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Becker County highlights early success of pretrial supervision program and F5 peer‑support partnership
Summary
County officials reported the first year of a pretrial supervision program serving 67 clients and an early partnership with F5 Project peer‑support services that leaders said has quickly connected dozens of people to treatment and kept many out of jail.
Becker County on Tuesday reviewed the first full year of a newly launched pretrial supervision program and heard testimonials about a related peer‑support partnership with the F5 Project that commissioners said is already showing measurable results.
Brian, who leads the county’s supervision effort, told the board the program, launched last November, has served 67 clients across 81 cases and generated roughly 5,267 days of community supervision. "If every one of those 67 clients were in jail," he said, "the per diem...would equal an unrealized cost savings of about $316,000." He emphasized that the figure is an estimate of avoided jail…
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