Active Graduated Terminated Suspended Other Discharge 0 20 40 60 80 100 Active: 9 Graduated: 97 Terminated: 29 Suspended: 4 Other Discharge: 2 206 Program Duration Breakdown Graduated Terminated 80 60 40 20 0 o� o�� o� o� o� �' 1� �y N;L (V ti Y 0-6 Months: Grad: 0 Term:7 7-12 Months: Grad: 1 Term:4 13-18 Months: Grad: 13 Term:7 19- 24 Months: Grad:73 Term: 5 25+ Months: Grad: 10 Term: 6 207 Rates Admission Rate: Number of participants admitted as a percentage of the total referred Total Referrals Total Enrolled Rate 217 141 65% Retention Rate: Number of active and graduated participants as a percentage of the total admitted Total Admitted Total Active Total Graduated Rate 141 9 97 75% Graduation Rate: Number of participants graduated as a percentage of total admitted. Total Admitted Total Graduated Rate 141 97 69% 208 Recidivism Recidivism Rate: Number of participants with new convictions as a percentage of total admitted. Overall a Graduated k Terminated Total Convictions DUI Convictions Other CT Convictions Other CN Convictions 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 209 Overall Recidivism Total Admitted Total New Convictions Success Rate 141 54 62% Total Admitted Total New DUI Convictions Success Rate 141 25 82% Total Admitted Total New CT Convictions Success Rate 141 35 75% • CT Convictions include Suspended License charges and Operating W/O IID charges O 34 of the 35 are due to these charges O 7 individuals have only Suspended license convictions O 4 individuals have only Operating W/O IID convictions Total Admitted Total New CN Convictions Success Rate 141 28 80% 210 Graduated Recidivism Total Graduated Total New Convictions Success Rate 97 35 64% Total Graduated Total New DUI Convictions Success Rate 97 18 81% Total Graduated Total New CT Convictions Success Rate 97 23 76% • CT Convictions include Suspended License charges and Operating W/O IID charges O 21 of the 23 are due to these charges O 4 individuals have only Suspended license convictions O 1 individuals have only Operating W/O IID convictions Total Graduated Total New CN Convictions Success Rate 97 18 81% 211 Terminated Recidivism Total Terminated Total New Convictions Success Rate 29 19 34% Total Terminated Total New DUI Convictions Success Rate 29 7 76% Total Terminated Total New CT Convictions Success Rate 29 13 55% • CT Convictions include Suspended License charges and Operating W/O IID charges o All 13 individuals are due to these charges O 3 individuals have only Suspended license convictions O 1 individual has only Operating W/O IID convictions Total Terminated Total New CN Convictions Success Rate 29 9 69% 212 Not Accepted Recidivism 6 Individuals had been denied on their first referral and were re-referred and enrolled into the program. In order to ensure we are pulling accurate numbers for comparison, these 6 individuals are not counted in these analytics There is an expectation that the recidivism rates will be lower among those who are not accepted into DUI Court because most of the individuals were not accepted because they did not meet the high risk/high need criteria. Total Not Accepted Total New Convictions Success Rate 68 16 76% Total Not Accepted Total New DUI Convictions Success Rate 68 8 88% Total Not Accepted Total New CT Convictions Success Rate 68 13 81% • CT Convictions include Suspended License charges and Operating W/O IID charges O 12 of the 13 individuals are due to these charges O 1 individuals have only Suspended license convictions O 2 individuals have only Operating W/O IID convictions Total Not Accepted Total New CN Convictions Success Rate 68 6 91% 213 Participant Demographics Age Graduated Terminated 50 40 30 20 10 ILL 24 or Younger 25-34 35-49 50 or Older <=24: Grad:4 Term: 2 25-34: Grad: 30 Term: 13 34-49: Grad:45 Term: 9 >=50: Grad: 18 Term: 5 Race Graduated Terminated 50 40 30 11-- 20 10 mi 0 QcS Caucasian: Grad: 38 Term: 8 African American: Grad: 0 Term: 2 Native American: Grad: 16 Term: 12 Hispanic: Grad:43 Term: 7 214 Gender Graduated Terminated 100 80 60 40 20 0 Female Male Female: Grad: 16 Term: 9 Male: Grad: 81 Term: 20 215