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Show r In carrying out its duties in assisting in obtaining Develop coordination between enforcement, judicial, and corrective elements of the criminal justice grants, one of the major challenges facing the Mountainland elected officials is priorities. In 1978, process that will guarantee application of the law to were enforcement standards. nearly $250,000 police departments, courts, and correction programs, applications amounting submitted with only $147,000 available. Accordingly, but still crime increases. The Mountainland area is Because of the frequency of youth becoming no exception. During the past six years our cities and priorities were established consistent with criteria set involved in criminal activities, the planning effort counties spent $16,165,000 in supporting a criminal by the regional plan, the state plan, and the Law during 1977 has gone into the development of a Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). justice system but crime still increased 94 percent. Youth Services Plan. The plan was devised from a To combat this, the elected officials of Mountainland Once recommendations were made by the study conducted over a one year period. The object Mountainland Council on Criminal Justice, the created a Department of Criminal Justice Planning of the study was to describe the existing situation in d Executive Council determined where the money was mission: offering and charged it with a youth oriented organizations such as the Department to go. technical assistance to local law enforcement of family Services and juvenile courts; identify Other types of assistance offered local agencies agencies, and developing a comprehensive crime areas; and determine what could be done to problem included technical assistance given in the planning prevention plan. solve the problems. Results of the study became part of the Utah County Jail and in developing a of a long range crime prevention and criminal justice patrolman performance evaluation system for one plan which was distributed to all youth oriented city. agencies. The plan, known as a Resource Directory, In the area of Law Enforcement Planning, the provides an overview of what services are available, Association determined the goals of the planning how administrative gaps were Identified, and recommendations on how to modify existing program should be to: Determine what the root causes of crime are in this programs. It is anticipated this project will serve as a area. guide to better understanding the problems facing the youth of this area and provide methods of Assist cities and counties' law enforcement helping them solve those problems before they get departments meeting state and national law ; into the crime stream. enforcement standards. ; , A critical'problem facing urban America today is the increase in crime. In order to combat this, cities and counties spend huge sums of money in maintaining two-fol- ... During 1977, in response to providing assistance to local governments, the Mountainland organization has concentrated its efforts in obtaining federal grants for police departments and in planning facilities and training of law enforcement personnel. During 1977, thirteen grants totalling $99,442 were obtained for the cities and counties of the Mountainland area. These are the types of programs those grants are helping to finance: Orem obtained an $1 1 ,000 grant to conduct a feasibility study for automating the police records . system. Springville received approximately $2,500 to train a youth resources for .. officer. Park City received $2,000 to procure equipment a follow-u- p criminal investigation team. Provo was awarded $16,500 for a microfilming program designed to facilitate records storage and rapid information retrieval. IUJ f&soeyieii 9 gammonis Utah, Wasatch and Summit Counties 160 East Center Street, Provo, Utah 84601 V. Telephone 377-226- 2 1 |