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Commission committee sends University of Memphis contract for county criminal-justice dashboard to full commission without recommendation
Summary
After extensive questioning about data access, sustainability and IT oversight, the Budget & Finance committee moved the proposed $300,000 contract with the University of Memphis to create the CLEAR criminal-justice research unit and dashboard to the full commission without a recommendation. Commissioners asked for an IT steering-committee review and MOU before final approval.
Commissioners in the Committee on Law Enforcement, Corrections and Courts debated a proposed contract with the University of Memphis to build a criminal-justice data dashboard and research unit, ultimately sending the contract to the full Shelby County Board of Commissioners without committee recommendation.
Jonathan Bennett, chief data scientist at the University of Memphis Center for Community Research and Evaluation, told commissioners the CLEAR initiative would compile interagency data to create public and commissioner-facing dashboards and a research hub, focusing initially on adult cases from booking through sentencing. Bennett said the contract carries…
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