Jail Transports and Booking Program

About the Program

Category: County Administration and Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

More than 46,000 justice-involved individuals (JIIs) are under the supervision of the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department (MCAPD). Many individuals successfully complete their probation sentences; however, there are instances when individuals fail to meet the conditions of their probation grant and are arrested in order to be returned to Court. Previously, this was accomplished by arresting the individual at the probation office and transporting them to jail, often with the assistance of the local law enforcement agency. When local law enforcement processes changed in 2020 due to the pandemic, MCAPD assumed responsibility of transporting and booking arrested individuals to the county jail. The MCAPD’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit (FAU) created a specialized Jail Transports and Booking Program that assigned teams of probation and surveillance officers to handle all jail transports and bookings for the entire Department. As FAU is a specialized unit with extensive expertise and knowledge in the arrest and booking process, these officers were best equipped to take on this new program. FAU created the secure and efficient Jail Transports and Booking Program to handle arrests, transports, and bookings, relieving the 800 field probation officers of this duty, allowing them to instead focus on supervision and recidivism reduction.