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Kirkland judges and coordinators outline five-year Community Court program and results
Summary
Judge John Olsen and community court coordinator Travis Locking told the City Council the program focuses on problem-solving for non-serious offenses and reported about 275 referrals since 2021, a roughly 25% graduation rate among all referrals and an 8.7% recidivism rate among graduates.
Judge John Olsen and Community Court coordinator Travis Locking presented the council with a five-year overview of Kirkland's Community Court, a problem-solving docket designed for lower-level offenses that aims to address underlying issues such as substance use, mental health and homelessness.
"Community court's whole concept is to look at different ways to work with offenders in your community to try something different than traditional court," Judge Olsen said, describing the court as a specialist, problem-solving model that emphasizes weekly engagement and individualized conditions.
Locking and Olsen described the program's intake and contract…
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