The Cleveland Municipal Court, in its endeavor to embrace and guide bail reform, and to encourage new and creative ideas for helping citizens rise above difficult circumstances, established the Pretrial Services Department.  The mission of the Pretrial Services Department is to ensure pretrial justice and public safety through rational pretrial decision making protocols and transition services informed by evidence based practices. Pretrial services are critical to assisting the Court in making prompt, fair, and effective release or detention decisions including, where needed, treatment possibilities and the monitoring and supervision of released defendants.