| MARCH TEAM PERFORMANCE REPORT MARCH 2002 |
| DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2002, THE EAST TEAM OF DISTRICT 5 PROBATION AND PAROLE COMPILED THE FOLLOWING DATA: CASES/CASELOADS: THE EAST TEAM HAS 712 ACTIVE CASES WITH 9 PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS. THE AVERAGE CASELOAD IS 79.1 PER OFFICER. THE TEAM OPENED 48 NEW CASES THIS MONTH AND CLOSED ONLY 31. THIS IS AND INCREASE OF 6.5% IN CASES THIS MONTH. ALTHOUGHT IT APPEARS THAT CASELOADS ARE DECREASING OVERALL, MY OFFICERS ARE USING EVERY LEGAL OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CASES....INCLUDING "MANDATORY TERMINATION " OF DEFERRED SENTENCES AT TWO YEARS , TO "ADVANCE TERMINATION" OF CASES WHO ARE CONSIDERED "LOW' RISK AND HAVE COMPLETED TWO YEARS OF COMPLIANT SUPERVISION. EMPLOYMENT OF OFFENDERS: 571 OFFENDERS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT . 391 ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYED; 63 ARE PART-TIME EMPLOYED; 55 ARE STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND OR PARENTS; 41 ARE DISABLED AND DRAWING SSI/ SS DISABILITY; AND 21 ARE RETIRED OR HOMEMAKERS SUPPORTED BY PENSION OR SPOUSES. TREATMENT/PROGRAMS: 7 OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN IN-PATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAMS. THIS IS 1% OF OUR TOTAL CASES. 79 OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR MENTAL HEALTH. THIS IS 11% OF OUR CASES. 28 OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN "COGNITIVE PROGRAMS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND 9 OFFENDERS ARE INVOLVED IN "LITERACY" PROGRAMS. 6 OTHERS ARE INVOLVED IN "OTHER" PROGRAMS SUCH AS AA/NA. INVESTIGATIONS/ ASSESSMENTS: 46 INVESTIGATIONS WERE COMPLETED DURING MARCH. 51 LSI-R'S WERE DONE. 2 OFFENDERS WERE REGISTERED AS SEX OFFENDERS AND 3 SUPPLIED DNA BLOOD SAMPLES THIS MONTH. 49 SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENTS WERE ADMINISTERED DURING THE MONTH. ARRESTS/REVOCATIONS: 19 OFFENDERS WERE ARRESTED FOR NEW MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY CRIMES DURING THE MONTH. 12 OFFENDERS WERE REVOKED OR ACCELERATED DUE TO NON-COMPLIANCE OF THEIR PROBATION STATUS OR NEW CRIMES. SUBSTANCE ABUSE/ UA'S: 54 OFFENDERS WERE UA'ED THIS MONTH OR 7.6% OF ALL OFFENDERS. 15 SHOWED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR DRUGS. THIS IS A 27.7% POSITIVE RATE FOR THOSE TESTED. DRUGS OF CHOICE THIS MONTH WERE "AMPHETAMINE" AND "MARIJUANA". SUCCESS/ FAILURE RATE: THIS MONTH, THE TEAM'S SUCCESS RATE IS 97.4% WITH A FAILURE RATE OF 2.6%. THIS IS AN INCREASE IN FAILURE OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS IT COULD BE THAT THE CHANGING WEATHER IS HAVING AN IMPACT? OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT "PUBLIC SAFETY" FOR MINIMAL DOLLARS ( $687 PER YR. PER OFFENDER). COMMUNITY SENTENCING COSTS HAVE ESCALATED TO OVER $2,000 PER YR. PER OFFENDER. COMMUNITY SENTENCING DEALS WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 OFFENDERS WHILE PROBATION AND PAROLE WATCHES ( SUPERVISES) OVER 31,000 OFFENDERS IN THE STATE. DAVID L. HAMILTON, TEAM SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5 PROBATION AND PAROLE PAYNE/LOGAN/NOBLE/KAY/ GRANT COUNTIES |