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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Findings 3 findings
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District Attorney's Office The District Attorney reports that the District Attorney's Office is adequately staffed and funded at this time. The District Attorney has proposed the development of a Unified Family Court System that would coordinate court proceedings and services for families.
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Probation Department The Probation Officers have an extremely heavy and growing workload. Adequate supervision of adult and juvenile offenders is critical to the safety of the citizens of Plumas County and decreases the number of probationers re-offending.
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Sheriff Department The Sheriff Department is operating with the same number of officers today as it did in the 1980s. The county has not increased funding to provide staffing to keep up with increases in population, crime and drug activity. This lack of adequate staffing jeopardizes the safety of the citizens of Plumas County as well as the officers assigned to patrol the county. Communication in the field is inadequate and jeopardizes the safety of the officers. Many areas have intermittent or no communication, meaning that officers in an emergency cannot call for assistance if needed.
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 17District Attorney's Office The Plumas County Grand Jury supports the implementation of a Unified Family Court System. 17
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R2Page 18Probation Department The County Board of Supervisors needs to fund one additional full-time Probation Officer to meet the workload required to supervise adult and juvenile offenders.
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R3Page 18Sheriff Department The Plumas County Board of Supervisors and the Plumas County Sheriff should work together to complete a review of the staffing of the Sheriff Department. This review should consider current and future law enforcement needs, adequate backup and supervision for officers in an emergency, and support personnel for dispatch and administrative functions. A survey of radio communications within the county should be conducted and a plan developed to provide adequate radio communication in all areas of the county. This survey and plan must also include communications within the Plumas County Jail.