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Nevada County Grand Jury
• 2013-2014
Penn Valley Fi re Protection District Finding 13. The four fire agencies, Nccfd, Gvfd, Pvfpd and Ncfd serving the vast
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Findings 4 findings
F1
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The current conditions at the Joseph Center are believed to pose an imminent threat of serious injury to the public, courthouse employees and county employees. Disagree Due to past experience, we do not feel an imminent threat of serious injury to the public, courthouse employees, and/or county employees exists. We have had an excellent record with our transport of prisoners from transportation units to the Courthouse in Truckee with no threats, escapes or injuries. We are committed to mitigating risk at every opportunity within the County's existing resources. Inmates are transported from the transportation unit to the Courthouse in customary restraints, including leg shackles and waist shackles.
F2
Page 93
Safety improvements identified by the county and AOC have not been approved and/or fund ed by the AOe. Partially agree. Several improvement requests havc been approved and funded by the AOe. These include tinting or exterior windows, installing obstacles to preve nt runnin g a vehicl e into sensiti ve areas ol'the building and installation of bullet resistant windows. There are other requests awaitin g approval and fun ding, howe ver, they are still in the approval process.
F3
Page 93
Proposed safety improvement would enhance the safety of the public and COUlt and county employees . Ag ree. FiA The 80S and the Court have not provided leadership in urging the AOC to rel ease the neceSS<lry fund s to improve the safety at the Joseph Center. Ui sag ree. The Court has made seve ral attempts to gai n approval of our requests for safety improvcments at the Joseph Center. We regularly follow up on these requests and provide additional information as necessary to establish an appropriate priority for fund ing. The plain fact is that funding across the State is too little to meet all security needs in all courthouses. The Grand Jury's assumpt ion that this is a shortfall in leadershi p on the part of the 80S and COLilt completely lacks foundation. Recommendations R. l The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, the Nevada County Sheriff s Office, the Administrati ve Office of the COLlItS and the Nevada Cou nty Superior Court should take all the measures necesSAry to move forwArd with a formal agreement which provides the recommended S8fety improvements immediately to ensure the safety of the public and employees. Partially implemented. The Court has taken all appropriate steps to secure funding for the identif'ied security improvements. The recommendation that this effort should be pushed forward at all cost clearly fails to consider the statewide li mitations on fundin g and competing priorities - not the least of which is simply providing sufficient staffing of court operations to prov ide basic access to justice foral!. R. The Nevada County Board of Supervisors, the Nevada Coun ty Sheriffs Office, the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Nevada County Superior Court staff' should prioritize funciing requ ests to implement the recommended safety im provements. Partially implemented. We have prioritized our security requests and submitted them to the State for consideration 8nd funding. The State considers requests from all jurisdictions and establishes statewide priorities. We do not control that process.
F4
Page 86
The BOS and the Court have not provided leadership in urging the AOC to release the necessary funds to improve the safety at the Joseph Center. Disagree Our experience has been that both the BOS and the Court provide leadership and are prudent in prioritizing funding requests to the AOC.
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 84The current conditions at the Joseph Center are believed to pose an imminent threat of serious injury to the public, courthouse employees and county employees. Disagree Due to past experience, we do not feel an imminent threat of serious injury to the public, courthouse employees, and/or county employees exists. We have had an excellent record with our transport of prisoners from transportation units to the Courthouse in Truckee with no threats, escapes or injuries. We are committed to mitigating risk at every opportunity within the County's existing resources. Inmates are transported from the transportation unit to the Courthouse in customary restraints, including leg shackles and waist shackles.
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R2Page 84Safety improvements identified by the county and AOC have not been approved and/or funded by the AOC. Agree
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R3Page 94The Nevada Cou nty Board of Supervi sors, the Nevada County Sheriffs Office, the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Nevada County Superior COUlt sta ff should coordinate effolts to fo llovv through with the request for funding, the illlplementation or the safety improvements and ensure the required work is completed. Partially implemen ted. We do currently coordinate our effolts in this area and will continue to do so. Ensuring these improvements are completed is outside of our control and subject to approval and fundin g by the State. Respectfully submitted , a/{N/~ ;j})JJd-~ Candace S. HeidelberO'cr G. Se8n Metroi<a Presiding Judge e Court Executive Officer 2
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R4Page 84The BOS and the Court have not provided leadership in urging the AOC to release the necessary funds to improve the safety at the Joseph Center. Disagree Our experience has been that both the BOS and the Court provide leadership and are prudent in prioritizing funding requests to the AOC. RECOMMENDATIONS:
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