Santa Clara County Grand Jury
• 2012-2013
• Agency Response
Response to:
City of Palo Alto
City of Mountain View*
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F14
The Mountain View Police Department does not make all their complaint materials available on- line and also freely available in hard copy form in their lobby. City Response: The City of Mountain View agrees with this finding. Historically, the complaint forms were held behind the records counter and freely available upon request.
Related Recommendations (1)
R14
The Mountain View Police Department should make their complaint materials available on-line and also freely available in hard copy form in their lobby.
F15
The Mountain View Police Department complaint materials are available only in English. City Response: The City of Mountain View agrees with this finding; however, while it is true that the Mountain View Police Department's complaint materials are currently available in English, the Police Department has always offered multilingual services to assist the non-English-speaking community.
Related Recommendations (1)
R15
The Mountain View Police Department should make multilingual complaint materials available on-line and also freely available in hard copy form in their lobby. JMI/MB-ST/7/POL 001-10-11-13L-E-Encl The Police Department is currently working with Spanish- and
F16
The Mountain View Police Department complaint materials include reference to the unconstitutional California Penal Code Section 148.6 criminal advisory. City Response: The City of Mountain View agrees that complaint materials include reference to California Penal Code Section 148.6. The complaint materials also reference Civil Code Section 47.5, criminal advisory, which is not unconstitutional.
Related Recommendations (1)
R16
The Mountain View Police Department should remove reference to the unconstitutional California Penal Code Section 148.6 criminal advisory from their complaint materials.
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