THE 2 INCIDENTS WERE NOT CONNECTED. WILD NIGHT. YEAH. THE FIRST OKLAHOMA COUNTY WARNED CLEARING EVENT OF 2024 KICKS OFF TOMORROW. NOW THIS EVENT GIVES FOLKS THAT. >> CHANCE CLEAR WARRANTS FROM THEIR NAME TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ARRESTED. AND AS NEWS FOUR'S TENOR DE LEON EXPLAINS, THIS IS ALSO PLAYING A MAJOR PART INTO LOWERING THE JAIL POPULATION CHEDDAR. WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. BECAUSE LISTEN TO THIS TODAY, THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL ANNOUNCED THAT OKLAHOMA COUNTY JAIL HAS ITS LOWEST POPULATION OF INMATES IN 20 YEARS. >> AND A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THE WAR IN CLEARING EVENT. >> THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES AND IT WILL KEEP THEM OUT OF THE COUNTY JAIL, WHICH HELPS THE JAIL OBVIOUSLY HELPS THEM TO POLICE RESOURCES TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FOR THE 4TH TIME OKLAHOMA COUNTIES WERE IN CLEARING EVENT WILL HELP THOSE WITH MINOR OFFENSES LIKE OUTSTANDING FEES MISSED COURT DATES AND MISDEMEANOR WARRANTS TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON TRACK.
ONCE THEY CLEAR THEIR WARRANTS, THEY CAN GET BACK OUT THERE AND START WORKING AND GET A JOB AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S REALLY BEEN HOLDING THE INDIVIDUAL BACK AND OBVIOUSLY KEEPS THEM FROM GOING TO THE JAIL. BIFFLE SAYS THIS IS A SAFE AND FAIR PROCESS FOR ANYONE THAT COMES IN, NO ONE WILL BE GOING TO THIS IS OUR 3RD EVENT AT THE PERSON THAT WE HAD AROUND 170 PEOPLE AT THE BEEN AROUND 200 IN THE LAST TIME, 400 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. EVENTS LIKE THESE HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART IN LOWERING THE JAIL POPULATION. SO IT'S CURRENTLY BELOW 1200, WHICH IS BELOW WITH ITS BEEN AROUND 20 YEARS, WERE LOWER THAN TULSA COUNTY NOW. AND THAT'S A HUGE PART OF LIKE THIS. KEEPING ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF JAIL AND FROM BEING BOOKED IN. >> SINCE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ATTEND. BIDDLE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN ADDING MORE RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE BEYOND JUST CLEARING THEIR WARRANT WERE SAYING ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOW UP. AND SO WE'RE BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED OTHER SERVICES, POTENTIALLY FOOD STANDS, JOBS, TRANSPORTATION.
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