Oppose automated software for criminal bond determinations

A resolution of the mayor and city commission of the city of miami beach, florida, opposing the use of computer software programs by florida criminal courts that mechanically measure a criminal defendant’s eligibility for and amount of bond, including the “public safety assessment” tool proposed to be utilized by the eleventh judicial circuit to release many “low-level” offenders on their own recognizance, without attending a first appearance hearing before a judge and without any monetary bond being posted. Office of the city attorney commissioner alex fernandez