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2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 I'I <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-91 -98 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, <br />SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION AND <br />OPERATION OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER, <br />CONTAINING ADULT AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILTIIES, <br />IN THE HIGH DESERT BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY <br />SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF GARY PENROD <br />WHEREAS, The City of Colton, California, is a municipal corporation, duly organized <br />and existing under the laws and Constitution of the State of California, and; <br />WHEREAS, Gary S. Penrod is the Sheriff of San Bernardino County, and; <br />WHEREAS, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is charged with enforcing <br />the law and maintaining detention/corrections facilities in San Bernardino County, and; <br />WHEREAS, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department currently operates <br />Sheriff's stations and jail facilities throughout the county, and; <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff's Department currently houses over 1,000 adult inmates from <br />the high desert region in San Bernardino County jails, and must transport more than 200 <br />adults and juveniles back and forth from all areas of the desert region to the San Bernardino <br />valley area for booking and/or court appearances on a daily basis, and; <br />WHEREAS the desert region currently has no specialized Sheriff's Department services, <br />such as those provided by the Homicide, Crimes Against Children and Narcotics unit, and; <br />WHEREAS, the only juvenile hall in San Bernardino County, located in the City of <br />San Bernardino, has a capacity of 236 and, being at full capacity, is therefore unable to <br />accept some 80 to 100 juvenile felons per month, and; <br />WHEREAS, the population of San Bernardino County has more than quadrupled since <br />the original Juvenile Hall was built in 1955 and the rate of violent juvenile crime is <br />increasing, and; <br />WHEREAS, a Juvenile Hall facility in the High Desert will relieve the strain on the <br />San Bernardino facility, and; <br />WHEREAS, the development of a High Desert Regional Criminal Justice Center will <br />enhance law enforcement services for all citizens of San Bernardino County <br />City of Colton <br />Resolution No. R- -98 <br />Page I of 2 <br />