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Whatcom task force adopts two legislative priorities for crisis response centers, forms recidivism work group and approves year-end report
Summary
Whatcom County's IPRTF on Dec. 15 approved its year-end report, adopted two legislative priorities to adjust crisis-response-center (CRC) provisos and seek sustainable operating funding, and formed a volunteer work group to refine a three-pillar recidivism framework; several motions passed with one recorded abstention.
Whatcom County's Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force on Dec. 15 approved its annual year-end report, adopted two legislative priorities focused on crisis response centers and agreed to form a work group to define recidivism and develop metrics.
Year-end report: Staff said the year-end report was in meeting packets and asked for approval. A member moved to approve the report, a second was made and the chair called the vote. The clerk reported seeing all hands raised "except for prosecutor Ritchie." The motion passed and the task force approved the report.
Legislative priorities: The task force discussed recommendations from a legislative-priorities work group and the executive's office focused on two…
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