Periodically, CCJCC forms subcommittees who are charged with making evaluations of specific issues and making recommendations to the committee. Presently, there is one ad-hoc committee of CCJCC, the Criminal Justice Emergency Response Subcommittee.

The Criminal Justice Emergency Response Subcommittee was formed in 1992, and sought to develop a coordinated emergency response plan for the criminal justice system to handle massive arrests and case processing. The subcommittee has been reinstituted several times to recommend updates and as needed.