Public Safety Coordinating Council

The council meets for the purpose of assessing the population status of all detention or correctional facilities owned or contracted by the county and formulating recommendations to ensure that the capacities of such facilities are not exceeded. Such recommendations include an assessment of the availability of pretrial intervention or probation programs, work-release programs, substance abuse programs, gain-time schedules, applicable bail bond schedules, and the confinement status of the inmates housed within each facility owned or contracted by the county.

The council may also develop a local public safety plan for future construction needs. The plan must cover at least a 5-year period. The council may also develop a comprehensive local reentry plan that is designed to assist offenders released from incarceration to successfully reenter the community. The plan should cover at least a 5-year period.

Section 951.26, Florida Statutes 
Resolution No. 21-55
Established by the Leon County Board of County Commissioners in May 15, 2001 Jail Population Workshop.

Decision Making Committee

See eligibility criteria in Membership.

Annual report to the Board on jail population management initiatives.

12 total members:

• a. The state attorney, or an assistant state attorney designated by the state attorney.
• b. The public defender, or an assistant public defender designated by the public defender.
• c. The chief circuit judge, or another circuit judge designated by the chief circuit judge.
• d. The chief county judge, or another county judge designated by the chief county judge.
• e. The chief correctional officer.
• f. The sheriff, or a member designated by the sheriff, if the sheriff is not the chief correctional officer.
• g. The state probation circuit administrator, or a member designated by the state probation circuit administrator, to be appointed to a 4-year term.
• h. The chairperson of the board of county commissioners, or another county commissioner as designee.
• i. If the county has such program available, the director of any county probation or pretrial intervention program, to be appointed to a 4-year term.
• j. The director of a local substance abuse treatment program, or a member designated by the director, to be appointed to a 4-year term (by the Chair of the BOCC).
• k. Representatives from county and state jobs programs and other community groups who work with offenders and victims, appointed by the chairperson of the board of county commissioners to 4-year terms (by the Chair of the BOCC).

Chair of the Board of County Commissioners appoints members to seat categories j. and k. per Resolution No. 21-55.

4-Year(s) Expiring December 31
Maximum Number of Terms: Unlimited
4-year terms only for:

• g. State Probation Circuit Administrator
• i. Director of County Probation or Pretrial Intervention Program
• j. Director of local substance abuse treatment program
• k. Representatives from County and State jobs programs and other community groups who work with offenders and victims, appointed by the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners.

2-year term for:

• h.) the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners, or another commissioner designee, per Policy No.11-2.

Vacancies are filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.  Members may be reappointed by PSCC bylaws.

Meets the third Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. in the 5th Floor Commission Chambers in the Leon County Courthouse.