Local Public Safety Coordinating Council

The Local Public Safety Coordinating Council was established under of ORS 1.851 to serve as an integrating force that might improve the coordination and quality of criminal justice services in Polk County. The duties of the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council are: (a) develop and recommend to the County Board of Commissioners a plan for use of: (A) State resources to serve the local offender population; and (B) State and local resources to serve the needs of that part of the local offender population who are at least 15 years of age and less than 18 years of age, which plan must provide for coordination of community-wide services involving prevention, treatment, education, employment resources and intervention strategies; (b) coordinate local criminal justice policy among affected criminal justice entities; and (c) develop and recommend to the County Board of Commissioners the plan for use of State resources to serve the local youth offender population; (d) coordinate local juvenile justice policy among affected juvenile justice entities; and (e) in consultation with the local Commission on Children and Families, develop and recommend to the County Board of Commissioners a plan designed to prevent criminal involvement by youth. The plan must provide for coordination of community-wide services involving treatment, education, employment and intervention strategies aimed at crime prevention.