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Inspector General requests funds to expand monitoring of staff-misconduct investigations
Summary
At a legislative budget hearing, the California Office of the Inspector General detailed a budget change proposal to add investigative staff and attorneys to increase monitoring and direct investigation of staff sexual-misconduct cases; the OIG cited a March spike in complaints and limited current coverage.
The California Office of the Inspector General told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 that it needs additional staff and funding to monitor and investigate allegations of staff sexual misconduct inside the state prison system.
“Because we do not yet have funding or staffing to fully implement our new statutory duties, we have begun some preliminary work to develop our process,” Inspector General Amarik Singh told the committee. He described a budget change proposal that would add investigators and attorneys so the office can monitor a larger share of complaints and, when necessary, open its own supplemental investigations.
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