Los Angeles County announced what they call a bold new initiative, in September of last year, to streamline case resolution and create a more innovative court.
That will be a hard task unless the county improves dramatically in one basic area — getting the accused to their scheduled court appearance.
L.A. County sheriff’s deputies transport, on average, 2,000 people every day to 37 courthouses and seven custody facilities. For some inmates, their day will begin at 2 a.m. with a bus ride from Pitchess Detention Center to the Inmate Reception Center in downtown L.A., where they will wait with others from Men’s Central Jail or Twin Towers before being bused to various courts across the county. It is a logistical challenge to overcome every day that court is in session. But in the eyes of some, the county is failing…