The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO), in partnership with the County, have been working on the implementation of a Business Intelligence (BI) platform that will allow for data from BSO’s Jail Management System to be readily accessible and presented in an Offender Management Dashboard. The implementation of the Offender Management Dashboard will support search, discovery and analytics across the Offender Management data repository. Phase I at a cost of $200,000, has been completed and roll-out of the system is underway.
As part of the continuation of the project, Phase II involves the integration of existing data with the Sheriff’s Office Jail Management System and the Clerk of Court’s Odyssey System data. This will enhance the existing dashboard and create new analytics focused on criminal stages and process. County staff will provide a system capability update to the Board at a future date.
Based on the scope of work (Exhibit 1) and subsequent Work Order from Microsoft to BSO (Exhibit 2), the total cost for Phase II is estimated at $247,400. To support Phase II of this project, the County submitted and received notification of grant award from the MacArthur Foundation in the amount of $50,000. A future agenda item will be submitted for Board approval to recognize the grant revenue and appropriate the funds to support this project. An additional funding amount of approximately $197,400 is necessary to complete the Phase II portion of the project. Motions A and B of this agenda item seek Board approval to transfer funds from the General Capital Outlay Contingency Reserve to BSO for this project.
The overall objective on the development and implementation of the Offender Management Dashboard is to decrease the in-custody average length of stay and reduce the jail population. The dashboard is expected to enable efficient and accurate reporting; provide more advanced pattern and trend analysis; and empower stakeholders to adapt, deploy and operationalize criminal justice information based on quantifiable measures. |