CSS 2020-02-10 Item 1B - Funding - 2 FTE Transport Officers for Inmate Appearances for $188,000

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No. 51177-1-II The trial court reserved ruling until it received a response and it set a hearing at a later date. The trial court set bail at $35,000 based on "the nature of the charges, the criminal history, [and] the fact that there's been at least four or five warrants over the years." Verbatim Report of Proceedings (RP) at 14. At an arraignment hearing a few days later, the trial court declined to lower bail because the court was concerned about whether Jackson would return, about the nature of the allegations, and about community safety. The trial court again declined to reduce bail at a later status hearing. The trial court subsequently held a hearing on Jackson's objection to restraints and motion for their removal. The hearing consolidated multiple defendants' motions regarding being shackled in their cases. The trial court said it would issue a decision that applied to the entirety of the Clallam County Superior Court. Six weeks later, the trial court issued a memorandum opinion "address[ing] all restraint/shackling motions currently before the court and reflecting] the unified position of the Clallam County Superior Court on this issue." Clerk's Papers (CP) at 64. The ruling acknowledged that "less restrictive means of furthering the compelling government interest of courtroom security" existed, which would "eliminate potential problems associated with defendants being so humiliated and distracted by their restraints that it interferes with their ability to communicate with their lawyers and would address concerns associated with the routine use of restraints affronting the dignified and decorous judicial process." CP at 65-66. The trial court envisioned implementing video conferencing as a less restrictive option, but it noted that the superior court would be unable to implement a video conferencing policy for several months. FA Ell