Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC)

Mission

The Polk County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC) promotes and improves public safety by creating, recommending, or reviewing initiatives, strategies, and plans for resource allocation through a lens of collaboration and evidence-based knowledge to inform public policy decisions.

Guiding Principles

A. The professional judgment of criminal justice system decision-makers is enhanced when informed by evidence-based knowledge.
B. Every point of interaction in the justice system offers an opportunity for harm reduction.
C. Systems achieve better outcomes when they operate collaboratively.
D. The criminal justice system will continually learn and improve when professionals make decisions based on the collection, analysis, and use of data and other information.
E. Accountability of offenders.