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some of these defendants are probation violators who do not follow court orders, and/or, unfortunately, the nature of the violent offense convictions should prioritize them as posing a serious public risk. Hawaii County has a strong foundation for collaborative and outcome based efforts. Armed with the recommendations of the 2007 Warrants Backlog Report, a subcommittee of the Big Island Criminal Justice Task Force was formed to consider the recommendations of the report and improve warrant and penal summons service, despite personnel shortages. The local Deputy Sheriffs joined a collaborative initiative to assist the police to improve the warrant and "paper service" through a "warrants detail." They learned how to book offenders using the "green box" and live scan systems, which were part ofpilot-project for Hawaii County's Horizontal Integration Project (HII'). The HIP has proven very successful, and has paved the way for a partnership with the judiciary to expand the efficacy of the HIP initiative. The four County partners including the Hawaii County Police Department, the Sheriffs, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, and the Judiciary, along with the HCJDC continue to build collaborative efforts to improve service and create a more effective system, despite fiscal, technical and personnel challenges. However, with the demands of the new Hilo Courthouse that opened in April, the Sheriffs cannot continue with the "warrants detail," but were willing to do court-house "booking for non-arrest offenders", which would assist the police to do more investigative responsibilities. B. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Goal: Purpose of the proposal is improve the Criminal Justice System through technology and collaborative resource sharing: To have timely, accurate conviction information available to criminal justice decision-makers throughout the state Objective: To provide post-conviction, same day penal summons booking at the Hilo and Kona Courthouses with new technology and through a collaborative initiative among the criminal justice partners, including the sheriffs assigned to courthouse duty. C. , PROJECT ACTIVITIES The grant would provide the "greenbox" and "livescan" software, mug-photo capacity, computer equipment, installation, and maintenance costs for atwo-to-three year period, until other funding is identified for maintenance costs. Continued funding is likely through the HIJIS partnership. The partners are willing to work together to share current resources, modify procedures, and increase the effectiveness of the statewide Hawaii Criminal Justice Information System. The improved veracity of identification, conviction, deferral, and mental unfitness or acquittal data in Hawaii County, with almost immediate conviction data, make for better decision-making for subsequent offender activity, improving community safety and holding offenders accountable for court orders. This would be Pilot Project to determine the efficacy for statewide application. The identified partners who have initially agreed to submit this proposal are: Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center as the main. statewide partner, along with the local partners including the Sheriffs assigned to courthouse duties who would do the booking for identification at court on the same day the offender has his court disposition; the Hawaii County Police Department; the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County; and the Third Circuit Judiciary. Everyone AG/CPJAD #1(a) (Rev 03/3/2009) Page 3