Sacramento County Grand Jury
2001-2002
From the annual report
The consolidated year-end volume. The individual investigations it contains are listed separately below.
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Individual reports (9)
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Findings & Recommendations
3 findings
F1:
Approximately 160 juveniles per month need crisis intervention. Additionally, 132 juvenile wards need daily mental health services. Limited facilities are available to house youths with mental health and psychiatric needs in the juvenile justice system of Sacramento County. This inability frequently requires sending juveniles out of the area to San Francisco, Vallejo, Modesto and Los Angeles in order to house them within a psychiatric facility at significant additional cost to the county.
F2:
There are currently vacant staff positions and an urgent need for additional mental health positions within the juvenile justice facilities of Sacramento County that should be immediately filled. In spite of a demonstrated and urgent need for mental health staff, Sacramento County proposes to decrease the number of mental health positions for FY 2002/03.
F3:
Clinical staff is forced to work in limited space within the existing juvenile justice facilities. This environment is not conducive to mental health counseling and treatment. Sacramento County Grand Jury June 30, 2002 27
Additional Recommendations
3
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The 2000-2001 Grand Jury recommended Sacramento County build a 25-bed free standing` secure facility for juveniles. In its response DHHS indicated they had initiated a feasibility study for such a facility. This Grand Jury reaffirms that recommendation. Further, Sacramento County should now move forward and build such a facility.
R2:
The Board of Supervisors, DHHS, and the Mental Health Division should find the financial means to hire additional staff willing to work in a detention facility. This may require a restructuring of the pay scale or offering other incentives in order to recruit additional qualified staff.
R3:
Sacramento County needs to provide adequate and sufficient space in the juvenile centers for clinicians to provide mental health services.
Findings & Recommendations
5 findings
F1:
The California Department of Corrections (CDC) does not appear to have taken into consideration all costs required to transport prisoners to Doctors Hospital in Manteca over the four years this contract has been in effect.
F2:
The CDC has not fully considered the safety of the community and the prisoners when convicted felons are transported great distances through major metropolitan areas on a regular basis.
F3:
The CDC Health Care Service Division has not informed the local prisons of their ability to negotiate locally based medical service contracts, including services provided under the Master Contract.
F4:
The CDC Health Care Service Division advised the Grand Jury that correctional facilities have the authority to negotiate medical service contracts for similar services by local medical service providers.
F5:
Other modalities such as tele- and video-conferencing via closed circuit television are available whereby physicians and technicians can consult with one another over long distances.
Additional Recommendations
5
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Department of Corrections should factor in the correctional officer salaries and benefits, overtime payments and all vehicle expense involved in transporting prisoners to Doctors Hospital in Manteca in order to correctly determine the full cost of services incurred under this contract.
R2:
The CDC should consider the distance from its facility, the highways to be traveled and other inherent hazards to its personnel, prisoners, vehicles and the public.
R3:
The CDC Health Care Division should inform the local prisons of their ability to negotiate locally based medical service contracts, including services provided under the Master Contract.
R4:
The correctional facilities in Sacramento County should solicit informal bids from medical facilities that are available in and around Folsom. Sacramento County Grand Jury June 30, 2002 63
R5:
The Department of Corrections should expand the use of tele- and video-conferencing capabilities where applicable from the prison to any local hospital, whereby physicians and technicians could communicate over long distances to perhaps mitigate the costly transportation problems.
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Findings & Recommendations
4 findings
F1:
The commission recapture rate for the SCERS directed brokerage program should be evaluated annually.
F2:
Although intended as a trial target during the first year of the directed brokerage program, a 20% international target for money managers of the SCERS directed brokerage program is substantially less than that acceptable to money managers.
F3:
It does not appear that SCERS is receiving monthly money manager reports of commissions independently of reports supplied by State Street Bank.
F4:
SCERS Board and management have not made regular reviews of directed brokerage issues or surveyed best practices in the industry. This has resulted in SCERS not achieving the significant savings available through a directed brokerage arrangement.
Additional Recommendations
4
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Board of Retirement should adopt a policy requiring SCERS to review annually the commission recapture percentage for securities, ensuring that the plan maintains best practices in the industry.
R2:
SCERS should readjust the international target for money managers upward to 30% if possible, but to not less than 25%.
R3:
In order to maintain a proper audit trail and enable the reconciliation of variances, SCERS should direct its money managers to supply monthly reports of all commissions generated in a portfolio that identifies directed commissions.
R4:
The Board of Retirement should direct its Chief Investment Officer to begin a practice of periodic attendance at directed brokerage conferences and seminars, and follow up such attendance with in-service workshops for the Board and SCERS management.
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Findings & Recommendations
2 findings
F1:
Members elected to the Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors continue to work as volunteer firefighters in violation of Government Code Section 53227.
F2:
As reflected in Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors’meeting minutes, certain agenda items were passed by a majority of members voting rather than a majority of elected members in violation of the provisions of Section 13856 of the Health and Safety Code.
Additional Recommendations
2
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors should request the Board of Supervisors increase the composition of the current five member Board to seven members, consisting of five voting members, not volunteer firefighters, and two non-voting members who are volunteer firefighters. The two non-voting members would serve in an advisory capacity to the elected board.
R2:
The Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors should develop and adopt a written policy on Board procedures and make this policy available to all Board members and the general public. The policy should contain applicable laws and a legal interpretation of those laws by County Counsel. Sacramento County Grand Jury June 30, 2002 59
Findings & Recommendations
2 findings
F1:
The Probation Department does not have total control of the referral process for batterer treatment programs in Sacramento County, as assigned by Penal Code Section 1203.097. The Public Defender’s office has assumed a role in advising clients to enroll in certain programs and to avoid others.
F2:
The Probation Department is allowing one of its certified batterer treatment program providers to be in noncompliance with its prescribed standards and fee schedules in violation of Penal Code Section 1203.097.
Additional Recommendations
2
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Probation Department should assume total control of the referral process. The Public Defender’s office should stop advising its clients to enroll in specific batterer treatment programs and to avoid others. The Public Defender’s office should refer specific problems identified with certain providers to the Probation Department, which has authority to monitor programs and ensure compliance with standards.
R2:
The Probation Department should immediately remedy this violation, and require all batterer treatment programs to comply with the approved standards and fee schedules.
Findings & Recommendations
3 findings
F1:
The Lindsay M. Hayes Report found that the intake forms being utilized were inadequate. In addition, these forms were not automatically being forwarded to the Jail Psychiatric Services (JPS). In response, the Main Jail staff has revised its current intake forms in accordance with national standards. All appropriate and relevant medical screening forms are now transmitted by fax to the JPS in a timely manner. Also, arresting officers complete newly developed forms to communicate medical information to the county jail medical staff.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1:
A yearly review should be conducted to determine the effectiveness of intake screening forms.
F2:
The Lindsay M. Hayes Report stated that classification deputies conduct inmate interviews, examine forms and review two screening fields to capture information on an inmate’s prior history. These deputies then use individual discretion to make referrals to the JPS staff. These referrals are not always made on consistent criteria. In response to the Lindsay M. Hayes Report, new classification forms have been implemented, which include questions regarding mental health and suicide.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2:
A software program should be developed to access quickly and accurately an inmate’s prior health history for use by the classification deputies to ensure consistency in evaluation and referral. 17
F3:
The Lindsay M. Hayes Report states that contrary to some national correctional standards, JPS staff does not conduct a mental health assessment on each inmate within 14 days of confinement. In response, the Suicide Task Force indicated that it would be cost prohibitive to conduct reviews of health records for every inmate. However, there is a mental health screening of all inmates at intake.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3:
Inmates who have been in the system before should have their records checked for mental health issues within 14 days. B. TRAINING
Findings & Recommendations
2 findings
F1:
The Probation Department does not have total control of the referral process for batterer treatment programs in Sacramento County, as assigned by Penal Code Section 1203.097. The Public Defender’s office has assumed a role in advising clients to enroll in certain programs and to avoid others.
F2:
The Probation Department is allowing one of its certified batterer treatment program providers to be in noncompliance with its prescribed standards and fee schedules in violation of Penal Code Section 1203.097.
Additional Recommendations
2
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Probation Department should assume total control of the referral process. The Public Defender’s office should stop advising its clients to enroll in specific batterer treatment programs and to avoid others. The Public Defender’s office should refer specific problems identified with certain providers to the Probation Department, which has authority to monitor programs and ensure compliance with standards.
R2:
The Probation Department should immediately remedy this violation, and require all batterer treatment programs to comply with the approved standards and fee schedules.
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Findings & Recommendations
4 findings
F1:
The commission recapture rate for the SCERS directed brokerage program should be evaluated annually.
F2:
Although intended as a trial target during the first year of the directed brokerage program, a 20% international target for money managers of the SCERS directed brokerage program is substantially less than that acceptable to money managers.
F3:
It does not appear that SCERS is receiving monthly money manager reports of commissions independently of reports supplied by State Street Bank.
F4:
SCERS Board and management have not made regular reviews of directed brokerage issues or surveyed best practices in the industry. This has resulted in SCERS not achieving the significant savings available through a directed brokerage arrangement.
Additional Recommendations
4
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Board of Retirement should adopt a policy requiring SCERS to review annually the commission recapture percentage for securities, ensuring that the plan maintains best practices in the industry.
R2:
SCERS should readjust the international target for money managers upward to 30% if possible, but to not less than 25%.
R3:
In order to maintain a proper audit trail and enable the reconciliation of variances, SCERS should direct its money managers to supply monthly reports of all commissions generated in a portfolio that identifies directed commissions.
R4:
The Board of Retirement should direct its Chief Investment Officer to begin a practice of periodic attendance at directed brokerage conferences and seminars, and follow up such attendance with in-service workshops for the Board and SCERS management.
Findings & Recommendations
2 findings
F1:
Members elected to the Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors continue to work as volunteer firefighters in violation of Government Code Section 53227.
F2:
As reflected in Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors’meeting minutes, certain agenda items were passed by a majority of members voting rather than a majority of elected members in violation of the provisions of Section 13856 of the Health and Safety Code.
Additional Recommendations
2
Not linked to specific findings.
R1:
The Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors should request the Board of Supervisors increase the composition of the current five member Board to seven members, consisting of five voting members, not volunteer firefighters, and two non-voting members who are volunteer firefighters. The two non-voting members would serve in an advisory capacity to the elected board.
R2:
The Wilton Fire Protection District Board of Directors should develop and adopt a written policy on Board procedures and make this policy available to all Board members and the general public. The policy should contain applicable laws and a legal interpretation of those laws by County Counsel. Sacramento County Grand Jury June 30, 2002 59