Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2019, $360,000)
The purpose of the Innovative Prosecution Solutions Program is to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with information, resources, and training and technical assistance (TTA) to develop effective strategies and programs to address and prosecute individuals who commit violent crime. Prosecutors are leaders within the criminal justice system who possess an enormous responsibility within the criminal justice system. Accordingly, they are well positioned to bring the police, the community, and local agencies together to combat violent crime in their jurisdictions.
The Innovative Prosecution Solutions Program encourages prosecutors to use data in the development of their violent crime strategies and programs. As such, it builds upon analysis-driven, promising practices and evidence-based prosecution by encouraging state, local, and tribal prosecutorial agencies to develop effective, economical, and innovative responses to crime within their jurisdictions. Applicants will identify a problem to be addressed and may enlist a research partner to help evaluate the effectiveness of their Innovative Prosecution Solutions.
The City of Long Beach proposes to utilize the GUIDES technology application to enable field officers to focus their efforts on people and places associated with high levels of criminal behavior. The new database will provide field officers with information related to court orders (such as stay-away orders), offender status, probation conditions, criminal history and other helpful information, such as potential gang involvement. The application will help officers determine whether individuals should be offered an opportunity to opt out of their gang and the city's gang injunctions or be pursued for prosecution.
CA/NCF