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Belknap County staff proposes unified 'Intensive Supervision Program,' signs GPS monitoring contract
Summary
Restorative justice staff proposed renaming and consolidating diversion and pretrial services under a 'Belknap County Intensive Supervision Program' and said the office signed a GPS monitoring contract with Sentinel at $7.25 per day (paid by offenders). Commissioners expressed mixed views and asked staff to consider a shorter name.
Trish, a restorative justice staff member, told the Belknap County Board of Commissioners that the department is considering renaming and reorganizing its services under a single umbrella, the “Belknap County Intensive Supervision Program.” She said the change would group pretrial, diversion and future tracks under one title to simplify referrals and allow the program to expand without repeated name changes.
Trish said the department is at roughly 81% of its current budget, reporting about a $768 surplus that she did not expect to be permanent. She…
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