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IACP is a Strategic Ally in support of the law enforcement stakeholders participating in the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC), an initiative of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to encourage the creation of just and effective local criminal justice systems. With an initial five-year, $75 million investment, the MacArthur Foundation is supporting a network of competitively selected jurisdictions committed to finding ways to safely reduce jail populations.
Jurisdictions participating in the Challenge will develop and model effective ways to keep low risk offenders out of jail, more effectively reintegrate those who must be confined into the community upon release, and work with system partners and community members to help guide their implementation strategies and provide additional outreach and education opportunities.
Strategies for achieving these goals include increased use of alternatives to arrest and incarceration for people dealing with mental illness, substance abuse issues, and homelessness; automated court-date reminder systems to reduce “failure to appear” rates; and the use of risk-based pretrial management systems so that decisions for pretrial release or detention are based on standardized assessments of risk.
Implementation Sites
Ada County, ID
Allegheny County, PA
Buncombe County, NC
Charleston County, SC
City and County of San Francisco, CA
Clark County, NV
Cook County, IL
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Harris County, TX
Lake County, IL
Los Angeles County, CA
Lucas County, OH
Mecklenburg County, NC
Mesa County, CO
Milwaukee County, WI
Minnehaha County, SD
Missoula County, MT
Multnomah County, OR
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY
Palm Beach County, FL
Pennington County, SD
Philadelphia, PA
Pima County, AZ
St. Louis County, MO
Shelby County, TN
Spokane County, WA
The State of Connecticut
Innovation Fund Sites
Adams County, CO
Baltimore City, MD
Bernalillo County, NM
Broward County, FL
Camden County, NJ
Campbell County, TN
City of Atlanta, GA
City of Long Beach, CA
City of St. Louis, MO
Cumberland County, ME
Dane County, WI
Deschutes County, OR
Durham County, NC
Franklin County, OH
Gwinnett County, GA
Hennepin County, MN
Norfolk County, MA
Polk County, IA
Sangamon County, IL
Santa Clara County, CA
State of Delaware
Summit County, OH
Tulsa County, OK
Yakima County, WA
Role of the IACP
The IACP supports participating Challenge jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies through the following activities:
Through a peer network composed of law enforcement officials from the Challenge sites, the IACP acts as a liaison among these agencies and provides a conduit for sharing their strategies, successes, and challenges with other law enforcement agencies across the country though a variety of media, including publications, blogs, social media, webinars, and conference presentations.
Identifying and developing promising law enforcement strategies for safely reducing arrests and incarceration.
Exploring alternatives to arrest to keep low-risk offenders out of jail through enhanced coalition-building and collaboration with community resources.
Providing access to resources and training in areas such as pretrial reform, risk assessment, citation in lieu of arrest, pre-arrest diversion, and strategies for enhancing community-police relations.
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Police, Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC)
Pre-Arrest Diversion Webinar Series
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Webinar
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Additional Resources
This initiative is part of IACP’s ongoing portfolio of efforts to explore alternatives to arrest. These resources include:
Webinar hosted by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and IACP: Discussion on the FBI's Crime in the United States Report
Citation In Lieu of Arrest
With community-police relations in the spotlight and key policy groups recommending the increased use of citation, now is an important moment to consider the use…
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Pretrial Justice Initiative
The inconsistency of policy and guidelines for pretrial release can create volatile public safety challenges for law enforcement and communities. With these challenges in mind,…
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Check back for additional resources and opportunities in which to become involved as this initiative grows. |