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CDCR details revised staff-complaint process and a new centralized allegation resolution unit
Summary
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told an Assembly subcommittee that it has revised staff-complaint procedures to centralize screening, expand investigative units and add a centralized allegation resolution unit intended to improve consistency and reduce bias in staff-misconduct investigations.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation described a redesigned staff-complaint process at an Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 hearing, saying the changes aim to improve consistency, limit bias and speed investigatory decisions.
David Criss, deputy director of CDCR's Office of Internal Affairs, outlined emergency regulations and policy changes that CDCR implemented beginning in 2020 and continuing through January 2025. "CDCR staff misconduct processes were designed with the goals of eliminating bias, increasing transparency, and improving staff accountability by addressing allegations of…
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