 Well, this morning what we want to do is to announce the program, Mr. Meena, the version program for young adults. As probably many of you know, back in October of 2013, the City Council asked the Durham Human Relations Commission to begin to look at some charges and allegations that were made against the Police Department, racial profiling, etc., etc. And they took about six months, and I thought they did a very thorough and credible and commendable report. And they presented that report back to the City Council in April of 2014. And since that time, the City Council and the Roundtable for Reduction of Violence has been looking at many of those programs that they suggested. And some of them we have implemented, some were in the process of implementing, and others we are still considering to look at. But one of the ones that was raised was a question about low-level marijuana arrests, particularly as it impacted young people, young adults. And we know all the issues that accumulate when a young person gets involved in the criminal justice system. And it was recommended that we might want to look at a program that was already in existence for diversion for young people. The one that Chief District Court Judge Marshall Murray has implemented, and in my opinion has been very, very successful. The persons that are here this morning, and I'm going to ask each one of them to introduce themselves and the organization that they represent, have been involved in the ad hoc committee looking specifically at a misdemeanor diversion program. And that's what we want to speak about this morning. And I'm going to be very brief in my comments beyond what I've said, but needs to say we're trying to do everything that we can to try to hopefully prevent young people from getting into the criminal justice system, particularly first offenders in particular. And you guys come on here. And if you don't mind, why don't you stand up here since all of you are part of this ad hoc committee that you're going to introduce yourselves to as we come in. But we're doing all the weekend, at least in the city of Durham, to try to prevent young adults from getting into the criminal justice system. And Marshall Morris, Judge Morris program really addressed it young people 16 years below. What you see this morning is that we're talking about young adults and ages 18 through 21. So before I begin any more, why don't we introduce ourselves from right to left and just say who you represent? Tom Bonfield, Durham City Manager. Lawrence Campbell, Public Defender. Marshmore, Chief District Court Judge. Jose Lopez, Chief Police City of Durham. Donald Ladd, Chief Deputy Representing Mike Andrew, Sheriff of Durham County. Wendell Davis, Durham County Manager. Lowell Siler, Durham County Attorney. Mike Page, Durham County Commissioner, Chair. And I know one person that's missing from attorneys, our city attorney, Patrick Baker, who's also been involved in this committee. So that's right. Supreme Court Judge Orlando Hudson has also been a Superior Court Judge has been involved also. So I'm going to stop there and actually turn it over to Judge Maure and I'm sure Brutum will follow her and then we'll have opportunity for any questions and answers you might have. Judge Maure. Thank you, Mayor. Appreciate it. Welcome, everyone. Glad you're here today. This is a big deal. Yeah. About a year and a half ago, we started the program in Durham, which we called the misdemeanor diversion program for 1617 year olds. And one reason we started this is because North Carolina has the youngest age in which a person is considered to be an adult. 16th birthday, you're an adult for any type of criminal charge. That could be littering. It could be marijuana. It could go up to felonies. So to try to look at that, how do we prevent these young people from having that first criminal charge, which can be debilitating for a public record, if they try to get employment, if they're trying to get financial aid to go to college, even their housing can be in jeopardy if they get that first criminal charge. So after a year, we've had 116 1617 year olds in this misdemeanor diversion program. All but one has been successful. We have had a 98% success rate. Only seven have had any new criminal charges since that time. But the most important thing is we hold them accountable. The law enforcement officers have discretion to send them to this program or to go ahead and make a criminal charge. The kids that have come into this have to come to a court session. They have to go to a community service agency. And within three months, we report back to law enforcement. Thank you for the referral. They have been successful. The officer will not do any formal charges. It's helping save their futures with that and with the success we've had with the cooperation of everyone. I mean, this is a joint effort of the city, the county. It's marvelous to see everyone so involved and understanding. We want to save these kids Durham's youth now to expand it up to 21 year old for the same criteria. It has to be a misdemeanor. Officers will have discretion. There will be exceptions. No traffic matters can be referred. No offenses involving firearms and no offenses with sexual allegations. Basically, we're talking about misdemeanor marijuana. We may be talking about shoplifting disorderly conduct underage drinking minor offenses that have major consequences in these kids lives. So I'm proud to be a part of this. I really we couldn't do it without everyone coming to the table and realizing how important it is for the youth of our city. Other districts across the state are looking to expand this into their jurisdictions and we will offer any support because we think it's important for the future of our youth. So thank you very much. Thank you. I'm going to ask gluten problem or she might come up and speak a little bit about her involvement and how it fits into this program. Mayor Bell asked me to tell you a little bit about the nuts and bolts of this new program. And the criminal justice resource center has been providing services to the adult population that is involved in the criminal justice system for many years. And one of the programs that we have recently been involved in is the misdemeanor diversion program for 16 and 17 year olds. So this new program is designed and tailored like around the 16 17 year old program but it is not an expansion. It is a separate program. Law enforcement will make contact during an incident and then determine whether this person will meet criteria for this new program. This means no prior adult criminal record no arrest no convictions. If the victim agrees the law enforcement officer will refer the refer the person to the criminal justice resource center. The law enforcement officer will complete an incident report and turn that in at their agency. And the person is instructed to report to the criminal justice resource center within 48 hours. The criminal justice resource center staff will conduct an interview verify the eligibility. We will do another record check make sure that there is no adult criminal record and then assign this person to a diversion program. They will also be assigned to a court session. And once a month we will have a court session specifically for this program where the participants will observe a court hearing and then have a conversation with the presiding judge and court officials around the unintended consequences of an adult criminal record. The persons will have about 90 days to complete a program. We will have workshops that are tailored around the charges that brought the participants to the program. So alcohol and drug education classes employment workforce initiatives mediation and conflict resolution communication skills a variety of workshops will be offered upon completion. We will report back to the referring law enforcement officer to say that the person has been compliant and that they have completed. If a person refuses to participate or does not complete we will also refer back to law enforcement. And then the officer will have the option of proceeding with charges. Thank you. Thank you. And if you notice that a good reference to law enforcement quite a bit in program and they're very very key because they generally the first point of contact for the young people who are talking about. So I think at this time it might be appropriate to at least have the police chief and a sheriff to indicate what they've done in terms of training their offices to be a part of this program. And I don't know if you want to who wants to speak first. Well during police department it's been a week that we've already started doing online classes for the officers we put together a program through our Internet and that that pretty much explains not only the philosophy that we have based on this program but also the the method that they have to use in order to write their reports and refer individuals. And explains the entire program to them. The training is starting and we should have 100 percent completion by the beginning of October the 1st of October. And we're going to move on explain to our officers what it is that the police department feels in reference to the the diversion. It's been our philosophy that whatever we can do to minimize arrest especially for individuals who make the mistake that I think everyone in this room possibly have made in their lives that could have caused them to have a negative interaction with law enforcement that in fact an opportunity is given so that these individuals can redirect their lives and hopefully not have any other issues occur and they can move on with life. So that's basically where we're at. It's going to be very simple. Everything he said we've got going on with our agency as well. And I want to reiterate that point of a mistake and a path or a process now to solve that mistake. Thank you. I don't know if anyone else wants to step up and make any comments. If you do feel free. If not then we're open to any Q and A question.