Monday, March 18, 2013

Grand Jury preliminary report takes on County handling of AB 109 funds


Criminal justice officials meeting to implement California’s AB109 in Calaveras County were “disorganized, unfocused, repetitious, and hostile at times,” and have put the public’s safety at risk, the Calaveras County Grand Jury said in an interim report issued late Wednesday.
The Calaveras County Grand Jury is a group of private citizens empaneled by the courts to review government operations. Visit calaverasenterprise.com to read the full grand jury interim report.

The grand jury found that members of the Community Corrections Partnership, tasked with handling AB109’s realignment of prisoners, did not adhere to the Brown Act, failed to take adequate meeting minutes, were disorganized and disrespectful of each other and county departments.

To read full article by Joel Metzger of the Calaveras Enterprise CLICK HERE

To read full PDF preliminary report accessed through Calaveras Enterprise CLICK HERE