On Friday, Charlotte City Manager Curt Walton sent City Council members a memo with several recommendations addressing the rising crime problem in Charlotte. (Read Full Memo) The information will be presented to the City Council in further detail during the City Council Meeting on Monday night.The recommendations were developed over the last several weeks- both as part of the City budget process and to provide a more immediate response to crime issues, which include:
- Expanding the number of electronic monitoring devices for repeat offenders.
- Providing funding for technology improvements in the District Attorney’s Office and the Trial Court Administrator’s Office.
- Providing additional staffing to expand the capacity of the District Attorney’s Office.
- Expanding resources in the CMPD Crime Lab to address firearms identification workload, the backlog of latent fingerprints and the backlog of DNA analysis.
- Expanding the number of telecommunicators in the 911 Communications Center.
- Developing options such as a property crimes court and other Kimme Report recommendations to determine the feasibility and impact of alternative methods of expediting the prosecution of property crimes.