CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION

FULL COMMITTEE MEETING

CareerSource, 3400 Belvedere Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33406

 

Monday, September 22nd, 2025, at 12 p.m.

 

AGENDA

I.            Call to Order –Rachel Docekal, Chair

II.            Roll Call – Angelique J. Pickett, Executive Director

III.            Approval and/or corrections to the Agenda

IV.            Approval and/or Corrections to the May 27th, 2025, Minutes (see attachment – pages 3-9)

V.            Chair's Comments

  1. Passing of CJC Member: Representative Joe Casello (see attachment – page 10)
  2. Welcome Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller Mike Caruso to the Criminal Justice Commission (see attachment – pages 11-12)
  3. Introduction and welcome to Deputy County Administrator Tom Nadler to Palm Beach County Administration

    CJC Seat Vacancies & Reappointments for 2026 – 2028 Term

    Executive Director Updates

    Budget Report Out (see attachment – pages 13-15)

    Presentations

    Sentencing Presentation – Honorable Judge April Bristow, 15th Judicial Circuit County Criminal Court (see attachment – pages 16-34)

    Old Business
    1. Text Reminder System: Maintenance MOU with Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller of Palm Beach County, contracted services with Uptrust/Fieldware, and funding through the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge – Angelique J. Pickett, CJC Executive Director

      Community Partners of South Florida contract completion – Stage II Community Engagement Final Report (see attachment – pages 35-52)

       

      New Business

      Probation and Advisory Board: Annual Contract Compliance Monitoring Audit of Professional Probation Service, Inc. (PPS) – CY 2023-2024 (see attachment – pages 53-124)
    2. Finance and Fundraising Committee: Update on CJC funding request processes for CJC member consideration – Marcia Andrews, CJC Secretary and Finance and Fundraising Committee Chair & Angelique J. Pickett, CJC Executive Director
      1. Internal processes to handle funding request processes for intergovernmental transfer, donation, and sponsorship funding requests (see attachment – pages 125-134)
      2. Consideration of implementing a CJC Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process to handle requests from non-governmental entities for Trust Fund monies.

        Discussion Items/Updates
  1. CJC Task Force Change Confirmation: Racial Equity Task Force to now be known as the System Trends Review for Impartial Data Evaluation (STRIDE) Task Force – Objective/Purpose: To identify the drivers behind any demographic inconsistencies within the Palm Beach County criminal justice system, based upon data and research, to make specific strategy recommendations to the Criminal Justice Commission.

    2026 CJC Full Committee Meeting Dates and Times (see attachment – page 135)

    2026 CJC Officer Nominations to be presented by the Nominating Committee at the October 27, 2025 full CJC meeting. Anyone interested in self-nominating and/or nominating other CJC Members for Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, or Secretary are asked to make their selection known during this meeting or submit their nominations to Executive Director Pickett via email no later than Thursday, September 25, 2025. All nominees will be presented for consideration to the CJC Nominating Committee during the first week of October.

    Data Request Status Updates – Damir Kukec, Research and Planning Manager (see attachment – pages 136-145)

    Task Force Reports
    1. Upcoming CJC Committee and Task Force Meetings (see attachment – pages 146-147)
    2. 50th Session of the Citizen's Criminal Justice Academy (CCJA) (see attachment – page 148)

      Member Comments​

      Guest Comments

      Adjournment

       

Next Meeting:

Monday, October 27th, 2025, at 12 p.m.

CareerSource, 3400 Belvedere Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33406