ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE

COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION GUIDELINES COMMITTEE

Minutes of the Meeting

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

9:00 A.M., Senate Hearing Room 109

Members Present:

Senator Karen Johnson, CoChair	Representative John Nelson, CoChair
Senator Richard Miranda	Representative Kyrsten Sinema
Sergeant Barbara Francis representing Sgt. John Bell	Kathleen Mayer
Kenneth Bond	Paul Prato
Criss Candelaria	Sheryl Rabin
Mary Crozier	Dr. Tom Selby
Elizabeth Houde	Todd Zweig
Frank Hughes
Lt. Craig Scartozzi representing Chief Dan Hughes
Members Absent:
Senator Chuck Gray	Representative Eddie Farnsworth
Zachary Dal Pra	Jack McIntyre
Roger Vanderpool	Victor Mendez

Staff:

Christina Estes-Werther, Senate Judiciary Analyst

Jessica Ripplinger, Senate Judiciary Assistant Analyst

CoChair Johnson called the meeting to order at 9:14 a.m. and attendance was noted.

CoChair Johnson asked the Committee members to introduce themselves:

            Todd Zweig, Chief Probation Officer, Pinal County

            Lt. Craig Scartozzi, Surprise Police Department

            Paul Prato, Maricopa County Public Defender

            Sheryl Rabin, Arizona Attorney General’s Office

            Dr. Tom Selby, Psychologist, Board of Psychologist Examiners

            Criss Candelaria, Apache County Attorney

            Elizabeth Houde, President, Arizona Sexual Assault Network

            Mary Crozier, Public Member

            Sgt. Barbara Francis, Phoenix Police, Supervisor for Sex Offender Notification

            Representative Kyrsten Sinema, District 15

            Senator Karen Johnson, District 18

            Senator Richard Miranda, District 13

            Kathleen Mayer, Pima County Attorney

            Kenneth Bond, Public Member

            Sheriff Frank Hughes, Graham County, President, Arizona Sheriffs and County                                     Attorneys Association

PRESENTATIONS

Christina Estes-Werther, Senate Judiciary Analyst, distributed “Community Notification Guidelines Committee, October 23, 2007” (Attachment A) and explained the purpose and history of the Committee.

Patty Morris, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Sex Offender Compliance Team, explained the use and validity of the State of Arizona Risk Assessment.  She explained the requirements of the Adam Walsh Act and that Arizona takes the effort even farther.

Ms. Houde distributed copies of “Arizona State Senate Issue Paper” (Attachment B) and explained that it contains some very useful information on the subjects of sex offender registration and notification.

The Committee discussed the issues and decided on a course for the next meeting in approximately six weeks.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:14 a.m.

                                                                                    Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                    Shelley Ponce

                                                                                    Committee Secretary

(Tapes and attachments on file in the Secretary of the Senate’s Office/Resource Center, Room 115.)

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COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

GUIDELINES COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

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