Santa Barbara County Grand Jury
• 2012-2013
• Agency Response
Response to:
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DETENTION FACILITIES REPORT
Received Aug 2 0 2013 Sheriff: Office Santa Barbara County Bill Brown Stations Sheriff - Coroner Headquarters Buellton*
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F2
Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
That the existing bus port creates a potential safety hazard for court officials and employees, as well as the public, because in the process of loading and unloading, the detainees can visually observe the vehicles in the parking lot. Response to Finding 1: The Sheriff's Office agrees with the finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
That the existing bus port be modified so that detainees cannot visually observe the parking lot.
F3
That the holding cell level lacks cameras. Response to Finding 3: The Sheriff's Office agrees with the finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
That the Sheriff fund and install cameras to be placed on the cell level, for the safety of all detainees and deputies. į, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Response to the of 3
F4
That the facility is currently open only from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily. Response to Finding 4: The Sheriff's Office agrees with the finding.
Related Recommendations (2)
R4a
That the Sheriff fund this location to be open and operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
R4b
That the Sheriff hire and staff this location to allow it to stay open and be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.