Processes so that when probations are booked, both the Sheriff Department and Adult Probation Department is notified immediately. For the justice reporting portal, i want to show you sample reports. As you can see from little icons, if red, locked one, only Justice Department can see these reports. For public reports such as Domestic Violence it would be open to the public. Just to clarify again, for folks who are watching, justis is an acronym for the justice tracking information system. Thank you commissioner. Thank you. If i can show you the Domestic Violence dashboard, these are four reporter markup, dv cases, arrested and bailed; dv cases arrested and bailed by zip code; dv cases sentenced vs. Dismissed; and dv cases convicted whether felony or misdemeanor. For the first report, if you look at the chart, this report will show by fiscal year the number of cases. When you zoom in on the year you can see by month but the number of dv cases are, and my by days if you further zoom in.
She will present the District Attorneys Office on the review of San Francisco rates for Domestic Violence. We flipped a coin. Have you to be here this evening in front of of these commissions to talk a little bit about our work in the District Attorneys Office as it relates to Domestic Violence. As many of you know we have a vertical Domestic Violence unit as it relates to misdemeanor and felony prosecution. Domestic violence notoriously difficult to prosecute requires building meaningful, deep relationship with the victim so they will have the confidence in us to project them to the Court Proceedings and try to rebuild her family. It is a crucial element of what we do we are committed. To maintaining that. We have six attorneys to handle all misdemeanor and felony Domestic Violence cases. Santa clara also has vertical misdemeanor and felony prosecution approach. In the unit that we have, it handles about 270 cases a month. That is about a 100 increase in the last two years. We have se
For us, we know from having done this work with lowercase lows that when we have the opportunity to speak to generally the woman but the victim in the case and build that relationship through an advocate, an investigator or an attorney we see much higher interest in prosecution, and a much High Conviction rate as a result of that. Commissioner shorter. It in clarify for those watching from home who jean is . Not everyone knows. So you can be on tv too. Good evening my name is jean roland,managing attorney for stalking, Domestic Violence and physical elderly abuse. I do have a question for you both. Just to clarify, while you are working under staffed in terms of your ability to provide all services, as we would like to victims, just to clarify, it seems the weight in which victims become engaged with the advocacy organizations of those programs providing Services Including shelter and beyond, that first link really comes through the District Attorneys Office. Unless the victims themsel
But also many of the folks introduced earlier who have been working on something similar to occur for a long time. We have been somewhat puzzled by the fact as we often hear in these chambers and other matters, by the fact that certainly San Francisco sits in the seat of such Technological Developments that are really evolving and reshaping the world on so many fronts, biotech, biomedical, engineering feats. Will could not understand why we could not board and eight with the technology available, stateoftheart information system. For our citizens. Thank you very much. I am very excited. It seems as though we are exponentially improving. I dont expect that we will wait another 10 years for similar reports. I am expecting that certainly within the next year we will be 10 steps further ahead. A few years ago it wouldve taken longer. I am very excited about this and excited that we can share this discussion with the Police Department commission. As far as the development of justice. Thank
In Domestic Violence by its nature is committed by a person that they deeply loved. We are asked to navigate to personal relationships. One of the huge challenges we face are delays in bringing cases to trial. We have three attorneys. We have to finish one trial before we can begin the next. We have extended exposure to their batterer and maybe change your mind about wanting to proceed. With changes in the law it is extremely difficult for us to continue with the prosecution without evicting that is interested in proceeding. In the past with call Police Officer and the relay what information they took at the scene that is no longer acceptable as evidence. Without the vacant you often dont have the ability to put together the evidence to persuade a jury. It is critical for us to keep the victim engaged in the process, one, for his or her safety but ultimately to secure an outcome that will protect them in the longterm. To do that our office, and jean should be commended for this, requir