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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Los Angeles County Grand Jury
• 2007-2008
Jails / Detention Facilities Committee
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Recommendations 5
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R1Page 313That no action be taken
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R2Page 313That there is no jurisdiction over the Complaint subject matter
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R3Page 313That there be a referral of the Complaint to an appropriate committee for further investigation and recommendations
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R4Page 313To undertake some other appropriate disposition of the Complaint Once the Citizen Complaints Committee has recommended a specific disposition of a particular complaint, each case was submitted to the entire Grand Jury for its review, evaluation and vote as to whether the Committee’s preliminary recommendation should be approved, amended as appropriate, referred back to Committee, or to otherwise determine that some alternative course of action should be pursued. The jurisdiction of the Civil Grand Jury includes the following: • Consideration of evidence of misconduct by public officials within Los Angeles County. • Inquiry into the condition and management of jails within the county • Investigation and reports on the operations, accounts and records of the officers, departments or functions of county and cities including special districts created by state law. - 309 - 2007-2008 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Final Report The 2007-2008 Citizens Complaint Committee received and processed 75 complaints. The complaints which were processed fell into 7 basic categories as reflected in the following breakdown: CATEGORY NUMBER No Grand Jury jurisdiction (state, federal & court) 20 Governmental mismanagement, waste or incompetence 7 Inmate complaint about court, trial, prison conditions or 5 mistreatment Misconduct of law enforcement agents 19 Governmental malfeasance or corruption 8 Vague or incomplete complaint 6 Non-governmental /personal disputes 10 TOTAL 75
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R5Page 314Why/How: Attach pertinent documents and correspondence with dates. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ - 311 - 2007-2008 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Final Report COMPLAINT GUIDELINES Receipt of all complaints will be acknowledged by mail. If a matter does not fall within the Civil Grand Jury’s investigative authority, or the Jury determines not to investigate a complaint, no action will be taken and there will be no further contact from the Jury. The