On December 9, 2020, the Mayor and the City Commission unanimously passed a resolution directing the Miami Beach Police Department to develop “a comprehensive plan about data sharing regarding arrest information and people released from jail.” That item received vast support from residents, including SOBE Safe, to establish a tracking system for cases in the criminal justice system. Currently the City of Miami Beach has no database of information as to what happens to those individuals in the criminal justice system post-arrest. Such a database should include the name of the defendant, the assigned judge, charges being levied against the defendant, the maximum sentence possible, the bond amounts, the maximum bond amount, negotiated plea agreement or sentence issued by the court.

This particular item requests the Police Department to update the City Commission on its progress consistent with the December 9, 2020, resolution.

Please feel free to contact Amadeus Huff for additional information.