Presenters from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council told the Toledo Public Safety Committee the CJCC has leveraged about $10.2 million since 2014, credited adoption of risk-based tools with a roughly 42% reduction in jail population and outlined reentry and diversion strategies now under evaluation by Harvard.

Advisory board members reviewed rising delinquency-referral numbers and recommended a DJJ-led collaboration to draft a framework for processing citation-eligible youths at the Juvenile Assessment and Care Center; members said many teenteen takeover youths may be eligible for civil citation but on-scene resolution needs complicate use of that option.

Seattle's Public Safety Committee reviewed data showing drug-possession arrests rose from 633 in 2024 to 942 in 2025 while LEAD post-arrest diversions fell from 256 to 180. Council members pressed SPD and LEAD for neighborhood-level data and clarity on officer discretion and the threat-of-harm assessment.

Deputy Jason Smith told the Public Safety & Legal Administration Committee the city saw roughly a 7% decline in crime and a 38% drop in motor vehicle thefts in 2025. He emphasized work on dwelling shootings, recent narcotics arrests and the Center for Diversion Services, which logged about 1,200 referrals in its first year.

The Jail Closure Implementation Team presented seven 'required actions' and a five-year funding framework to close Men's Central Jail; the plan includes diversion expansions and treatment capacity but supervisors and advocates pressed for immediate year-one funding and clearer court engagement.