I no longer think any of those in power positions give a hoot about the publics safety.
Their positions are only to serve themselves and those who pay to play.
the USA has a centralized, woke, neo-marxist ideology and mostly centralized political control as well, the main tool for this generational transformation being our bloated federal spending, printed money, and massive debt.
Even if a local parole board is nominally “independent,” the vast majority of bureaucrats will conform themselves to the prevailing governing philosophy, ESPECIALLY in democrat places.
So no - the “public’s safety” is not really what drives their decision-making.