Public Safety

Pinal County will foster safe neighborhoods and communities and will provide residents and court users with effective and timely court services, as evidenced by:

  • By 2010, have an overall crime rate of less than or equal to the national average crime rate as published by the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
  • By 2010, decrease law enforcement response time from 15 minutes to 10 minutes for Priority 1 emergency calls.
  • By 2010, there will be a 10% increase (from 80% to 90%) in clearance rate of non-capital criminal cases within 180 days.
  • By 2010, achieve accreditation for the Adult Detention Facility resulting in:
    • A reduction of inmate suicides to 0.
    • 100% of remanded juveniles receiving required educational curriculum.
    • A 5% increase (from 68% to 73%) of correctional costs recovered from non-County (ICE) funding.
    • 75% of inmates with an identified mental health condition will maintain or improve their mental health status.
  • By 2012, there will be a 10% decrease (from a 5.46 incident rate to a 4.91 incident rate) in the incident rate for industrial injuries at the Adult Detention Facility.

Issues Addressed: Response Time, Crime Rate (Graffiti/Gang Related Violence, Property Crimes, Illicit Drug Crimes), Crime Prevention and Clearance Rate for Non-Capital Criminal Cases.