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From YouTube: County Board Work Session - February 28, 2023
Description
Courts & Constitutional Offices
A
Today's
budget
work
session-
this
is
Christian
Dorsey,
chair
of
the
County,
Board,
presiding
and
all
board
members
are
in
attendance
this
afternoon.
Welcome
to
the
first
work
session
for
our
fy24
budget
cycle
at
throughout
the
course
of
the
next
couple
of
months.
We
will
have
an
opportunity
to
engage
with
various
agencies
and
departments
within
the
County
government
and
then
today
our
conversation
will
focus
on
the
courts
and
constitutional
offices.
A
At
each
presentation
we
will
get
an
understanding
of
what
have
been
some
of
the
accomplishments
in
the
current
fiscal
year
and
then
hear
about
the
budget
requests,
as
well
as
the
expected
outcomes
and
and
opportunities
and
challenges
in
fiscal
year
24.
after
each
presentation
that
we
have
today
and
I
believe
we
have
10
in
total
board.
Members
will
have
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions
and
all
information
about
today's
work
session,
as
well
as
the
FY
24
proposed
budget
are
available
on
the
budget
and
finance
page
of
the
County's
website
at
arlingtonva.us,
so
Mr
Schwartz.
B
A
D
Away,
I
really
don't
know
if
I'm
gonna
say
too
much,
because
we
come
back
to
you
with
the
same
requests
every
single
time.
So
we
have
a
very
small
staff
who
work
with
us
in
Chambers
and
in
the
drug
court.
As
you're
aware,
we
have
two
employees.
Most
of
our
budget
is
going
to
be
coming
from
personnel,
as
you
can
tell
other
than
that.
We
have
some
training.
We
have
some
supplies.
Things
like
this
is
very
minimal.
D
D
Budget
I
suppose
from
our
point
of
view,
but
for
your
point
of
view,
every
every
penny
counts
and
I
appreciate
that
as
a
taxpayer
for
sure.
But
these
are,
these
are
the
same
kind
of
things
we
ask
for
every
time
we
see
you
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
in
case
you
saw
something
that
deviated
from
what
you
are
anticipating,
but
it's
it's
kind
of
think
where
we
were
last
time
actually
last
couple
years,
yeah
so
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
D
If
there
are
efficiency
questions
that
you
might
have
about
performance,
obviously
the
courts
function
every
single
day.
We
take
the
cases
that
are
given
to
us.
We
don't
reject
any
cases
in
the
drug
court
world.
We
are
hoping
to
expand
it
every
year.
We
do
add
a
few
more
people
by
way
of
just
I,
guess
a
further
explanation
of
how
we
work
with
other
age
other
in
jurisdictions.
We
are
currently
sharing
some
participants.
We
have
folks
who've
come
from.
We
I
think
we
have
a
person,
one
person
from
Fairfax.
D
Currently
we've
sent
folks
to
Fairfax
and
Alexandria
as
well.
The
purpose
of
that
is
to
ensure
that
folks
have
the
opportunity
to
have
the
participation
in
the
program
if
they
don't
live
in
Arlington
or
if
they
live
in
Arlington,
but
have
a
case
or
something
pending
elsewhere,
which
means
that
they
couldn't
do
the
drug
court
in
Fairfax
or
Alexandria.
So
we've
taken
on
a
very
responsive
approach
to
trying
to
resolve
the
jurisdictional
question
when
it
comes
to
drug
court,
participation
and
I
think
it's
been
pretty
creative
and
I.
D
Think
it's
been
pretty
functional
and
we've
been
able
to
open
it
up
to
other
people,
so
I
think
all
of
the
jurisdictions
now
locally
Prince,
William,
Loudoun,
Fairfax,
Alexandria
and
Arlington
have
a
drug
court.
So
we
should
be
able
to
move
people
around
if
there's
an
issue
on
that.
But
anyway,
those
are
my
points
but
I'm
happy
to
answer
anything
particular
you
might
have.
C
Yeah,
just
a
quick
question:
first,
thank
you,
I
mean
I.
Think
drug
court
is
one
of
the
most
exciting
things
we're
doing,
but
I
mean
it's
just
watching
this
grow
and
actually
that's
my
question
because
I
really
see
all
these
percentages
I'm,
looking
it's
probably
here
somewhere
I,
couldn't
find
it.
How
many
people
are
we
talking
about
it's
hard.
D
C
D
It's
been
a
few
years
ago
when
well,
first
of
all,
no
one
other
than
Arlington
had
a
drug
court
in
the
immediate
vicinity
when
Alexandria
came
on,
I
was
in
communication
with
judge
kemmler
she's,
the
chief
judge
there
and
we
talked
about
trying
to
move
people
to
and
from.
We
had
to
kind
of
work
out.
Venue
changes
and
some
statistical
I
mean
statutory
things
about
that.
D
E
Mr
D
Franti,
thank
you
and
thank
you.
Judge
I
appreciate
the
I
wonder
if
you
could
help
a
little
bit,
there's
explanations
regarding
jail
days
and
an
effort
to
decrease
the
number
of
jail
days
used,
which
we
hope
will
be
realized.
This
next
year
we
went
sort
of
down
to
38
and
up
and
get
up
up
a
little
bit.
As
you
know,
we
moved
out
of
the
pandemic
I.
E
D
Question
right:
well,
we
rarely
impose
JL
days
on
with
participants
and
that's
reserved
for
the
most
significant
infractions,
so
it
depends
on
the
cohort
and
and
depends
on
the
infraction.
So
if
we
have
someone
who's
absconding,
if
we
have
someone
who's
not
attending
treatment,
if
we
have
someone
who's
been
deceptive,
we
do
consider
a
jail
day
and
it's
brief
brief,
maybe
even
half
a
jail
day
to
address
the
conduct,
and
then
we
have
more
participants
in
the
program
and
depending
on
what
phase
they're
in
could
impact
the
number
of
jail
days.
F
D
We
rarely
impose
jail
days.
The
whole
point
of
it
is
to
address
it
with
direct
conduct
that
will
meet
the
participant
where
he
or
she
is,
and
also
to
try
to
come
up
with
something
creative
other
than
a
jail
day.
So
we're
efforting
in
that
department,
definitely
but
I
think
it
has.
You
might
be
seeing
it
because
we've
actually
improved.
F
E
Great
and
I'll
I
have
one
final
question
and
that's
about
fines
and
fees.
It
sounds
like
we've
kind
of
tightened
our
partnership
a
little
bit
to
help
other.
You
there's
a
reference
to
other
organizations
that
can
help
pay
some
of
those
fines
and
fees
I'm.
Mindful
both
that
we
want
there
to
be
a
consequence
and
also
if
someone
has
gained
full
employment,
we
want
to
launch
them
to
a
successful
future
and
so
I
didn't
know.
D
Let
me,
let
me
see
how
I
can
address
that
the
individuals
have
to
pay
their
court
costs
as
it's
as
pertains
to
their
underlying
criminal
matters
and
they're
they're
responsible
for
that
most
of
the
people
in
our
drug
court
program
are
employed,
so
they
do
pay
it
off,
which
is
super.
Secondly,
we
have
a
fee.
It's
only
I
think
it's
300
and
change
they're
on
a
scale
for
the
actual
Services
of
the
drug
court.
It's
minimal.
D
It
clearly
doesn't
pay
for
all
of
their
services
and
treatment,
but
it's
it's
a
best
practice
to
charge
a
participant
for
the
the
treatment,
a
small
amount,
so
they
have
buy-in
and
they
do
pay
that
off
and
we
ask
them
to
pay
a
little
bit
every
every
time
they
advance
in
a
phase.
So
that's
been
wonderful.
We
don't
really
have
too
many
other
people
paying
out
for
the
drug
court
participants,
except
maybe
to
do
some
community
service
associated
with
their
their
core
costs.
E
G
First
of
all,
on
the
jail
days,
I
I
was
looking
at
the
measures
there.
I
was
happy
to
see
an
annotation
on
the
budget
on
on
page
2,
212
that,
where
you
explicitly
or
were
the
kind
of
magic
species
states
that
the
number
of
jailers
using
a
sanction
decreases
as
the
county
will
continue
to
utilizing
these
alternative
sanctions
and
I
and
I
believe
this
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
this.
This
is
about
restorative
justice.
Right.
D
I
wouldn't
say
it
specifically
about
that,
but
I
would
say
this
has
been
a
goal
to
address
individuals
who
are
using
substances
to
not
jail
them
or
use
other
kinds
of
punishments,
because
it's
not
terribly
effective
overall
as
a
way
to
address
their
substance.
Use
disorder,
so
that's
been
sort
of
the
mindset
is
that
we
want
to
meet
people
where
they
are
and
address
their
behavior
in
a
specific
way
that
will
move
them
forward
away
from
drug
use
and
away
from
criminal
activity.
G
Okay,
I
understood,
but
the
restorative
chess
is
part
of
that,
but
not
the
whole.
This
is
a
vast
array
of
actions,
and
so
one
thing
that
I
don't
understand
very
well
is
in
the
supporting
measures.
There
is
a
measure
that
says
days
between
arrest
and
or
probation
violation
and
admission
and
the
2022
calendar
year.
It
was
34
days
and
the
estimate
for
next
year's
14
days,
so
this
is
significantly
faster
right.
So.
D
That's
the
goal:
why
it's
best
to
try
to
get
someone
into
the
drug
court
program
as
quickly
as
you
can
from
the
time
that
they're
involved
with
the
court,
the
purpose
of
which
is
to
get
there
and
get
them
into
treatment
more
quickly.
Unfortunately,
I
have
less
control
over
that
than
the
process
itself.
D
Would
then
the
process
itself
does
it
relies
upon
the
defense
attorney
and
the
Commonwealth
Attorney
to
process
these
requests
and
to
move
the
case
forward,
and
so
we
Endeavor
to
have
everyone
put
in
as
quickly
as
possible,
but
that
doesn't
always
happen.
So
the
goal
is
to
move
it
more
quickly.
Yes,.
D
D
H
D
It's
very
hard
for
us
to
keep
that
information,
because
if
a
person
moves
to
Tennessee
and
recidivates
there,
we
wouldn't
know
about
it
yeah
if
they
leave
the
jurisdiction
and
they
don't
have
any
more
involvement.
It's
really
hard
for
us
to
tell
now.
If
someone
were
to
come
back
to
Arlington,
then
yes,
we
would
know
that,
but
it's
hard
to
tell
otherwise
I
see.
A
D
I,
don't
think
we
had
a
lot
of
room
to
address
it,
but
what
I
do
think
we
have
done
is
number
one.
I
have
underfilled
a
coordinator
position
for
drug
court,
so
we
had.
Some
I
might
have
mentioned
this
at
the
work
session,
with
the
department
but
and
with
the
manager.
But
one
of
the
coordinator
for
the
behavioral
health
docket
Kelly
Niemann,
agreed
to
help
us
with
drug
court,
and
then
she
agreed
to
be
the
coordinator
for
drug
court,
but
it's
a
lot
of
work
and
so
for
one
person
to
do
it.
D
It
wasn't
going
to
function.
So,
instead
of
having
two
different
coordinators,
I
ended
up
hiring
someone
who's
sort
of
the
Deputy
for
Kelly
and
she's
paid
less
than
the
coordinator
position,
so
we've
underfilled
it.
But
what
that's
served
to
do
is
the
two
of
them
are
now
teaming
both
courts
and
we're
we're
gaining
some
efficiencies
from
a
TR
from
a
Services
point
of
view
in
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
as
well
as
coordinating
and
getting
a
lot
of
bang
for
our
buck
among
between
the
courts.
So
that's
a
little
bit
of
savings.
D
D
D
I
know
that
I'm
not
going
to
be
going
to
a
training
out
of
state
for
drug
court,
because
I
did
go
last
year
in
Maryland
and
it
was
close
enough
and
I
figured
I
would
just
pass
on
it
for
this
coming
year,
but
there
doesn't
seem
to
be
a
lot
of
room
in
our
budget.
Unfortunately,
so
that's
been
tricky
for
us,
so
that's
the
best
answer
I
can
give.
You
is
we've
done.
D
A
D
A
No
problem,
that's
very
creative
and
appreciative,
okay
and
in
a
tough
budget
time,
it's
really
great
when
you
can,
you
know,
come
up
with
ways
of
not
actually
diminishing
the
the
output
or
the
the
work
product
and
also
in
this
case,
have
salary
savings
without
losing
Personnel.
So
let
me
just
thank
you
for
that
and
I
know
it's
not
hard,
and
here's
hoping
that
at
some
point
we
make
it
a
little
easier
on
you.
D
A
D
Closer
to
the
before
times
we've
we've
had
to
we've
been
talking
about
bringing
a
lot
more
cases
in
for
status.
That's
been
our
biggest
problem
of
late.
Is
a
lot
of
cases
went
sort
of
by
the
boards
when
we
weren't
having
cases
heard
regularly
just
to
keep
up
with,
what's
been
filed,
so
we're
bringing
in
a
lot
of
cases
to
see
where
cases
are
still
open
and
they
shouldn't
be
open.
If
you
know
what
I
mean
some
bunch
of
civil
cases
really
got
it
so
we're
cleaning
there's
a
little
bit
of
cleanup
going
on.
I
I
A
A
A
A
J
I
I'm
here
thank
you
good
afternoon,
County
Board,
chair,
Dorsey,
board
members
and
County
Manager
Mark
Schwartz.
This
will
be
my
last
budget
work
session
before
I
retire
at
the
end
of
the
year.
So
I
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
think
to
thank
the
board:
the
county
manager,
Department
directors,
specifically
the
HR
Director,
DTS
directors,
DMF
directors,
AED
and
their
staffs
for
their
continued
support
and
for
working
with
my
office
throughout
these
20
years.
J
I
have
two
deputies
in
the
audience
in
the
county:
boardroom,
otilio
sabigan
from
the
BT,
the
business
Exposition
and
sakrita
Smith
from
VPP
vehicle
personal
property
tax
compliance,
while
my
chief
deputy
and
Beachside
is
remote
along
with
deputies,
Bill,
Burgess,
Jessica,
Silva
and
Jackie
Johnson
DMF
staff
will
help
us
to
drive
the
presentation.
So
if
we
can
start,
I
would
appreciate
it
and
a
special
thanks
to
Sasha
and
Emily
and
Richard
in
DMF,
who
have
helped
us
throughout
the
years
and
also
with
the
budget
matters.
J
I
want
to
start
with
the
business
exhibition,
the
next
slide
and
tell
you
some
of
the
key
achievements.
We
implemented
a
new
paperless
Initiative
for
annual
mailings
to
customers
who
have
active
business
tax
accounts.
We
installed
counter
kiosks
for
customers,
convenient
convenient
enough
because
they're
outside
on
the
counters
to
to
be
able
to
register
new
businesses
and
to
file
online
if
they
don't
have
online.
J
An
online
systems
at
home
and
and
we
have
live
staff
members,
of
course,
to
help
customers.
We
have
effectively
used
the
online
appointment
scheduling
and
that
started
during
covid
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
we're
still
in
covert,
because
we
do
have
a
couple
of
cases:
positive
cases,
maybe
two
or
so
per
year
among
staff.
So
it's
a
good
thing
that
we're
still
taking
care
of
our
customers
and
our
employees
not
to
infect
each
other.
J
We
enhanced
options
to
allow
customers
to
fully
manage
their
business
tax
accounts
online.
That
way
they
don't
have
to
come
to
the
office.
If
they
don't
have
a
cap,
account
staff
will
help
them
to
set
some
to
to
set
set
up
cap
accounts
by
phone
or
by
email.
Whichever
way
the
customer
wants
to
communicate
with
us
in
the
vehicle,
personal
property
tax
division,
the
next
slide,
we
improved
customer
response
time
when
it
comes
to
cap,
because
we
cross-trained
the
the
staff.
J
So
every
employee
can
help
customers
answer
kept
questions
and
and
helping
to
set
up
their
accounts.
We
updated
the
vehicle
assessment
process.
Of
course,
that
was
a
big
process
to
reflect
the
use
of
that
one-time
88
assessment
ratio.
We
also
modified
a
fleet
customer
correspondence
and
we
do
everything
electronically
now,
instead
of
by
paper
reports.
J
J
But
this
does
not
mean
that
we
don't
help
working
customers
walking.
Customers
are
still
getting
service,
but
for
those
transactions
that
take
a
longer
time,
we
have
an
appointment
system
that
is
working
out
pretty
well
in
the
compliance
division.
We
increased
the
number
of
field
visits
and
we
began
surveying
neighbor
neighboring
streets
along
apartment,
parking,
lots
and
garages.
We
also
started
working
with
Civic
associations,
so
residential
streets
within
Civic
associations
are
also
included
with
the
help
of
citizens
and
we
resume
the
issuance
of
administrative
summonses.
J
As
you
can
see,
reduced
spending
for
postage
and
printing
again
from
newly
implemented
initiatives
and
then
the
details
of
the
proposed
reductions.
You
will
see
on
the
next
slide.
It
will
have
a
minimal
impact
because
some
process
efficiencies
have
already
reduced
costs
for
the
use
of
supplier
services
such
as
Federal
Express,
LexisNexis
Etc,
and
that
that
change
we
will
be
able
to
reduce
expenses
by
14
300.
J
on
the
next
slide
are
some
more
reductions
in
in
expenses.
Although
customers
will
no
longer
receive
assessment
notifications,
including
tax
returns,
of
course,
we
will
help
any
customer
who
needs
meets
our
help,
who
is
not
on
cap
and
who
needs
help
accessing
their
their
account
on
on
online.
So
they
get
help
from
us
by
phone
by
email
or
we
visit
them
or
they
can
come
to
the
office,
and
we
can
help
them
there.
J
Key
bunch
of
considerations,
training
and
travel
budget,
the
cost
of
continued
employee
training
and
the
cost
of
travel
for
a
new
commissioner
for
the
past
couple
of
years,
especially
during
covet
we
have
during
covet,
we
had
a
virtual
annual
meetings
that
is
no
longer
the
case,
and
training
will
not
always
be
virtual
either.
So
I
I
foresee
that
there
will
be
a
little
bit
of
travel
costs
related
to
the
new
commissioner
and
which
is
not
in
the
budget.
A
H
So
was
pleased
to
see
the
paperless
initiative,
particularly
for
for
mailing,
the
personal
property
payers
who
have
cap
accounts
to
minimize
the
duplication
and
notification.
Can
you
talk
a
little
more
about
the
mechanics
of
what
happens?
Who
folks
may
not
have
an
updated
email
account,
for
example,
or
may
not
receive
those?
Is
there?
Are
there
multiple
warnings?
Does
a
mail
go
out
if
you
know
the
date
for
deadline
approaches
and
they
haven't
been
paid
I?
H
J
Correct
we
will
send
out
postcards
to
let
folks
know
that
they
can
go
online
and
that
will
happen
this
year.
It
happened
last
year.
Also
they
can.
They
should
go
online
to
create
a
cap
account
and
if
they
need
assistance
from
us
to
call
us
or
to
email
us,
and
we
will
help
them
to
set
up
that
cap
account,
but
we
will
communicate
with
customers
with
posts
with
postcards
and.
J
H
And
so
what
happens
if
someone's
account
is,
you
know
linked
to
a
mailing
address,
an
emailing
address.
That's
incorrect
right.
Knowing
we
experience
this
all
the
time
in
our
public
Communications.
That
email
can
sometimes
just
be
less
reliable
than
mail.
So
is
there
a
sort
of
a
follow-up
notification
that
goes
out
by
mail
if
the
deadline's
approaching-
and
you
haven't
heard
from
those
we
haven't
heard
from
those
cat
pairs.
J
Yeah-
hopefully
they
hopefully
they
will.
They
will
know
that
they're
that
their
taxes
are
going
to
be
due
and
then
they
will
receive
a
bill
in
the
mail
they
they
will
receive
a
bill
in
the
mail.
So
even
if
they
have
not
received
the
notification
from
us
that
they
should
go
online
to
check
out
their
assessment
for
for
a
vehicle
or
for
for
with
the
business
Community,
it's
a
little
bit
different
because
they
there's
always
some
contact
information
but
you're
right,
because
email
addresses
can
change.
J
So
if
they
receive
a
bill
and
the
bill
is
not
correct.
Of
course
we
will
make,
we
will
make.
We
will
be
flexible
with
customers
who
didn't
know
if
if
their
car
is
picked
up
by
us,
even
if
they
didn't
register
it
with
us,
if
it's
picked
up
by
us
through
the
DMV
or
through
our
enforcement
program,
but
they
will
receive
a
bill
and
if
it's
not
correct,
of
course,
they
will
call
us,
because
the
the
bills
are
still
going
to
be
mailed
out
by
the
transfer.
J
G
Thank
you,
Miss
Murray.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
service,
it's
kind
of
a
a
a
significant
moment
today
to
to
deliver
your
your
last
report
to
the
budget.
I
have
two
questions.
One
is
the
under
permanent
of
tees.
There
is
one
Frozen
and
unfunded
position
right.
I
understand
that
the
funded
ones
are
52,
yet
the
count
is
at
53.
So
can
you
just
elaborate
what
this
position
is.
J
J
F
A
And
question
for
me,
commissioner:
so
we
made
some
been
able
to
fund
some
of
your
desired
investments
in
the
compliance
division
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
under
the
rationale
that
this
would
help
better,
enable
you
to
identify
leakages
and
potential
revenue
for
the
general
fund.
Can
you
just
give
us
a
not
a
a
numbers,
but
a
narrative
of
how
those
Investments
are
are
succeeding.
J
We
have
six
folks
in
the
compliance
division
who
do
this
work
and
they
all
go
out
with
the
with
the
car
with
the
camera
system
and
that
we've
been
able
to
increase
the
number
of
of
enforcement
trips
and
being
able
to
increase
the
number
of
vehicles
discovered
through
this
program.
So
this
was
definitely
one
of
the
big
successes
of
the
office
because
there
was
no
enforcement
program
when
I
first
started
in
2004,
and
now
it's
it's
a
program,
that's
being
copied
by
other
jurisdictions
and
if
they
haven't
copied
it.
J
Yet
they
visited
us
and
wanted
to
go
on
a
ride
along
with
us
to
see
how
it
all
worked,
how
they,
how
that
the
technology
has
improved
and
how
the
communication
between
systems
has
improved.
The
security
of
the
the
data
has
improved
so
yeah,
it's
a
it's
one
of
it's
It's,
a
pride
of
our
office.
Thank.
A
J
As
well,
yeah
yeah,
that's
that's
a
going!
That's
a
little
bit
better
and
staff
is
working
on
making
a
communication
between
our
office
and
cphd
a
little
bit
better,
and
there
is
a
good
communication.
But
it's
there's
a
lot
of
paper
and
reports
going
back
and
forth.
So
we're
we're
working
on
making
that
a
better
process.
Okay,.
A
E
You
Mr
chair,
thank
you,
Miss
maroy,
for
your
work
and
your
service
over
five
terms.
Very
much
appreciated
I'm.
Actually,
we
have
nine
or
eight
more
I'm
actually
going
to
try
and
follow
up
with
you
on
the
challenges
in
the
personal.
The
vehicles
with
respect
to
we
do
get
some
communication
from
the
low-income
individuals
and
I
will
follow
up
separately
offline.
If
that
is
okay
with
you,
thanks
yeah.
C
C
K
F
K
F
K
K
K
K
K
This
year,
we
also
introduced
a
Consolidated
bill
for
vehicle
taxes.
For
the
first
time
last
August
we
build
customers
for
multiple
vehicles
on
a
single
invoice
which
saved
paper
Printing
and
Postage,
and
this
savings
leaves
us
in
a
strong
position
to
offset
what
seems
to
be
the
continual
continual
increases
in
paper
Printing
and
postage
that
we've
seen
over
the
years.
We
had
lots
of
fantastic
customer
feedback.
K
The
budget
you
passed
last
year
required
a
number
of
changes
to
our
tax
bill.
We
had
for
the
first
time
in
history,
two
values
for
each
vehicle.
We
of
course,
had
the
value
assigned
by
the
commissioner
of
Revenue,
but
we
also
had
the
taxable
value
that
was
assigned
by
the
county.
We
also
had
the
elimination
of
the
motor
vehicle
license
fee
and
I.
As
I
know.
K
L
It
will
accept
payment
with
by
E-Check
credit
and
debit
cards,
but
it
will
also
allow
our
customers
to
pay
using
digital
wallets
like
venmo,
PayPal
and
Google
pay.
So
Our
Fate
this
it'll
be
a
multi-phase
rollout.
It
will
take
us
a
while
to
get
everybody
on
board,
but
our
goal
for
phase
one
was
to
focus
on
the
Departments
and
the
programs
that
had
no
online
payment
capability,
and
you
can
see
on
the
schedule
on
the
slide
that
we're
going
live
first
with
foia.
L
And
we
will
roll
out
partial
integration
with
cap,
and
it's
important
to
understand
that
this
will
not
replace
cap.
As
you
know,
cap
is
used
for
many
other
things
like
filing
business
taxes
registering
cars,
so
our
customers
will
continue
to
use
cap
for
those
purposes,
but
we
will
be
transitioning
payments
over
to
this
online
payment
solution
that
we
think
will
bring
some
enhanced
payment
capabilities
for
our
customers.
K
Thank
you.
Kim
management
and
staff
resources
in
my
department
are
stretched
very
thin
by
the
size
and
scope
of
our
current
projects.
We
have
two
outstanding
rfps
one
for
banking
services
and
one
for
printing
services.
As
Kim
explained,
we
have
the
Enterprise
payment
solution,
which
is
requiring
a
lot
of
time.
K
If
we
move
to
our
budget
summary,
our
budget
reflects
a
modest
increase
in
Personnel
expenditures
for
fy24
due
to
employee
salary
and
benefit
adjustments.
We
will
continue
to
seek
process
improvements
and
increased
efficiencies.
It's
very
important
to
us
to
be
good
fiscal
stewards
of
County
resources.
K
K
I.
Just
wanted
to
remind
you
that
all
of
the
recent
and
upcoming
County
initiatives
that
impact
the
tax
bill,
vehicle
value
changes,
motor
vehicle
license
fee
storm
water
utility,
Enterprise
payments,
Solutions
Consolidated
billing.
Paperless
billing
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
system
upgrade
that
we
completed
in
2020..
K
At
that
point,
in
time
we
were
four
versions
behind
and
the
only
client
still
left
on
that
Antiquated
version,
and
we
vowed
that
we
would
never
get
that
far
behind
again
because
it
impeded
so
many
initiatives
that
we
had.
There
is
no
way
we
could
be
taking
on
any
of
this
right
now
if
we
hadn't
had
that
upgrade.
K
K
K
K
A
C
K
C
Off
the
top
of
your
head,
greener
pastures,
that
really
are
green,
I
mean
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out.
You
know
we
need
to
be
attracting
and
retaining
people
here
in
Arlington,
and
sometimes
people
talk
about
child
care.
Some
people
talk
about
housing,
sometimes
I'm,
just
trying
to
figure
out
if
there's
a
pattern
or
a
theme
that
this
fits
into,
but
perhaps
not,
okay,
just
be
individuals,
lots
of
no
individual
decisions,
I.
K
So
that's
a
that's
I
mean
you
can't
you
can't
stop
that,
and
nor
would
you
want
to
people
need
to
be
challenged
and
have
new
things,
but
off
the
I
think
a
lot
of
it
has
been
and
during
the
pandemic
a
lot
of
it
was
was
I.
Think
working
from
home
is
is
actually
kind
of
can
be
hard
and
we've
had
people
apply
to
our
office,
specifically
because
we
are
in
the
office.
So
interesting.
C
H
H
It's
just
that
we
had
done
it
in
a
Progressive
Way
by
eliminating
the
decal
fee.
That
was
a
little
bit
of
a
an
exercise
in
Communications
figuring
out
how
to
do
that,
and
you
are
teams,
thoughtfulness
and
empathy
as
the
front
line
of
receiving
many
of
those
complaints
working
directly
with
County
communication
or
County
Board
communication
staff.
It
was
really
exemplary
and
we
appreciate
it.
So.
Thank
you.
I
also
wanted
to
ask.
H
This
is
probably
a
question
for
our
manager
and
DMF
as
much
as
it
is
for
you,
but
since
again
we
work
hand
in
glove
on
the
administration
of
the
personal
property
tax.
The
manager's
recommendation
is
to
return
to
a
100
assessment,
so
if
there
are
any
insights
that
that
you
all
can
shed
as
we
do
that
it
sounds
like
they're,
you
know
that
market
has
dramatically
stabilized,
but
what
we
are
seeing
in
the
market,
if
we
anticipate
there'll,
be
some
types
of
vehicles
that
will
be
hit
harder
than
others.
H
K
L
I
think
what
we've
seen
in
looking
at
the
car
values
that
the
commissioner
has
received,
that
most
vehicles
are
returning
to
lower
than
2021
so
back
to
a
little
bit
of
depreciation
by
not
as
much
as
would
have
happened.
If
we
didn't
experience
last
year,
but
most
of
them
by
and
large
are
going
back
to
below
their
2021
value.
Great.
H
M
E
Right,
Mr
deferanti.
Thank
you,
Mr
chair.
Thank
you
both
for
I'm
gathering
that
Arlington
Mill
will
continue,
and
that's
just
really
appreciate
that
I
hope
a
big.
Thank
you
for
your
work
on
the
enterprise
system.
I,
don't
envy
you,
but
I
admire
the
work
thing
and
I'm
grateful
for
it.
Thanks
on
the
other
two
in
the
interest
of
time,
I'll
be
curious
about
staff
turnover
as
far
as
sort
of
the
percentages,
just
because
I'm
trying
to
continue
to
learn
and
then
on
the
CIP
cost.
E
G
You
Mr
chair
also,
very
briefly
indeed,
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
For
the
last
year
I
mean
we
all
learned
something
about
how
to
monitor
this
asset
and
how
to
to
assess
that
I
I'm
very
curious
to
see
how
the
market
has
recovered
and
what's
the
vector
there,
one
I
have
a
question
on
on
the
investment
interest
income.
So
there
is
one
part
that
I
mean
you
know.
Higher
higher
interest
rates
mean
that
the
money
that
we
have
in
the
bank
renders
more
yields
more
so
and
I've.
K
I
think
the
the
outlook
for
interest
income
is
really
quite
strong
part
of
why
it's
a
slower
rollout
is
that
we've
had
things
invested
in
longer
term
assets,
so
those
have
to
roll
off
before
they
can
get
reinvested
in
a
higher
returned
Investments,
and
so
that
that
part
will
will
take
a
little
a
little
time
we
have
been
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
Before
the
pandemic.
K
We
had
been
trying
to
shorten
up
our
portfolio
exactly
for
this
this
moment,
so
that
we
would
have
available
cash
to
to
invest
and
I
will
tell
you
the
the
pandemic
year,
making
sure
that
you
know
doing
the
analysis
on
what
kind
of
cash
flows
that
the
county
would
need.
I
mean
if
I
bring
you
back
three
years.
We
were
all
very
uncertain,
and
so
we
had
a
lot
of
we.
K
G
G
G
A
N
A
Right,
thank
you
all
right.
Seeing
no
other
questions.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
We
appreciate
your
time
this
afternoon
and
we'll
tee
up
next,
our
registrar,
Gretchen
rhinemeyer,
will
be
joining
us.
Virtually
she'll
also
be
joined
by
Scott
McGeary,
who
is
here
in
person?
Let's
do
the
presentation
on
the
Electoral
board.
O
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm,
so
we
can
go
to
the
next
side.
Please
show
so
I
am
here
today
to
represent
the
office
of
the
Electoral
board
and
voter
registration
I
apologize
for
not
being
able
to
be
there
in
person
and
I
want
to
thank
Joe,
Emily
and
David
for
making
the
last
minute
arrangements
for
me
to
appear
virtually.
O
We
have
the
Electoral
board
there,
Scott
I,
don't
know
if
you
want
to
say
a
few
words
at
the
beginning
or
end,
but
just
let
me
know
so.
Our
directive
as
the
office
of
the
Electoral
board
and
voter
registration
is
to
maintain
an
accurate
list
of
registered
voters
and
administer
safe,
secure
and
transparent
elections
in
an
equitable
manner.
Next
slide,
please,
the
2023
fiscal
year
has
brought
some
new
challenges.
Last
fall.
O
We
implemented
same-day
registration
for
the
first
time
and
more
than
2
000
voters
were
able
to
both
register
and
cast
their
ballots
on
the
same
day.
We
also
began
reporting
results
by
precinct
for
both
male
and
early
votes.
This
did
require
the
purchase
of
a
ballot
on
demand
system
in
early
voting,
meaning
that
ballots
are
printed
when
a
voter
checks
in
during
early
voting.
We
also
contracted
with
the
vendor
to
print
in
mail
ballots
for
us,
and
we
believe
that
both
of
these
programs
will
see
a
greater
efficiencies
and
cost
reductions
moving
forward.
O
We
also
moved
into
an
expanded
Suite
as
a
part
of
the
renovation
here
at
Bosman.
Government
Center
I
also
wanted
to
thank
County
Manager
Schwartz
for
recognizing
a
structural
change
for
how
poll
workers
are
paid
with
his
excellence
awards
this
year.
This
change
will
allow
us
to
pay
election
officers
on
a
more
efficient
and
predictable
schedule,
as
I'm
sure
Mr.
Dorsey
might
remember.
O
Next
slide,
please
I've
spoken
for
several
years
about
changes
in
voting
trends
in
response
to
expanding
voting
options.
Beyond
election
day
over
the
past
several
years,
early
voting
has
increased
at
a
rate
of
more
than
one
thousand
percent
and
vote
by
mail
at
a
rate
of
more
than
three
thousand
percent.
We
are
starting
to
see
signs.
That
rates
are
leveling
off
when
I
say
leveling.
Off
this
year,
we
noticed
around
a
50
percent
increase
in
the
request
or
voters
choosing
to
cast
votes
before
election
day,
either
early
or
by
mail.
O
Another
Trend
that
we're
starting
to
monitor
is
we're
starting
to
see
an
increase
in
ballots
that
are
tabulated.
After
election
day
in
2000,
only
a
handful
of
ballots
were
tabulated
after
the
election
and
2022,
four
percent
of
the
ballots
were
tabulated
after
the
election
as
a
result
of
same-day
registration
and
a
shift
in
due
dates
for
mail
ballots
and
availability
of
dropboxes
on
Election
Day.
While
this
might
seem
insignificant,
it
does
delay
certification
of
the
election
by
a
couple
of
days.
O
Next
slide,
please
we
are
preparing
to
be
the
first
office
in
the
Commonwealth
to
run
an
election
using
ranked
Choice
voting
this
year.
The
Department
of
Elections
is
proving
to
be
a
great
partner
in
developing
a
suite
of
voter
education
and
training
materials.
For
us.
This
will
allow
us
to
focus
on
local
programs
to
get
these
materials
in
front
of
our
voters.
Also,
next
fiscal
year
we
will
have
an
extra
election
in
there.
There
is
a
tentative
date
of
a
presidential
primary
in
March
of
2024.
O
next
slide.
Please
we
do
have
a
seven
percent
increase
in
expenses
this
year
as
a
result
of
personal
increases,
implementation
of
ranked
Choice
voting
and
the
presidential
primary.
These
costs
are
partially
offset
by
the
anticipated
reimbursement
for
costs
associated
with
that
presidential
primary
and
the
implementation
of
parts
of
ranked
Choice
voting
next
slide.
Please
looking
forward,
we
are
squarely
focused
on
one
date:
November
5th
2024..
Today
we
are
616
days
away
from
the
presidential
election.
O
The
months
highlighted
in
blue
on
this
calendar
represent
months
when
we
will
be
running
an
active
election
once
May
hits
we'll
pretty
much
be
in
constant
election
mode
and
years
like
this,
take
an
enormous
toll
on
staff
in
my
office.
We
look
forward
as
ever
to
partnering,
with
our
supportive
County
manager
and
other
departments,
to
make
sure
we
can
continue
to
deliver
safe,
secure
and
accessible
elections
as
efficiently
as
possible
here
in
Arlington.
P
Thanks,
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
your
excellent
presentation.
Just
a
couple
of
thoughts
from
this
past
year
and
looking
forward
and
I
would
add
to
my
appreciation,
Mr
manager,
to
your
support
both
for
the
staff
and
also
for
your
brand
new
conference
room,
which
we
enjoyed
meeting
in
several
times
for
our
sessions
before
the
much
anticipated
renovated
space
for
our
office
was
completed.
So
we
appreciate
that,
and
also
with
respect
to
the
number
of
same-day
voter
registrations.
P
As
I
recall,
we
had
twice
as
many
as
did
Loudoun
County,
which
has
twice
I,
believe
twice
both
population
and
the
number
of
Voters,
and
we
had
the
pleasure
of
keeping
each
other
company
to
make
certain.
We
could
complete
the
vote,
counting
we're
used
to
in
recent
years
having
to
come
back
and
finish
our
canvas,
usually
on
Friday
or
Saturday
this
year,
because
of
the
additional
again
glad
to
see
many
new
people
registering
to
vote.
Indeed,
we
also
were
here
down
the
hall
on
Sunday.
P
So
the
eyes
of
the
Commonwealth
will
be
upon
us.
We've
appointed
outstanding
qualified
election
officials
and
I'm
privileged
to
to
continue
working
with
Gretchen
and
our
two
members
of
the
board
and
our
great
staff
looking
forward
to
bringing
you
the
type
of
primary
special
and
general
elections,
as
you
would
expect
us
to
do,
and
the
citizens
and
voters
of
this
community
deserve.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
A
Just
I'll
say,
first
of
all,
thank
you
for
the
shout
out:
I
I'm,
very
nostalgic
for
those
days
as
an
election
official
and
can
just
say
firsthand
that
I
continue
to
be
amazed
at
Arlington's
ability
to
not
only
handle
the
volume
and
complexity
of
our
annual
election
cycle,
but
the
credible
interest
in
participation
among
our
constituency
and
to
bring
with
them
the
initiatives
to
make
it
both
easy
and
efficient,
and
to
do
so
with
remarkably
little
error,
all
with
a
staff.
That
seems
way
too
small
for
all
that
you
accomplish.
So.
Thank
you.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
might
throw
a
few
more
bouquets,
I
mean
really
when
you
look
at
how
it's
complex
all
day
and
we
always
have
an
election
going
on.
You
know
from
from
our
standpoint,
it
seems
kind
of
crazy,
but
from
your
standpoint
it's
even
it's
even
more
so
and
I
found
myself
when
you
the
first
slide
came
up.
You
know
it
maintained
an
accurate
list
of
registered
voters,
administrator
elections
fairly
and
efficiently
open,
transparent,
Equitable
manner,
I
mean
when
I
first
got
on
this
board.
C
You
know,
there's
the
same
thing:
it
was
kind
of
yeah.
Well,
you
know
it's
kind
of
yawn
right
I
mean
this
is
what
we
do
all
the
time
in
Arlington,
not
a
big
deal
and
I
know.
We've
been
affected
by
all
the
things
going
on
nationally
and
I.
Just
want
to
thank
again
our
registrar
and
everyone
working
in
elections,
because
I
know
they're
behind
the
scenes.
There's
been
some
real,
tough
stuff
going
on
and
and
you're
handling
it
with
Grace
and
not
letting
it
interfere
with
the
work
at
all.
C
So,
thank
you
so
very
much
and
I
I,
don't
know
if
you
there's
anything
more
Ms
reinameyer
you
want
to
say
or
or
Mr
McGeary
about
rank
Choice
voting.
I
would
I
kind
of
I
mean
that
it's
kind
of
a
big
thing
we're
doing
what
if
you
would
like
to,
if
you
don't
decline
to
answer
the
question,
that's
fine!
What
worries
you
the
most,
what
what's
kind
of
the
toughest
thing
about
taking
on
this
ranked
Choice
voting
is
for
the
first
time.
O
O
P
The
two
I
wish
were
still
going
to
be
on
the
ballot,
but
thank
you
for
your
great
service,
so
I'm
delighted
that
we
have
more
than
three,
and
so
last
County
had
was
five.
Maybe
maybe
six
will
come
about,
so
we
know
that
we
can
indeed
implement
it
and
with
the
support
that
we're
asking
from
you
today
we'll
be
able
to
promote
it.
There
are
a
number
of
organizations
in
the
community
that
are
willing
to
partner
with
us,
so
we
can
give
give
the
greatest
promotion
of
it.
C
P
H
On
that
same
line
of
objection
with
rain
Choice
voting
a
resource
question.
Since
we
are
talking
about
the
budget
when
we
passed
the
resolution,
we
talked
about
the
75
000
in
additional
resources
required
to
do
that.
Outreach,
I
I
think
that's
being
spent
you're
talking
about
the
kind
of
the
contract
for
outreach
materials,
but
I
am
so
put
in
mind
when
I
see
how
few
staff
you
all
are
working
with.
I
know
there
are
plans
to
do.
H
You
know,
train
the
trainer
model,
a
fair
amount
of
additional
Outreach
to
the
community,
but
recognizing
that's
a
small
staff.
Do
you
foresee
you
know
a
need
for
I
suppose
this
would
be
in
fiscal
23
but
I
happen
to
know
a
manager
who
has
a
contingent?
Are
there?
You
know
additional
resources
for
for
needed
for
that
Community,
Education
Outreach,
to
make
sure
our
voters
are
all
prepared
to.
H
O
You
Miss
Crystal.
Yes,
the
ask
are
certainly
on
their
way
to
County
Manager
staff
and
other
departments
to
help
in
these
efforts.
We
are
very
fortunate
and
Arlington
County
and
to
be
able
to
leverage
some
of
those
Community
Partners
that
you
spoke
about
to
kind
of
carry
the
torch
into
their
communities
for
us,
so
that
we
don't
have
to
go
to
Every
civic
association
meeting
and
we
have
people
that
are
willing
to
do
that.
H
H
You
know
I'll
note.
Finally,
we'd
had
some
discussion
back
in
November
about
the
acquisition
of
voting
machines
that
would
allow
ranking
of
more
than
three
choices
and
I
know.
There's
been
some
discussion
in
the
community,
especially
given
how
many
candidates
have
emerged
from
the
county
board
that
we,
we
all
Rue,
that
we're
unable
to
have
that
I
I
would
argue
in
any
event
being
able
to
rank
three
is
being
much
better
than
being
able
to
rank
none.
So
it's
certainly
still
worth
doing,
but
I
know
you
know.
H
It's
sort
of
an
opportunity
to
surface
between
supply
chain
issues
and
you
know
General
challenges
of
procurement
that
was
not
feasible
for
this
election,
but
we
look
forward
to
I
look
forward
to
a
very
successful
implementation
of
this,
from
which
I
think
we
can.
We
can
learn,
and
hopefully
others
in
the
Commonwealth
will
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
it,
Mr,
random
Meyer
and
the
support
of
the
Electoral
award
as
well.
E
O
Yeah
we
are
anticipating
getting
materials
from
the
Department
of
Elections
on
April
1st,
so
April
really
will
be
our
launch,
and
this
does
time
with.
We
will
have
ballots
at
the
beginning
to
Mid
part
of
April.
So
once
we
get
our
ballots
in
hand,
then
we
can
really
go
into
the
community
and
start
educating
our
voters
about
what's
going
to
be
on
the
ballot
for
this
upcoming
primary.
Thank.
P
G
You
Mr
chair
and
I
I
call
the
thanks
and
the
Gratitude
of
this
board,
both
to
our
register
and
to
the
Electoral
board
for
their
work.
I
haven't
been
able
to
be
a
elections
official,
because
I
usually
linger
in
front
of
the
election
of
the
location
for,
for
other
reasons,
for
more
parties
and
reasons,
I
should
say,
but
I
live
with
one.
G
My
my
wife
is
an
election
official
and
I
have
a
first
a
first-hand
of
a
second-hand
but
very
close
account
of
how
how
this
goes
every
year
and
it's
always
an
exceptional
account.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
organizing
that
coming
coming
back
to
the
issue
of
of
the
challenges
of
this
year
with
a
change
in
our
voting
system
for
one
election
in
the
primaries.
G
So
you
are
the
your
I
I
understand
that
we
are
working
or
together
to
get
as
much
public
education
out
so
that
we
can
serve
still
three
to
two
out
of
three
voters
will
be
voting
in
person
on
Election
Day,
as
if
I,
if
I
read
the
numbers
correctly.
So
do
we
think
that
400
election
officers
is
an
appropriate
number
for
an
election
that
has
two
challenges:
first,
a
new
system
and
secondly,
a
different
system
for
one
office
and
different
system
for
other
offices.
G
O
Thank
you,
Mr
Karen
Thomas.
That
is
an
excellent
point.
I
would
say
in
a
primary.
Our
staffing
is
actually
reduced,
so
we
only
put
send
out
around
250
election
officers,
so
we
are
looking
to
add
extra,
basically
a
ranked
Choice
voting
officer
to
help
with
that
education
piece
that
all
54
of
our
polling
locations
so.
P
P
We
are
also
asking
the
political
parties
to
please
continue
sending
names
of
persons
interested
in
working
and
it
could
be
for
this
year
for
next
year
for
a
future
years,
all
the
above
so
that
every
month
we
have
the
potential
pardon
me.
Every
month
we
have
the
potential
of
approving
new
people
to
join
our
ranks
and
we'll
closely
monitor
that
number
next
year.
Again,
as
our
largest
turnout
year,
I
expect
we'll
be
back
in
the
range
of
Zara
called
richanova's
800
workers.
P
So
we
constantly
monitor
that
and
we'll
make
sure
that
every
Precinct
is
fully
staffed
and
also
the
the
election
Chiefs
again
as
Mr
chair
can
remember.
All
I
see
was
one.
The
election
Chiefs
have
the
flexibility
to
have
those
who
are
working
on
Election
Day,
move
around
and
handle
various
responsibilities
as
need,
be
they
may
do
the
same
thing
every
throughout
the
day
or
they've.
P
Maybe
moved
around
depending
on
where
we
need
the
greatest
amount
of
help
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
quick
quickest
in
and
out
that
we
possibly
can
and
again
I
think
having
once
again
having
that
early
voting
will
help
us
be
sure
we're
geared
up
for
the
primary
day
and
for
November.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
appreciate
your
wife's
service
and
look
forward
to
visiting
her
on
primary
day.
Thank.
A
You
both
really
appreciate
you.
This
was
terrific
and
you're
now
excused
and
relieved
or,
however,
you
want
to
describe
it
and
we'll
move
next
to
our
Commonwealth's
Attorney
and
so
I
would
like
like
to
invite
always
a
more
robust
title:
the
Commonwealth's
Attorney
for
Arlington
and
the
City
of
Falls
Church
Marissa
to
Connie
tafty.
Welcome.
M
M
M
M
So
the
guiding
principles
that
we
rely
on,
which
are
sort
of
our
three
North
Stars,
are
to
prosecute
crime,
work
for
justice
and
fight
for
reform
and
in
terms
of
Prosecuting
crime.
We
focus
on
serious
cases
things
that
jeopardize
the
safety
welfare.
Oh,
should
I
wait
for
Miss
Crystal
to
come
back,
no.
M
She
can
hear
you,
even
though
you
can't
see
her
okay
of
the
community,
so
we
hold
people
accountable
for
car
thefts,
carjacking,
serious
assaults,
rape,
homicide,
but
we
also
divert
cases
to
allow
for
rehabilitation
and
for
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
treatment
in
terms
of
working
for
justice.
We
are
very
cognizant
that
we
work
both
on
behalf
of
the
victim
and
on
behalf
of
the
accused,
and
we
also
work
on
behalf
of
the
community,
so
we
Empower
victims
through
Innovative,
restorative
justice
practices
and
a
prosecution
model
that
focuses
on
victim
needs.
M
We
work
work
to
defend
the
constitutional
rights
of
defendants
and
we
work
to
build
Community
Trust
in
terms
of
Reform.
We,
our
philosophy
on
that,
is
that
not
every
social
ill
needs
to
be
criminalized.
Not
every
crime
needs
to
end
in
punishment.
Not
every
punishment
lead
to
incarceration
and
not
every
incarceration
should
be
so
long
and
punitive
that
it
leaves
no
room
for
Redemption
and
Rehabilitation,
which
is
if
you
would
advance
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
M
All
of
this
is
about
equity
and
reform
itself
is,
has
Equity
at
its
core.
So,
every
day
with
the
culture
of
the
office
every
case,
every
policy
we
are
focused
on
equity
and
reimagining.
The
legal
system
is
about
doing
the
work
in
a
way
that
doesn't
repeat
the
mistakes
of
the
past.
We've
had
periods
where
we've
gone
through.
M
We
partnered
with
an
independent
researchers
who
determined
that
there
were
in
fact
significant
racial
disparities
in
the
way
that
people
were
charged
in
Arlington.
And
if
you
were
black,
you
were
charged
at
a
50
higher
rate
of
seriousness
than
if
you
were
white
and
that
also
led
to
disparities
in
conviction,
rates,
disparities
in
incarceration
rates
and
disparities
in
length
of
probation.
M
So
we
set
about
to
start
enacting
policies
that
were
evidence-based
and
would
help
to
address
some
of
those
we've
had
continuing
Partnerships
with
Vera
and
I'm
in
motion
for
justice.
We
have
Partnerships
with
Oar,
we
have
Partnerships
with
restorative
Arlington
and
we
are
willing
to
partner
with
anybody
else
who
is
doing
the
same
work
we've
also
partnered
in
terms
of
Education,
because
some
of
this
is
not
just
about
policies.
M
Policies
are
wonderful,
but
if
you
don't
change
culture,
you're
not
you're,
going
to
be
repeating
the
same
mistakes
in
the
past,
so
we've
partnered
with
experts
like
Professor,
Sherry,
sones
and
Professor
Kristen
Henning
Professor
Henning,
is
twice
trained.
Our
staff
on
the
trauma
response
of
Youth
in
our
criminal
legal
system,
particularly
black
youth,
and
in
all
of
the
examples
that
I'm
about
to
to
discuss.
We
are
trying
to
address
disparities
and
biases
to
create
Equity.
So
next
slide.
Please.
M
For
for
those
folks,
we
had
she's
are
charged
with
setting
about
developing
relation
identifying
and
developing
relationships
with
diversion
services
in
other
communities,
and
you
know
finding
the
ones
that
work
and
allowing
us
to
refer
people
to
those
services
in
other
communities
as
well
and
she's
be
in
inside
the
office.
She
would
be
vetting
the
cases
that
go
to
Diversion,
because
her
background
is
in
social
work.
M
She
would
be
betting
the
cases
that
are
most
likely
to
have
the
the
success
rates
and
most
likely
to
result
in
Rehabilitation
to
Services
diversion
services,
but
also
to
restorative
justice,
as
appropriate.
So
she's
also
working
very
closely
with
our
victim
witness
staff.
For
those
for
that
purpose,
we
do
have
a
challenging
hiring
environment
with
surrounding
jurisdictions.
M
The
national
District
Attorney's
Association
just
had
a
job
fair,
it's
first
ever
in
its
history
of
over
50
years
of
existence
in
January,
and
we
attended
the
job
fair
and
there
were
more
employers
than
there
were
job
Seekers.
At
the
job
fair,
we
are
still
working
with
body-worn
cameras
and
Falls
Church
police
department
has
brought
those
online
and
just
as
a
reminder,
we
work
with.
You
know
very
very
closely
with
five
law
enforcement
agencies.
We
think
about
acpd.
M
As
being
you
know,
the
the
law
enforcement
agency,
but
we
actually
work
with
a
number
of
different
agencies:
airports,
the
Washington,
the
greater
Rock,
the
you
know,
mois.
What
we
called
it
in
the
office
is
now
also
getting
body
worn
cameras
and
we
anticipate
that
Metro
Transit
will
as
well.
So
almost
all
of
our
law
enforcement
officers
are
getting
body
worn
in
the
near
future.
M
Next
slide,
please,
we
have
in
the
code
the
Commonwealth's
attorneys
over
250
pages
of
code
that
refer
to
our
duties,
and
some
would
be
surprised
that
our
duties
include
things
like
code
enforcement
and
electoral
fraud,
which
I
am
always
delighted
to
see
Gretchen,
because
we
work
very
closely
together.
We
need
to
also
work
on
rights,
restoration
and
expungements,
and
I'm
very
pleased
that
in
December
we
with
the
help
of
the
clerk
of
court
and
several
community-based
organization,
pro
bono,
defense
counsel,
the
Coalition
of
black
clergy.
M
M
Throughout
the
nation
we
have
seen
the
pandemic
increase
since
the
pandemic,
an
increase
in
gun
violence
year
after
year.
We
are
breaking
records
in
this
country
of
how
many
guns
are
sold
in
the
United
States
and
year
after
year.
The
time
frame
between
the
purchase
of
a
legal
gun
and
the
use
of
that
illegal
that
legally
purchased
gun
in
an
illegal
way
has
been
decreasing
and
in
other
words,
we
are
drowning
in
guns
and
we
are
starving
for
common
sense,
gun
loss.
M
Now,
I
don't
make
laws
and
I
can't
change
the
situation
of
gun
sales,
but
we
have
initiated
working
with
Mom's
demand
action
to
try
to
design
a
gun,
buyback
program
that
is
an
Innovative,
evidence-based
and
would
provide
opportunities
not
only
to
track
what
interventions
are
effective
to
reduce
gun
violence,
but
gun.
Buybacks
programs
also
provide
an
opportunity
to
educate
the
community
about
safe
gun
storage,
to
provide
gun,
locks
and
gun
safes
and
to
educate
the
community
about
emergency
substantial
risk
orders.
M
M
Next
slide,
please
so
that
slide
did
not
include
what
we
are
asking
for
and
in
our
next
budget
cycle
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
if
we
want
to
support
vulnerable
communities
and
protect
them,
and
it's
related
to
some
of
the
duties
that
that
are
not
typically
thought
of.
As
Commonwealth
Attorney
duties
is
bring
on
an
investigator
to
help
investigate
OSHA
violations
and
help
code
enforcement.
M
Investigate
illegal
or
you
know,
criminal
code,
violations
of
code
enforcement
and
then
also
wage
theft,
which
is
a
huge
problem,
and
we
have
no
means
right
now
to
investigate
wage
theft.
So
I
would
be
so
I
am
asking
for
an
investigator
to
you
know,
help
us
investigate
these
particular
issues
where
we
don't
have
much
support
in
the
way
of
other
agencies
that
are
willing
to
take
the
lead
on
it.
M
So
we
would
like
to
take
the
lead
on
those
we
also
have,
because
we
work
with
so
many
age,
different
law
enforcement
agencies.
There
are
times
where
we
need
follow-up
and
we
need
follow-up
on
our
timelines.
And
since
we
don't
supervise
the
other
law
enforcement
agencies
and
some
are
less
consistent
and
some
are
more
consistent
than
others
about.
M
You
know,
following
our
lead
on
on
what
needs
to
be
pursued,
we
are
asking
for
our
independent
investigator
to
help
and
given
that
law
enforcement
agencies
are
seeing
hiring
struggles
and
challenges,
you
know
that
that
sort
of
trickles
down
and
it
would
be
a
help
to
them
for
us
to
have
this
as
well.
It's
also
a
way
of
supporting
victims
and
supporting
Witnesses
who
do
not
want
to
be
served
by.
M
You
know,
because
of
of
their
personal
situations,
to
to
find
them.
We
have
had
a
conviction
review
unit.
So
far,
we
were
able,
with
that
unit,
to
support
the
reversal
of
one
conviction
that
was
based
on
improper
legal
advice
and
we
saved
somebody
from
deportation
as
a
result
of
getting
that
conviction
overturned.
We
were
able,
with
the
clerk
of
court
again
to
locate
transcripts
and
physical
evidence
that
were
thought
to
be
lost,
and
we
currently
have
two
DNA
cases
under
investigation
internally.
That
we
anticipate
will
require
some
litigation.
M
We've
determined
of
you
know
when
I
first
came
to
the
the
board,
with
a
request
for
the
Cru
part
of
it.
It
was
in
part
because
we
had
31
cases
that
were
referred
to
us
by
the
department
of
forensic
science,
because
there
had
been
a
improper
testimony
by
one
of
their
DNA
lab
analysts.
We
have
looked
over
those
cases,
we've
determined
to
close
out
18
of
those
cases,
but
we've
identified
13
of
those
that
require
notice
to
the
defendant
and
DNA
testing
and
potential
litigation
to
follow
up
on
that.
M
We
have
had
14
inmate
inquiries
that
are
pending
and
we've
responded
to
at
least
four
inquiries,
and
we've
responded
to
several
extensive
requests
for
reviews
of
post-conviction
reviews
of
cases
and
because
post-conviction
requires
so
much
engagement
and
that
it's
and
it's
so
familiar
and
similar
to
foia
requests.
This
role
has
been
had
this,
this
response
of
this
role,
like
the
foia
role,
sort
of
lives
with
this,
this
individual
and
we
have
received
regular
foia
requests
and
are
trying
to
keep
up
with
them,
and
it's
been
challenging.
M
Given
our
commitment
to
transparency
and
the
changes
in
foia
laws,
hiring.
This
position
has
been
extremely
challenging
because,
while
the
board
was
generous
enough
to
give
us
the
the
position
out
of
contingency
funds,
people
don't
want
to
work
in
this
environment
in
a
temporary
job
that
is
not
guaranteed,
and
so
we've
lost
very
good
candidates,
and
this
is
a
very
specialized
area
of
law.
So
it's
hard
to
find
good
candidates
to
begin
with,
but
we've
lost
good
candidates
because
of
the
temporary
nature
of
this
position.
M
M
M
M
In
order
to
pay
their
expenses
and
can't
even
afford
to
live
in
Arlington,
and
that's
not
fair
to
them,
it's
not
fair
to
the
community
and
it's
not
fair
to
the
victims,
and
so
my
would
ask
that
I
have
asked
in
the
past
for
families,
job
studies,
you
know
it's,
the
victim,
witness
and
paralegals
have
been
sort
of.
You
know
not
not
addressed
and
aren't
going
to
be
addressed
for
at
least
another
year.
M
A
H
So
I'm
going
to
give
you
the
first.
Thank
you,
unfortunately,
and
it's
an
opportunity
to
share
my
regrets
with
others
who
are
here
to
speak.
We
have
a
child
care
issue
and
have
to
leave
at
five,
but
I
look
forward
to
watching
the
the
the
recordings
and
remaining
sessions.
Thank
you
very
much
mrigani
to
have
to
eat,
as,
as
you
know,
and
I
can
see.
Mr
Dorsey
has
our
history
budget
history.
H
There
have
been
really
significant
increases
in
the
Commonwealth's
attorney's
office
over
the
last
four
years
and
so
I
appreciate
kind
of
the
the
the
sense
of
activity
right.
That's
going
on
in
the
scope
that
has
been
happening.
So
here
is
a
very
literal
question,
which
is
that,
even
though
this
is
my
eighth
budget,
I
learned
something
new
every
and
in
this
case,
was
that
we
Arlington
and
Falls
Church
provide
prosecution
as
well
as
Public
Defense
for
cases
originating
at
Amwell
property.
H
So
I
wondered
to
what
extent
I'm
interested
in
getting
access
from
you
how
many
cases
of
those
you're
seeing
in
a
given
year
and
perhaps
and
follow-up
from
the
manager
do
we
have
any
sort
of
memorandum
of
understanding?
Is
there
any
reimbursement
for
the
services
that
we're
providing
and
any
so
any
insight
you
can
share
with
us
now
and
then
I
can
talk
to
our
team
and
follow
up
so.
M
M
I
still
think
it's
important
I
think
it's
helped
the
police
department
in
in
great
many
ways.
It's
helped
our
office
in
a
great
many
ways,
but
there's
no
doubt
that
it
has
changed.
You
know
a
review
of
a
file
that
would
have
been
30
minutes.
You
know
for
a
very
simple
misdemeanor.
It
has
turned
that
into
a
four
to
five
hour
body,
worn
camera
Extravaganza,
so
very,
very
significant
numbers.
H
Well,
that's
really
helpful,
and
maybe
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
talk
in
general,
about
this
Services
being
provided
so
I
I
can
follow
up
with
our
team
on
that.
Thank
you
for
that
Insight.
It
does
sound
like
it's
top
of
mind.
Speaking
of
top
of
mind,
just
one
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
note.
It's
it's
so
interesting
that
you
bring
up
the
gun,
buyback
program,
Ms,
Garvey
and
I
are
actually
we're
just
meeting
with
the
acpd
staff.
Today,
I
was
delighted
to
learn.
H
We
have
a
gun,
take
back
program
in
Arlington
and
so
I
think,
for
my
part,
I'm
really
interested-
and
you
know
we'll
be
exploring
this
with
Mom's
demand
action,
given
that
the
the
research
isn't
quite
there
to
support
right
that
these
gun
buyback
programs,
it's
really
hard
to
prove
that
they're
taking
off
the
streets,
gunset
or
out
of
homes
right,
especially
in
domestic
violence
cases
that
otherwise
would
have
been
used
for
a
crime.
I
think
it
could
be
really
interesting
to
to
try
to
get
a
sense
of
you
know.
H
Is
it
the
the
the
100
gift
card,
that's
driving
the
buyback,
or
is
it
the
ease
of
taking
it
somewhere?
Where
you
know
it's
safe
awareness
of
these
programs
exist
so
I
hope
very
much
that
that
your
office
can
engage
in
those
conversations
with
acpd.
We
were
talking,
for
example,
when
you
can
imagine
a
whole
spectrum
of
services
right
from
being
able
to
refer
responsible
gun
owners
to
the
free,
lock
box.
They
can
get
from
DHS
right
a
safe
place
to
drop
off.
H
M
I
would
love
that
and
I
am
aware
of
the
the
data.
The
problem
that
has
has
occurred
in
the
way
that
the
the
data
has
been
collected
is
that
most
of
the
gun
buybacks
are
Anonymous
and
no
questions
asked
and
they're
for
small
amounts,
which
is
really
100
or
250
dollars.
Our
idea
was
to
be
more
Innovative
and
incorporate
some
violence,
intervention
programming
with
that
and
some
job
skills
as
well,
and
so
our
thought
was
to
you
know,
give
away
laptops
and
tablets,
but
also
have
people
there
to.
M
300
percent
of
DHS
would
have
these
numbers
better
than
I
would
but
we've
seen
an
explosion
of
mental
health
issues.
We've
seen
an
explosion
of
suicide
attempts
anecdotally.
Looking
at
the
you
know,
Watch
Commander
reports
from
the
police
department.
I
can
see
that
there
is
just
you
know,
sort
of
an
unrelenting
pace
of
of
attempted
suicides
and
successful
suicides
and
to
be
able
to
you
know
to
to
attract
those
people
to
something
else
by
providing
Services
as
well
as
the
buyback
is
I.
H
Well,
I
think
that
sounds
great
and
hopefully
there's
an
opportunity
to
coordinate
with
DHS
I
mean
I
would
say
we're
very
eager
to
get
people
in
those
Services,
irrespective
of
whether
they
have
a
gun
to
sell
back
to
the
county
and
I
know.
Dhs
is
working
to
step
those
up
or
to
get
more
people
in
the
extensive
services
that
are
already
available
and,
of
course,
too
there's
a
role
for
project
piece
in
which
I
know
you
absolutely
helped
steer.
H
G
Thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
Mr,
guy
and
taxi.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation
that
an
office
that
has
so
many
lines
of
business
I
mean
we
would
spend
a
better
part
of
the
day
here
at
Mr
Badger
to
discuss
all
of
them.
I
am
interested
in
a
couple
of
things
related
related
to
your
request
for
an
investigator
position,
and
you
mentioned
something
that
I
care.
G
It's
very
close
to
my
heart:
the
ability
to
investigate
effectively
wage
theft,
correct
I
I,
have
heard
many
times
from
our
unions,
but
also
from
common
people
that
it
has
become
increasingly
difficult
to
investigate
and
to
properly
prosecute
effectively
prosecute
these
crimes.
So
how?
How
do
you
envision
this
position?
Work
in
this
in
the
sense
and
and
how
are
have
we
been
able
and
and
why
haven't
we
been
able
to
prosecute
these
crimes
until
now,
in
an
effective
way.
M
Well,
it's
it's
a
combination
of
reasons,
but
you
know:
I
have
been
referred
cases
by
unions
and
then
in
turn,
report
for
her
done
to
law
enforcement,
and
you
know
the
current.
The
current
penalties
are
mostly
misdemeanors
or
civil
fines
and
there's
not
an
appetite
to
spend
time
investigating
misdemeanors
Personnel.
G
Thank
you
I
understand
that
this
is
a
it's
difficult
to
prosecute
that,
but
it
affects
literally
thousands
of
people
here
in
this
County
and
the
the
damages
of
that
are
are
incredibly
high
as
far
as
I
can
tell
from
from
the
experience
I
have
with
constituents.
So
thank
you
for
highlighting
that
I
I
will
really
think
very
carefully
about
supporting
this.
M
I
mean
the
the
damages
are
twofold
too
they're,
you
know
with
the
individual
who
is
not
being
paid,
and
it's
also
a
safety
issue,
and
there
was
a
very
large
case
of
wage
theft
involving
the
installation
of
of
electrical
wiring,
and
you
know
if
that
is
that
sort
of
thing
is
not
installed
properly.
If
people
who
who
are
installing
it
are,
you
know
not
not
trained
and
not
paid
properly,
you
know
that.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
veganic
Taft,
he
can
I
was
going
to
look
at.
I
was
looking
at
the
performance
measures
and
there
are
a
number
that
are
pretty
striking
with
the
the
great
diminution
in
case
low.
You
know
cases
and
it
says
in
the
notes
that
the
Criminal
Traffic
case
count
has
been
restructured
for
FY
23,
so
I
assume
that's
a
lot
of
the
reason
that
they've
been
you
know,
for
example,
the
Juvenile
Domestic
Relations
District,
Court
misdemeanor
cases
from
446
in
2019
to
169
and
they're.
C
M
C
That
that
would
that
would
be
helpful
if
you
look
over
on
the
and
it's
on
pages,
262
and
three
of
the
printed
budget
and
I
would
be
interested
in
the
future.
For
example,
the
misdemeanor
cases
criminal
misdemeanor
cases
went
from
205
down
to
88
and
there's
another
one
for
traffic
misdemeanor
48
to
174.
So
again,
I
think
it's
this
restructuring.
If
you
could
just
explain
that
that
would
be
helpful.
Yeah.
M
I'm
happy
to
what
I
can
tell
you,
that
is
that,
since
the
Commonwealth's
attorney's
office
doesn't
initiate
the
cases
you
know,
I
would
have
to
speak
to
my
partners,
like
court
services
and
my
law
enforcement
Partners
to
to
figure
out
the
answer
to
that
question.
But
what
there
was
you
know
there
were
significant
changes
in
the
laws
beginning
in
2020
for
juvenile
cases
that
that
caused
many
many
more
to
be
deferred
before
being
charged.
M
Instead
of
being,
you
know,
instead
of
petitions
generating
and
then
when
we
came
into
office
as
well,
we
yeah
you
know
we
were.
We
were
the
only
jurisdiction
in
the
in
the
state
that
was
looking
at
juvenile
petitions
as
opposed
to
letting
court
services
who,
which
has
the
diversion
programs,
actually
make
the
determination
and
they
have
the
diversion
programs.
They
have
validated
risk
assessment
tools,
they
have
the
officers
and
and
Personnel
to
provide
diversion.
So
we
were
the
only
state
or
the
only
jurisdiction
in
the
entire
Commonwealth.
M
C
E
Mr
D
ferranti,
thank
you,
Mr
chair,
so
I
appreciate
the
the
your
points
on
the
recruiting
and
the
the
additional
budget
considerations
want
to
look
at
that.
Maybe
you
can
help
with
one
question.
The
estimate
on
the
body
worn
videos
for
next
year
goes
down
a
little
bit
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you
have
a
sense
of
why
that
is
because
of
it's
been
going
up
for
a
little
bit
with
experience,
you're
the
the
Personnel
may
be
able
to
bring
that
down.
E
E
M
Q
Q
We've
got
an
estimate,
that's
based
on
our
own
internal
tabulation
from
our
software
that
tracks
the
downloading
the
number
and
the
hours
of
the
video
when
you
combine
the
22
actual
and
the
fiscal
23
estimate
and
then
divide
by
two
to
get
a
fiscal
24
estimate.
You
end
up
with
this
fiscal
24
estimate
number
of
roughly
16
500.
A
You
so
I'll
just
do
one
quick
question
as
it
relates
to
your
request
for
an
investigator,
and
please
correct
me
if
my
understanding
of
any
of
this
is
wrong
as
it
is
likely
to
be,
but
if
it's
primarily
to
support
your
work
in
investigating
wage
theft,
how
would
that
work
with
the
the
state
wage
theft
updates
which
allow
employees
to
actually
initiate
a
lawsuit
for
suspected
wage,
the
violations?
How
does
this
work
in
complement
or
in
conflict
with
that?
Well,.
M
G
A
A
R
R
R
You
know
we
didn't
close
on
9
11.
We
didn't
close
on
January
6th
of
2021,
we
haven't
closed
during
the
pandemic.
Even
when
the
covet
hit
the
office,
we
managed
to
find
a
way
to
stay
open
and,
unlike
many
organizations,
we
could
not
do
it
by
remote.
You
have
to
be
there
and
which
may
account
for
why
you
know
about
two-thirds
of
my
office
came
down
with
covet,
but
that's
a
story
for
another
day.
R
Emergency
protective
orders
were
also
the
ones
who
issue
emergency
custody,
orders,
esros
and
temporary
detention.
Orders
were
in
some
ways
the
first
line
of
defense
for
the
judicial
system,
but
also
the
first
line
of
defense
for
the
defendants
or
the
people.
The
people
wish
to
to
detain
mentally
because
we're
the
ones
who
review
the
evidence
and
determine
whether
a
person
should
be
charged
with
a
crime
or
detained
for
psychiatric
treatment,
so
that
we
make
sure
that
no
one's
rights
are
taken
away
from
them.
Their
liberties.
R
One
of
the
things
I
would
you
know
we
deal
with
all
sorts
of
people
of
you
know
and
everyone
who
comes
into
our
office
both
as
a
witness
as
a
victim
as
a
defendant
or
someone
seeking
mental
health
problem.
You
know
help
from
because
of
a
family
member
or
friend
we're
the
ones
who
deal
with
everyone
in
a
fair
and
honest
way
and
try
to
apply
the
law
as
best
we
can
you've
heard
about
different
programs,
I
remind
people
that
we
have
worked
with
the
sheriff's
office
and
we
have
what
they
call.
R
The
sheriff's
supervised
release
program
where
people
who
might
otherwise
be
detained
can
be
released
with
terms
and
conditions
and
what
the
sheriff
supervising
them
and
we
have
expanded
that
with
a
combination
with
the
sheriffs
and
the
mental
health
department
to
we
have
now
called
the
magistrate
post
booking
project
where
people
have
committed
crimes
were
obviously
mentally
ill.
We
can
wrap
them
in
services
again.
It's,
then
that
is
supervised
by
a
combination
of
the
Sheriff's
Department
and
the
mental
health
department,
and
so
again,
people
who.
R
And
the
thing
I
would
point
out
is
what
we
run
into.
Is
we
try
to
limp
up
along
with
whatever
equipment
we
have
until
such
time
as
it
it
basically
craters,
and
then
we
come
hat
in
hand
looking
for
for
money
to
replace
it,
and
you
know
the
supplies
we
use
up,
or
they
said
I
can't
say
we're
going
to
use
x
number
of
things
every
month,
because
sometimes
we're
very
busy.
During
the
pandemic,
we
didn't
use
nearly
as
much
office
supplies
as
we
did
once
things
started
to
open
up
criminal
system
was
quieter.
R
R
R
One
of
the
things
we've
done
that
doesn't
show
up
on
our
figures
here
is
the
Alexandria
magistrate
system
was
basically
crippled
by
a
combination
of
lost
staff
and
people
who
were
sick
for
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
we
have
done
hearings
for
them
and
covered
them
for
periods
when
they
had
no
one
at
their
office.
They're
now
back
close
to
full
strength,
but
we've
you
know
we
do.
A
R
Our
systems
are
run
by
the
state.
We
have
no
control
over,
we,
you
know
churn
out
the
processes
on
them,
and
but
they
we
have,
you
know
they're
all
controlled
by
the
office
of
the
executive
secretary
of
Supreme,
Court
of
Virginia
I
can
get
some
of
the
you
know,
I
can't
get
say,
I
couldn't
add,
or
the
Alexandria
processes
onto
our
Arlington
figures,
because
I'm,
not
the
chief
for
Alexandria
I,
couldn't
go
in
and
and
access
those
records.
R
There
are
times
there
are
certain
processes
that
we
do
by
hand
it's
hard
to
keep
track
of
those,
because
all
the
paperwork
leaves
the
next
day.
The
court
is
open,
goes
to
the
court
or
gets
or
if
it's
an
out
of
jurisdiction.
Court
gets
mailed
out
the
next
time.
The
mailbox
mail
is
available,
so
there's
not
a
way
to
get
exact
figures.
A
R
With
the
digitization
plan,
but
part
of
the
problem
is
that
we're
you
know,
we're
state
officers
and
we're
the
the
system
we
use
is
a
Statewide
system
that
is
run
run
through
the
Supreme
Court
of
Virginia
website,
all
all
the
match
rate
systems.
All
the
courts
are
all
connected
with
it,
and
I
can
only
pull
certain
things
from
it
and
I
said
because
some
of
the
processes
we
do
are
by
hand
at
times
yeah
data
and
certain
of
the
types
of
processes
they
don't.
R
C
C
Is
it?
Is
you
quietly
kind
of
go
over
what
you
do,
which
is
24
7
365
days
a
week,
you're
working
away,
I,
never
hear
about
the
office
of
the
magistrate.
I've
never
heard
him
a
complaint,
maybe
there's
some
things
that
go
wrong,
but
it's
just
fascinating
and
I
think
you
just
are
doing
a
really
crucial
job,
I
think
probably
pretty
well,
because
we
never
hear
about
a
problem,
maybe
there's
just
so
Antiquated
we
wouldn't
hear
about
it,
but
I
think
you
are
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
C
C
R
We
cover,
let's
see,
along
with
Arlington
Police
Arlington
sheriffs
Arlington
fire
department,
because
they're
arson
Squad
goes
through
Us.
In
fact,
just
before
I
came
here,
we
were
doing
some
search
warrants
for
their
for
the
Arlington
Sheriff's
I
mean
there
Arlington
fire
department's
arson
Squad.
R
R
We
deal
with
other
federal
agencies
periodically
when
they
deal
with
task
forces
which
operate
out
of
the
airports,
the
federal
tax
task
forces
out
of
and
periodically
they've
like
gang
task
forces
that
are
we
deal
with.
So
we
deal
with
people
from
all
over
the
state,
along
with
federal
agencies,
sometimes
and
yeah.
So
we
we
deal
with
pretty
much
everyone
that
and
we
dealt
with
Falls
Church
fire
departments,
arson
Squad
a
couple
weeks
ago.
F
C
A
Appreciate
it
well,
thank
you
on
that
Mr
Adam.
We
will.
We
will
excuse
you
for
the
afternoon
and
invite
our
friends
from
the
Juvenile
Domestic
Relations
District
Court,
to
join
us.
According
my
notes,
we
are
going
to
be
addressed
by
the
court
services
director
or
Conklin,
but
I
see,
judge
Rob
here
as
well
as
other
guests,
so
everybody
come
on
come
on
over.
S
C
C
T
May
I
introduce
everyone,
please
we
are
the
Juvenile
Domestic
Relations
District
Court.
We
focus
on
families.
So
when
you
invite
us,
you
get
the
entire
family
with
judge
Rob,
who
is
our
chief
judge,
judge
check
who's,
also
a
judge
in
our
court.
Also
with
us,
we
have
the
clerk
of
juvenile
domestic
relations,
ranika
lardi
and
Rick
strobach,
our
deputy
director
and
Alex
Espinoza
Smith
Smith,
who
is
the
person
who
brings
the
budget
into
Life
by
management?
N
Just
very
briefly,
I
would
like
to
thank
the
County
County
Board
County
Manager,
for
your
continued
support
of
our
group
homes
and
our
after-school
programs.
They
are
at
maximum
capacity.
I
think
there
might
be
room
for
maybe
one
or
two
girls
in
the
girls
group
home,
but
without
your
continued
support
we
would
seriously
be
in
trouble.
They
are
wonderful
programs.
They
are
really
helping
out
the
young
people
here.
So
we're
so
very
grateful
for
your
your
continued
efforts
in
that.
N
N
So
it's
distressing
because
there
are
limited
resources,
obviously,
for
residential
drug
treatment
programs
for
the
children
and
also
for
a
lot
of
times,
there's
a
dual
diagnosis
with
mental
health
component.
To
it,
I
know,
DHS
is
working
their
hardest
to
expand
their
programs
and
to
get
the
necessary
Personnel
to
help
us
out,
but
right
now,
I
think
that
there's
one
intensive
outpatient
program
in
the
county
and
obviously
we
have
concerns
and
I,
think
judge
chicken.
S
T
T
So
the
the
themes
that
we're
really
trying
to
to
move
forward
with
are
diversion
evidence-based
services
and
safety
within
families
in
Arlington,
County,
I
think
those
are
the
overall
themes
of
both
the
probation
work
that
we
see
of
the
work
going
on
from
the
courts
and
in
our
after
school
Community
programs.
Next
slide,
please.
So
our
department
is
really
comprised
of
three
separate
sections
divisions.
We've
got
the
judges
and
the
judges
Chambers.
T
Then
we
have
the
clerk
of
court,
and
then
we
have
the
court
Service
Unit,
which
provides
probation
and
Community
programs
within
the
judges
Chambers.
The
key
thing
is
the
that
we're
looking
at
in
the
next
year
is
the
courthouse,
Renovations
I,
think
by
the
time
we
come
back
next
year,
those
will
be
underway.
We
will
be
displaced
from
our
offices
on
the
fourth
floor
and
the
courtrooms
and
we'll
be
in
the
midst
of
probably
a
little
bit
of
chaos
leading
up
to
the
the
full
renovation
of
the
fourth
floor.
T
But
we
believe
it's
worth
it
and
we'll
lead
to
you
know
an
environment,
that's
more
conducive
to
our
work
with
families.
I
think
our
judges
are
really
driving
that
the
fourth
floor,
courtrooms
at
the
end
of
the
day
be
as
trauma
informed
in
terms
of
their
environment,
as
we
can
possibly
make
that's
unusual
I,
don't
know
of
another
court.
That
really
is
focusing
that
way,
but
it
is
something
that
I
think
in
our
Renovations.
T
T
The
clerk's
office,
I
will
say
the
most
important
thing
to
them
is
the
supplement
and
they're
grateful
for
the
way
the
county
supports
their
salaries
and
then
in
our
court
Service
Unit.
We
have
our
early
diversion
Services,
which
is
really
where
we
try
and
connect
with
kids
and
families
before
they
even
hit
the
intake
level
in
our
court.
These
cases
we
do
not
put
their
names
in
the
state
database.
We
do
not
identify
them
in
any
way.
T
That
would
lead
to
some
future
a
higher
level
of
service,
as
should
they
encounter
the
court.
These
are
cases
that
are
referred
by.
Maybe
the
police
department
have
a
contact
with
the
youth.
The
schools
encounter
a
youth
parents
seeking
help.
We
provide
some
case
management
support
to
them
without
entering
them
in
the
Juvenile
Justice
System
Our
Gang
prevention
efforts
fall
into
this
our
girls
outreach
program.
Those
are
really
a
focus
that
we
try
and
maintain.
Then
Court
intake
you
heard
from
the
magistrate.
T
Well,
our
intake
office
is
the
juvenile
level
and
The
Domestic
Relations
level
of
that
kind
of
a
function
so
again
they're
24
7..
They
answer
the
call
from
the
when
they
have
a
youth
in
custody.
They
respond
to
during
business
hours,
to
families
seeking
to
file
protective
orders
or
child
support,
child
custody,
those
kinds
of
matters
or
child
welfare,
and
then
our
probation
and
parole
Services.
These
are
for
kids,
primarily
that
we're
talking
about
here
we
have.
As
of
the
end
of
January,
we
had
129
Active
cases
under
our
supervision,
overwhelmingly
Arlington
residents.
T
I
know,
there's
often
a
question
about
who
we
see
in
the
courts.
I
will
say
at
this
point
in
time,
given
that
the
cases
we're
seeing
from
chins
that
filing
by
parents
it
is,
it
is
swung
heavily
towards
Arlington
residents.
Looking
for
help
of
the
JDR
Court
than
adult
probation.
These
are
largely
domestic
violence
cases
and
we
have
about
at
any
given
time
a
monthly
average
of
200
adults
under
our
supervision.
So
those
are
the
general
numbers
that
we're
seeing
in
court.
T
They
are
trending
upward,
I
would
say
across
the
board,
as
we
will
talk
in
a
minute
and
then
the
other
part
of
our
court
Service
Unit,
is
our
our
community
programs.
Judge
Rob
was
talking
about
the
Argus
House
in
Aurora
house
are
group
homes.
I
will
say
all
of
our
programs
are
serving
kids
that
present
with
fentanyl
issues
right
now
without
the
tools
they
really
need
to
do
it
we're
having
kids
in
our
group
homes
without
substance
abuse
treatment,
I
mean
historically,
those
may
have
been
kids.
T
We
wouldn't
have
declined
to
serve
or
having
kids
in
our
after
school
programs
that
have
fentanyl
issues
and
they're
not
engaged
in
substance
abuse
treatment
along
with
those
Services
they're,
not
getting
the
mental.
The
Behavioral
Health
Services
that
we
need
so
that
that's
the
challenges
that
we're
are
facing
across
the
board.
Our
after-school
programs
are
at
capacity
we'd
love
to
find
ways
to
expand
them.
T
They
are
the
least
disruptive
to
kids
and
and
we're
not
pulling
them
out
of
their
homes,
we're
not
putting
them
in
a
group
home
we're
not
putting
them
in
detention
long
term.
They
are
living
at
home
with
their
family
members
and
coming
to
us
after
school
and
working
on
all
the
the
same
challenges
that
they
would
have,
they
would
work
on
and
and
without
being
removed
from
their
home.
So
those
are
just
excellent
programs.
T
I
can
say
I,
don't
know
of
many
jurisdictions
that
offer
those
I
mean
we're
grateful
for
those
and
would
love
to
find
a
way
to
expand
them.
And
then
our
safe
havens
program
is
the
other
community
program,
which
really
is
essential
in
keeping
people
safe,
that
have
protective
orders
that
have
histories
of
domestic
violence.
They
need
visitation
with
their
children
and
they
need
to
do
custody
exchanges
and
need
a
safe
place
to
do
it
and
that's
what
safe
havens
provide.
So
we're
really
value
that
program
and
use
it
extensively.
T
Our
budget
highlights
I
want
to
just
emphasize
you
know:
you're
hearing
fentanyl
a
lot,
this
discussion,
it's
not
a
word
or
a
moment
in
time,
a
crisis
that
we
can
separate
from
our
work
right
now,
but
the
solution
is
definitely
going
to
be
multi-agency
and
our
collaboration
with
the
human
Department
of
Human
Services,
child
and
family
services.
With
the
aps.
T
There
are
great
Partnerships
and
discussions
going
on
right
now
there
are
some
promising
things
on
the
horizon.
The
challenge
for
us
is
right.
Now
we
have,
we
were
talking
about
The
Chins
cases
that
have
been
filed
by
parents
right
now.
We
have
25
youth
who
are
actively
using
fentanyl
under
our
supervision
and.
T
We
are
using
the
tools
that
we
have.
We
are
seeing
these
kids,
who
are
typically
not
eligible
for
detention.
We
are
seeing
them
go
to
detention
out
of
safety
concerns.
We
are
seeing
elevated
work
by
probation
officers
serving
them
intensely
working
with
their
families,
we're
seeing
them
placed
in
our
community
programs,
largely
because
they
have
fentanyl
use
and
the
elevated
safety
concerns
that
we
all
feel.
When
that
happens,
our
Detention
Center
has,
by
you
know,
become
a
de
facto
detox
program
for
these
kids
and
it's
just
they're,
not
getting
medical
assistance.
T
You
know
I
mean
they
certainly
are
getting
medical
help
from
detention,
but
they're
not
getting
medical,
assisted
treatment
for
fentanyl
use
or
or
opioid
use,
and
that's
concerned
they're
they're
in
distress
when
they
go
to
detention
they're
having
to
active
withdrawal.
So
those
are
the
circumstances
that
we're
in.
So
there
is
a
lot
of
effort
going
in
to
build
something.
T
It's
down
the
road.
It's
not
immediate,
we're
struggling
with
the
immediate
needs
of
kids
that
we
are.
We
have
on
our
caseload,
I.
Think
that
covers
that
page.
So
we're
really,
you
know
our
focus
on
diversion
and
trying
to
work
with
kids
in
non-court
ways
the
expanded
capacity
to
serve
family.
Our
caseloads
are
going
up
when
you
know,
10
years
ago
we
had
probably
15
probate
juvenile
probation
officers.
T
Today
we
have
seven,
we
have
reduced
those,
that's
how
we
started
the
group
home
or
that's
how
we
started
our
Young
Achievers
program.
We've
shifted
resources.
As
caseloads
went
down
over
the
last
decade.
We
shifted
to
new
Services.
We
have
a
couple
of
vacancies,
we're
filling
our
caseloads
are
definitely
climbing.
The
courts
are
very
busy.
Judges
are
on
the
bench
from
I,
mean
we're
hearing
cases
they're
starting
cases
at
eight
o'clock
and
they're
going
until
after
five
many
days.
T
Our
racial
and
ethnic
disparities,
team
and
JDR
consists
of
both
judges,
myself,
the
head
of
the
Community
Services
Board,
the
head
of
Child
and
Family
Services
member
from
the
Commonwealth's
attorney's
office
representative
from
the
public
defender's
office,
police
department
and
APS.
So
we've
got
leaders
from
all
of
those
organizations
that
get
together
and
look
at
what's
going
on
in
juvenile
court
and
our
our
legal
system
related
to
kids,
the
child
serving
agencies
that
are
that
are
part
of
that
discussion.
T
T
I've
got
the
number,
but
I
believe
it
is.
90
of
them
are
Hispanic
parents
filing
with
our
court
system
to
get
help
for
their
kids.
That's
what
we're
seeing
in
the
juvenile
court.
Some
of
some
of
the
youth
do
not
speak
English,
which
exacerbates
the
problem
of
trying
to
find
services
for
them.
Programs
that
can
serve
a
Spanish-speaking.
Only
youth
is
a
big
challenge.
So
when
it
comes
to
equity,
we
know
that
the
majority
of
the
kids
we
see
come
to
intake
process
through
our
system.
T
Go
to
our
place
in
detention
are
largely
kids
of
color,
and
that
is
something
we
are
trying
to
address.
The
way
we
address
it
in
our
racial
and
ethnic
disparities.
Team
is
by
looking
at
the
decision
decision
points
within
our
system,
so
that
when
we
look
at
what
happens
at
intake,
we
look
at
it
by
race,
ethnicity,
gender,
geography,
where
the
kid
lives
and
defense,
and
by
looking
at
those
things
we
can
see
if
there
are
disparities
in
it,
who
gets
the
who
gets
access
to
Diversion
who
gets
sent
to
detention?
T
You
know
we
can
look
at
those
things
by
race
and
ethnicity
and
then,
when
we
look
at
offense
we
can
find.
We
can
then
tell
from
that
whether
or
not
you
know,
kids
with
similar
offenses
are
being
handled
in
a
disparate
way.
So
that's
that's.
You
know
kind
of
our
initiative.
The
task
of
trying
to
reduce
who
comes
to
our
front
door
and
juvenile
court
is
a
big
one
and
that's
a
county
effort.
That's
not
something!
We
can
we
can
tackle
by
ourselves
and
I.
T
Think
that's
where
our
the
team
that
we
have
in
juvenile
court
is
is
helpful.
Data
drives
that
our
since
we
started
this
team,
the
data
we're
collecting
and
processing
related
to
disparities
in
our
system
has
improved
dramatically
as
a
result
of
this
racial
and
ethic
disparities
team.
So
we're
not
where
we
want
to
be.
We
don't
like
the
numbers
that
we
see.
We
don't
like
disparities.
We
see,
but
now
we're
at
least
at
a
point
where
we
can
identify
them.
T
I
don't
know
if
either
of
you
want
to
talk
about
address
that
red
team
or
not,
if
there's
anything
else,
I
left
unsaid,
I
think
he
said
pretty
well
Earl,
okay,
next
page,
you
know
I,
don't
know
there
are
any
dramatic
changes
here.
The
ipe
program
we're
grateful
that
that
funding
is
included
and
increased,
that
it
stands
for
the
intervention,
prevention
and
education
program,
which
is
another
early
diversion
program.
T
If
a
youth
is
identified
as
having
indicators
of
gang
involvement
or
risk
for
gang
involvement,
that
is
a
program
that
we
contract
for
with
Northern
Virginia
family
services
and
they
provide
a
90-day,
sometimes
longer
intervention,
intensive
intervention
with
kids
and
their
parents
going
to
the
home,
providing
case
management,
providing
support
education
group
work,
referrals
whatever
is
needed
without
those
youth
having
to
come
into
the
court
system
to
get
those
services.
So
it's
a
critical
program.
We
haven't
raised
the
funding
in
10
years
and
so
there's
an
increase
of
of
30
000
this
year.
T
Going
to
that
and
we're
appreciative
of
that
in
the
record
recommended
budget
Our
Gang
numbers
are
going
up.
Ipe
is
also
at
capacity
with
a
waiting
list.
This
year,
that's
concerning.
We
haven't
had
those
level
of
that
level
of
referrals.
These
largely
come
from
the
school
system.
Identifying
youth.
This
is
the
court
system
parents
reaching
out
for
help
or
the
court
I
say:
police
schools,
parents
and
our
court
system
all
make
referrals
to
this
program
for
kids-
and
it
is,
you
know,
it's
been
at
capacity
all
year
and
has
a
waiting
list.
T
So
there's
like
a
three-month
delay
in
getting
kids
into
the
program,
so
we're
seeing
that
you
know
challenge
in
our
gang
prevention
efforts.
Our
Gang
specialist
is
getting
referrals
and
Outreach
from
schools.
We
do.
We
do
groups
that
he
does
groups
at
the
schools.
He
does
work
with
parents
and
the
referrals
to
him
have
have
consistently
increased
the
demand
for
intervention
groups
at
the
schools.
T
N
Conklin,
if
I
could
just
interrupt
you
for
a
moment,
What's
really
very
exciting
about
that
program
is
a
lot
of
the
youth
that
successfully
completed
it,
come
back
and
talk
to
the
other
kids
in
the
program
and
they
they
volunteer
at
the
annual
soccer
tournament.
So
it's
a
program
that
kind
of
gives
back
to
the
program
because
of
the
successful
youth
that
were
were
serviced
by
the
program.
T
So
the
other
other
changes
here
are
other.
Whenever
the
state
employees
get
an
increase,
we
get
an
increase
for
the
reimbursement
to
the
county
for
our
probation
staff,
so
that
that
shows
up
here,
as
well
as
some
changes
in
the
allocation
of
the
safe
havens.
Grant
this
this
page
I
think
I've
addressed
these.
These
concerns.
It
really
gets
back
to
the
increase
in
the
number
of
cases
filed
for
children
who
need
a
supervision
or
Services
by
largely
by
parents.
T
T
Multiple
charges
we're
talking
about
the
number
of
kids,
have
increased
by
96
percent.
That's
a
pretty
dramatic
increase
just
in
terms
of
raw
numbers.
They
went
from
26
a
year
ago
to
51
in
the
current
year
that
we
went
from
17
filed
by
parents
or
on
youth
who
were
Hispanic
to
from
17
to
30
this
year.
So
that's
an
increase
of
even
more
than
than
96
or
than
yeah.
T
It's
it's
a
it's
a
huge
increase,
so
when
it
is
parents
filing
out
of
desperation
to
get
help
for
their
kids,
that's
what's
driving
this
and
it
is
fentanyl
and
a
lack
of
of
their
ability
to
find
Services.
What's
concerning
is
our
numbers
were
trending
in
the
right
direction
when
it
comes
to?
You
know
the
reduction
of
kids
involved
in
the
court
to
the
reduction
in
the
use
of
detention.
T
Those
numbers
have
shifted
and
they're
now
trending
in
the
wrong
direction,
and
that's
something
that
we're
we're
concerned
about.
It's
not
you
know:
police
arresting,
kids
and
bringing
them
into
the
into
the
court
system.
That's
driving
our
numbers.
It's
parents
asking
for
help,
which
is
a
whole
different
thing
and
they're
asking
for
help.
You
know,
doesn't
mean
there's
not
a
system
problem.
The
system
problem
is
that
Court's
becoming
the
first
Resort,
because
resources
that
we
used
to
turn
to
are
not
available
at
the
level.
T
This
just
shows
the
changes
in
detention.
I
think
this
was
FY
23
here
today,
I
think
through
January.
It
continues
to
go
up.
If
you
look
at
Arlington's
use
of
our
detention
center,
you
can
see
it's
I
mean
last
year,
I
mean
some.
Some
of
22
was
pandemic
pandemic
driven,
you
know,
I
mean
cases
in
court
were
down.
You
know
at
abnormally
low
level
during
the
pandemic,
which
is
a
positive
thing,
but
they've
spiked
back
up
to
where
they
were
in,
like
in
21
and
Beyond.
P
F
T
Thing
I
will
say
about
the
Detention:
Center
is
the
types
of
kids
we're
placing
there
also
places
stress
on
them.
They're
watching
these
kids
with
withdrawals,
they're
they're
struggling
with
the
trauma
needs
of
the
kids
that
were
placing
there
and
of
their
substance
abuse
concerns.
So
not
only
the
numbers
going
up,
but
the
the
challenges
of
those
kids
and
what
they're
dealing
with
is
going
up.
You
know
our
mental
health
services
to
our
kids
at
attention
is
met
through
Child
and
Family
Services
DHS.
T
They
have
a
Therapist
assigned
to
work
with
our
kids
that
are
in
the
Detention
Center,
which
is
a
very
positive
thing.
It's
largely
crisis
oriented,
but
they
will.
They
will
really
respond
over
the
needs
of
kids.
So
we're
very
appreciative
of
that
provisioned
by
DHS
and
then
the
Detention
Center
has
still
got
this
renovation
looming
on
the
horizon.
So.
A
Indeed,
thank
you,
judges,
Rob
and
chick
and
Mr
Conklin,
I,
think
absent
constraints.
We
would
love
to
engage
with
you
for
a
long
time
on
these
matters,
but
today
we
do
have
constraints
and
we
also
do
have
three
other
offices
that
are
looking
to
have
their
opportunity.
So
colleagues
I'll
ask
if
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
that
you
keep
them
tight,
Mr
defranti.
E
E
Tightening
up
and
some
work
DHS
is
doing
with
our
with
our
schools
separately.
I
think
I
recall
that
there's
some
there
may
be
some
capacity
for
outside
referrals
and
so
I.
Don't
know
whether
this
is
for
you
Mr,
Conklin
or
Mr
manager,
but
clearing
those
barriers
for
accessing
all
supply
for
those
20
to
30
kids,
who
are
addicted,
who
need
help?
Do
I
have
that
right
have
I
described
sort
of
one
body
of
work,
as
are
there
outside
services
and
have
I
described
the
body
of
work
correctly.
E
I
think
one
is
from
Mr
Conklin,
the
Mr
manager
and
I'm
happy
to
I
hope
you
don't
mind
me
just
naming
the
challenge
and
I'm
happy
to
engage
further
after
this
session,
but
I
I
thought
those
two
quick
questions
would
could
be
helpful
and
I.
Don't
know
they
would
go
to
Chicago
and
then
a
manager
I
don't
know
who
wants
to
go.
B
T
I
think
the
challenge
is
we're
really
facing.
Is
the
level
of
need
these
kids?
These
youth
are
presenting
with
is
typically,
it
typically
goes
beyond
basic
outpatient
services
yeah
it
escalates
to
the
need
for
intensive,
outpatient
or
residential
treatment,
and
those
are
usually
provided
under
contract
with
vendors,
and
the
challenge
we
have
is
there
are
insufficient
vendors
available
to
provide
that
service,
even
with
the
funding
to
obtain
that
in
those
ways,
it's
difficult
to
find
vendors
that
are.
E
T
I
think
there's
some
great
work
I
know
being
done
sure
in
DHS
to
try
and
identify
and
reduce
and
address
the
barriers
for
some
of
those
vendors.
Historically,
we
haven't
had
a
lot
of
Youth
that
would
need
substance,
abuse,
residential
level
of
substance,
abuse,
treatment,
sure
so
I
think
that's
that's
part
of
the
the
reasons
more
is
not
currently
in
place.
Great.
C
C
There
aren't
people
there
aren't
so
that
it's
a
systemic
thing,
I
hear
that
see
the
headlines,
because
I
think
we're
willing
to
do
quite
a
bit
to
try
to
I
know
the
managers
we
all
are,
but
we're
up
against
we're
having
to
build
a
whole
system
and
machine
that
we
don't
have
available
yet
so
anything
we
can
do
to
help.
Let
us
know,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward,
I,
think
everybody's
really
committed.
So
thank.
G
You
Mr
chair,
indeed
sobering
presentation
and
we
hear
it
from
parents
as
well
and
to
be
honest
with
you
Mr
Conklin,
for
decades
parents
were
hearing
unless
your
child
is
in
the
system.
I
cannot
help
it
so,
and
you
know
that
comes
by
among
many
other
things
comes
back
and
bite
us
today
with
the
confidence
that
some
parents
may
have
in
this
last
resort.
That
was
presented
as
the
only
Resort
just
a
few
years
ago.
I
was
in
front
of
these
conversations.
G
I
want
to
ask
you
something
very
specific
before
I.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
enormous
work
that
you
do
in
Argus
in
Aurora
and
even
in
the
journal.
Detention
Center
that
still
beats
me
I,
don't
understand
how
you
can
even
remotely
provide
Detox
Services
in
the
in
that
setting
I
I.
Just
don't
understand
that,
but
nevertheless
shelter
care,
so
I
see
here
a
significant
increase
in
in
bad
days,
calorie
capacity,
wise
and.
T
You
know
we
don't
purchase
specific
bed
space,
you
know
like
we
don't
buy
a
number
of
beds
in
the
in
the
shelter
care
we
used
to
do
that.
More
than
a
decade
ago,
we
had
like
four
beds
that
were
committed
to
Arlington.
We
fully
funded
them
lack
of
use
over
time.
We've
reduced
that,
and
now
we
pay
as
we
need.
We
haven't,
had
a
problem
accessing
needed
bed
space
but
I.
Think
as
a
detention
commission
looks
at
changes
in
the
way
it
works.
T
We
may
come
back
and
reformulate
how
we're
our
agreements
with
the
city
of
Alexandria
and
the
detention
commission
around
our
use
of
that
that
space
it's
important,
because
when
kids
don't
need
to
be
in
juvenile
detention,
we
don't
want
them
in
juvenile
detention
and,
having
an
you
know,
short-term
non-secure,
you
know,
alternative,
like
shelter
is
essential
for
both
us
and
Child,
and
Family
Services
child
welfare
when
they
need
to
have
a
shelter
place
for
a
youth.
So.
G
A
P
U
All
right,
thank
you.
Mr
chair
members
of
the
board,
County
Manager
member
Republican,
one
is
watching.
Thank
you
for
hearing
the
Arlington
General
District
Court
clerk's
office
today
appreciate
it.
I'm
Brian
Hinshaw
clerk
of
court
for
Arlington,
General,
District,
Court,
Arlington
GDC,
consists
of
three
judges:
chief
judge,
Daniel,
Lopez
judge,
Fran,
O'brien
judge
and
Judge
Rucker,
and
also
our
court
administrator,
who
is
Tarzan
Fisher,
who
works
in
the
judicial
Chambers
next
slide.
Please.
U
U
All
right,
I
am
excited
to
say
that
in
the
past
year,
we've
successfully
launched
electric
electronic
filing
or
e-filing
through
the
Arlington
County
website,
through
a
collaborative
effort
with
the
Department
of
Technology
Services
through
the
digital
Innovation
team,
we
have
received
extremely
positive
feedback
from
the
public
and
the
legal
communities
for
its
ease
of
use
and
connectivity.
This
was
created
at
minimal
cost
of
the
county.
I
think
that's
what's
important
for
you
all
to
know
and
that
the
only
expense
was
truly.
Basically
the
time
we
worked
on
the
on
creating
the
functional
abilities.
U
A
lot
of
these
abilities
were
based
upon
the
web
service
that
the
county
was
already
operating
and
implementing
through
other
departments.
So
briefly,
our
system
just
requires
a
pre-existing
case,
but
it
saves
time
and
is
easier
to
submit
records
in
case
materials
for
cases
some
examples.
What
we're
currently
being
accepted
are
motions
notices
of
appearances,
continuances,
bill
of
particulars
and
some
several
other
filings.
That
was
only
accepted
in
the
past
in
person
at
the
front
counter.
U
With
regard
to
focus
on
the
equality
we're
continuing
with
our
Behavioral
Health
docket,
we've
explained
this
in
years.
Past
is
still
very
successful.
It
is
a
true
collaborative
effort
with
many
different
departments
throughout
the
county
which
includes
department,
Human,
Services,
Public,
Defender's,
Office
jail,
forensics
services,
staff,
Commonwealth
attorney's
office
supervisor
offices
and
Community
Corrections,
as
well
as
the
both
Arlington
County
Police
Department
and
Arlington
County
Sheriff's
Department.
U
U
Budget
summary
our
budget.
Some
summary
really
does
not
present
any
new
changes
that
are
proposals
from
years
past
and
it's
mainly
establishing
established
to
cover
everyday
expenses
and
salaries.
There
are
some
noted
losses
in
Revenue
due
to
the
significant
decline
in
traffic
summons,
but
this
trend
is
already
starting
to
begin
to
rebound.
We
think
this
is
kind
of
post
pandemic,
basically,
and
and
also
our
sheriffs
and
police
departments.
Being
you
know
in
a
crisis
for
for
personnel.
U
As
always,
we're
pretty
appreciative
of
the
continued
support
of
the
courtroom,
technology
improvements
and
the
equipment
that
is
that
is
needed
need
has
arised,
but
I
can
confidently
say
at
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year,
all
four
of
our
courtrooms
will
be
out
fitted
with
a
Microsoft
Hub
which
allows
virtual
hearings
and
other
technological
needs,
as
it
relates
to
providing
access
to
Justice.
We
will
continue,
we
ask
for
continued
support,
as
new
technological
needs
arises.
U
We
also
continue
to
appreciate
the
support
of
the
employee
supplement
for
GDC
work
staff
employees
by
providing
this
supplement.
The
it
provides
staff
members
with
more
comparable
salary
for
living
within
the
area
or
surrounding
areas,
and
also
the
supplement,
provides
an
extra
incentive
for
hiring
highly
qualified
staff.
Finally,
the
clerk's
office
would
also
is
very
supportive
of
the
continued
Courthouse
Renovations
that
are
currently
ongoing.
U
I
know,
JDR
just
mentioned,
we
are
working
very
much
we're
playing
the
sandboxes,
what
I
would
say,
and
so
with
all
of
our
our
neighbors
and
other
colleagues
throughout
the
courthouse
as
needs
arise,
and
so
the
only
thing
I
would
like
to
conclude
with
is
I'd
like
to
just
let
you
know
that
on
behalf
of
General
District
Court
Clerk's
Office
I
would
like
to
hopefully
thank
the
DTs
department
for
their
continued
support
and
assistance
in
upgrading
our
presence
on
the
Arlington
County
web
page
and
they're.
Creating
better
access
to
justice
for
the
public.
U
I
would
also
like
to
thank
our
public,
our
facilities
for
all
their
assistance
and
helping
us
maintain
our
office
and
our
facilities,
and
that
they
are
already
high,
always
highly
responsive
and
willing
to
help
us
whenever
issues
arise.
That
is
all
I.
Have
we
try
to
keep
it
pretty
short
and
simple
for
you.
A
A
U
And
and
one
thing
I
would
say:
I
can't
really
comment
to
the
magistrates,
but
one
of
the
things
I'd
say
from
from
a
state
standpoint.
I
think
it
is
important
to
know
that
the
the
pandemic
actually
did
thrust.
Oh,
yes,
the
office
of
executive
secretary
into
a
lot
of
new
directions.
The
technology
is
coming,
I
think
it
kind
of
pushed
them
a
little
bit
further.
U
I
don't
have
a
problem
saying
historically,
Virginia
is
conservative,
moving
through
the
judicial
processes,
but
with
that
being
said,
I
think
it's
pushed
Us
in
some
new
directions
and
in
going
to
some
of
the
conferences
now
that
we're
starting
to
finally
get
back
to
conferences,
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
this
being
presented
to
us
so
I
think
there
are
changes
on
the
way
we
do
get
handcuffed
because
you're
talking
it
a
little
bit
from
pardon
the
pun.
There
was
no
pun
intended
there,
but
what
I
was
going
to
say
is.
U
A
V
Well,
I
noticed
the
Commonwealth
Attorney,
maybe
it's
good
for
me
to
be
lowered
down
to
answer
to
it.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
before
you
I
know
the
hours
late
any
success
that
the
Circuit
Court
Clerk's
offices
has
is
due
to
the
support
we
receive
from
this
great
County
government.
We
thank
the
department
of
management
Finance
for
assisting
US
during
this
budget
season.
V
V
Well,
this
first
slide
I
thought
would
be
interesting.
Christina
Dietrich
assembled
this.
This
is
instead
of
me
reading
the
mission
statement.
It
puts
a
lot
of
the
words
that
we,
you
know,
use
and
interact
with,
and
so,
if
you
take
a
look
at
it,
I
could
I
could
spend
a
lot
of
time
just
going
through
all
those
different
words,
but
take
a
look
at
it
if
anything,
if
anything
catches
your
eye
as
far
as
one
of
the
words
being
special
to
you,
let's
talk
about
it.
V
Oh
I
talked
last
year
about
the
civil
case,
numbers
being
sort
of
like
a
straight
line
upwards
like
a
hockey
stick.
Fortunately,
that's
leveled
off,
which
is
good
news.
It's
down
11,
but
even
with
down
11,
it's
still
at
historically
high
levels.
Our
Civil
Division
remains
very
busy.
Our
e-filing
system
there's
a
lot
of
choice
of
venue,
especially
for
collection,
type
of
cases
and
our
e-filing
system
such
that
I,
think
it's
easier
to
use
to
go
to
Arlington
than
really
anywhere
else
in
Northern
Virginia.
V
That
could
change
over
time,
but
for
right
now,
I
see
that
being
being
constant.
Criminal
numbers
are
up
ten
percent,
but
if
you
look
at
10-year
numbers,
they're
still
at
historically
low
levels,
so
you
know
that's
that's
kept
us
busy
with
that
slight
increase
that
third
number.
There
is
not
not
a
pretty
one.
It
has
to
do
with
interest
rates
really
killing
off
the
refinance
Market,
so
things
have
slowed
as
far
as
land
track
sections.
V
It's
not
a
good
sign
overall
for
for
what
the
economy
could
be
in
the
future
and
I'm,
just
hoping
that
that
that's
not
the
case,
but
but
that's
that
that
number
there
is
cause
for
worry
we're
bringing
in
less
revenues
to
the
county.
Because
of
that
next
slide,
one
of
the
things
I
appreciated
the
Commonwealth
Attorney.
Putting
up
that
picture
of
the
expungement
Affair
I
had
even
forgotten
about
that.
V
Since
it
was
months
ago
we're
we're
constantly
trying
to
think
of
ways,
we
can
help
the
public
when
there's
a
limit
to
what
we
can
do.
People
come
to
us
needing
lawyer
needing
legal
advice.
We
can't
do
that.
We
try
to
direct
them
to
the
right
place.
We've
got
a
law
library
that
we
now
have
two
new
Young
law,
Librarians
and
they're
working
and
there
we
had
padded
Petra
Sony,
our
former
law
librarian
has
just
recently
retired
she,
the
legal
legal
services
as
Northern
Virginia
was
mentioned
by
Mr
Henshaw.
V
They
they
are
have
been
a
really
good
partner
and
they
have
assisted
a
number
of
people
for
us,
but
there's
only
so
much
they
can
do
so.
We
don't
have
a
magic
answer,
but
we
do
our
best
to
get
people
the
information
they
need.
We
have
a
pro
a
self-represented
divorce
packet
that
gives
people
all
the
forms.
V
V
This
is
something
that
was
chaired
by
Chief
Justice
Goodwin,
which
was
why
I
was
interested
in
participating,
one
of
the
reasons
and
now
he's
handed
over
to
Justice
McCollum,
but
it's
a
high
level
group
Christina
and
I
cover
everything
on
there.
You
want
me
to
you
know
good
enough.
Okay,
next
slide,
we
really
don't
have
much
in
the
way
of
changes
in
this
year's
budget
that
you,
as
a
board,
have
been
very
generous
as
far
as
compensation
and
that
drives
some
numbers
up.
V
It's
in
the
RFP
process
right
now,
and
so
I
can't
talk
a
lot
about
it,
but
hopefully,
by
this
time
next
year,
we'll
have
it
up
and
running
and
there'll
be
a
lot
of
improvements
for
the
public.
Also,
it's
something
we're
very
excited
about
in
our
office,
one
of
the
things
we
are
trying
to
continue
to
do
and
you
have
been
very
helpful
in
providing
funds
to
back
scan
records.
V
We
started
digital
in
2013,
but
that
didn't
take
care
of
the
back
files,
so
we've
been
slowly
and
surely
we
have
everything
back
skinned
in
our
land
records
area,
which
is
important
for
the
public
and
title
Searchers,
but
we've
still
got
a
long
way
to
go
for
criminal
and
civil
cases.
So
if
you
ever
have
any
extra
funds,
that
is
a
a
place,
you
could
direct
them,
not
I'm,
not
asking
I'm,
not
saying
it's
there
this
year,
but
we
continue
to
try
to
allocate
a
portion
of
our
budget
towards
that.
It
also
protects
against
degradation.
V
A
Terrific
sure
I'll
start
us
off
and
then
and
then
Vice
chair
garby,
so
with
the
land
records
and
the
decline,
could
you
just
provide
us
not
now,
but
later
with
how
that
looked
month
by
month,
you
know,
there's
been
some
sort
of
popular
analysis
that
you
know
there
was
this
cratering
of
real
estate
activity,
but
then,
as
people
became
less
spooked
and
realized,
the
world
hadn't
been
entirely
destroyed,
that
there
was
an
uptick
towards
Year's
end
I
would
want
to
see
if
that
was
reflected
in
what
we
saw
locally.
We.
V
Could
do
that
it
was
starting
to
slow
down
a
little
bit
last
budget
cycle,
but
I
had
no
idea
that
it
was
going
to
slow
to
the
extent
it
has
absolutely
absolutely
I
mean
it's
not
at
2008
levels.
That
was
that
that
was
awful
right,
so
there's
still
there's
still
some
hope,
but
we'll
we
can
provide
that
data
for
Mr
Dorsey.
Thank
you.
G
F
V
A
I'll
just
note
a
factoid
that
just
jumped
out
at
me.
It
really
means
nothing.
It
is
entirely
a
factoid,
but
in
in
calendar
22
we
reached
the
point
where
we
issue
more
Concealed
Carry
Permits
than
we
actually
have
marriage
licenses.
I,
don't
know
what
that
means
about
a
community,
but
it
doesn't
sound
great
I'll.
I'll
turn.
C
It
over
to
pick
up
right
where
you
were
Mr
chair,
so
looking
at
the
the
land
records
I
mean
actually
it
tremendous
amount
in
2021..
So
it
looks
to
me
like
Savvy,
Arlington
and
vet
they're
in
there
doing
everything
all
at
once
and
then
they're
just
getting
ready
and
now
they're
holding
back
and
once
the
feds
change
it
they'll
be
ready
to
go
back
again.
That's
my
guess
so
it'll
be
interesting
to
look
at
the
month.
Yeah.
C
C
C
V
V
A
G
Of
course
they
are.
This
is
this
is
still
a
lot.
It's
over
I
mean
by
1200
estimated
at
12
55..
Actually
we
had
a
conversation
here
on
you
know,
fostering
or
supporting
a
new
gun
safety
culture
and
making
it
more
popular.
So
my
question
to
you
is:
is
it
at
all
possible
within
your
purview
when
you
issue
a
a
permit
to
also
furnish
a
sort
of
a
brochure
that
in
in
informs
the
new
legal
gun
owner
about
things
like
safe
storage
and
safe
handling?.
F
P
F
F
V
W
W
So
thanks
for
having
me
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
again,
starting
with
our
PowerPoint
I'm
gonna
go
off
track
because
I
often
do
but
because
I
want
to
give
you
an
example
or
some
examples
of
the
critical
roles
we're
playing
in
a
lot
of
the
county,
funded
diversion
initiatives.
But
if
you
might
move
to
the
next
slide,
we'll
kick
it
off
by
staying
on
track.
W
So
that
is
our
Department's
Mission.
Can
we
skip
to
the
next
also-
and
this
is
our
overview,
which
sort
of
restates
that
in
longer
form
which
our
goal
is
to
be
to
well,
we
aspire
to
be
a
model
of
zealous
client-centered
events
and
in
Arlington
I.
Think
because
we
have
the
support
of
the
county.
We
also
aspire
to
be
an
agent
of
positive
change,
more
broadly
in
the
local
criminal
legal
system.
W
So
I'm
sure
you
are
wondering
how
we're
doing
with
that
mission
and
how
County
funding
is
helping
us
achieve
those
goals
and
the
good
news
is
that
we're
doing
very
well,
and
that
is
with
your
considerable
help.
I
know
I
say
that
every
time
I'm
here
I
can't
say
it
enough.
It
really
makes
an
absolutely
huge
difference,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
pledging
your
support
to
our
office
and
to
the
overall
mission
of
our
community
to
make
our
criminal
legal
system
more
humane.
W
But
there's
sort
of
about
to
this
an
irony
of
indigent
defense
is
that
the
better
that
you
get
at
your
jobs,
the
harder
those
jobs
become
so,
if
you're,
taking
a
holistic
approach,
there's
just
a
lot
more
to
do
and
I
think
it's
useful
to
consider
what
the
opposite
of
of
zealous
Client
Center
defense
looks
like
you
may
may,
or
may
not
have
heard,
that
the
sort
of
term
or
phrase
meet
them
and
plead
them.
So
this
is
a
term
used
with
respect
to
what
really
bad
defense
attorneys
it.
Really.
W
What
it's
implying
is
that
person
just
shows
up
for
court.
They
greet
their
client
shake
their
hand
and
just
pleads
the
case
out.
That
person
will
have
done
no
fact
investigation.
It
would
have
done
a
mitigation
investigation,
illegal
research,
no
trout,
prep
just
shows
up
and
wings
it
and
often
I
think
that
results
in
them
trying
to
Strongarm
clients
into
giving
up
the
rights
and
pleading
guilty.
It's
not
the
way
things
should
be
done
and
that's
actually
a
main
reason.
W
Sometimes
they
call
it
for
as
a
factor
in
the
trial
penalty,
but
it's
one
reason
that
our
our
systems
becomes
punitive
as
it
has,
because
defense
attorneys
sometimes
aren't
playing
their
their
constitutionally
intended
role.
What
do
we
do,
though?
We
want
to
be
as
we
want
to
be
a
model
office,
so
we
investigate
every
case.
We
learn
about
our
client.
W
We
learn
about
their
backgrounds,
the
reasons
they
find
themselves
in
court,
their
physical
mental
health,
their
education,
all
those
things
that
we
might
need
to
know
in
order
to
convince
a
judge
or
a
prosecutor
to
be
empathetic
or
show
Grace.
We
have
to
learn
that
stuff
and
then
we
fight
zealously
in
court
and
I
think
critically
for
the
purposes
of
the
county
Support.
We
do
everything
we
can
to
make
the
system
better.
W
Now
we're
not
always
going
to
be
on
the
same
page
as
everybody
else,
because
obviously
our
first
responsibility
is
to
our
client's
stated
interests,
but
a
lot
of
the
times.
There's
data
interests,
sync
up
quite
well
with
Prosecutor's
interests
or
the
Court's
interests,
because
we
all
want
the
same
thing.
We
all
want
real
Community
safety
and
that's
achieved
through
our
clients
having
access
to
the
services
they
need
and
being
treated
in
a
humane
way
that
allows
them
to
move
on
in
their
lives.
W
So
it
like
I,
said
it's
a
it's
a
holistic
approach
and
it
isn't
easy,
but
it's
it's
what
our
clients
deserve,
and
it's
what's
required
for
the
county
to
achieve
its
goals,
the
as
a
noted,
the
counties
pledged
to
improve
the
system.
One
way
they've
done.
That
is,
you
all
have
done
this
with
your
commitment
to
essentially
decriminalize
mental
illness
and
substance
order.
W
That's
Remains
the
case.
I
think
my
view
is
that
these
people
with
serious
mental
illness
remain
over
policed
in
Arlington
kovid
made
that
situation
much
worse,
as
has
the
crisis
in
funding
and
Staffing
of
our
Behavioral
Health
infrastructure,
so
that
falls
apart.
Then
the
only
thing
that
police
and
courts
can
rely
on,
unfortunately,
is
jails
and
prisons.
W
The
county
still
sends
more
competency
cases
to
Western
State
Hospital,
like
people
who
need
to
be
restored
to
competency,
sends
more
people
to
Western
State
Hospital.
You
know
as
a
result
of
criminal
cases
than
any
other
jurisdiction
per
capita
at
least
and
I
believe
around
half
of
the
jail
takes
some
type
of
psychotropic
medication.
W
The
county
has
taken
many
admirable
steps
to
improve
that
situation.
We
now
have
a
really
good
Behavioral
Health
docket.
We
have
a
tremendous
Bond
diversion
program
of
drug
treatment
Court.
We
have
we're
working
still
working
on
appropriate
Mental,
Health
crisis
response,
but
that's
gotten
better
and
lots
of
commitments
to
re-entry
planning.
In
addition
to
the
formal
diversion
initiatives,
we
also
there's
much
more
openness
to
informal
diversion
and
just
I
think
it
was
more
of
a
spirit
of
evidence-informed
human
approach
focused
on
Rehabilitation
and
the
judges
and
commerce.
W
Attorneys
are
much
more
open
to
that
at
this
juncture.
But
again,
what
I,
before
I
got
into
that?
What
I
preface
that
with
was
did
a
lot
of
the
burden.
I
think
a
huge
amount
of
the
burden,
probably
more
than
you
think,
falls
on
us
to
make
sure
those
programs
and
initiatives
actually
work,
because
without
this,
without
us
doing
our
jobs.
Well,
there
are
no
clients
for
those
programs
to
serve
and
we're
the
one
ones
that
facilitate
that,
and
also,
even
if
somebody
else,
you
know
other
people
or,
if
we're
not
doing
our
jobs.
W
At
this
point,
who
are
the
people
that
really
need
to
be
on
that
program?
And
so
what
I
mean
when
I
say
that
without
us,
people
don't
get
on
that
program
is
because
you
know,
like
prosecutors,
can't
speak
with
our
clients,
so
I
know
like
the
Commerce
attorney's
office,
recently
got
a
grant
fund
a
position
for
a
social
worker.
They
want
to
work
on
bond
diversion
but
they're,
unable
that
social
workers
unable
to
really
do
that
in
a
direct
way.
If
we
had
a
social
worker,
we
could
certainly
do
that.
W
We
would
benefit
from
something
like
that,
but
we're
the
ones
who
have
to
have
those
conversations.
We
have
that
training
privilege.
They
trust
us.
They
trust
us
more
even
than
the
mental
health
professionals
in
the
jail,
because
they
know
that
the
information
they
share
with
us
is
going
to
be
privileged.
We're
not
going
to
share
it
with
anyone
else
and
that
we
can
be
trusted
but
trusted
with
it.
W
So
we're
the
ones
that
have
to
learn
that
that
information
about
them
build
those
bonds
of
trust,
give
them
Good
Counsel
and
encourage
them
to
make
not
just
good
choices
for
their
criminal
cases,
but
for
their
lives.
And
we
do
view
that
as
our
responsibility
not
just
to
win
cases
but
to
make
sure
our
clients
have
good
life
outcomes.
W
So-
and
this
is
this
burden
actually
has
been
made
worse
recently.
I
know
I
mentioned
that
the
crisis
in
Behavioral
Health
Care.
So
that's
a
that
affects
local,
the
local
jail.
I
know
you
know
that
it
affects
Sequoia
and
they
have
that
whole
wing
of
the
of
the
Sequoia
building
that
for
a
lot
of
the
time,
just
isn't
staff
because
they
can't
staff
it.
And
you
know
we
have
a.
We
have
VHC
it's
going
to
expand
but
hasn't
expanded.
W
Yet
so
you
know
we
have
in
in
the
jail
you
see
they
have
one
Bond
diversion
planner
she's,
amazing
Maggie
Gasser,
but
they
could
use
five.
So
we
have
to
be
on
our
game
massively
and-
and
we
have
to
do
some
of
those
things
that
aren't
being
done
because
other
parts
of
the
system
you
know
aren't,
aren't
staffed
or
maybe
there
aren't
the
services
there
for
them.
W
A
good
example
right
now
and
we
do
by
the
way,
take
full
advantage
of
the
programs
and
equipments
you
all
have
made.
So
a
good
example
is
behavioral
health
docket.
Really
we're
really
pleased
with
how
it's
been
going,
and
almost
the
entire
docket
right
now
is
made
up
of
people
who
are
our
clients
so
we're
we
are
we're
getting
them
into
the
program
and
it's
going
really
well
I
thought
that
it
might
be
useful
to
sort
of
walk
you
through
and
I.
Did
this
with
Mr
Schwartz,
but
I
thought
it
might
be
good.
W
W
So
imagine
some
a
man
in
his
60s
who
has
a
lifelong
history
of
schizophrenia,
and
it's
been
so
bad.
It's
pretty
difficult
to
medicate,
but
if
he's
medicated
doesn't
get
in
a
lot
of
trouble,
maybe
it
doesn't
make
maybe
isn't
able
to
be
fully
functional
on
its
own,
but
you
know
it
certainly
helps.
This
person
has
a
long
criminal
history,
but
none
of
it's
violent,
mostly
things
like
nuisance
crimes,
trespassing
things
of
that
nature.
W
The
person
is
known
known
to
DHS,
so
it's
a
person
who
receives
services,
but
maybe
every
eight
10
to
12
months
or
so
there's
a
slip
up,
maybe
mrs's
injectable
medication
that
becomes
straight
homeless
and
maybe
starts
acting
out
and
the
way
that
might
look
in
practice
is
the
person
maybe
starts
wandering
into
the
street
yelling
at
people
or
sits
on
the
sidewalk
yelling
at
people.
There's
a
problems
with
the
the
social
behavior
and
that
alarms
the
community.
W
So
in
one
of
those
episodes,
this
person
say
it's
a
Monday
before
Thanksgiving,
we'll
say
because
this
is
a
similar
case
happened
around
then
he's
arrested
for
trespassing
because
he
goes
to
a
local
nail
salon
and
starts
banging
on
the
door
and
he
won't
leave
when
he's
asked.
So
the
police
have
to
arrest
him.
There
are
no
beds
at
VHC,
so
they
have
to
take
him
to
the
jail
he
gets
booked
on
a
trespassing
warrant
and
because
of
how
he's
presenting
the
magistrate
doesn't
let
him
out.
W
W
In
this
case,
say
we
learn
Maybe
by
10
in
the
morning
11
in
the
morning
that
we
get
that
case,
because
we've
streamlined
our
pre-trial
advocacy
and
assigned
monitor.
Bond
attorney
knows
to
expect
those
cases
around
that
time
and
that
person
will
then
try
to
con
tries
to
contact
this
individual
using
the
jail
phones,
but
he
can't
get
through
because
the
front
desk
Deputy
says
that
he
won't
come
to
the
phone
like
he
used
too
asymptomatic
he's
not
going
to
come
to
the
phone.
W
Once
we
realize
that
the
bond
attorney
then
contacts
one
of
our
mitigation
staff
and
says:
hey
I,
need
you
to
go
over
and
see
him
immediately,
because
we
need
to
find
out
what's
going
on.
Luckily,
our
mitigation
staff,
who
already
does
mental
health
rounds
on
a
weekly
basis,
was
planning
on
going
to
the
jail
anyway.
She
goes
over.
She
goes
up
to
the
unit
on
one
of
the
crisis
units
and
speaks
to
the
food
slots
to
the
gentleman
and
is
able
to
quickly
observe
that
he
is
acutely
symptomatic.
W
Very
paranoid
and
angry
does
not
seem
medicated
and
needs
to
be
stabilized,
so
the
mitigation
person
tells
the
attorney
that
and
the
attorney
then
reaches
out
immediately
again
we're
working
on
a
very
time
schedule,
because
a
bond
motion
would
have
to
get
him
by
about
3
30.
reaches
out
to
the
bond
diversion
program
ex
asks
for
assistance
with
treatment
and
treatment.
Referral
and
a
housing
placement
also
reaches
out
to
the
mental
health
staff
at
the
jail
through
them
learns
that
the
client
actually
had
just
recently
missed
their
injectable
medication.
W
But
then,
through
that
conversation
they
have,
they
have
a
further
conversation
with
a
gentleman
and
he
agrees
to
take
his
meds
again.
We
restrict
we
with
the
help
of
the
bond
version
program
and
secure
a
shelter
placement.
Bond
diversion
confirms
the
shelter
placement
and
with
that
work
complete,
we
follow
Bond
motion
to
be
heard.
Wednesday
morning
the
judge
seems
satisfied
with
the
work
we've
done.
All
of
us
to
get
other
collaboratively
and
he's
out
in
time
for
Thanksgiving.
W
You
can
keep
following
that
case
in
some
cases
like
this,
because
Bond
diversion
is
here
to
sort
of
a
precursor
to
the
behavioral
health
docket.
Somebody
in
that
situation
might
then
have
a
referral
to
behavioral
health
docket,
where
they
they're
going
to
do
their
evaluations,
but
we
then
also
have
to
meet
with
the
person
go
over
the
expectation
for
the
program
and
then
be
there
with
them
in
court
to
help
them
get
them
into
the
program.
So
I
think
you
can
probably
see
just
through
that,
and
that
happens
all
the
time
that
is.
W
That
is
a
very
typical
case
and
unless
we
know
what
we're
doing,
unless
we
have
those
relationships,
unless
we
understand
the
treatment
services
available,
it's
just
not
going
to
happen.
So
all
these
reasons.
This
is
why
our
initial
well,
our
initial
ask-
was
different.
It's
for
True
pay,
parity
with
a
commonwealth
and
we're
still
far
behind
in
that
regard
and
I
know
you've
heard
the
pitch.
You
understand
the
rationale.
We
fully
understand,
there's
it's
a
tight
budget
year
and
appreciate
at
least
that
our
funniest
not
being
cut
at
all.
W
So
we
very
much
thank
you
for
that.
However,
I
do
think
that
there's
solid
grounds
to
to
fund
another
position
for
us,
because
with
that
these
systems
can
work
even
better,
and
so
we
modified
our
ass
I
think
we're
still
expecting
some
rays
from
the
governor
and
there's
going
to
be
a
state
employee
raise
which
will
naturally
affect
our
the
supplement
amount
from
the
county
as
well,
but
really
in
order
to
provide
excellent
quality
services
as
the
county
wishes.
W
Another
position
would
be
extraordinarily
helpful.
I
would
note
that
other
model,
public
defenders
offices,
like
the
public
defender
service
and
DC-
they
do
this
so
at
the
public
defender
service
of
DC
I,
believe
that's
one
investigator
to
every
two
attorneys
I
think
it's
close
to
that
with
social
workers.
You
know
we
are
we're
so
in
such
bad
shape.
We
have
two
paralegals
and
one
mitigation
investigator.
We
use
both
paralegals,
including
the
county,
funded
paralegal
as
mitigation
Specialists.
So
we
we
pledge
as
much
staff
as
we
can.
W
W
It
is
incredible.
The
applicant
pools
we
get
for
attorneys
and
other
positions.
Attorneys
really
are
choosing
us
over
other
really
good
offices
and
I
know
you'd
like
to
think
it's
just
because
amazing
office
leadership
or
something,
but
it's
it's
finances.
You
know
people
it's
incredible.
The
cost
of
living
is
high
around
here
and
you
know
they
want
to
go
somewhere
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
do
this
for
a
career
if
they
can
so
we're
getting
we're
getting
great
applicants
and
also
we're
getting
diverse
applicants.
W
So
they're
not
long
ago,
actually,
two
years
ago
of
all
the
northern
Virginia
Public
Defender's
offices,
there
was
only
one
black
public
defender,
that's
it
and
that's
embarrassing,
and
so
the
engine
defense
commission
made
a
real
commitment
to
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
and
we
did
as
an
office.
So
that's
been,
we've
been
very
intentional
about
hiring
black
public
defenders.
We
think
lived.
W
Experience
is
Merit
and
it
allows
our
attorneys
to
have
empathy
and
also
build
bonds
of
us
more
quickly
with
their
clients,
and
if
that
is
proving
to
be
absolutely
true-
and
we
find
the
same
with
the
support
staff
and
the
admins
I
believe
more
than
half
of
our
support
staff
and
admins
are
people
of
color
and
lastly,
with
respect
to
the
the
way
that
the
supplement
is
helping.
We've
had
very
little
staff
attrition
compared
to
a
lot
of
Law
Offices.
W
It's
actually
been
kind
of
a
crisis
with
an
Indigent
defense
and
you
find
offices
throughout
the
state
right
now,
they're
I,
don't
know,
maybe
even
two-thirds.
Sometimes
even
Fredericksburg
was
almost
like
half
at
half
staff,
the
public
defender's
office
we've
only
had
one
in
F
in
fiscal
year.
2022,
we
only
had
one
departure
and
then,
in
this
current
fiscal
year
we've
had
none.
W
So
there's
been
no
turnover
like
we've
just
got
a
solid
group
of
Advocates
that
really
like
each
other
and
doing
great
work
with
each
other,
and
the
supplement
is
a
huge
reason
why
I
fully
would
I
would
fully
expect
you
know
if
we
had
a
lower
supplement
or
none
at
all,
but
folks
would
be
leaving
for
other
offices
they'd
be
leaving
for
private
practice.
So
it's
a
huge
assist,
but
that's
mostly
what
I
wanted
to
cover.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
them
appreciated.
C
Thank
you
it's
great
to
hear
how
well
your
office
is
doing
in
these
times.
That's
it's
really
good.
Just
a
question
I
had
the
impression
you're
asking
for
an
additional
County
funded
position.
It
sounds
like
what
you're
asking
for
is
a
social
worker,
not
not
an
attorney,
but
a
someone,
who's
sort
of
a
social
worker
is
that
what
you're
asking
for.
W
We
will
be
happy
with
anyone
honestly,
but
yes,
I
mean
so
so
you
know
I
think
to
be
totally
Frank.
We
could
get
a
more
qualified
staff.
They
were
paid
at
the
attorney
level,
like
we're
locked
in
with
the
Indigent
defense
commission,
paying
by
position.
We
can't
you
know,
modify
what
they're
paid
and
unfortunately
pay
for
mitigation.
Specialist
is
still
low.
It
tracks
how
low
pay
is
for
social
workers
elsewhere,
but
I
think
that's
more
of
a
general
problem.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
chair,
just
sort
of
following
up
and
keeping
in
mind.
We
were
maybe
in
a
different
position
on
this
budget
than
we
were
three
years
ago
three
months
ago.
Excuse
me,
but
for
me
the
center
of
my
thinking
as
to
a
hope
for
any
fde
in
the
whole
budget
is
going
to
be
this
position.
You
mentioned
and
understanding
better
the
mental
health
docket.
E
G
Very
short,
I
had
the
opportunity
to
talk
with
you,
so
I
I
understand
they
ask
and
and
the
center
on
mental
health
and
the
Bondi
version
issues
that
you
raised,
because
we
have
significant
increase
in
demand.
There
I
have
just
one
question
for
my
clarification,
so
in
the
critical
measures,
the
number
of
seriously
mental
seriously
mentally
ill
clients
identified,
the
estimate
is
about
505
and
the
number
of
seriously
mentally
ill
clients
incarcerated
is
about
the
thousand.
W
There
are
it's
a
I
would
say,
that's
probably
a
data
problem.
We
rely
on
the
jail
to
provide
us
stats,
and
then
we
essentially
calculate
based
on
the
estimate
based
on
the
total
number
of
SMI
clients
at
the
jail
who,
how
many
we
would
have
served.
It's
super
difficult
to
do
that
with
our
our
database.
That's
the
methodology
we've
used
in
recent
years.
There
was
a
when
we
changed.
Also.
We
indicated
that
in
in
the
budget,
our
budget
narrative.
G
A
Thank
you
and
Ms
Raywood.
We
really
appreciate
your
time
and
staying
to
and
Through
The
Bitter
End.
So
this
this
will
conclude
our
work
session.
For
today
we
really
very
much
appreciate
all
the
Constitutional
offices
and
10
and
all
I
believe
and
a
little
bit
over
three
and
a
half
hours.
We
will
be
back
for
our
next
work
session
a
week
from
today,
I
believe
that's
the
Department
of
Environmental
Services.
We
are
adorned.