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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 18,2011 Page 5 advised that he had put into place a "second look" initiative to review that data and efforts of his office in prosecuting cases in partnership with law enforcement; and offered his willingness to put additional resources toward this initiative, by assigning a veteran prosecutor to review cases. Mr. Choi noted that the initiative also included more resources to train law enforcement officers to ensure stronger cases were brought forward to successfully charge. Mr. Choi noted the expense to jurisdictions and their taxpayers for storage and processing of vehicle forfeiture cases, advising that he had inherited a huge back- log of such cases, and had put new protocols in place to process those cases more efficiently. Regarding juvenile crime issues, Mr. Choi advised that this was a major issue for him in getting kids currently on the wrong track back on the right track; and had therefore separated the juvenile division with a new policy in place. Mr. Choi ad- vised that, under that new policy, he and other colleagues had met and agreed to no longer prosecute children who were being victimized (e.g. prostituted), but to help them, through programs such as the Runaway Intervention Program, and help children out of those situations, and look at them as victims needing protec- tion,not offenders or delinquents. Mr. Choi addressed the Dangerous Repeat Offender Program (DROP) and data indicating that the majority of repeat offenders continue in a life of crime; causing his office to recommit to reinstating the career criminal statute throughout the en- tire process by providing deterrents, such as lengthy incarceration, to dissuade in- centives to continue that criminal life. Mr. Choi advised that his office would continue outreach with City Attorneys on domestic violence cases to achieve better outcomes overalls a homicide preven- tion initiative. Mr. Choi expressed his interest in working with elected officials, and serving Ramsey County and Roseville residents to ensure more public safety efforts and encouraging livable communities in Ramsey County. Mr. Choi's assistant provided a brochure and business card from the County At- torney's Office. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Choi for his attendance; and for his ongoing efforts for children and against violence; and efforts with domestic violence situations to prevent worse things from happening. Councilmember Willmus thanked Mr. Choi for his attendance; opining that he couldn't remember the last time a County Prosecutor had come to a municipal Council Chambers.