Sheriff's office secures county endorsement for Criminal Justice Commission grant
The board approved a letter of support for the sheriff's office application to the Criminal Justice Commission’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative; the grant funds mental-health technicians and partial prosecutor and probation positions.
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Lieutenant Aaron Boyce of the Crook County Sheriff’s Office asked the board for a letter of support for the county’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) grant application to the Criminal Justice Commission of Oregon. Boyce said the biennial grant helps fund a mental-health technician position in the jail and parole/probation, a half-time district attorney position focused on downward-departure cases, and a half-time parole and probation officer.
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