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From YouTube: City of Charleston Committee on Public Safety 11/9/20
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City of Charleston Committee on Public Safety 11/9/20
C
C
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Let
us
pray
as
we
travel
through
these
difficult,
difficult
and
uncertain
times.
Let
us
all
rejoice
in
the
brothership
and
sisterhood
of
being
a
community.
Let
us
work
as
one
to
make
us
as
good
as
we
can
possibly
be.
Recognizing,
there's
always
hard
work
to
do
for
those
that
stand
in
judgment
of
others.
May
wisdom
be
bounded
upon
their
heads
in
gr
in
great
wealth,
and
they
do
the
work
of
our
city
as
the
citizens
come
before
them,
and
these
and
others
we
pray,
amen.
C
C
B
B
C
C
F
F
F
So
this
year
we
are
on
track
to
sell
230
000.
On
our
screen
printing
business,
we
launched
a
retail
line
of
our
print
shop,
which
means
you
can
go
on
our
website,
and
anybody
around
the
world
can
order
a
t-shirt
from
us,
and
one
of
our
men
will
print
it
and
we'll
ship
it
to
them.
We
launched
that
during
covid,
when
we
could
not
print
and
vote,
nobody
was
ordering
order,
t-shirts
from
us,
so
we
did
a
little
pivot
there.
F
We
are
continuing
to
get
national
recognition
for
the
work
that
we're
doing
here
in
charleston
we
have
a
group
of
baltimore,
that's
going
to
come
down
at
the
end
of
the
month
and
look
at
us
as
a
potential
program
design
that
they
want
to
replicate
baltimore,
and
we
are
also
planning
on
replicating
a
second
site
in
colombia
next
year.
So
we
just
went
ahead
and
pulled
the
trigger
and
hiring
a
consulting
firm.
F
That's
going
to
be
helping
us
raise
money
to
open
a
second
site
in
colombia
next
year
and
potentially
a
third
site
in
the
upstate,
possibly
in
greenville
the
year,
behind
that
our
recidivism
rates
have
continued
to
be
really
stable.
They
are
at
twenty
percent.
So
for
guys,
that's
really
fantastic!
That's
any
rearrest
at
all!
F
C
F
B
F
D
G
D
F
H
D
Great,
so
I
was
thinking
about
you
the
other
day
I
was
in
atlanta
and
they
have
a
similar
program
not
for
folks
coming
out
of
jail,
but
just
for
folks
that
have
been
experiencing
chronic
homelessness
and
helping
get
them
back
into
the
workforce,
but
many
of
the
same
style
classes
and
training
that
you
have
before
they
go
back
to
work.
They
were
also
engaged
in
and
if
you're
going
to
be
in
town,
I
think
it's
a
week
from
tomorrow
the
folks
from
georgia.
From
from
this,
they
call
it.
D
F
C
J
I
miss
seeing
you
I
don't
see
as
much
during
this
coveted
year
and
with
everything
else
that
we've
had
going
on,
and
we
focused
a
lot
on,
of
course,
arresting
people
frankly
for
some
of
the
a
small
number
of
offenders
that
are
responsible
for
violent
crime,
but
at
the
same
time
we
have
to
disrupt
the
pipeline
to
prison.
We
talk
about
it,
a
lot
amy's
actually
doing
it
successfully
and
so
much
respect
for
the
men
that
participate
in
our
program
who
I've
met
and
to
see
the
real
life
stories.
J
Other
men,
so
just
huge,
compliments,
huge
kudos
to
amy
and
and
the
fact
that
you're
trying
to
help
people
I
know
in
chicago
and
people
all
around
the
country
are
paying
close
attention
to
what
you're
doing.
I'm
I'm
very
thankful
for
your,
in
particular
your
leadership
and
what
you're
doing
with
your
team.
C
Thank
you
chief,
thank
you,
so
amy.
When
we
last
checked
in
with
you
some
time
ago,
there
were
some
issues
that
you
were
running
some
roadblocks
with
other
jurisdictions.
Have
those
been
smooth
over
yet
have
you
got
any
more
cooperation
because,
right
now
your
main
referral
is
with
the
city
of
charleston.
I
think
is
that
right.
F
You
know
we
are
moved
into
the
private
sector
for
job
placement
and
I
have
had
so
much
luck
there.
I
mean
just
so
much
success,
even
even
during
covid,
the
majority
of
our
people
now
are
being
placed
in
private
manufacturing
companies
and
our
employment
outcomes
are
really
fantastic.
I
mean,
like
90
percent
of
our
guys,
are
staying
180
days
or
more
and
that's
2019
to
2020.
F
C
Well,
if
you
keep
up
the
good
work,
I
know
you've
passed
the
infancy
stage
of
all
this
you're,
it's
a
veteran
program.
Now
when
I
first
met
you
at
the
county
bar
association
and
you
started
off
with
chief
mullen
and
joe
o'reilly,
so
it's
you
beyond
that
stage,
your
seasoned
program
and
yes,
and
we're
good
to
hear
that
the
national
recognition
is
coming
in
your
direction.
So
thank.
F
F
C
K
C
C
K
Right
so
this
is
a
is
a
group.
I
actually
looked
them
up.
Online
they've
got
a
pilot
program
going
with
the
solicitor's
office
right
now,
where
they're
analyzing
their
data
to
reduce
any
racial
disparities
in
the
prosecution
of
cases,
and
so
they're
also
going
to
work
with
us
and
primarily
what
the
what
the
contract
addresses
is.
K
H
C
Is
there
a
second
I'll
cycle
again?
Okay,
so
any
questions
for
steve
or
for
chief
reynolds
about
this
contract
and
the
work
that
is
in
within
the
scope
of
this
contract
dealing
with
with
data
collection
and,
I
think,
fulfillment,
of
the
cna
requirements.
It
sounds
like
to
me
for
that
project,
joshua,
sheely
or
seeking
mayor
I've.
K
That
is
correct.
I've
I've
asked
several
times
just
to
confirm
that,
with
with
wendy
as
the
is
the
person
that
had
primarily
negotiated
this
with
the
the
company
again,
if
you
go
on
their
their
website,
what
they're
doing
with
the
solicitor's
office
is
a
pilot
program.
So
I
think
they're
looking
to
work
with
the
city
of
charleston
and
the
solicitor's
office
and
then
and
then
go
out
to
other
jurisdictions
eventually
and
do
the
same.
E
K
J
Yeah
I
had
about
an
hour
long
conference
call
with
a
couple
members
of
their
team,
the
lead
and
who's
a
former
ausa,
and
they
they
have
some
good
experience.
Some
good
creds.
I
my
biggest
thing,
is
managing
expectations.
Everything
that
steve
just
described
is
a
huge
heavy
lift
they're
going
to
get
us
started
and
they're
going
to
be
a
good
asset
and
a
lot
of
our
the
work
that
wendy's
been
doing
is
leveraging
partnerships.
J
I
mean
we
have
some
funds,
as
you
know,
for
some
partnerships
that
we're
developing
and
entering
into,
but
a
lot
of
our
efforts
will
be
in
working
with
other
smes
and
people
that
have
non-profits
and
other
organizations
that
are
doing
this
work
that
have
other
funding
sources,
and
this
group
has
some
significant
other
funding
sources,
and
so
we're
excited
about
this
partnership.
Wendy's
done
some
vetting
and
we'll
see
where
it
goes.
I
it's
a
it's
a
big
lift,
it's
a
heavy
lift.
It's
a
good
start.
C
C
D
Well,
I
I've
heard
for
all
along
since
we
started
looking
at
the
racial
bias,
audit
and
traffic
stops
that
the
data
and
analyzing
the
data
and
collecting
it
was
a
real
bugaboo
problem
area,
because
the
state
requires
certain
format.
We
have
a
certain
format
and
they
conflict
with
each
other.
They
don't
track
the
same
things.
So
it's
it's,
never
been
an
easy
lift.
D
C
J
J
Our
data
is
much
different,
so
it's
year
to
day
comparisons
not
as
useful,
so
we
got
to
pick
which
years
we're
going
to
look
at.
So
it's
it's
easy
to
say
you
have
disparate
numbers,
it's
not
easy
to
say
what
does
that
actually
translate
to
and
looking
at
our
how
we
deploy
our
traffic
division?
It's
the
number
one
complaint.
It's
the
number
one
loss
of
life:
it's
the
number
one
quality
of
life
issue,
it's
the
number
one
cost
in
terms
of
property,
damage,
personal
injuries,
etc,
etc.
J
J
They
have
some
experience
with
that
and
they'll
begin
to
look
at
what
data
sets
we
need
to
look
more
closely
at
and
why
disparate
numbers
are
important,
and
does
that
mean
that
we
need
to
be
doing
things
differently?
Are
we
are
we've
made
a
lot
of
pivots
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
so
more
to
come
good
questions?
I
don't
have
all
the
answers,
but
that's
what
they're
going
to
help
us
sort
through.
C
Thank
you
for
that
explanation.
That's
very
helpful.
All
right!
I'm
going
to
call
the
question
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
this
agreement
with
justice.
Innovation
lab
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
hi
hi
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
all
right,
very
good,
all
right
and
steve,
I
think
you've
got
the
last
item.
I
mean
item
number
six,
an
ordinance
to
amend
which
vacant
buildings.
I
believe.
K
K
It
would
now
be
a
unoccupied
or
an
unsecured
building
which
will
give
us
the
ability
if
there
are
people
that
are,
are
staying
in
an
unoccupied
building.
We
can
put
them
on
trespass
and
move
them
on
from
that
that
location
and
we've
got
some
complaints
over
over
time
regarding
people
staying
in
those
vacant
buildings.
C
K
Yeah,
there's
a
there's,
an
specific
exemption
for
second
homes
that
actually
susan
herdina
had
put
in
there
and
so
that
those
types
of
properties
are
exempted
from
the
definition
of
a
vacant
building.
Okay.
So
as
long
as
you
have
your
home
secured
and
other
people
can't
get
in
there,
you
know
you
can
have
a
a
home,
that's
unoccupied
in
the
city,
without
running
a
foul
of
this,
of
this
ordinance.
C
D
C
Okay,
all
right
any
further
questions
for
steve
or
susan
about
this
proposed
amended
ordinance.
Cnn
call
for
the
vote.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
stevie
appreciate
you
read
through
those
pretty
quickly
and
very
succinctly.
Thank
you
for
for
doing
that
for
us.
So
the
next
item
of
business
is
to
get
an
update
from
the
municipal
court.
M
M
C
M
C
C
C
M
They've
been
included
on
the
organizational
chart,
then
I'll
scroll
down
to
slide
23,
which
gives
you
an
update
of
where
we
are
collectively
with
the
dui
cases
and
with
the
non
the
non-dui
pending
cases.
So
as
of
october
30th
2020.
This
is
collectively
from
year,
2017
up
until
october,
30th
2020..
So
as
of
october
30th,
there
are
153
jury
trial
pending
cases
in
277,
non-dui
jury,
pending
cases
which
totals
430.
M
M
M
M
M
So
this
gives
you
an
overview
of
where
we
are
for
as
of
october
30th
for
livability
in
short
term,
even
though
it's
really
not
considered
to
be
a
backlog
in
those
cases,
and
then
I
do,
would
you
also
like
to
see
the
breakdown
of
where
those
cases
are
for
the
next
several
slots?
Or
do
you
just
want
to
focus
on
the
dui
and
non-dui.
C
M
M
I
apologize
there
weren't
any
listed
for
2017.
in
2018.
There
are
10
cases
for
short-term
rental,
one
defendant
and
zero
livability
for
that
year
and
for
2019,
2019,
seven,
short-term
rental
and
five
defendants
and
four
livability
cases
and
three
defendants
and
for
2020
18,
short-term
rental
cases
and
four
defendants
and
10
livability
cases
and
non-defendants.
C
So
we
had
at
that
time,
396
defendants
with
jury,
trial
cases
pending.
Since
then,
we've
had
a
thing
called
a
coronavirus
and
a
shutdown
of
our
jury
trials.
I
think,
beginning
in
march.
That's
right
right!
So
so
we
had
542
cases
pending
and
then
what
would
be
the
next
slide
to
give
us?
The
2020
breakdown
give
us
a
good
visual
on
that.
M
C
C
C
B
M
C
Right,
so
can
you
I,
I
can't
see
who
else
wants
to
raise
our
hand
and
talk
and
there's
some
background
noise
as
well?
If
you're
not
talking,
please
mute
your
your
your
microphone
hang
on
one
second,
and
let
me
try
to
get
the
screen
back
out,
so
I
can
see
everybody
on
here.
I
can
call
on
you
if
you've
got
a
question,
give
me
one
second:
yes,
sir
council
member
sequence,.
E
Well,
so
I
guess
my
question
really
is
one
of
administration
and
I
do
wish
jose.
Flores
was
with
us.
Have
you
all
been
working
internally
on
a
plan
to
move
cases
once
we
sort
of
get
beyond
covet
and
we
can
bring
juries
back
and
we
then
have
some
bargaining
power
for
our
prosecutors
and
we're
back
to
normal?
To
sort
of,
I
mean
one
of
the
things
when
we
went
through
the
interviews
for
the
newly
seated
judges.
E
I
I
know
all
of
us
were
interested
in
sort
of
how
we're
going
to
manage
our
docket
and
how
we're
going
to
move
cases
forward
doing
pre-trials
and
all
that
we
got
a
plan
in
place
for
when
things
ease
up
and
you
all
have
access
to
people
to
sit
on
juries
and
defendants
can
come
back
into
courtrooms
and
all
that.
So
we
can
move
things
along.
C
Let
me
let
me
just
jump
in
quickly
on
that
councilmember
seeking,
so
the
the
chief
justice
issued
an
administrative
order
on
september,
the
25th
2020
requiring
all
municipal
summary
court
judges
to
come
up
with
a
plan
to
reconvene
jury
trials,
and
I
understand
susan-
are
you
with
us
susan
hodena?
Are
you
with
us?
C
G
Yes,
so
and
I'll
ask
lekicia
to
talk
about
the
details,
but
basically
court
administration
requested
the
municipal
court
to
submit
a
plan
by
a
certain
deadline
of
how
they
intended
to
start
hearing
jury
trial
cases
again,
but
in
a
way
that
was
consistent
with
health
and
safety
and
so
that
plan
court
administration
with
judge
rico
flores
and
I
believe
the
input
of
all
the
judges
was
put
together
and
submitted
to
court
administration.
Several
weeks
ago,
I've
reviewed
the
plan
and
lekicia
also
sent
it
to
our
in-house
safety
experts.
G
Jan
and
rick,
who
agreed
with
the
plan,
said
it
was
consistent
with
the
city's
standards
for
protecting
health
and
safety
of
our
employees
and
lekisia
has
and
judge
flores
received
a
few.
What
I
would
consider
minor
comments
to
the
plan
on
friday,
but
subject
to
making
those
changes
which
we
can
easily
do.
We
should
be
in
compliance
with
the
court's
direction
and
be
ready
to
start
jury
trials
soon,
and
if
you
would
like
some
more
details
on
that,
I
think
lekicia
can
speak
to
that.
E
C
B
C
L
G
M
Yes
and
just
to
comment
on
something
you
just
I
mentioned
on
councilman
shade,
the
plan
was
done
collectively
with
all
of
the
judges,
including
myself.
So
it
wasn't
just
me
that
did
the
plan,
but
it
was
a
collective
effort
and
I
will
also
add
that
since
it's
been
submitted
to
court
administration,
I
have
spoken
with
renee
lipson,
because
I
knew
that
rick
and
jan
needed
to
review
it.
M
So
as
the
court,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
complying
with
what
court
administration
asked
of
us,
because
they
will
be
the
ones
to
approve
it
or
deny
it,
and
as
soon
susan
stated,
when
I
met
with
rick
and
also
with
jan,
they
didn't
have
any
issues
with
the
plan
as
well.
So,
although
we
have
to
comply
with
what
court
administration
says,
we
also
have
to
make
sure
we
we're
complying
with
what
the
city
expects
of
us.
You
know
when
we
do
reopen
for
jury
trials.
M
Has
not
been
approved
yet
renee
lipson
sent
it
back
on
friday.
Well,
we
received
it.
I
think
it
was
on
friday
morning
from
judge
flores
with
three
things
that
needed
to
be
amended.
One
being
sidebars
should
be
done
to
maintain
social
distance,
making
sure
the
microphone
and
witness
stand
was
cleaned
in
between
you
know,
people
having
contact
with
it
and
also
making
sure
that
exhibits
were
pre-marked.
M
D
E
C
I
got
that
I
do
understand
the
question
I
just
wanted
to
find
out.
First,
where
we
were
with
this
plan
and
then
what
is
it
and
we'll
hear
from
the
judges
in
a
few
seconds
to
hopefully
give
you
a
better
answer
to
the
questions?
I
shared
the
same
concerns
that
you
do
so
judges.
We
appreciate
you
all
being
here
with
us
judge
morrison.
I
hate
to
call
you
the
senior
member
of
this.
C
C
L
L
I
think
judge
ferguson,
I
know
he's
anxious
to
get
started
and
we
can
start
sending
out
notices
and
having
having
jurors
come
in
and
start
you
know
handing
trials,
as
you
well
know,
being
trial.
Lawyers
we've
had
a
lot
of
requests
for
jury
trials
simply
because
they
know
they're
not
going
to
be
called
anytime
soon.
B
L
L
I
think
things
are
moving
on
very
very
smoothly
and
we
we're
holding
court
and
we're
getting
rid
of
runners
cases
as
fast
as
we
can
and
and
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
defense
lawyers
have
been
very
cooperative.
Some
not
as
you
can
imagine,
but
that's
you
know,
I
think
that's
that's
where
we
are,
and
so
we
are
we're
moving
as
fast
as
we
can.
According
to
the
supreme
court
guidelines,.
C
And
just
for
the
rest
of
the
committee's
identification,
I
mentioned
to
you
a
memo
that
was
issued
in
september.
So
the
judge
justice
beatty
did
issue
a
memorandum
back
in
march
some
time
that
gave
guidelines
for
how
courser
to
be
administered
so
councilman
seekings
and
I
are
very
familiar
with
those
and
I'm
sure
he'll
catch
them
on
the
palace
too,
but
for
our
non-member
law
lawyer
members
of
our
committee.
A
I
am
I
dropped
off,
but
I
heard
a
good
bit
of
judge
morris's
discussion
and
I
would
agree
with
what
he
said.
Don't
forget.
We
continue
to
do
pre-trials
on
all
the
jury
cases,
especially
livability
court.
We've
had
a
big
spike
because
of
short-term
rental
cases
and,
frankly,
a
lot
of
jury.
Trial,
requests
on
the
mass
coordinates.
Oddly
enough-
and
I
know
those
are
disguised,
continuance
requests
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
forward
on
those
hold
the
jury
trial,
a
pre-trial
term.
B
C
Byrd,
then,
to
judge
ferguson
for
their
input
and
comments,
and
you
can
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
experience,
judge,
byrd
and
judge
ferguson.
That's
how
it's
been
working
out
so
far
for
you
allen
we're
here
to
assist
y'all
and
make
sure
that
this
is
these
numbers
are
getting
down
and
that
y'all
got
the
support
that
you
need
and
we're
working
towards
that
ultimate
goal
here.
So
judge
bird.
You
want
to
give
us
your
insights
and
comments
so
far.
I
Absolutely
thank
you
chairman.
I
have
not
had
an
opportunity
to
preside
over
a
jury
trial
term.
Yet,
however,
I
did
have
a
pre-trial
term
with
greg
voigt
one
of
the
contract
prosecutors
who
handles
the
jury,
trial,
dockets
for
the
prosecutor's
office,
and
even
just
last
week
during
that
pre-trial
term,
we
got
a
lot
of
things
resolved
if
they
were
not
resolved.
I
Last
week
they
were
continued
so
that
a
defense
attorney
could
get
their
clients
pre-affidavit
and
reschedule
to
put
pleas
on
the
record.
We
also
continued
some
matters
that
we
now
know
for
sure
are
going
to
be
a
trial.
We
were
able
to
go
ahead
and
start
a
like
a
preliminary
priority
docket
for
the
trial
term,
the
week
of
february
the
first,
so
we
were
kind
of
doing
double
duty.
I
N
All
right,
I'm
I'm
always
chomping
at
the
bit,
and
I
apologize
that's
all
right,
but
you
know
like
like
councilman
seeking
he
as
he
shows
his
excitement
towards
wanting
to
get
these
cases
resolved.
So
do
I
I
want
to.
I
want
to
do
a
great
job
and
and
make
sure
the
committee
is,
is
happy
with
with
our
work.
N
The
first
thing
I
want
to
kind
of
give
give
the
committee
just
a
couple
of
details
about
how
I
see
us
moving
cases
in
light
of
covid
and
of
course
it's
got
to
be.
It's
got
to
follow
one,
the
rules
of
of
of
court
and
and
as
well
the
the
ethical
requirements
and
the
constitutional
rights
of
our
defendants.
N
But
what
I
like
to
do-
or
I
think
is
effective-
is
taking
pleas
by
zoom
and
over
the
telephone.
I
think
that
can
be
done
in
municipal
court,
specifically
when
there
is
a
represented
defendant.
For
example,
you've
got
a
a
defendant
who
is
in
the
the
who
was
over
the
age
of
65
and
maybe
have
a
pre-existing
condition
and
it
isn't
quite
safe
for
them
to
come
and
come
into
court,
but
they
are
willing
to
plea
if
I'm
comfortable,
that
that
person's
defense
attorney
knows
that.
N
N
Jason
michael,
is
an
excellent
public
offender
and,
as
you
may
know,
he's
got
a
ton
of
cases
that
he
needs
to
move
and
I
haven't
quite
looked
at
the
numbers,
but
I
would.
I
would
bet
that
the
cases
that
are
older
are
ones
that
have
a
public
defender
and
the
public
defender
just
cannot
get
that
client
to
physically
appear
in
court,
but
may
be
able
to
get
that
person
on
the
phone.
N
N
E
By
the
way,
thank
you
for
that
I
mean
that
was
awesome
and
just
to
interject
really
quickly.
I
don't
want
to
get
out
your
train
of
thought
in
the
way
of
that,
but
it
seems
to
me
this
is
a
really
great
learning
experience
for
you
all
to
see
how
you
can
integrate
technology
when
we're
all
fully
up
and
running
again,
to
make
you
all
so
much
that
much
more
that
much
more
efficient.
So
we
can
move
cases
faster.
N
Since
it's
new
on
december
4th
at
12
30.,
it's
kind
of
like
a
lunch
and
learn
kind
of
session,
where
miss
cofield
has
graciously
agreed
to
give
the
members
of
the
defense
bar
an
overview
of
the
court's
administrative
systems,
and
I've
also
got
drew
carroll
who's.
The
president
of
the
charleston
county
defense,
attorneys
association,
giving
a
case
law
update
of
dui
cases.
N
That's
going
to
be
free
to
our
members
of
the
charleston
county
bar
and
we'll
be
able
to
introduce
myself
judge,
byrd,
shannon
elliot
who's.
Also
on
this
call
the
new
members
of
the
city
municipal
court
and
also
lay
out
some
expectations
about
what
can
be
done
to
to
move
things
along
in
this.
This
unique
situation
we
find
ourselves
quite
frankly
and
now
I'll
quit
talking,
but
but
quite
frankly,
we're
going
to
need
to
get
the
buy-in
of
the
defense
bar
in
order
to
move
these
cases.
N
But
if
we
get
buy-in
from
the
defense
bar
about
these
new
technological
systems,
we
can
put
in
place
about
this
new
dui
court
and
about
how
we
can
move
these
cases
in
a
way
that
is
palatable
palatable
to
them.
Then
I
think
we'll
have
even
more
success
than
what
we
will
already
have
by
doing
the
things
that
that
you've
heard
about
previously.
N
So
we
are
not.
You
know,
sitting
back
just
waiting
for
kobe
to
pass
by.
I
I
do
think
we
are
actively
and
excitingly
working
to
to
get
rid
of
this
backlog,
and-
and
I
do
think
in
my
conversations
and
and
really
I'm
I'm
new
okay-
I've
been
here
since
september
1st,
but
you
know
having
a
third
set
of
eyes.
I
I
have
realized
that
another
way
to
improve.
E
N
C
C
I
Absolutely-
and
I
think
that
you
know,
as
judge
ferguson
mentioned,
I'm
having
opening
that
line
of
communication
with
the
defense
bar
these
pre-trial
terms.
That's
something
that
we
just
started
this
past
year.
2020
was
the
first
year
that
we
had
these
terms
on
our
court
docket
and
unfortunately,
due
to
covid,
we
weren't
able
to
have
the
defense
far
in
and
out
of
the
courtroom
from
to
see
what
a
pretrial
term
looks
like
versus
what
a
traditional
jury
trial
term
looked
like.
C
B
H
L
It
shouldn't
take
very
long
as
soon
as
I
approve
our
plan,
then,
whatever
jury
term
is
scheduled
on
our
calendar.
Clerk
can
go
ahead
and
send
out
the
notices
to
the
to
the
prospective
jurors
the
panel
and
they
can
come
in.
We
can
qualify
them
and
start
trying
cases.
So
I
think
it's
just
a
matter
of
approval
if
they
approved
it
today
and
let's
say
there
was
a
a
jury
term
schedule
in
two
weeks-
that's
too
short
to
get
notices
out,
but
the
following
term,
I'm
going
to
get
them
out
and
we
can
get.
H
L
No,
that
comes
from
the
court
from
the
from
the
you
know,
from
the
right
of
the
list
of
jurors
and
they'll,
send
out
a
notice,
and
we
have
to
give
them
enough
time
for
them
to
get
the
notice
and
get
make
plans
and
everything
so
really
nothing.
We
can
do
to
speed
that
up
other
than
just
get
the
plan
approved
and
set
whatever
date
is
the
you
know
the
next?
The
next
turn
so
we'll
we'll
be
ready
to
go
as
soon
as
they
approve
it.
That's
my
understanding
of
court
administration
as
chief
justice.
L
A
L
A
All
working
well
together,
I
would
say
that
I
mentioned
to
the
mayor,
and
I
know
lakishia
has
asked
for
some
audio
visual
aid
in
the
dmv
area.
I
don't
know
whether
you've
got
that
on
your
your
agenda,
councilmember
shade,
but
we
we
need
to
have
some
way
to
communicate
effectively
out
of
the
courtroom
and
into
the
old
dmd
space
in
the
building.
It's
very
confusing
when
you're
trying
to
run
court.
A
I
know
in
livability
court
it's
been
particularly
confusing
and
difficult
for
me,
because
witnesses
are
in
the
other
room,
but
the
case
is
called
so.
We
need
to
have
it
at
a
minimum
audio
and
I
think
there
was
some
attempt
to
even
do
audio
and
visual
other
than
that.
I
think
we've
pretty
much
covered
everything
that
needs
to
be
covered.
M
Yes,
I've
been
working
with
with
I.t;
initially
they
did
lynn,
he
got
a
quote,
but
to
have
a
an
actual
monitor
inside
of
the
dmv
and
the
courtroom.
It
would
be
better
cost
effective
if
we
just
did
audio.
So
that's
something
that's
being
worked
out,
so
I
think
it
would
be
more
cost
effective
if
we
just
do
the
audio.
So
when
there's
a
defendant,
a
victim
or
witness
that's
ready
to
be,
you
know
called
into
the
courtroom.
M
The
judge
can
just
call
their
name
over
the
intercom
and
it
will
go
right
into
the
dmv
and
that
person
or
people
will
be
able
to
enter
the
courtroom
at
that
time.
Because,
right
now
we
just
have
staff.
That's
going
walking
back
and
forth
to
get
people
into
the
courtroom
when
their
case
is
called
and
or
in
addition
to,
we
have
to
make
sure
we
don't
exceed
the
spaces
available
in
the
courtroom,
for
people
to
be
able
to
safely
see
sit
in
social
distance.
M
So
that
is
something
that's
being
worked
out,
but
I
don't
believe
we're
gonna
get
the
monitors
based
on
the
cost,
but
the
intercom
will
be
the
next
best
thing.
So,
at
least
that
would
be
a
better
way
for
the
judges
to
you
know,
get
people
in
and
out
of
the
courtroom,
a
little
bit
quicker
versus
staff
going
back
and
forth.
M
That
is
correct,
but
I
will
tell
you
one
thing:
we
one
good
thing
office
people
they're
out
here
in
the
court
this
week,
they're
inputting
new
av
systems,
so
there'll
be
a
better
sound
system
in
both
of
the
courtrooms
by
the
end
of
this
week.
So
we
are
making
some
progress
to
get
the
court
rooms
up
to
date.
As
far
as
you
know,
what
we
need.
C
E
A
A
That's
it's
a
function
of
money.
I
mean
the
city's
taking
a
real
hard-nosed
position
and
that's
fine
and
most
defendants
when
they
come
in
know,
they're
gonna
have
to
pay
the
full
finance
the
only
way
the
ordinance
is
gonna
work.
So
I
think
that
the
lawyer,
in
that
case,
asked
for
the
jury
trial
just
to
allow
his
client
some
time
to
get
the
money
together.
A
It's
a
little
frustrating
for
me.
I
wish
that
the
lawyers
would
a
minimum
come
to
court,
but
they
just
are
faxing
in
these
jury.
Trial
requests,
it's
just
frustrating
but
we'll
work
through
those
we
can
work
through
those.
Those
are
not
legitimate.
Jury
trials
that
ordinance
the
str
ordinance
is
very
well
written
and
very
easy
to
follow
and
they
do
the
city
really.
The
staff
has
done
a
great
job
at
presenting
those
cases-
caroline
blue
prosecutors.
C
C
B
C
Any
other
questions
for
anybody
any
of
the
thoughts,
so
I
think
what
we
want
to
hear
back
from.
If
you
can
report
this
either
through
susan's
office,
to
tell
us
whether
or
not
the
plan
has
been
approved.
When
can
it
go
into
effect,
because
the
comments
that
you
all
made
earlier
on
is
right
on
point.
That
is,
you
know,
people
request
a
jury
trial
knowing
that
in
this
clover
environment
we
can't
have
a
jury
trial.
It's
going
to
be
delayed
for
ever
in
a
day.
C
So
once
that
plan
is
approved
and
implemented,
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
wonderful
tool
to
get
you
all
to
move
some
of
these
cases
even
even
further
along.
So
I'd
like
to
hear
back
as
soon
as
we
can
as
to
whether
or
not
the
plan
has
been
approved
and
when
you
expect
to
start
calling
the
juries
into
jury
trials
that
I
think
that's
important
for
the
committee
to
know
how
that's
that's
panning
out
susan,
did
you
want
to
introduce
one
of
our
new
members
of
our
courtroom,
family.
G
She's
handled
everything
from
child
abuse
and
neglect
cases
to
general
sessions.
Cases
for
north
charleston
and
in
between
has
worked
with
a
number
of
municipalities
on
their
general
sessions
cases,
including
the
city
of
charleston.
So
we
feel
very
fortunate
to
have
her.
She
has
been
with
us
a
few
weeks
and
is
very
familiar
with
the
court
and
is
has
been
doing
a
great
job.
G
C
Okay,
but
we
have
gone
through
this
agenda,
a
lot
quicker
than
I
thought
we
were.
I
appreciate
that
chief
reynolds,
any
other
comments
or
like
jaluda.
I
know
that
chief
courier's
got
called
away.
I
don't
want
to
leave
you
all
out
if
there's
anything
from
the
fire
department
or
the
police
department,
you
needed
to
update
us
on
or
other
comments.
J
I
have
nothing
additional.
Thank
you.
I
I
can
tell
you
the
the
court's
support
that
we've
gotten
from
the
public
safety
committee
from
the
judges
from
akisha
from
susan
and
her
office
and
from
everybody
involved.
I
think
this
will
be
a
significant
assistance
for
everybody,
as
we
continue
to
kind
of
focus
on
some
of
the
backlog
and
just
some
of
these
cases.
C
C
My
experience
through
appearing
in
federal
court
in
general
sessions
and
probate
court
has
been
it's
cumbersome
at
best.
It
really
is
just
sort
of
complicated
because
we're
all
trying
to
maintain
the
cover
protocol
requirements.
At
the
same
time,
during
doing
justice,
judge
ferguson
mentioned
doing
pleas
over
the
phone.
C
G
C
C
Our
interest
is
to
making
sure
that
justice
is
being
done
to
our
all
of
our
defendants,
but
you
all
are
being
safe
in
the
meantime
that
y'all
are
not
subjecting
yourselves
unnecessarily
to
being
exposed
and
at
the
same
time,
with
all
that
being
said,
these
cases
are
being
being
moved
with
a
level
of
deficiency,
so
we're
here
to
help.
We
just
we're
here
to
push
you
a
little
bit
too.
C
So
we
want,
you
know
we're
getting
more
engaged
than
we
have
been
in
in
the
past
and
that
that's
been
intentional,
so
we'll
follow
back
up
and
latisha.
If
you
can
give
me
that
information
as
to
when
anything's
approved
and
and
everything
if
you
can
get
that
to
me,
that'd
be
wonderful.
I
can
supplement
our
report
may
or
anything
before
we
adjourn.
D
Just
very
briefly
to
all
the
officers
of
the
court
here,
the
judges
and
particularly
our
new
judges.
Thank
you
all
for
collaborating
together.
I
know
it's
been
an
unusual
year
with
covet
19
and
not
being
able
to
have
the
jury
trial.
So
I
know
once
we
get
past
that
y'all
are
going
to
help
us
get
caught
up.
I
just
want
to
give
you
my
thanks.
L
Councilman,
may
I
say
something
please.
Yes,
sir,
before
we
leave,
I
just
wanted
to
say
something
because
I
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't.
I
just
wanted
to
let
this
committee
know
that
ms
schofield
scofield
has
worked
diligently
on
this
and
she's
doing
a
great
job
of
the
city
court,
and
I
just
think
that
the
chancellor
is
that
the
committee
should
know
that
she
has
worked
hard
and
she
has
and
is
doing
a
good
job
for
the
city,
and
I
just
want.
I
think
everyone
should
know
that,
and
I
would
not.
C
Committee,
I
appreciate
you
doing
that,
and
I
know
she's
got
a
real,
tough
job,
so
keep
up
the
good
work
and
you
know
the
cooperation
in
coordination
with
all
of
y'all
from
court
administration,
judges,
prosecutors,
defense,
lawyers,
it's
all
very
critical
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
cle
to
see
how
that
was
received.
So
thank
you
all
for
the
fine
work
really
defined.
We're
all
are
public
servants
and
that's
something
we
all
take
recognition
of
you
you're
here
to
better
our
community
and
that's
that's
critically
important
to
do
so.
Thank
you.