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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings 4 findings
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In Kings County, emergency declarations are declared by one member of the County Board of Supervisors.
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The citizens of Kings County and the Kings County Office of Emergency Services would benefit from being under the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.
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Currently there is not adequate or speedy professional training taking place.
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The last Emergency Operations Plan was updated in November 2015.
Recommendations 4
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R1Page 52To avoid any semblance of impropriety or inefficiency, and to define the rolls of county officials, the declaration of a county emergency should be handled by someone other than a single Board of Supervisor member.
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R2Page 52The Kings County Office of Emergency Services should be a separate department in the county when the Board of Supervisors makes it a priority and funding becomes available. The Kings County Office of Emergency Services and staff should be under the jurisdiction of the Kings County Sheriff’s Department until such time that funding and space become available for the agency to exist as a stand- alone County department.
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R3Page 52The Office of Emergency Services conduct a full-scale training exercise to include the Board of Supervisors, before September 1, 2025, to be followed up by a detailed evaluation and review.
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R4Page 52The Kings County Emergency Operations Plan should be given priority and updated by September 1, 2025. REQUIRED RESPONSE Pursuant to Penal Code Section § 933 (c), provided in part: “No later than 90 days after the Grand Jury submits a final report on the operations of any public agency subject to its reviewing authority, the governing body of the public agency shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court on the