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Meaningful sanctions reduce the likelihood of future criminal violations
and promote public safety.
• We expanded our civil citation program for adult, first-time offenders
committing misdemeanors. Our goal is to hold offenders accountable
without the arrest, prosecution, and conviction that will ultimately
jeopardize their job or housing. Nine hundred people participated
in 2018.
• We created the first-ever conviction review unit in our county to further
protect the integrity of our system. This unit will review the rare
circumstance where a person is wrongfully committed to ensure that the
actual perpetrators are held accountable.
• We handled nearly 55,000 cases in 2018.
Preventative Public Safety Steps:
• We convened our school system stakeholders to address school safety
following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
• We helped our criminal justice partners implement sensible steps to keep
guns out of the hands of mentally unstable individuals who pose a threat
to our community and themselves.
Community Outreach:
• We hosted the first-ever Hillsborough County expungement clinic. This
allowed people to have a criminal record sealed or expunged if they were
arrested, but not prosecuted, for a criminal violation. We created a single
location for nearly 200 citizens to complete the fingerprinting,
application, and notarization, so they could help put past mistakes behind
them and benefit our community.
• We created a community council that engages community members in
candid discussion with our team about public safety and our policies. These
leaders provide an honest assessment of programs, promote accountability,
and increase understanding of our criminal justice system. We are proud
to have these volunteers who represent the diversity of our great county.
Transparency:
• We have partnered with the MacArthur Foundation to study better ways
to measure prosecutorial success. The MacArthur Foundation is part of
a nationwide effort to study the challenges and successes of prosecutors.
This groundbreaking effort will make our office stronger and our
community better.
• We continue to handle a huge volume of public records requests —
nearly 800 in 2018. Making information available and providing insight
into our work allows the community to better understand the role of the
State Attorney’s Office.
Over and above these specific policies, our nearly 300 dedicated public
servants work hard every day to make our criminal justice system better. We
are standing up for victims and holding offenders accountable, and building
a safer, stronger community.
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