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Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
The Ramsey County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) serves as a forum through which justice partners collaborate to promote improvements in the criminal justice system.
Vision
A safer community with less crime and fewer victims and offenders.
Mission
Create a safer community by working collaboratively to employ data-driven decision making practices across the criminal justice system to improve the quality of services and achieve more successful outcomes for all.
Values
- Collaboration.
- Best Practices.
- Data-Driven Decision Making.
- Accountability.
- Community.
- Leadership.
- Innovation.
Goals
The CJCC has the following goals:
- Enhance collaboration and communication among justice partners.
- Engage community members.
- Promote fairness and equity.
- Reduce harm.
- Foster public safety.
- Prevent crime and victimization.
- Promote offender accountability and change.
- Reduce recidivism.
- Promote system effectiveness.
Participating organizations
- Public Defender’s Office, Second Judicial District
- Project Remand
- Saint Paul City Attorney’s Office
- Saint Paul City Council
- Saint Paul Police Department
- Second Judicial District (Judicial Officers and Court Administration)
- Ramsey County Attorney’s Office
- Ramsey County Board of Commissioners
- Ramsey County Chiefs of Police Association
- Ramsey County Community Corrections
- Ramsey County Manager’s Office
- Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
*The CJCC is an advisory planning and problem-solving body and does not establish policy or oversee the operation of any of the justice partners.
History and background
The CJCC was formed as a part of Ramsey County's participation in the Evidence-Based Decision Making Initiative (EBDMI), a national initiative of the United States Department of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections.
After a competitive process, Ramsey County was selected by the United States Department of Justice as one of seven sites from across the country for the EBDMI starting in October 2010. The EBDMI was modeled after the medical profession’s “The 100,000 Lives Campaign,” which prevented 175,000 accidental deaths by applying an evidence-based framework to hospital procedures.