Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Criminal Justice Council - Racial Disparities Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Tuesday, January 25, 2022  
12:15 PM  
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A. Call To Order  
Meeting called to order by Judge White at 12:21pm.  
Judge White left at 1:20 pm. Committee members votes to allow SPARKMAN to  
chair the rest of the meeting with no objection.  
Others present: Isabel Anadon, Colleen Clark-Bernhardt, Lisa MacKinnon, Sarah  
Jensen, Stephanie Marino, Julie Ahern, Jackie Hammond, Brian Chaney Austin  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2021  
MIN-549  
12/07/21_MINUTES FOR CJC-RACIAL DISPARITIES SUBCOMMITTEE  
MEETING  
Attachments: 2021MIN-549  
A motion was made by BAUMAN, seconded by TRIGGS, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Action Items  
D. Presentations  
NONE  
1. COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER INITIATIVE NEXT STEPS (CLARK-BERNHARDT)  
2021 PRES-211  
2021  
PRES-211  
Attachments: Planning Process for a Community Justice Center_Jan2022  
Overview of community justice initiative, and past and present commitment to this  
initiative. Examination of Center for Court Innovation (CCI) report. Next steps  
recommended by CCI include progress on the core planning team, consisting of multiple  
agencies, representatives from service providers, a resource coordinator, an initiative  
director, and court representatives if community court is co-located. CCI also  
recommended the creation of a community advisory board comprised of community  
members with lived experience to provide feedback and ideas to the core planning team.  
Open to discussion of next steps with CJC-RD subcommittee members regarding what  
subcommittee members find most important for advisory board and scope.  
Discussion ensues. Subcommittee members discuss existing community  
boards/advisories that may have interested members in supporting this initiative.  
Discussion on the importance of defining scope, scale, and jurisdiction of  
recommendations. These advisory committees require a significant amount of “start-up”  
work and meetings, and ultimately decrease in frequency as the initiative becomes more  
established. Challenges of having a group without a dedicated coordinator to centralize  
and organize meetings and initiative; involving the resource coordinator could help. It is  
crucial that the target population of the community justice initiative’s services is  
predetermined before the advisory board begins to ensure that the advisory board is  
demographically representative.  
- Justice Center planning process  
- Formation of a Core Planning Team & Community Advisory Board based on  
suggestions from CCI report  
- Justice Center Role Description  
2. GOAL-SETTING ON REDUCTION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES (RED)  
(CLARK-BERNHARDT)  
Dane County has a long-standing commitment to reducing racial and ethnic disparities  
(RED). To move forward the County needs to continue to acknowledge racial disparities  
in our current systems, use data and research to identify highest disparity gaps, and use  
research to develop data-driven practices.  
Dane County has data on arrest (for Madison and Five Cities Consortium), pretrial jail  
admissions (for the Dane County Jail), and general population demographics. The arrest  
dataset includes information about citations, arrests, and bookings. Past CJC research  
has used this dataset to examine the arrest decision point (2016). To move forward,  
stakeholders should expand on past analyses and work collectively with data specialists  
across departments.  
Discussion ensues. Discussion of disparities by individual jurisdictions, and how this  
information can be used to geographically target a community justice center initiative.  
Interest in additional research on police interactions to examine the frequency of  
community calls for service compared to officer-initiated responses. Potential of  
examining juvenile arrests and data, although there are major barriers with data-sharing  
for youth justice systems. Discussion of data limitations about identifying Latino ethnicity  
in criminal justice; this is a national issue, and cannot be easily remedied at the county  
level.  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE COURT UPDATE (CRC STAFF)  
The CRC continues its hiring search for a supervisor, with an extended application  
closing date to encourage more applicants. Professor Scharrer at the UW-Madison Law  
School will conduct research with the CRC to determine how to make the program more  
supportive of victims with new intake, protocols, and resources. CRC is currently without  
a database, after there were issues and delays with the vendor adapting existing  
software. The CRC also compiled a cookbook created by peacemakers to share with  
community members.  
2. UPDATE ON CURRENT OR UPCOMING OUTREACH TO PUBLIC ON "KNOW YOUR  
RIGHTS" AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AROUND WHEN TO CALL LAW  
ENFORCEMENT, HOW TO RESPOND. (SPARKMAN)  
During the biannual “community academy,” law enforcement hosts a “Know Your Rights”  
training and conversation. Considering how to partner with community organizations or  
schools. Important to have a discussion because it can be hard to simplify the  
information into a standalone document. Potentially disseminate information over social  
media to try to get more awareness. The Sheriff's Office has developed a pamphlet in  
English and in Spanish that can be incorporated.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting: February 22, 2022 at 12:15pm.  
Potential future presentation/discussion:  
- Dane County Reentry Coalition led by Dane County Sheriff's Office  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None.  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by BAUMAN, seconded by TRIGGS, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
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