2014-2015 Larimer County Community Report

PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES SAFE COMMUNITIES, IMPARTIAL JUSTICE

Criminal Justice Services Division’s alternative sentencing options focus on public safety, mental health and substance abuse treatment and decreasing criminal behavior, which reduces dependence on the County Jail and State prisons. The daily, per-offender cost of Alternative Sentencing programs is about one-third of the cost of incarceration in the County Jail. In 2014, Criminal Justice Services options diverted an average of 604 jail and prison incarcerations per day. ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING

ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING: 250  • Alternative Sentencing Programs (Work Release, Electronic Home Detention, Workenders/Midweeks) • Pretrial Services COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS : 354 • Residential, Treatment, and Community Supervision Programs • AIIM/Wellness Court JAIL & PRISON BEDS SAVED PER DAY

SERVICES •  Alternative Sentencing •  Community Corrections •  Crime Statistics & Reporting • District Attorney •  Emergency Management • Investigations • Coroner • Jail • Rural Patrol •  Wildland Fire Management • Disaster Recovery

Community Corrections clients grow and sell produce to benefit nonprofits.

REDUCING REPEAT OFFENDERS: WELLNESS COURT

Community Corrections Programs such as Alternatives to Incarceration for Individuals with Mental Health Needs (AIIM) and Wellness Court, help to reduce jail time for repeat offenders with mental health issues. The AIIM Program provides offenders with intensive supervision, mental health treatment and assistance with basic needs. Wellness Court (initiated in 2014) works to reduce the rate of re-offending by supporting long-term mental health recovery.

2013 FLOODING Larimer County continues to fix roads and assess floodplain rules as part of the ongoing re- covery efforts.

ONGOING FIRE & FLOOD RECOVERY

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MILES OF ROAD DAMAGED 38 MILES OPEN/TEMPORARY REPAIRS 64 MILES OPEN/PERMANENT REPAIRS .5 MILE STILL CLOSED

HIGH PARK FIRE Nearly three years after the High Park Fire burned 87,200 acres in Larimer County,

recovery still continues. The County’s Rebuild Program extended reduced de-

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417 217

PROPERTIES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED

velopment fees and clean-up deadlines through July 30, 2017. For details call 970-498-7692.

HOMES DESTROYED

51 HOMES REBUILT

26 IN THE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED

PROCESS OF REBUILDING

BEING PREPARED : THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT In 2015, the County adopted a new Emergency Management Plan to better prepare our community for disastrous events. Sign up for community alerts and incidents at leta911.org. Download the new Emergency Preparedness Guide at larimer.org/emergency.

The Sheriff’s Office volun- teer programs uses 415 volunteers who logged about 48,000 hours in 2014. That means they provided over $1.2 million SHERIFF’S VOLUNTEERS

FRAUD & IDENTITY THEFT

District Attorney Cliff Riedel utilizes a Community Per- spectives Committee, which meets quarterly to discuss law enforcement and pros- ecution issues. The com- mittee has a diverse group of participants geographi- cally representing the en- tire county.

The District Attorney pros- ecutes cases brought by all Larimer County law enforce- ments agencies.

276 Identity Theft cases prosecuted

801 All types of fraud cases prosecuted

in services at no cost to taxpayers.

$1.2M

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