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HOUSE BILL 1781
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Lambert, Ballasiotes, Clements, McMorris, Talcott, Costa, Backlund, Cooke, Huff, Delvin and Thompson
Read first time 02/07/97. Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to the monitoring of supervised offenders under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections; adding a new section to chapter 43.10 RCW; creating a new section; and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that increased communications between local law enforcement officers and the state department of corrections' community corrections officers improves public safety. Improved public safety is accomplished through shared monitoring and supervision of offenders living in the community under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections. Participating local law enforcement agencies and the local offices of the state department of corrections have implemented, on a pilot basis, the supervision management and recidivist tracking program, whereby each entity provides mutual assistance to the other with supervising offenders living within the boundaries of local law enforcement agencies. Through shared information and coordinated supervision, the supervision management and recidivist tracking program has helped local law enforcement solve crimes faster or prevented future criminal activity by reporting offender's sentence violations in a more timely manner to state community corrections officers. Information collected in the field by local law enforcement related to serious offenders under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections is electronically transferred to the office of the attorney general's homicide investigative tracking system. Field information entered into the system is electronically transferred to the department of corrections' community corrections officer responsible for the offender and remains in the homicide investigative tracking system where it is accessible to the department of corrections and law enforcement throughout the state. The expansion of the supervision management and recidivist tracking program is needed to improve public safety for law-abiding citizens throughout the state.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.10 RCW to read as follows:
The office of the attorney general may contract with the city of Redmond's police department, the Washington state department of corrections, or any other state, local, or private agency necessary for implementation of supervision management and recidivist tracking program partnerships to include the development of a state-wide computer linkage between the attorney general's homicide investigative tracking system, local police departments, and the state department of corrections. Moneys shall be spent for computer hardware and software, initial start-up costs, and other costs fundamental to the establishment of supervision management and recidivist tracking program partnerships in local communities.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, from the state general fund to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of implementing the supervision management and recidivist tracking partnership program. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or as much as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, from the state general fund to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of implementing the supervision management and recidivist tracking partnership program.
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