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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Humboldt County Grand Jury
• 2008-2009
42 Humboldt County Correctional Facility
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Findings 1 findings
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The Hoopa and Garberville Sheriff’s Substations are both in need of the services of a Transportation Officer.
Recommendations 2
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R1Page 22Background Penal Code section 919(b) provides that the Grand Jury “shall inquire into the conditions and management of the public prisons within the County.” To fulfill this responsibility, representatives of the Grand Jury’s Jails Committee inspected all holding facilities in the County, including the Sheriff’s Substations in Garberville and Hoopa. Report The Hoopa and Garberville Substations were found to be clean and, considering their age, in reasonable repair. Each substation normally has only one officer on duty at a time. Therefore, when it is necessary to transport an arrestee to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility in Eureka, the substation is left unstaffed. During the on-duty Deputy’s absence, the community is at greater risk due to the inability to respond quickly to crimes in progress and to other needs of the community.
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R2Page 21The Grand Jury recommends extending the carport to shield the process of handling bodies from public view. Grand Jury Report 2009-JL-02 Hoopa and Garberville Sheriff’s Substations