3.46.020 - Duties
A. The City Attorney's Office shall provide quarterly reports to the Chair of the Council committee with jurisdiction over public safety with the following information:
1. Percentage and number of cases charged compared to police reports declined or diverted;
2. Percentage and number of cases going to trial and for which offenses;
3. Percentage and number of charges resulting in conviction, including, but not limited to, dispositional continuances and the ultimate disposition in those cases;
4. The final disposition on all charged cases; and
5. As available in the criminal case management system, demographics, including race, ethnicity, and gender for individuals for individuals in cases identified in subsections 3.46.020.A.1 through 3.46.020.A.4.
B. The City Attorney's Office shall provide annual reports to the Chair of the Council committee with jurisdiction over public safety with the following information for each part of the pre-filing diversion program, including, but not limited to, mainstream pre-filing diversion, pre-filing diversion for non-intimate partner domestic violence charges, pre-filing diversion for violations of driving without a license 3, and any expanded or successor programs:
1. Total number of individuals referred to, participating in, and completing the program;
2. Identification of barriers preventing individuals participating in the program from completing the program;
3. Total number of reports referred;
4. Total number of reports diverted;
5. Self-identified race, ethnicity, and gender for individuals referred, participating, and completing the program;
6. The self-identified race and ethnicity for victims supporting participant diversion and for the corresponding participant as well as for where referred individuals cannot participate in diversion because victims expressed safety concerns;
7. Self-reported age, housing status, housing stability, employment status, school enrollment, income, employment if a student, and whether the individual is supporting children;
8. Services provided or after care through the Court Resource Center, the party contracted to provide diversion services, or otherwise;
9. Recidivism for crimes committed in Washington State; and
10. The annual goal for each part of the program and if the goal was met.
C. The City Attorney's Office shall notify the Chair of the Council committee with jurisdiction over public safety within 90 days of implementing any material changes to the pre-filing diversion program, including, but not limited to changes in eligibility parameters for individuals to qualify or participate in pre-filing diversion, changes in the type of offenses that are eligible for diversion, and changes in the pre-filing diversion model or how it is being administered that would impact participants, to the extent such information is not protected by attorney work-product.
D. The City Attorney's Office shall provide quarterly reports to the Chair of the Council committee with jurisdiction over public safety with any changes from the scope of work as of 2021 for the attorneys and paralegals supporting pre-booking diversion programming and the reason for such changes, including, but not limited to:
1. The scope of discretion of the attorney making filing decisions for booked/in-custody reports and out of custody reports;
2. Coordinating negotiation for all enrolled clients with open Seattle Municipal Court cases;
3. Appearing at all substantive enrolled client hearings at Seattle Municipal Court;
4. Attending all LEAD operational workgroup meetings and other LEAD, Co-LEAD, and Vital meetings;
5. Training new staff working on pre-booking diversion;
6. Tracking information on enrolled clients; and
7. Primary focus of the pre-booking diversion attorneys on pre-booking diversion programming except for short-term coverage of other matters.
(Ord. 126520, § 1, 2021.)
