1920-03 At Promise Student Opportunities in Madera County

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  The MCGJ recommends that the Madera County Office of Education and Madera County School Districts continue to follow State mandates for At-Promise students.
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  The MCGJ recommends Madera County Office of Education and Madera County School Districts continue to address At Promise youth in their Strategic Plan.
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  The MCGJ recommends Madera County Office of Education and Madera County School Districts continue to connect At-Promise students to Career Technical Alternative Education Service program. 64 65 66 67 1920-04 Madera County Food Safety/Food Inspection SUMMARY: The US Federal Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Code and the California Retail Food Code provide scientific standards and guidelines that states and localities may adopt for food safety in restaurants and institutional food settings. The code includes temperature standards for cooking, cooling, refrigerating, reheating, and holding food. It also recommends that inspectors visit restaurants every six months. Each state or locality may choose to adopt any or all of the code in its laws or regulations. There arevariations among jurisdictions in standards currently being applied to restaurants and other food establishment inspections.Madera County has no food safety reporting requirements. The Environmental Health Department does not report food safety reports to any State or Federal agencies. All inspection programs performed by the Environmental Health Department, except food inspections, are regulated by the State of California.Madera County Grand Jury (MCGJ) focused onretail food facility inspection, compliance with standards, and recording the results by the Food Inspection Program. BACKGROUND: All food services requiring a food inspection in Madera County are required to be inspected by the Food Safety Program (FSP) under the jurisdiction of Madera County’s Environmental Health Division (EHD). In the past 20 years, MCGJ has reviewed this entity in 2007/2008 and in 2012/2013. Both inquiries discoveredthe program was under-funded and under-staffed causing inspections to be delayed or not performed at all. Insufficient time for available personnel limited meeting inspection goals. The FSP is not required to report food inspections to any State or Federal agency or any public entity. Because of these past reports, the MCGJ was prompted to reexamine the Food Safety Program to see what changes were made in the past seven years to rectify the inspection backlog.
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  The MCGJ recommends that, beginning fiscal year 21-22, EHD post online food inspection report results onthe EHD website. 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 1920-05 City of Madera Police Department Unveiling Truths of Local Law Enforcement SUMMARY: The City of Madera Police Department (MPD) is facing challenges in a community that is growing economically and in racial diversity. The law enforcement officer’s job is both physically and mentally challenging. In an instant, officers can be thrown into extremely stressful situations. The City of Madera Police Department is staffed by a pool of young, motivated officers and an experienced command structure. High-risk encounters coupled with a focus on community relationships in the efforts to serve and protect the City of Madera residents. How these officers cope with work related stress and maintain compassion as positive role models is what guided the MCGJ focus. BACKGROUND: When the Madera County Grand Jury (MCGJ) started considering what areas within public safety to investigate, it was decided to reviewthe City of Madera Police Department (MPD) therewere several reasons for this choice,including police stress reduction programs, police in community outreach programs, crime statistics, police department staffing, and procedural deficiencies. The City of Madera Police Department is made up of 70 sworn officers (able to carry a firearm on duty) and 35 non-sworn employees. The department is organized into 3 divisions: Administration: Community outreach, including. (97Neighborhood Watch programs), dispatch, and non-sworn personnel. Operations: The largest division of the department comprised of patrol personnel. Investigations: Detective Unit, Special Investigations Unit, and Code Enforcement. Code Enforcement and Animal Control are part of the police department. The police department also has two K9 (canine) officer. One K9 is trained as a drug sniffing/identifying dog and the other one is a multi-purpose bite/attack dog. The K9 officers are issued bullet proof vests. Summertime temperatures make prolonged wearing of vests problematic for K9 officers. The cost for each K9 officers to be service ready is $10,000 with an additional $10,000 for training. This one-time cost does not include the costs for veterinary care and food for these canine officers which can vary with each K9 officer. The K9 officers work vehicles are unique and specifically designed for K9 officers and their human partner.
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  TheMCGJ recommends that immediately the City of Madera and the County of Madera entertain the financial investment interests of private entities. 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116