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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Yuba County Grand Jury • 2002-2003

Child Protective Services - Social Services Committee

9 pages
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Findings 11 findings

F1 Page 15
Peoria Cemetery District has no bylaws, rules or regulations to govern the normal day-to-day operation by the board of trustees.
F2 Page 15
There was a lack of proper maintenance on cemetery grounds that was corrected prior to the completion of the Grand Jury investigation.
F3 Page 15
Posting of cemetery meetings: The Cemetery District has posted in newspapers the time and place of district meetings, but it needs to add the date of the meeting in each posting.
F4 Page 19
Intermediate and high schools have telephones installed in all classrooms. 13
F5 Page 20
Some intermediate schools and the two high schools additionally use security guards that patrol school sites and are proactive in controlling and reducing student fights/disagreements.
F6 Page 20
All school site security team members employ the use of handheld two-way radios.
F7 Page 20
One intermediate and one high school have, in addition, employed the use of video cameras. According to the site administrators, this use of cameras has greatly reduced campus fights and vandalism.
F8 Page 20
Video cameras and two-way radios have been installed in buses to assist the drivers in maintaining security during transportation.
F9 Page 20
All districts have developed “Emergency Action Plans” that identify quick reference telephone numbers for the police, sheriff and fire/paramedic assistance teams, local hospital, Yuba County Office of Emergency Services, P.G. & E., American Red Cross and radio emergency broadcast system phone numbers are also listed. Additional inclusions are instructions for bomb threats, earthquakes, explosions, chemical accidents, fire and flood.
F10 Page 20
An effective measure used at many school sites is simply to keep the classrooms locked from the outside, so as to discourage easy entrance.
F11 Page 20
All schools have very active programs that involve local police and sheriff departments.

Recommendations 4