Sarasota County, FL
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Purpose: Maintaining a high level of public safety requires planning and management of a criminal justice system. Sarasota County’s Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) continually discusses the planning and development of additional criminal justice facilities and programs that are important public safety assets, evaluates the effectiveness of current criminal justice programs, monitors potential legislation changes and recommends changes that improve the criminal justice system in Sarasota County.
The commission is comprised of members such as the chief circuit judge, the state attorney and public defender who represent various areas of the judicial system and assure a criminal justice process that is efficient, cost-effective and timely as well as determining the best way to manage assets and reduce crime.
The commission meets monthly and serves as an advisory board to the Sarasota County Commission on criminal justice issues.
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Based on Resolution No. 2014-048, adopted April 8, 2014, the current members are listed below.
Ed Brodsky*
Category: State Attorney
Derek Byrd*
Category: Representative from a Community Group who works with Offenders or Victims
Larry Eger*
Category: Public Defender
Ted Ehrlichman*
Category: Representative from State or County Jobs Program
Phyllis Galen*
Category: Chief County Judge
Christine Griffith
Category: Representative from Sarasota County Health and Human Services Department
Tom Knight*
Category: Sheriff
Terry McCall*
Category: State Probation Circuit Administrator
Jim Rouches*
Category: Director of Local Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Karen Rushing
Category: Clerk of the Circuit Court
Tanaya Shepard*
Category: Director of County Probation or Pretrial Intervention Program
Charles Williams, Chair*
Category: Chief Circuit Judge
Christian Ziegler, Vice Chair*
Category: County Commissioner
* Positions required by statute (Section 951.26)