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The Cabarrus Advisory Board has had good participation fi.om a core group, including <br />the Division of Community Corrections (Probation/Parole), law enforcement, mental <br />health, Community Service, Community Penalties, the health department and several <br />community representatives. Both the superior court judge and the district court judge <br />have attended as many meetings as their schedules allowed and are supportive of the <br />board's program decisions. <br /> <br />In order to insure the support of all judges sitting in Cabarrus County and the district <br />attorney, a committee of the board will meet with them to provide information about the <br />program to be implemented and the reasoning on which the program decision was made. <br /> <br />The board reviewed the local criminal justice process. The purpose of this exercise is to <br />assure that eveo'one understands how each part of the process works and how particular <br />individuals and agencies in the system relate, and t.o identify problems the board may <br />wish to address. A general flow chart of the criminal justice system in North Carolina <br />was shown to board members, who then talked through the process, adding details about <br />each part, including practices specific to Cabarrus County. The facilitator interje~:ted <br />various data - such as numbers and types of arrests, conviction numbers and rates, etc. - <br />throughout the discussion. <br /> <br />A description of the criminal justice system/process, including practices unique to <br />Cabarrus County. and all data required for the Community-Based Corrections Plan, <br />tbllows: <br /> <br />CRIM~'~ ?_'STI. CF SYSTEM FLOW CHART AND NARRATIVE <br /> <br />CRIME REPOR TED,OBSER} ~ED <br />Usually the criminal justice process begins with a complaint to either a law enforcement <br />officer or a magistrate from a citizen. Sometimes law enforcement officers observe the <br />commission of a crime directly. <br /> <br />Law enforcement is provided by the Cabarrus County sheriff's department and by police <br />departments in Concord and Kannapolis. Sheriffs' departments are responsible for <br />enforcing the law outside city limits, and police departments have jurisdiction inside city <br />limits. Enforcement of traffic laws is also handled by the Highway Patrol. The sheriff in <br />Cabarrus County has a staffof 144; the Concord police department, 105 (95 sworn and' <br />10 civilian) and the Kannapolis police department, 97 (81 sworn and 16 civilian). <br /> <br />OPTIONS: NO INTERk~ENTION, CIIATION, SUIvEVIONS, ARREST WARRANT <br />After a crime is reported or observed, there are four potential courses of action: no <br />intervention (or a warning), issuance of a citation, issuance of a summons, or issuance of <br />an arrest warrant. A summons or citation does not require a subject to be taken into <br />custody. North Carolina law gives discretion to Iaw enforcement officers and/or <br />magistrates to make this initial decision. <br /> <br />In certain cases, a taw enforcement officer or magistrate may decide to take no action. <br />For example, Public Drunkenness is no longer a crime in North Carolina (though Drunk <br /> <br /> <br />