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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
The Law Enforcement Employee Involved Fatal Incident Protocol requires that investigations be conducted “free of conflicts of interest”. For that reason, the investigations were conducted by a law-enforcement agency whose employees were not involved in the incidents, with the exception of jail deaths. The District Attorney’s Office also participated in the investigations and had the authority to investigate separately.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
Upon completion of each incident investigation, the District Attorney’s Office reviewed the physical evidence, the transcribed witness interviews, photographs and all other evidentiary material.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Based on the evidence, the District Attorney’s Office reached a conclusion and issued a fatal incident report in each of the four cases, and in each case there was no evidence of criminal liability.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
The agencies that employ the involved officers conduct their own internal investigation to determine if the agency’s policies and procedures were followed and whether there could be improvement in those policies and procedures. They also make a determination as to whether any disciplinary action should be imposed.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
The District Attorney has failed to produce a report within ninety days of receipt of the completed investigation as stipulated in 2009. RECOMMENDATIONS
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The District Attorney must complete the investigation and produce a report relating to criminal liability within ninety days of receipt of all investigative reports.
Additional Recommendations 1
These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.
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R2Historically investigative documents have been available to the Grand Jury in advance of the District Attorney’s Final Report. However, at times, documents have been delayed while awaiting the District Attorney’s Final Report. The Grand Jury recommends the District Attorney establish a policy, to provide timely distribution of all fatal Incident documents, in order to comply with its obligation for independent review. Required Responses to Recommendations: Sonoma County District Attorney: R1, R2, -15-
No Responses Found 1
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
Sonoma County District Attorney
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