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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry Best Practices and
Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Community Court Project Completion Strategic Support (Municipal Court)
PS
1.1.6
Summary:

Milestones Estimated Status
In efforts to provide access and fairness to justice, the Completion
Municipal Court and Judge’s Office would like to bring Phase I – Pre‐Planning for June 2019 Complete
the Court to the Community. Community Court and
making sure the Technology
This would be an outreach effort to bring about more components are in place
compliance with traffic citations and overcome the Phase II – Test run of Aug. 2019 Complete
barriers to access to justice by offering a neutral Community Court
location for ticket resolution and added incentives to
Phase III – Implementation Mar. 2020 Complete
taking care of tickets with less police coercion tactics.
Similar efforts have been occurring in neighboring cities
and is a state‐wide effort. These events have been
branded as Warrant Forgiveness or Warrant Resolution
or Warrant Amnesty.

Update:
The Municipal Court, and Judiciary conducted a
community court partnership event with Ft. Worth on
February 13, 2020

Number of Defendants Screened: 87
Number of Defendants that saw a Judge: 42
Violations addressed: 277

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