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F. BRIEF PERSONNEL BIOGRAPHIES Dakota Frenz has been a deputy prosecuting attorney since May 2006. She graduated from Whittier Law School in 2005 after obtaining a B.A. from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Frenz was a law clerk in the Orange County District Attorneys Office in 2004 assigned to the Sexual Assault Unit and was a law clerk in the Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney's Office from 2005 until her appointment as a deputy in 2006. G. PARTICIPATING AGENCIES Other agencies involved in the project are: Police, FVIC, Adult Probation, Family Court Probation, and District Court Probation. H. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS /OUTCOME MEASURES 1. Whether all non jury misdemeanor domestic violence crimes committed against women in East Hawaii were vertically or modified vertically prosecuted. This will be accomplished by reviewing and analyzing computer generated statistical reports. (Objective 1) 2. Whether internal written procedures were reviewed and adjusted by the units within the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. This will be accomplished by keeping minutes of the meetings as well as by the existence of written procedures. (Objective 2) 3. Whether monthly meetings with the different units within the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney have been held to review and address issues or problems specific to domestic violence prosecution. (Objective 3). This will be accomplished by keeping minutes of the meetings as well as by the existence of written procedures. 4. Whether meetings were held with police, DVIAT, FVIC, and BICAPSA to review and discuss protocols/procedures and ways to improve the system. (Objective 4). This will be accomplished by keeping minutes of the meetings as well as by the existence of written procedures. 5. Whether statistical reports have been generated to determine: 1) length of time it takes to prosecute a case; 2) the conviction rates for cases handled by the project deputy as compared to those handled by other deputies; and 3) trends in non - conviction reasons . (Objective 5) 6. Whether from the previous project year the conviction rate for the project deputy has been maintained or improved. (Objective 6) 5