The following sections of the 1988 County Ordinance focus on Commission’s mandate to undertake research and evaluation.

Sec. 2-217 Objectives.

The criminal justice commission is established to study all aspects of the criminal justice and crime prevention systems within the federal, state, county, municipal and private agencies within the county. This purpose shall include the study of the health and human services and educational systems, among others, as they pertain to criminal justice or crime prevention.

Sec. 2-218. Authority.

The criminal justice commission shall have the following authority and powers:

(a) To review, research and evaluate existing systems and programs within the scope of the criminal justice commission;

(b)To establish task forces or subcommittees to study in detail key aspects of programs and systems within the scope of the criminal justice commission;

(e) To review and comment on all grant requests for programs and systems within the scope of the criminal justice commission;

(i) To request members of all agencies within the auspices of the board of county commissioners to provide the criminal justice commission in a timely manner with all data and information requested by the criminal justice commission, to appear at any meeting or hearing requested by the criminal justice commission, and to otherwise work in cooperation and good faith with the criminal justice commission in pursuing the criminal justice commission’s objectives.

Research and Planning Unit