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HOME DETENTION ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAM FOR GLENDALE CITY COURT
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. CITY OF GLENDALE
Gim,tE Council Communication
Business-Voting Agenda
12/14/2004
Item No. 17
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ed Beasley, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Elizabeth Finn, Presiding City Judge
Brenda Way, Court Administrator
Andrew Kirkland, Police Chief
John Krystek, Assistant Police Chief
Brent Ackzen, Assistant Director
SUBJECT: HOME DETENTION/ELECTRONIC MONITORING
PROGRAM FOR GLENDALE CITY COURT
Purpose
This is a request for City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing Glendale City Court to utilize
home detention and electronic monitoring systems as suitable foims of punishment for
defendants convicted of various criminal offenses. This alternative to incarceration is
necessitated by steadily rising jail costs, the need to conserve public resources, and the need to
develop innovative foams of treatment to reduce recidivism.
Council Policies Or Goals Addressed
The anticipated outcome of reducing incarceration costs addresses the Council's strategic
priority of providing financial stability. By increasing offender accountability through
monitoring, testing and treatment, home detention also helps ensure public safety and awareness.
The monitoring devices utilized in this program also compliment the strategic priority to
leverage technology for efficiency and convenience.
Background
Various forms of home detention and electronic monitoring systems exist in all 50 states, as well
as several jurisdictions in the Valley and throughout Arizona. Instead of, or in addition to, a
defendant serving time in jail, a judge may order a defendant to be detained at home. A typical
program requires the defendant to wear an ankle bracelet transmitter that sends signals to a
monitoring agency whenever the defendant leaves a certain location. By state statute, prisoners
constituting a risk to the community and those with histories of violent behavior are precluded.
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Budget Impacts & Costs
All program fees are paid by the defendant to the vendor. Thus, there are no budget impacts
resulting from this item.
Recommendation
Waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing Glendale City Court to utilize
home detention and electronic monitoring systems for defendants convicted of various criminal
offenses.
Ed Beasley tr
City Manager
Memorandum
DATE: November 29, 2004
TO: City Manager Ed Beasley
FROM: Presiding Judge Elizabeth Finn, Court Administrator Brenda Way, Police
Chief Andrew Kirkland, Assistant Police Chief John Krystek, Assistant
Director Brent Ackzen
SUBJECT: Home Detention/Electronic Monitoring Program for Glendale City Court
Attachments:
Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. NEW SERIES
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORI-
ZING A HOME DETENTION/ELECTRONIC MONITORING
PROGRAM FOR THE GLENDALE CITY COURT.
WHEREAS, home detention coupled with treatment and electronic monitoring is an
effective alternative to incarceration necessitated by the steadily rising jail costs and by the
unique circumstances facing particular defendants which make home detention a suitable form of
punishment for those defendants. Additionally, by increasing offender accountability through
monitoring and testing, home detention helps ensure public safety and awareness and potentially
reduces recidivism.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GLENDALE as follows:
SECTION 1. That a Home Detention/Electronic Monitoring Program be authorized by
the Glendale City Council.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this day of , 2004.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk (SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
REVIEWED BY:
City Manager
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