Nevada County Grand Jury • 2015-2016

Nevada County Grand Jury Final Report

Published: July 17, 2016 162 pages Consolidated Report
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Findings 11 findings

F1 Page 19
Body Worn Cameras have been shown to improve officer-to-citizen interaction and safety.
F2 Page 19
Body Worn Cameras have been shown to reduce citizen complaints.
F3 Page 19
Body Worn Cameras provide more clarification of contested incidents between officer and civilian.
F4 Page 19
Body Worn Cameras appear to provide some measure of crowd control and mitigation.
F5 Page 19
Body Worn Cameras reduce time and legal expense in investigating complaints against officers.
F6 Page 19
In Nevada County, the Truckee and Nevada City police departments are presently using Body Worn Cameras.
F7 Page 19
The Jury was informed that the Grass Valley Police Department plans to deploy the use of BWCs and has secured funding for this purpose.
F8 Page 19
The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office has expressed a desire not to deploy Body Worn Cameras at this time.
F9 Page 19
Interagency communication concerning Body Worn Camera deployment, techniques, policies, and operating procedures has been shown to improve overall results. Body Worn Cameras -2016
F10 Page 80
One consistent theme received by the Jury from County staff, was that any and all enforcement of any ordinances, rules and regulations that pertained to the cultivation of marijuana was the sole responsibility of the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office.
F11 Page 95
CDCR and CAL-FIRE along with CCPs, working with AB109 funds, could work together to solve the unintended loss of firefighter/inmates caused by AB109.

Recommendations 4

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