meeting called to order. roll call. [roll call] item two, approval of minutes for the january 11, 2011 meeting. so moves. commissioner crowley: second. all in favor? aye. item 3, public comment on executive session. any public comment? the motion to move to disclose that the commission voted to in support of the settlement and move not to disclose any other items discussed in executive session. second. all in favor? aye. item six, please be advised that the ringing of and use of pagers and similar sound- producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. is that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time on any item. item 7a, executive directors repo
i m understand that in our system of justice, we are often called to be in this role. i believe this is the best system there is. i think there s also a lot of things we can do together. at the end of the day, we want to make sure that our community is safe. we want to make sure that even criminal defenders, not only are they given due process in court, but more importantly, they are given due process in life. that they re given the opportunity to get out of the life of crime and to be able to become conservativecontributorsr community. the reality is that the majority of the people, given the opportunity, would surprise you sometimes. i m realistic enough to know that there are some people that will never be able to redeem themselves. there are some people that belong in prison. for those people that have to go to prison, i want to make sure that we do the best that we can working with the police department and our prosecutors to make sure we take those people to where they
meeting called to order. roll call. [roll call] item two, approval of minutes for the january 11, 2011 meeting. so moves. commissioner crowley: second. all in favor? aye. item 3, public comment on executive session. any public comment? the motion to move to disclose that the commission voted to in support of the settlement and move not to disclose any other items discussed in executive session. second. all in favor? aye. item six, please be advised that the ringing of and use of pagers and similar sound- producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. is that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter time on any item. item 7a, executive directors report