09-15-B: CRIMINAL: ON SITE VIOLATIONS OF PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL; FAILURE TO APPEAR, AND VIOLATION OF PROBATION WARRANTS - ORDERED 2/18/09 BY CLAYTON D. SIMMONS
EXCERPT: “Whereas jail overcrowding has been a long existing problem at the Brevard County Jail; and Whereas, the Honorable Gregory Presnell, United States District Court Judge, is overseeing an attempt to settle the existing litigation in Federal Court in which Tilman/Lennear is Plaintiff and Brevard County is Defendant, concerning jail overcrowding at the Brevard County Jail; and Whereas, on August 12, 2008, representatives of the judicial system, law enforcement agencies and county government attended a workshop in Orlando, Florida, to address the issue of jail overcrowding at the Brevard County Jail; and Whereas, police agencies have the authority by Florida Statute, to make arrests for “on site” violations of probation and community control; and . . . (Open AO for more information.)”