The following are services administered and offered for use by any jurisdiction.

Provide staff and program supervision to augment County staff. Receive informal and formal referrals for criminal and non-criminal issues. Our staff works closely with County personnel to ease their caseloads and allow Counselors to concentrate on more serious offenders. We are able to design supervision programs that specifically meet the need of your agency.

School Attendance :

Supervision programs are in place and have proved successful to address the lack of attendance by youth in a community. Parental education and involvement in stressed. School attendance Officers and our staff work closely together to divert filings with the Youth Court.

Pre-trial Release:

Provides supervision for those offenders who have been charged with an offense and are awaiting trial or other disposition of their case. Utilized by the Courts to improve the percentage of offenders that appear for their case disposition. Defendants report weekly either in person or by phone and court date appearance is stressed.

Pre-trial Diversion:

Enables deferred prosecution for defendants. This program offered by CPI allows the Court of original jurisdiction to assure compliance with Court ordered conditions to include the collection of court fines while allowing the Court the option to withhold adjudication on those defendants who qualify. Reduces cost to the City and the tax payer by lessening the overall cost of prosecution. The minimum period of supervision is six months and may be extended to a maximum of twenty-four months if so ordered. Most conditions of reporting probation can apply to include drug testing, etc.

Reporting Probation

Utilized for convicted defendants who require post conviction supervision. Terms of probation can be up to twenty-four months for each offense. Courts specify certain conditions to be completed throughout the term of probation. Conditions may include but are not limited to obtaining valid drivers license, DUI school attendance, random urinalysis and evaluations for anger management, alcohol and/or drug abuse. The supervision of defendants includes enforcement of monies owed to victims and/or Court related fines. Collection of fines under this program has proven to be an extremely successful tool utilized by the Court to lessen the amount of delinquent fines. Defendants report at a minimum of once a month but may be required to report more frequently if required.

Day Reporting Center:

This program is designed to alleviate jail overcrowding. Those jurisdictions that require needed space in their jail for the most serious and violent offenders, or are in need for a maximum supervision facility. The DRC is intended to supervise defendants on a daily basis. Therefor making it a higher form of supervision than reporting probation. Although each defendant who participates in a DRC is also required to be placed on a probationary period. Each defendant must meet stringent guidelines and conform to sanctions that monitor their activities 24 hours a day.

House Arrest:

Electronic monitoring offered by Court Programs, Inc. also provides an alternative option to incarceration. House arrest has three options available as to its use: First, traditional house arrest provides the defendant with a transmitter and a monitor that is attached to an active telephone line inside their residence. Second, there is the ability to monitor defendants that do not have a telephone or who can’t afford one. This is through cellular phone technology within the house arrest unit. The third option is Global Positioning Systems, (G.P.S.). Active G.P.S. is an intensive supervision with the defendant being monitored constantly via satellite technology. It enables us to track the exact location of the defendant and his movements anywhere in the world. We utilize a one piece unit which is active and operates on cellular technology.

Alcohol Abuse Monitoring:

Program available to monitor the consumption of alcohol by pre-trial or convicted offenders. This is done through a ankle monitor called SCRAM and is utilized by various Courts throughout the United States. This system enables the Court to enforce the condition of no consumption of alcohol on related cases.Delinquent Fine Collections:A program available to jurisdictions that have court fines and/or monies that are owed. CPI has procedures in place to address the collection of these monies owed. The collection procedure is designed to address specific needs of individual jurisdictions. Monies collected are forwarded to each jurisdiction directly. Transactions are kept on separate databases to assure complete and accurate accountability.

Defensive Driving School:

Offered through Court Programs certification with the National Safety Council. Classes are available for both adult and juvenile offenders. Classes meet the current criteria as set forth by local statute.

 Drug Testing:

Collected in our local offices and offered to detected all categories of drugs to include alcohol. Tests available are urinalysis, mouth saliva, and in house immediate result testing. Most samples are sent to our lab for GCMS testing and confirmation of positive samples. Hair testing is also available in certain jurisdictions.