Jesse Kathan wrote in The Santa Cruz Local on September 15, 2023 that Santa Cruz County leaders are exploring the idea of a new jail, on the heels of three recent civil grand jury reports on problems at the 42-year-old Santa Cruz Main Jail at 259 Water Street.
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https://santacruzlocal.org/2023/09/15/santa-cruz-county-leaders-explore-potential-new-jail/
NBC Bay Area published an article by Candice Nguyen, Jeremy Carroll and Sean Myers on September 11, 2023 stating State 911 costs skyrocketed as the California Office of Emergency Services failed to conduct mandated reviews of local 911 centers. A recent [Alameda County] civil grand jury report said Oakland suffers from severe staffing shortages and years of stalled technology upgrades.
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https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/california-911-oversight-falls-behind/3312659/
Will Houston wrote an article published in The Marin Independent Journal on September 11, 2023 noting that “Marin County’s two largest water suppliers say they have dam safety strategies in place but intend to update their hazard mitigation plans….The utilities were responding to a Marin County Civil Grand Jury report urging the agencies to prepare for more intense ‘atmospheric river’ storms.”
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https://www.marinij.com/2023/09/11/marin-water-suppliers-respond-to-dam-safety-criticism/
The City of Oakland published a press release on September 12, 2023 noting that it announced an additional investment of $2.5 million over the next two years to strengthen Oakland’s 911 response system. The announcement was made as the City continues to develop its timely response to the recent Alameda County Grand Jury report that addressed a number of 911-related issues.
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Jackson Guilfoil wrote an article in The Eureka Times-Standard published on September 12, 2023 noting that “the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted a staff report that both accepted and rejected several recommendations from the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury regarding improvements to county facilities, emergency preparedness and Child Abuse Services Team.”
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The July 12, 2023 issue of the Oakdale Leader reported on a recently released Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury report, the report of which stated that “…some Oakdale Police Department officers were found to be out of compliance for mandated Domestic Violence training requirements.”
The Oakdale Police Chief Jerry Ramar did release a statement regarding the findings wherein he stated “OPD is committed to adhering to POST training requirements and State mandated training to ensure the safety and well-being of our community and our officers…”
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https://www.oakdaleleader.com/news/grand-jury-finds-some-officers-non-compliant/
In a July 3 article by Erin Tracy in the Modesto Bee she wrote “The Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury found that as many as half of the Oakdale Police Department’s officers were out of compliance with state-mandated training over a period of several years. The investigation was prompted by a complaint by an Oakdale resident who claimed OPD officers ineffectively handled a domestic violence call in 2021.
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https://www.modbee.com/news/local/oakdale/article276874873.html
Susie Neilson wrote an article in The San Francisco Chronicle published on September 5, 2023, in which she explored the subject. Also noted was “a 2016 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury report on the break-in problem which identified another possible reason: so few people were getting caught.”
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Drew Penner wrote an article in The Press Banner published on September 1, 2023 that “Scotts Valley Council members recently got a look at the City’s response to the … Civil Grand Jury report that was highly critical of the municipality’s failure to build its fair share of housing over the years, contributing to California’s severe housing crisis.”
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https://pressbanner.com/scotts-valley-pushes-back-on-civil-grand-jurys-housing-critiques/
Police1.com published an article by Shomik Mukherjee on September 1, 2023 that the “The Oakland Police Department has one year to speed up its notoriously slow emergency response times….The department’s slow 911 response has been the subject of public scrutiny for the past several years, including in two recent civil grand jury reports.”
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