Law Enforcement

Law enforcement officials are committed to protecting the public.  When they make an arrest, they want that arrest to improve public safety.  If an individual is booked and almost immediately released on bond with no assessment of their risk to the community, it creates frustration for police and communities. 
Pretrial service agencies support law enforcement efforts to increase public safety by conducting a pretrial release investigation and recommending detention for high-risk arrestees.  Pretrial service agencies more safely monitor defendants in the community by using supervision strategies and ensuring that those on release are of the least risk to the community. Pretrial diversion programs, such as crisis intervention teams, provide policy an alternative to releasing new arrestees back into the community without assessment of risk or provision of services to protect the community.