Our Restorative Justice Program addresses a wide range of activities that undermine the cohesiveness of our community and our quality of life, including drug abuse, drunk driving, public sex crimes, low-level misdemeanor offenses, prostitution, and the solicitation of prostitutes. The Program has had great success in reducing recidivism and costs to taxpayers. For example, 330 offenders entered the Johns Offender Program from 2001-2005, a non-shame based program (unlike the Phoenix Johns sting pictured here) to address the root causes of behavior for those who solicit prostitutes. Only one offender was discharged without successfully completing the program, and less than 10% of program participants were rearrested for the same offense. The program saved taxpayers an astonishing $495,000 in trial costs. Clearly, we are making great progress in reducing the serious social and financial costs of crime in Salt Lake City.

This year, our City Prosecutor�s Office and Police Department, in collaboration with the YWCA and the Safe at Home Coalition, will begin to provide comprehensive services to all victims of domestic violence at one location, the Family Justice Center. Victims will no longer have to travel all over town to multiple locations to obtain the services they need. We will also

subject domestic violence and protective order offenders who at high risk of re-offending to an enhanced sentencing program that will closely monitor and evaluate their compliance. Finally, the Justice Court will begin implementing a paperless system for arraignments and the discovery process, which will improve efficiency and save taxpayer money and City resources. Under the outstanding leadership of Sim Gill, the Prosecutor�s Office continues to be fiscally responsible and socially responsive, providing a progressive restorative justice approach focusing on cost-effectiveness, problem-solving, and accountability.