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Supervisors press for shared criminal-justice performance metrics as Justice Project lags
Summary
Supervisors at the Budget & Finance Committee urged coordinated measures across public defender, police, sheriff and probation offices and pressed for a clearer timeline for the Justice Project hub and police record-management rollout, saying current, siloed statistics don—t show systemwide outcomes.
Supervisors at a special Budget and Finance Committee meeting on departmental performance measures pushed city agencies to adopt shared, outcome-oriented metrics and pressed officials for a clearer schedule for the citywide Justice Project.
Public Defender Jeff Adachi told the committee his office represents "over 20,000 people every year" and said present measures focus too much on raw counts rather than outcomes such as successful reentry and completion rates. He said the office has begun a reentry-services program and will provide early-year tracking but that long-term, longitudinal measures will take time to mature.
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