It is my privilege to lead the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA), where our talented and dedicated employees work tirelessly to advance our important public safety mission.
For nearly 60 years we have ensured that public safety in our Nation’s Capital is prioritized, and the pretrial release process is administered fairly and appropriately. Our risk assessment, drug testing, and innovative supervision and risk mitigation programs allow us to achieve our statutory mission while delivering outcomes that reflect our fidelity to excellence and quality.
We are focused on a continued commitment to leveraging data and information to guide agency operations, as well as a renewed pledge to continuous evaluation and improvement of the services we provide to external stakeholders, defendants, and the community at large.
Our efforts focus on minimizing rearrests amongst defendants awaiting trial in the community, maximizing court appearance, and demonstrating efficiency in the administration of PSA resources and services. We continue to build upon our foundation of risk-based defendant engagement and redouble our efforts to strengthen our data governance and infrastructure.
In addition, we are committed to the cultivation of partnerships and collaborations across the Washington, DC criminal justice and law enforcement landscape, to ensure effective, coordinated execution of our interconnected missions.
Using excellence as our guiding principle, we continue to strengthen public safety in the District of Columbia.
Sincerely,
Leslie C. Cooper, Esq.