San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury
• 2011-2012
Citizen_Complaints_and_Internal_Affairs_Investigations
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Findings 8 findings
F1
The Police Departments of Pismo Beach and Grover Beach and the Sheriff’s Department have citizen complaint forms on their websites.
F2
The Police Departments of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Morro Bay do not have citizen complaint forms available on their websites.
F3
The Police Departments of Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo have an admonition on their citizen complaint forms.
F4
The Police Department of Grover Beach and the Sheriff’s Department do not have an admonition on their websites.
F5
The Police Departments of Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo indicated that they would soon place citizen complaint forms on their websites.
F6
All Police Departments use the policy guidelines proposed by Lexipol.
F7
All Police Departments and the Sheriff’s Department adhere to the policy guidelines for citizen complaints proposed by POST. However, the Pismo Beach Police Department also adheres to the guidelines of CALEA, a national organization.
F8
The Sheriff’s Department has an outdated system of video recording in their vehicles and lacks the ability to store video data efficiently. The storage of DVDs is inefficient, requires too much space and slows retrieval time when it is necessary to utilize the information.
Recommendations 3
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R1The Police Departments of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Morro Bay should add citizen complaint forms to their websites.
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R2The Police Departments of Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo should remove the admonition from their complaint forms.
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R3The responses shall be submitted to the Presiding Judge of the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court by May 19, 2012. Please provide a paper copy and an electronic version of all responses to the Grand Jury. The mailing addresses for delivery are: Presiding Judge Grand Jury Presiding Judge Barry T. LaBarbera San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury Superior Court of California P.O. Box 4910 1050 Monterey Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93402 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 The e-mail address for the Grand Jury is: GrandJury@co.slo.ca.us