AUG - 6 2008 Superior Court of California County of Trinity By: Donna Hanover, Deputy Clerk Trinity County Grand Jury*

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• CL1
  The County and the Sheriff's Department are mandated to provide law enforcement for the citizens of Trinity County. The lack of Deputies and Correctional Officers is of great concern. RESPONSES REQUIRED:
• CL2
  Funding continues to be a primary shortcoming of this Agency. The priority for funding law enforcement in the county remains on par with all the other general fund This has resulted in a continuing decline in the services that law departments. enforcement can provide. Unfortunately, the County and the Sheriff's Office are not mandated to provide law enforcement to its citizens. They are required to incarcerate those who commit crimes and are sentenced to some form of confinement and the Sheriff's Office is required to investigate crimes when they are committed. The public would like to have, and deserves to have, an active patrol force that moves throughout the county. TRINITY COUNTY Office of the County Administrator DERO B. FORSLUND County Administrative Officer P.O. BOX 1613, WEAVERVILLE, CALIFORNIA 96093-1613 PHONE (530) 623-1382 FAX (530) 623-8365 RECEIVED VATE ri, OCT 1 0 2008 TRINITY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Date: October 3, 2008 To: Anthony Edwards Presiding Judge of the Trinity County Superior Court From Dero Forslund Trinity County Administrative Officer Re: Response Trinity County Grand Jury, Judicial Committee Final Report Trinity County Detention Facility Finding #1: The repeater radio that is in the dispatch center needs to be updated for more efficient use. Response: The repeater radio meets the current needs. Any grants requesting additional repeaters will include a request for funds for the necessary upgrades to the dispatch software. Finding #2: At this time the jail is greatly understaffed... The staffing level requirements at the jail are meet with correction officers and Response: sworn deputies. The result is adequate staffing at the jail and a reduction in patrol deputies. Finding #3: The jail exercise yard should be covered to prevent items from being thrown out of the yard. Response: While the exercise yard cannot be covered as suggested other solutions to the problems identified by the report will be investigated. Finding #4 The kitchen was clean and efficient.... Response: The County concurs with the finding. RECEIVED 9 2008 TRINITY COUNTY TRINITY COUNTY uperior court Board of Supervisors P.O. BOX 1613, WEAVERVILLE, CALIFORNIA 96093 PHONE (530) 623-1217 FAX (530) 623-8365 WATER Ή, TO: The Honorable James P. Woodward, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court Trinity County Board of Supervisors FROM: Response to Recommendations of 2007-2008 SUBJECT: Grand Jury Judicial Committee Final Report Trinity County Detention Facility DATE: November 4, 2008 The Grand Jury Judicial Committee has requested response to their final report on the Trinity County Detention Facility. The response of the Board is as follows: The repeater radio that is in the dispatch center needs to be updated FINDING # 1: for more efficient use. Agree and disagree in part. The current repeater meets current RESPONSE #1: needs. But agree now is the time to pursue grants to acquire new radio and console software upgrades to make the system ready and more efficient as new repeaters are added. At this time the jail is greatly understaffed. The County's general FINDING # 2: fund has resulted in a "soft" hiring freeze against back filling funded vacancies and is in a "hard" freeze of hiring any new employees. This creates problems complying with safety and procedures set forth by the California Code of Regulations. Disagree in part. The jail is not adequately filled by corrections RESPONSE # 2: officers but is being supplemented by sworn deputies who are also qualified to fill the positions. Therefore the jail is manned, but there is a shortage in the number of desired field deputies. The exercise yard is a security risk. There are up to 14 inmates FINDING # 3: allowed in the exercise yard with no supervision. The stucco walls are being gouged by the inmates, giving the inmates thick pieces of stucco to throw over the wall. Options for the exercise yard are under review but with the RESPONSE #3: extreme budget shortages the type and timing of the enclosure adjustments are not known at this time. HOWARD FREEMAN WENDY REISS ROGER JAEGEL JUDY PFLUEGER JEFF MORRIS DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 1 FINDING # 4: The kitchen was clean and efficient. They are served two cold meals and one hot meal daily. The Trinity County Detention Center kitchen provides the meals for the Juvenile Detention Center. RESPONSE #4: The County agrees. TERA ANTON R. JAEGEL, Chairman .

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