MARICOPA COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES REPORT Calendar Year 1996 ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES REPORT Maricopa County Superior Court Total Case Filings by Department (1996) Criminal 19% Welcome to the Activities Report for the justice and law enforcement entities of Maricopa County. Each department provides the following to communicate the magnitude of their contribution to the county justice system. The focus for the July report is largely to review calendar year (CY) 1996 data. We want the Reports to be valuable to all readers, so please offers suggestions to department representatives. Tax 3% Domestic Relations 29% SHERIFF’S OFFICE Civil 28% Probate/Mental Health 8% 1996 TOTALS Juvenile 13% Court Department 1995 1996 CIVIL 28,591 28,880 +1% CRIMINAL (FELONY) 16,862 19,024 +13% DOMESTIC RELATIONS 30,501 30,097 -1% 6,290 7,871 +25% 14,481 18,094 +25% 3,831 2,883 -25% 100,556 106,849 +6% PROBATE/MENTAL HEALTH JUVENILE TAX COURT Total* % Change *The above case filing totals do not include filings for subsequent proceedings which appear in the case number, i.e., civil post judgment debtor; criminal post conviction relief; domestic relations enforcement and modification of court orders; probate annual and other periodic court orders, etc. Bookings: % of Total Local Police Agencies 82.2% Federal Agencies .7% County Agencies 3.6% Ariz. State Agencies .3% All Other .2% Self Surrenders: 13% City Court 9% Justice Court 2% Superior Court 2% Total 100% Kirsten Wolfe ENCOUNTERS Medical Nursing Psychiatry Counseling Dental Medical Requests Prescriptions X-rays 1996 Jan-June 1997 44,797 133,158 8,312 7,438 4,538 22,873 79,612 6,003 5,451 2,595 69,335 45,128 111,502 72,395 3,222 2,464 Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report Total 91,260 816 3,840 348 291 14,400 9,828 2,346 2,208 110,995 Average Daily Inmate Population by Category: Felony 76.6% Misdemeanor 16.7% Agency Hold 6.3% Misc. .4% Total 4,676 1,018 385 23 6,120 Inmate Population High Count: November 23, 1996 6,692 Average Length of Stay: CORRECTIONAL HEALTH Linda Christophel Total Prisoners Transported: Superior Court Justice Courts Interfacility Total Total Bonds/Fines Processed Total Canteen Sales Total # Meals Served # of Warrants Received # Civil Process Received # Subpoenas Served # Tax Bills Collected $ Tax Bills Collected Domestic Violence Orders Received Total # Posse Members Total # Reserve Officers 19.15 Days 16,311 5,097 88,261 109,669 $11,619,098 $2,735,121 2,159,556 10,300 9,389 8,607 3,810 $2,282,262 3,666 2,743 198 July 1997 ACTIVITIES REPORT 2 CLERK OF THE COURT Dave Forde NEW CASES INITIATED COUNTY ATTORNEY 1996 Civil Domestic Relations Criminal Probate and Mental Health Appeals Filed 33,538 32,043 18,654 6,990 1,166 SUBSEQUENT CASE DOCUMENTS Civil Domestic Relations Criminal Probate and Mental Health 449,682 463,564 357,477 86,312 JUVENILE PETITIONS Delinquency Dependency Adoption Severance Adoption Certificates 12,828 1,069 617 703 708 1996 HIGHLIGHTS • Implemented the Family Violence Bureau in the Major Crimes Division for specialized prosecution of felony domestic violence, stalking, child abuse and elder abuse cases (April 1996); • Initiated the development of Maricopa County’s first comprehensive criminal justice domestic violence protocol (August 1996); • Initiated the Criminal Abatement Pilot Program (Spring 1996); • Implemented the Juvenile Victim Witness Bureau to provide victims rights services and victim assistance to all victims of juvenile offenses (Fall 1996); • Implemented an evening volunteer program in the Victim Witness Division in order to provide victims’ rights, victim assistance and social service referrals to victims who are not available during normal business hours. CASE FILINGS AS OF DECEMBER 1996 OTHER WORKLOAD INDICATORS ADULT FILINGS 16,501 29,186 11,206 1,551,112 Defendants # of Marriage Licenses Issued # of Passports Issued # of Notary Bonds Apps Processed # of Documents Docketed Carol McFadden DID YOU KNOW? 2200 2100 2000 1900 1800 1700 1600 1500 # of Images Microfilmed 6,059,384 # of Exhibits Processed 61,508 # and $ Amount of Child Support 1,122,674 Payments Processed $214,093,664 # and $ Amount of Restitutions, Fines and Reimbursements 70,433 Payments Processed $7,010,111 # of Minute Entries Distributed 3,811,725 Feb Apr June Aug Oct Dec Month 1995 1996 JUVENILE PETITIONS FILED Maricopa County Municipal Courts Case Activity Courts at the municipal level are an integral component of the overall justice system within Maricopa County. Robert Dorfman, Presiding Judge of the Phoenix Municipal Court, represents municipal courts at regular meetings of the Maricopa County Justice Coordination Committee (McJustice). The following information is provided on activity at the municipal courts. DR per Defendant 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 Feb Cases Filed (Type) FY1995 FY1996 % Change DUI Serious Traffic Other Traffic TOTAL CRIMINAL TRAFFIC TOTAL CIVIL TRAFFIC Misdemeanors Misd. F.T.A. Traffic F.T.A. TOTAL MISDEMEANORS Parking Non-Parking TOTAL LOCAL ORDINANCES* 22,698 3,390 63,333 89,421 481,171 93,616 13,316 20,203 127,135 +16.4% +18.6% +18% +17.3% +9.1% +1.8% +4.4% +1.1% +2% N/A 27,146 3,707 77,204 108,057 528,960 95,284 13,934 20,431 129,649 45,785 1,622 47,407 697,727 814,073 14.3% TOTAL ALL CASES N/A Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec Month 1995 1996 The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has seen the following in 1996, when compared against 1995: • An 11.3% increase in adult prosecution filings. • A 12.7% increase in juvenile petition filings. • An 11.7% increase in all prosecution filings. * 1995 Local Ordinances data is reflected as a part of 1995 Total Misdemeanor data Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report July 1997 ACTIVITIES REPORT ADULT PROBATION 3 Mark Hendershot JUSTICE COURTS Bonnie Dicus ADDRESSING COLLECTION ISSUES 1996 HIGHLIGHTS A 1995 study rendered new policy focusing on cognitive strategies to make offenders aware of the importance in meeting their Court ordered financial obligations. After training staff on new policy and methods, collection of fees and victim restitution rose 17% and 44% respectively. Future plans include direct paycheck processing as presently conducted in Intensive Probation Supervision. We anticipate higher compliance rates will continue to increase in the next year. • During 1996, three additional courts implemented arraignment by video, bringing the total to six justice courts: Glendale, Peoria, Tempe, West Mesa, West Phoenix, and Wickenburg. Restitution and PSF Collection Comparison $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 $3,511,725 • The implementation of a security system began in 1996, with security officers stationed at four courts. • A pilot project of recording preliminary hearings was initiated in one justice court. • The justice courts completed their portion of an ACJC grant to automate DPS criminal history dispositions. $2,446,994 FILINGS 1994 1995 Restitution 1995 % CHANGE 1996 % CHANGE 1996 Probation Service Fees REDUCING JAIL OVERCROWDING The Probation Department has continued to address the requests of County management and the Presiding Judge to help reduce jail overcrowding for offenders deemed suitable for community supervision. An average of 515 offenders receive traditional and new programming each month, including early placement drug treatment, work furlough and highly structured reporting programs. This is an average increase of 268 offenders receiving diversion services per month. Adult Probation Average Monthly Jail PopulationServing a Jail Term as a Condition of Probation General Population Unconsolidated 45% Work Furlough 8% General Population Needing Residential Treatment but NOT receiving Services 7% Caseload to Expedite Placement in Community-Based Residential Drug Treatment 18% • These six courts conducted video proceedings for 1,331 defendants. Criminal Traffic Civil Traffic 24,527 26,105 6% 28,774 10% 142,076 156,682 10% 174,871 12% Felony 18,332 16,509 -10% 21,429 30% Misdemeanor* 13,895 15,917 15% 19,306 21% Civil 17,270 16,508 -4% 16,724 1% Forcible Detainer 47,422 50,831 7% 47,871 -6% Small Claims 16,643 17,352 4% 18,258 5% Domestic Violence 6,211 6,262 1% 5,038 -20% Harassment 4,290 4,316 1% 4,362 1% *Does not include Failure to Appear Complaints JUSTICE COURT TIME PAYMENT COLLECTIONS CY 1996 New Plans Created Fines, Surcharges, Restitution Assessed $9,056,099 Payments Received $6,063,728 Work Alternative Program (Dollar Value) Waived, Jail, Commuted (Dollar Value) Day Reporting Center 22% Balance Due on New Cases Resolution Rate Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report 24,019 $51,238 $893,455 $2,047,678 75% July 1997 ACTIVITIES REPORT 4 JUVENILE COURT Gary Graham INDIGENT REPRESENTATION DETENTION NEEDS Diane Terribile ADJUSTED GROSS ASSIGNMENTS - 1996 The detention centers in Phoenix and Mesa have a total of 277 beds combined. In 1996 more than 9,000 youth were detained for an average of 12 days each. PUBLIC DEFENDER CY96 Totals A Detention Monitoring Unit makes the most of Juvenile Detention resources by examining, on a daily basis, the number of youth in detention. Staff identifies alternatives to detention for low-risk youth. The Court has projected a need for 400 beds immediately and an additional 200 by 2001. In addition, Senate Bill 1446 effective July 21, allows for provisions requiring mandatory extended detention. These new provisions will only intensify the present crisis conditions. In the last few months, the Juvenile Court has been extensively involved with the Citizens Advisory Committee on Jail Planning, charged with assessing detention bed needs in Maricopa County. Staff at all levels have been facilitating data illustrating detention trends to the Citizens Committee and to the detention consultants scheduled to present their findings in October (more info. on page 6). The Juvenile Court has seen the following during the time from January through April 1997: • • • A 10% increase in the average daily percent over capacity at the detention facilities, compared to 1996: 21% in 1996, 30% in 1997. A 25% increase in Warrant Holds from 1996 to 1997 - this is approximately 50 more Warrant Holds per month. An average daily population of 357 youth and an average 12 day length of stay for each youth. Homicides* SCAC’s* (Specified Crimes Against Children) Other Felonies* Probation Revocations* Misdemeanors* Delinquencies** Juvenile Appeals*** Appeals*** Post-Conviction Reliefs*** Appeal/Post-Conviction Reliefs*** Mental Health**** 114 207 17,377 7,401 4,759 8,437 84 352 255 522 1,316 * Gross Assignments have been adjusted and do not include cases in which no complaint was filed. No credit is taken for any assignments which resulted in a withdrawal due to conflict or the retention of private counsel, if that withdrawal occurred at the Justice Court level. No credit is taken for cases from which the office withdrew citing excessive workload. ** In addition to the deductions to gross assignments stated above, Report and Review assignments in Juvenile are counted as only one-half a case. *** PCR’s and Appeal/PCR’s are counted by CR# rather than by # of petitions. Deductions were made for withdrawals due to the retention of private counsel or conflict of interest. Additionally, no credit is taken for cases withdrawn from due to excessive workloads. **** No deductions are made from gross case assignments. Southeast and Durango Facilities LEGAL DEFENDER May April March Feb Jan 0 50 100 150 200 Avg. Daily Population 1997 250 300 Capacity-277 Beds 350 400 Homicides1 * Specified Crimes Against Children2 * Other Felonies* Probation Revocations3 * Misdemeanors3 * 1 2 3 61 18 1,254 28 10 Jan - May #’s reflect Major Felonies which include Homs, SCAC’s and other serious offenses SCAC’s reflect June - Dec. data only. #’s grouped with homicides prior to June 1996. Jan - May data unavailable for Prob Revocations and Misdemeanors. Data presented reflects June - December Percent Over Capacity - Detention Centers 40% 35% OFFICE OF COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL 30% Major Felonies Felonies* Delinquencies Appeals Post-Conviction Reliefs 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Jan Feb March 1996 Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report April 1997 May 115 3,666 3,383 63 336 *No deductions have been made for no complaints or withdrawals due to conflict or retention of private counsel. It is estimated that 20 to 30 percent of the gross assignments reported will result in such dispositions. As of 2-1-96, gross assignment figures for OCAC include 2nd case assignments for which contract counsel receives no credit. July 1997 ACTIVITIES REPORT 5 SUPERIOR COURT Janet Cornell Criminal Department Statistics, 1984-1996 Felony and Other Statistics (based on number of defendants, not number of cases) 1994 Felony Filings and Transfers (1984-1996) 1996 19,075 16,912 16,244 1994 15,196 1992 15,137 15,697 15,336 1990 14,742 12,864 1988 12,459 1986 11,742 IA Court Felony Matters Handled* ----Felony Filings 16,213 Jury Trials 726 Post-Conviction Relief’s Filed 1,296 Bonds Forfeited ----Bonds Collected $636,126 Forensics Prescreens 550 Rule 11s 307 Lower Court Appeals Civil and Criminal 1296 34,654 16,862 552 1,377 ----$1,020,185 546 275 1259 32,885 19,024 602 1,219 $1,487,656 $1,246,223 405 243 1424 *Total depicts total felony matters handled (ie, defendants with one or more felony charges) not total defendants seen on felony charges 9,820 7,961 1984 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 Criminal Caseloads Per Judge* Average Felony Filing Per Judge 1200 Criminal Judges and Percent Tried 1000 25 Average Number of Cases Disposed Per Judge** 800 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 15 14 10 1996 1995 15 Average Number of Defendants Awaiting Trial at End of Calendar Year, Per Judge 400 15 12 5 2.4 600 200 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.7 3.4 4.1 3.7 4.4 3.1 3.1 0 1994 1995 1996 0 *Average per full time judge dedicated to criminal department; excludes criminal presiding and associate presiding judges **Disposed by trial verdict (determination of guilt or innocence), plea, dismissal, or removal from active calendar by stay order, diversion or remand 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Criminal Judges Office of the Court Interpreter (OCI) % Tried Comparative Workload Amounts Criminal Department Calendar Year Maricopa Pima1 Other1 Counties Statewide 15,137 15,216 16,244 16,912 19,075 4,213 4,115 4,155 4,089 4,113 Calendar Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1 2 3 Maricopa 652 820 726 515 602 Pima 1996 1882 1223 659 2405 1648 757 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3118 757 981 22,034 18,229 3,805 7,653 7,892 8,811 10,027 8,9913 27,003 27,223 29,210 31,028 32,179 The Office of the Court Interpreter has seen the following: • The number of appointments from 1994 to 1996 increased by 66%. • The number of appointments from 1994 to 1995 increased 28%. • The number of appointments from 1995 to 1996 increased 30%. Criminal Jury Trials 1 1995 *Cases in which the interpreters are assigned to interpret for the defendant or the victim/witness Criminal Filings2 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Number of Appointments for OCI* Criminal Juvenile Number of Court Appearances Adult Juvenile 1994 Orders of Protection (1996) 1 Other Counties 679 662 670 617 589 153 265 261 320 2653 Statewide 1,484 1,747 1,657 1,452 1,456 Data provided by Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Court Felonies, misdemeanors, unclassified Data incomplete for 1996 for the following counties: Apache County (6 months), La Paz County (8 months), Santa Cruz County (10 months) and Yavapai County (6 months). Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report O/P Hearings Requested 1,221 O/P's Denied 313 O/P Hearings Commenced 945 Emergency O/P's Issued 314 O/P's Issued 2,952 July 1997 ACTIVITIES REPORT 6 JUSTICE SYSTEM NEWS Citizens Advisory Committee on Jail Planning The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors established a nine member Citizens Advisory Committee on Jail Planning. The Committee will explore and recommend options to the Board, on matters pertaining to new jail construction, construction options, funding mechanisms, planning timelines, related matters and to recommend options to be voted on by the citizens of Maricopa County. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to: • assess the need for additional adult and juvenile facilities; • assess the need for other components of the criminal justice system to maintain overall efficiency; • identify the best and most efficient way of providing these facilities; National Institute of Corrections Criminal Justice System Project Maricopa County, through the Maricopa County Justice Coordinating Committee (McJustice), was one of eight juridictions nationwide to receive a grant of technical support for the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to participate in a Criminal Justice System Project. The System Project is a program initiative of the NIC to assist state and local policy makers in developing a more purposeful, cost effective, and coordinated system. NIC will provide assistance to County policy makers and staff in identifying problem areas and developing techniques to improve system efficiency. There are three important aspects to the project: 1. the establishment of an ongoing policy analysis process led by a diverse team of criminal justice policymakers and community leaders; 2. the full participation and collaboration of criminal justice system decisionmakers and community leaders within a jurisdiction; and 3. a rational policy process which is driven by data and information. • project a timetable for achieving the desired outcome; and • advise the Board of Supervisors concerning other issues, public concerns and matters of interest that may pertain to the planning and financing of jail facilities in Maricopa County. The County has procured the services of a jail planning consultant team to support the Committee in their efforts. The Committee is scheduled to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors in October of this year. Don Stapley, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, appointed Thomas Irvine, an attorney and Certified Real Estate Specialist for Newmark-Irvine Law Offices, as chair of the Committee. Other members appointed to the Committee include: Councilmember Jim Stapley, serving his first full term on the Mesa City Council; Meyer Turken, President and CEO of Turken Industrial Properties, and Chairman of Arizona Tax Research Association; Kelly Barr, an attorney working in the Legal Counsel and Government Relations department for Salt River Project; Jerry Medford, a retired Regional Director of the U.S. Customs Service, who also served in the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Secret Service; Barbara Cerepanya, a private practice attorney with expertise in juvenile law; Michael Heidingsfield, the Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety for the City of Scottsdale; Enrique Melendez, CEO of Melendez International, a full service International Relations firm, and a retired oil executive; and, Justice William A. Holohan, a retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice, who served nine years on the Maricopa County Superior Court, two on the Juvenile Bench. Maricopa County Justice System Activities Report The assessment portion of the project is underway, during which time an outside team of consultants, practioners, and NIC liaisons will work with County agencies to conduct a complete on-site examination of the current criminal justice system and how it operates within the larger community. Future activities will have the NIC team providing technical assistance and training on policy development and process re-engineering. The System Project is expected to last 3 years. MARICOPA COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES REPORT The focus for this printing of the report is largely to review calendar year 1996 data. Please note that minor differences in data reporting are due to the point in time at when data is captured and processed, and variations in definitions. Compiled by Justice System Coordination. For information regarding departmental reporting and data please contact those representatives listed. For general information or questions regarding this document contact Trina Belanger (506-1310) or Dan Paranick (506-4205). July 1997