HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3624 RESOLUTION NO. 3624
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO DECLARE ITS SUPPORT OF, AND
REAFFIRM ITS RECOGNITION OF, THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING BOARD AS THE COUNTY REGIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND COORDINATING BODY FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
WHEREAS, the Downey City Council, by Resolution #2886,
adopted on the 10th day of December, 1973, recognized the Los Angeles
County Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board as the Los Angeles
County regional planning and coordinating body for criminal justice;
and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Regional Criminal Justice
Planning Board has, by distribution of funds made available by the
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration between 1973 and 1978,
accomplished the following:
1. Institutionalized planning and research in twenty -two
police departments, four city attorney offices, the
Los Angeles Municipal Court, and County Probation
Department.
2. Enhanced crime control efforts through the development
of more than sixty community crime prevention programs.
These have resulted from planning and research efforts
in analyzing crime trends and in developing permanent
Crime Prevention Units within law enforcement agencies.
3. Improved the capability of timely access between
existing data banks and criminal justice agencies
through the Justice Data Interface Controller (JDIC)
project. JDIC can handle 90,000 messages per hour,
and has the capability of accessing all available
state and national level automated law enforcement
data files. Presently, JDIC interfaces nine local
and state data files.
4. Enhanced the capability of the District Attorney's
Office to access data on felony convictions involving
approximately 850,000 transactions annually through the
Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS).
5. Implemented seven multi - jurisdictional burglary teams
serving a specific population of 4,031,000, but
impacting the entire County. In two years these teams
have been responsible for:
2,854 Arrests
4,673 Cases Cleared
$2,985,755 Property Recovered
$5,092,327 Contraband Seized
6. Implemented an Integrated Burglary Information System
(IBIS), a centralized automated system which links the
burglary teams together and serves as a data bank for
burglary or related criminal history information.
7. Achieved region -wide coordination and inter - jurisdictional
cooperation by creating a youth services network linking
hundreds of private services to public policy groups,
encompassing sixty -four cities in Los Angeles County.
8. Provided eight million dollars in purchase -of- service
contracts to 250 private community -based agencies providing
direct services to over 25,000 youths to date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
Downey declares its support for, and reaffirms its recognition of
_ the Los Angeles County Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board as
the Los Angeles County regional planning and coordinating body for
criminal justice.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 26th day of December , 1978.
Mayor Pro Tem
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting held on
the 26th day of December , 1978.
AYES: 4 Council Members: Jackman, Mackaig, Swearingen, Miller
NOES: 0 Council Members: None
ABSENT: 1 Council Member: Greene
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