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Criminal Justice Agencies Under Sunset Review

The Sunset process (a once every 12 year evaluation of individual state agencies) is in full swing this year for a handful of Texas criminal justice related agencies, including:Department of Public Safety (staff report) (sunset recommendations) (public comments)Jail Standards Commission (staff report)Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (staff report)Juvenile Probation Commission (staff report)Youth Commission (staff report)DPS, obviously, is furthest along in the process, having already held a hearing a couple of weeks back to discuss the staff evaluation. (See Austin Statesman coverage of the hearing). The TCLEOSE review should be nearing completion, while the reviews of the Jail Standards Commission, TYC, and the Juvenile Probation Commission began in May and will conclude in the fall...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).