HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES 93/06RESOLUTION NO. 93 -6
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, ENDORSING
A NEW CONCEPT PROPOSED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE KNOWN AS COMMUNITY BASED PROSECUTION;
SUPPORTING AND ENDORSING THIS CONCEPT AND REQUESTING
THE CHIEF JUDGE OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, THE
DEFENSE BAR AND THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT
COMMUNITY BASED PROSECUTION IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH
COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system is an essential
element to a good prosperous community; and
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system is in critical
condition and convicts are spending only twenty (200) to twenty -
five (250) per cent of their sentence(s) in jail and are released
to victimize society once more; and
WHEREAS, the criminal justice system's success in
dealing with crime must include organized law enforcement,
prosecution and the community; and
WHEREAS, the community has become disenfranchised from
the criminal justice system; and
WHEREAS, community based prosecution brings together
law enforcement, prosecution and the community to attack crime in
its midst; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of community based
prosecution requires an administrative order from the judiciary
to be implemented; and
WHEREAS, the judiciary is an integral element in the
criminal justice system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: The Town of Gulf Stream , supports and
endorses the concept of community based prosecution and believes
that such a system will be in the best interests of the citizens
of the various municipalities located within Palm Beach County
and will assist the State Attorney's Office in effectively
handling prosecution in a more efficient manner.
SECTION 2: The Town of Gulf Stream, hereby requests
the Chief Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to work with
law enforcement, prosecution, the defense bar and, most importantly,
the community to ensure that community based prosecution is
implemented in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for
Palm Beach County, Florida.
SECTION 3: The Town Clerk is hereby directed to submit
copies of this Resolution to the Chief Judge of the Fifteenth
Judicial Circuit, to the Palm Beach County State Attorney's
Office, to the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County,
and to each and every other municipality located within Palm
Beach County, and requests all other local governments to join in
this effort in order to make community based prosecution a reality
in Palm Beach County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 193
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