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Jun 30, 2019 · The nine members of the recently created Oklahoma County Jail Trust will determine the future of the struggling county jail, playing a key role in identifying problems and implementing solutions. The experiences of trustees range from elected officials and police officers to city managers, lawyers and community advocates.
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Trust CEO Greg Williams delivered his monthly report on Jail operations for the Trust on Monday. Since it has been only a short two weeks since his last report, the details of operations in December were brief and not dissimilar to the prior report. Williams said that during the course of December, the Jail released 1,901 people and booked in 1,804...
The Trust held a vote for the body’s Chair and Vice-Chair on Monday afternoon, as well. Since the resignation of Tricia Everestt in April, former City Manager Jim Couch has held the role of Chair of the Trust with Senator Ben Brown holding the position of Vice-Chair. At Monday’s meeting, Couch and Brown–in his absence–were re-elected to hold those ...
Finally, on Monday, the Trust took up a resolution to empanel a new Citizens Advisory Board (CAB). A separate body was previously empaneled by then Sheriff P.D. Taylor before the transition of control of the Jail to the Trust. After the Jail Trust was formed, the Trust voted to absorb that previous body. Since that time, the Citizens Advisory Board...
Aug 14, 2020 · State law mandates hourly visual checks on jail arrestees, but detention officers weren’t aware that at least one of the men was missing until alerted by Oklahoma City police more than an hour after they left their cell, according to law enforcement reports on the incident.
The council brings together a diverse group of business and community leaders, law enforcement, nonprofit service providers, attorneys, and judges to peruse and sustain meaningful, long-term reform. CJAC is tasked with finding data-driven solutions and implementing them throughout the county.
Jan 14, 2023 · The state multicounty grand jury heard more testimony Wednesday about the troubled Oklahoma County jail and could issue a report on its findings in March or April. The activity comes as the trust that oversees jail operations has been hit with two new federal civil rights lawsuits.
He helped create an award-winning diversionary criminal justice program that places low-level offenders in county-operated community service (Oklahoma County S.H.I.N.E.) and championed the modernization road building operations for the County.
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Sep 5, 2024 · The Oklahoma City Council blocked the county's request for a special use permit to override prohibitive zoning in late May, rejecting the city Planning Commission's recommendation to approve it. The county sued in June, asking for judicial review of the city's denial.
