| EAST TEAM STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2002 |
| DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE EAST TEAM COMPILED THE FOLLOWING STATS: CASELOADS/OFFENDERS: THE EAST TEAM REPORTS A TOTAL OF 746 CASES, 8 PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS IN 4 OKLAHOMA RURAL COUNTIES. THE AVERAGE CASELOAD IS 93.25 CASES PER OFFICER. THE "LOW" IS 61 CASES IN PERRY , WHERE THE SINGLE OFFICER SERVES ALL OF ONE COUNTY AND PIECES OF 3 OTHERS TO A "HIGH" OF 115 CASES IN PONCA CITY. THIS MONTHS RATIO OF CASES "OPENED " TO CASES "CLOSED" IS 6.8% INCREASE...THE LARGEST YET SINCE WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING RECORDS..OFFICER'S CONTINUE TO FEEL THE STRAIN FROM THE INCREASING CASELOADS/ WORKLOAD. THIS NUMBER OF OFFENDERS TO OFFICERS IS TWO TIMES WHAT IT SHOULD BE TO "DO A VERY GOOD JOB FOR THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA". EVEN THOUGH OUR SUCCESS RATE IS VERY HIGH, OFFICERS FEEL THEY COULD DO MUCH MORE TO PROVIDE "PROTECTION TO THE PUBLIC" IF CASELOADS WERE LOWER AND THEY HAD MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH OFFENDERS IN IMPORTAN T MATTERS...WE OPENED 57 NEW CASES THIS MONTH AND CLOSED ONLY 39. PLEASE SUPPORT CASELOAD CAPS BY CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATOR....I SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL THIS SESSION TO LIMIT CASES TO 55 PER OFFICER....COMPARATIVELY, ADULT PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS HAVE 85-118 CASES PER OFFICER, WHEN JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICERS HAVE CASELOADS OF 25., OR LESS....I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SUCCESS RATES ARE, BUT WE USUALLY RECEIVED THESE PERSONS ON ADULT PROBATION WHEN THEY TURN 18 OR ARE CERTIFIED AS ADULTS.. EMPLOYMENT/SELF-SUFFICIENCY: IN JANUARY 02, 76% OF ALL OFFENDERS WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, NOT RELYING ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR OTHER SOURCES FOR INCOME...55.9% ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYED. THE BALANCE IS MADE UP ON STUDENTS/ HOMEMAKERS/ RETIRED/ OR DISABLED. TREATMENT/REFERRALS: 13 PAROLEE'S AND 43 PROBATIONERS WERE REFERRED TO TREATMENT DUIRNG THE MONTH. 18 OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN IN-PATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND 71 ARE INVOLVED IN OUT-PATIENT SERVICES. A TOTAL OF 12.2% OF ALL OFFENDERS ON OUR CASELOADS ARE INVOLVED IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.. ANOTHER 3% OF OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH OR EDUCATION SERVICES. THE EAST TEAM UA'ED 88 OFFENDERS THIS MONTH ( OR 11.7% OF ALL OFFENDERS). 26 WERE POSITIVE FOR DRUG USE. THE DRUGS OF CHOICE (THIS MONTH) WAS MARIJUANA AND METHAMPHETAMINES..A TOTAL OF 247 SEPERATE DRUG TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED( THC; COCAINE; AMPHETAMINES; PCP/ OPIATES). INVESTIGATIONS: THE EAST TEAM COMPLETED 134 INVESTIGATIONS THIS MONTH. THIS INCLUDES PSI/DELAYED SENTENCES/ INTERSTATES/ LSI'S/SUBSTANCE ABUSE EVALUATIONS/ DNA TESTS (32 DONE THIS MONTH); AND SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATIONS...OUR OVERALL INVESTIGATION FUNCTION HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS..OFFICERS HAVE LITTLE TIME TO ACTUALLY "SUPERVISE" OFFENDERS DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF STAFF AND THE INCREASE IN INVESTIGATIONS AND CASELOADS. PRE-PAROLE INVESTIGATIONS AND PAROLE RELEASES HAVE INCREASED NEARLY 600% IN THE LAST YEAR. EFFORTS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATIONS THRU PAROLES IS CAUSING A SERIOUS "PUBLIC SAFETY " FAILURE..ALTHOUGH, WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE RELEASEE'S...I FEAR THAT THE SHIFT TO " GET THEM OUT OF PRISON" WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS VIOLENT CRIMES>>((( ALREADY , THIS HAS OCCURRED ) IN OKC..A RECENTLY RELEASED PAROLEE "KIDNAPPED AND STABBED A CHURCH SECRETARY. SHE SURVIVED, BUT THE PRESSURE IS ON THE PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICER, NOT THE PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD AND GOVERNOR WHO RELEASED THIS INDIVIDUAL). SUCCESS / FAILURE RATE: AGAIN WE HAVE DONE AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB IN "PROTECTING THE PUBLIC" CONSIDERING OUR LACK OF ADEQUATE STAFF AND THE HIGH CASELOADS..OUR OVERALL SUCCESS RATE THIS MONTH IS 99/9% AND THE FAILURE RATE IS .08%........8 OFFENDERS ABSCONDED SUPERVISION THIS MONTH ...THIS IS 1% OF TOTAL CASES...THIS IS QUITE NORMAL AS THE PEOPLE WE DEAL WITH ARE NOT "SOCIAL NORMALS" OR "CONFORMISTS"...ONLY 6 OFFENDERS WERE ARRESTED FOR NEW FELONY/MISDEMEANOR CRIMES. THIS IS .08% OF ALL CASES.... OUR CASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE...OFFICERS DO NOT.. THERE HAS BEEN NO RE-ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS INCREASE IN CASES/INVESTIGATIONS...OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO BE TWO OFFICERS SHORT (CURRENTLY). PLEASE ASK YOUR LEGISLATOR TO REVIEW AND SUPPORT CASELOAD CAPS AND ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PROBATION AND PAROLE. MY STAFF IS "GREAT". THEY WORK LONG HOURS AND GIVE 110% FOR THE CITIZENS OF OKLAHOMA...YOU ALSO, SHOULD BE PROUD AND SUPPORTIVE OF THEM.. DAVID L. HAMILTON, TEAM SUPERVISOR D5 PROBATION AND PAROLE |