Today's item provides additional information as requested by the Committee to support discussion related to this item.
The following attachments are included:
Attachment A – Contra Costa County data on race in criminal justice
The attachment includes:
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Summary of race data in criminal justice systems in Contra Costa County
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Contra Costa County population estimates
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Probation Department data on Pretrial, AB 109 adult and juvenile probation populations
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Superior Court data on criminal case filings and jury service
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Note: The Sheriff’s Office made efforts to provide data on arrested individuals booked into County detention facilities but was unable to complete the report by the time of publication of this agenda.
Attachment B - San Francisco Reinvestment Initiative: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Analysis
Related article: http://sfpublicdefender.org/news/2015/06/study-shocking-racial-disparities-in-sf-courts/
Attachment C – Contra Costa County’s workplace diversity training
The attachment includes:
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Summary of eLearning vendor Target Solutions' Workplace Diversity training materials
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Risk Management memo on diversity training, including completion data by department
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Board policy on required sexual harrassment and workplace diversity training
Attachment D – Other Diversity and Implicit Bias trainings and presentations
The attachment includes:
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Governing for Racial Equity (GRE) Conference presentation on Incorporating Race and Justice Principals into Criminal Justice System Policies.
The GRE Network is a regional consortium of government, philanthropy, higher education and the community partnering to achieve racial equity. The GRE Network brings together public sector employees from across the U.S. to end institutional and structural racism, strengthen regional alliances, and increase public will to achieve racial equity. The 2015 conference took place on June 11 & 12 in Seattle, Washington.
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EmTrain’s guide to the online training on Fostering a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace. EmTrain is San Mateo County’s online training vendor and is an approved provider of continuing education.
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King County participant’s guide to their workshop on Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat.
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Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) presentation on Equity in Government.
GARE Director Julie Nelson conducts trainings with elected officials, housing, police officers, commissioners and others that is focused on normalizing conversations about race (delineating the differences between implicit and explicit bias and individual, institutional and structural racism), organizing within institutions and with the community and operationalizing equity. GARE will be launching a year-long learning cohort for jurisdictions in the Bay Area that are at the beginning phases of working on racial equity. For more information, please contact Julie Nelson, Director of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, at julie.nelson62@gmail.com or (206) 816-5104.
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