Santa Cruz County Domestic Violence Commission

Research and Development/Annual Report Committee

 

November 19, 2002

 

Present:            Linda Starn, Paula Gammell, Laurie McWhorter and Alan Hiormura

 

  1. Meeting called to order at 11:40 am by Laurie
  2. Additions or Deletions to the agenda- None
  3. Oral communications from the community- None
  4. Approval of meeting minutes:
    1. November 4th- Minutes clarified, Paula made motion to accept, Alan seconded, unanimous to accept (Linda abstained)
    2. November 7th- Alan made motion to accept, Paula seconded, unanimous to accept
  5. Review mission- Laurie read mission of committee and purpose of gathering data
  6. Date questions reviewed and discussed.  Questions deleted from each section after discussion.  Alan to compile a new document with the revised questions.
  7. DA and Superior questions still need to be reviewed.
    1. Comments from Judge Stevens on the Superior Court questions:

                                                               i.      Keep stats on per arrest case, not charges

                                                             ii.      Pleas

                                                            iii.      Dismissals

                                                           iv.      Trials- guilty or not guilty

    1. Suggestion that David Rabow approach Judge Stevens about these questions
  1. Announcements:
    1. Jennifer Rose approached Paula as to membership of the committee and her request to become a member.  Discussion about timeliness of having new members join, but the need also to have new members after Jan.  This will be added to the next agenda for further discussion.
  2. Next meeting:
    1. Two possible dates for the next meeting

                                                               i.      December 3rd  11:30-1:30 or December 5th  9-11 at the District Attorney’s office.  Laurie to confirm date and location

  1. Meeting adjourned at 1:30 pm

 

Additional action item:   Alan to follow up with the courts as to what data they can collect.

 

Agenda item for next meeting:   Adding and recruiting new members.

                                                            Review of DA and Superior Court questions.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Linda Starn