Response to 12-13 Grand Jury Report

F8

Requested supporting documentation and explanations of responses for each section of the questionnaire. 2012-2013 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT 86 CITIES FISCAL HEALTH, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 9. Reviewed responses to the questionnaire, supporting documentation, and explanations and developed findings.

F15

DETENTION: ADULT FACILITIES INTRODUCTION The Los Angeles County Jail System houses over 19,000 inmates, making it the largest county jail complex in the country.1 In addition to the county system operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, many cities throughout the county operate jails. This report discusses several issues affecting jail and detention facilities generally and the condition of individual adult detention facilities specifically. There are a total of 115 active adult ...

F41

Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on internal controls: Internal Audit 42. Does your city have an internal audit function formally established by enabling resolution or other legal means? o Yes o No 43. Is the work of the internal audit function conducted in accordance with the U.S. General Accounting Office’s Government Auditing Standards? o Yes o No 44. Are all reports of the Internal Audit function provided to or available to the Audit Committee? o Yes o No ...

F2011

On September 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported: “Two weeks ago, a six-year employee of the Los Angeles County Probation Department was charged with persistently filing false workers' compensation claims. Earlier this month, police arrested a probation officer for allegedly shooting a man in a Covina bar. Those cases came on top of the dozens of drunk-driving, drug possession and theft arrests that seemed scattered throughout the 6,500-employee agency. On Monday [September 17, 2012], FBI a...

F8

Requested supporting documentation and explanations of responses for each section of the questionnaire. 2012-2013 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT 86 CITIES FISCAL HEALTH, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT 9. Reviewed responses to the questionnaire, supporting documentation, and explanations and developed findings.

F15

DETENTION: ADULT FACILITIES INTRODUCTION The Los Angeles County Jail System houses over 19,000 inmates, making it the largest county jail complex in the country.1 In addition to the county system operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, many cities throughout the county operate jails. This report discusses several issues affecting jail and detention facilities generally and the condition of individual adult detention facilities specifically. There are a total of 115 active adult ...

F41

Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on internal controls: Internal Audit 42. Does your city have an internal audit function formally established by enabling resolution or other legal means? o Yes o No 43. Is the work of the internal audit function conducted in accordance with the U.S. General Accounting Office’s Government Auditing Standards? o Yes o No 44. Are all reports of the Internal Audit function provided to or available to the Audit Committee? o Yes o No ...

F2011

On September 18, 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported: “Two weeks ago, a six-year employee of the Los Angeles County Probation Department was charged with persistently filing false workers' compensation claims. Earlier this month, police arrested a probation officer for allegedly shooting a man in a Covina bar. Those cases came on top of the dozens of drunk-driving, drug possession and theft arrests that seemed scattered throughout the 6,500-employee agency. On Monday [September 17, 2012], FBI a...