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Thurston County commissioners flag need for consistent criminal-justice data across offices
Summary
Commissioners discussed risks from inconsistent criminal-justice dashboards and urged continuation of a countywide data effort started by the departed criminal justice program manager, while noting limits created by independently elected officials.
Thurston County commissioners on Jan. 22 discussed efforts to align criminal-justice data reporting after commissioners and staff raised concerns that separate dashboards from the sheriff's office, prosecutor and other partners could present conflicting figures to the public.
Commissioner Grant said lessons from other agencies show case data and reporting assumptions vary widely and warned the county risks presenting mixed or misleading information if different offices publish incompatible dashboards. "If it's coming from the county ... one part of the county doesn't say one thing and one doesn't say the…
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