1. BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE PRETRIAL PROGRAM
PRESENTERS:
Hon. Alan G. Davis
Chief Magistrate
Delaware Justice of the Peace Court
Timothy J. Murray
Director Emeritus
Pretrial Justice Institute
Raymond L. Billotte
Judicial Branch Administrator
Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County

2. Judicial Leadership No one else can do it. Neutrality = credence.
Reform champion needs respect of all.
Cede expertise when you need to.

3. Laws, Rules, and Administrative Orders
Typically, stakeholders often have only a cursory familiarity with the laws governing pretrial decisions.
Pretrial decisions are often based upon tradition and norms vs. strict adherence to prevailing legislation.
Every stakeholder is responsible for faithfully following the law.
In most instances, the law will provide a clear path to reform.

4. Stakeholders Engagement
Include all internal and external entities
Engage as early as possible
Provide clear rationale
Identify the risks
Listen and communicate
Reach agreement (even if it is agreeing NOT to agree)

5. Resource Needs
Don’t reinvent the wheel – what is currently being done at arrest, booking, jail classification, etc. that can support pretrial decision-making.
Deploy existing resources with caution, even though the tasks are the same, the purposes and authority are not.
Don’t wait for budget support that may never come, prove your case!

6. Pretrial Population Know Your Pretrial Population
Why is this Important?
Provides the base line from which the new pretrial program will be evaluated
Demonstrates inconsistencies of a bail only system
In Custody
Pretrial vs. Post Adjudication
Average Length of Stay
By Charge Type
By Bail Amount
Released
By Charge Type
By Bail Amount

7. Evidence Based Practices
Clear your workspace before you begin.
Not all “evidence” has the same weight.
Rely on the best science available.
Data and the science guide decisions - not make them.
Numbers tell you where to work, not how to make it work.

8. Pretrial Intervention Rate Response to Defendant Conduct
Measure What Matters
Outcome
Appearance Rate
Safety Rate
Concurrence Rate
Pretrial Detainee LOS
Performance
Universal Screening
Pretrial Intervention Rate
Recommendation Rate
Response to Defendant Conduct

9. Technology Solutions Tight budgets require creative solutions.
Automate processes
RAI
Summons
Bail accounts

10. Case Management
Given limited resources, dispositions are the focus of most stakeholders.
Bail often used to expedite dispositions, what happens if that’s taken away?
Identify those eligible for Diversion, Specialty Courts, etc., ASAP.
Track those not released and intervene.

11. Education & Training Overall acceptance of the premise is first key.
Hit all your partners in the process.
Fidelity to process needs to be absolute – train everyone.
People like to know how they are doing.

12. QUESTIONS?