in any line of work, people are expected to be productive. it is no different in jails or in police work.
It should be, if there's a risk of intefering with the interest of justice, which I believe it does.
however, in times when officers are being laid off, and jailers are taking furlough days, the end result is more work needing completion by fewer people.
Dunno what that has to do with our line of topic, except maybe justifying the focus on stats.
not saying stats are not important during budget reviews, but that will vary from agency to agency. many are not stat driven, and budgets are based on things other than arrests and cite numbers.
Like traffic tickets? No, can't agree with that one. In one significant way or another, stats are always important, regardless of the agency, but more importantly with agencies like law enforcement.
There's no way stats are completely separate and/or unrelated from overall performance of agencies and its staff/officers.
You, yourself, said "not saying stats are not important during budget reviews", implying that they do matter. I just believe they matter more than you think/say they do.
the agency i work for is more service driven. in fact, our stats are rarely reviewed. we don't post arrest numbers, cite numbers, or track the number of cleared calls per unit.
Interesting. And, how do you keep track of service-related calls, etc...? Again, someone has to be keeping count. One way or another, that count is being looked at. Also, there's no way classifications aren't being recorded (infractions, misdemeanors, felonies). There are requirements that have to be met in this regard. Someone's keeping tabs.
true, but you are adding new information to the equation, and thus changing the circumstances. many things can happen between booking and trial. but in my experience what you describe is not a frequent happening by any means. especially if the court system is backlogged, which is common in larger cities.
My intention was only to point out that there are instances where it is fairly easy to raise and/or increase the charges, and the "new information" I mentioned can be the usual sort of thing that may surface during the course of a case.
While most of what I'm posting here is based on my CA experience. I saw similar instances while working in lower Manhattan court, as well, and NYC is considered to be a pretty large city.
and adding charges would not be the same as increasing a charge from a misd to a felony. you are talking about separate crimes that require a new filing.
I was referring to both raising & increasing charges. The scenarios I've mentioned have been known to apply to both. I know. I've seen it.
In some cases, I believe it would only be a matter of amending the current complaint, not a whole new filing.
You seemed to only focus on the felony side of a wobbler and how it benefits the DA, when its clear to me that it benefits a chain of related agencies, as well. It's the gift that keeps on giving.