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County reviews pre-trial services and approves transfer to cover indigent GPS monitoring
Summary
Officials weighed moving NCIC checks in-house to speed bond decisions and discussed contract staffing for pre-trial services; the committee approved transferring $56,694.77 from an indigent GPS fund into the countys general fund to pay current GPS monitoring invoices and to track indigent payments separately.
County officials reviewed three contracts that provide pre-trial services — a DA position that handles GPS and monitoring, detention-center staffing that previously pulled NCIC checks, and an outsourced provider (referred to as "team") that performs assessments and supervision — and discussed options to improve speed and reduce costs.
DA Behenna told commissioners a court opinion from Tulsa County underscored the need for individualized pre-trial determinations and said NCIC checks and an interview-based assessment are essential to decide whether someone is a flight risk or a danger. "We have to pull NCIC. We have to know who the person is that we're making a determination on," she said, describing how assessment interviews and NCIC data are shared with courts, the DA and public defenders.
Staff presented FY27 contract figures for the three components: the DA position for pre-trial work at roughly $61,246.92, the detention-center contract reduced to about $114,675.45, and teams contract at approximately $1,320,814.66, leaving a projected shortfall funded previously with one-time county dollars. Commissioners discussed whether the DAs office could bring NCIC-pulling in-house with one additional terminal and one employee and whether that change would reduce detention-center staffing costs; staff said the DA office could add a terminal (license costs estimated, final quote to follow) and possibly one staffer, which may produce operational savings if detention positions are reduced.
On the separate but related question of indigent GPS monitoring, staff reported a special-revenue fund (302) held $56,694.77. The committee voted to transfer the full $56,694.77 from 302 into fund 301 (general government) and use separate purchase orders to track indigent GPS expenditures and pay Allied Universal invoices as needed. The motion passed on a voice vote.
What happens next: Staff will return with specific cost estimates for adding an NCIC terminal and any staffing changes; county staff and the DAs office will further explore whether NCIC pulls should be handled in-house and how that would change contract line items. The transfer of $56,694.77 was approved to cover current indigent GPS obligations.
