Mesa County criminal justice leaders hope that a new state-funded program aiming to streamline low-risk criminal offenders' interaction with Mesa County courts will save time and money, in part by reducing the risk that those people will offend again. The pre-trial diversion program, which just recently launched, will allow some low-risk offenders - potentially people ticketed for offenses like drug possession, driving under suspension, being a minor in possession of alcohol, or some property crimes - to skip the court system altogether, said Dennis Berry, director of the Mesa County Criminal Justice Services Department.
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