Office of Correctional Safety
The Office of Correctional Safety (OCS) supports the mission of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The OCS mission is to protect the public and serve the CDCR investigative and security interests. The OCS is the primary departmental link with allied law enforcement agencies and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. The Chief, OCS, has authority over all OCS staff and operations.
The OCS is comprised of seven sub-units:
- Special Services Unit (SSU) conducts the major criminal investigations and prosecutions, criminal apprehension efforts of prison escapees and parolees wanted for serious and violent felonies, primary departmental gang management unit, conducts complex gang related investigations of inmates and parolees suspected of criminal gang activity; and administrative investigative and law enforcement liaison unit.
- Specialized Technology and Investigations Unit (STIU) conducts complex investigations leveraging existing technologies to support the security and investigative interests of the Department.
- Fugitive Apprehension Teams (FAT) conduct field arrest operations of high-risk parolee violators/absconders.
- Emergency Operations Unit (EOU) oversees special departmental operations such as special transports; hostage rescue; riot suppression; firearms, less lethal weapons, and armories; critical incident response; and protective vests.
- Emergency Planning and Management Unit (EPMU) oversees departmental emergency planning, preparedness, response and recovery needs and manages the Department Operations Center (DOC).
- Criminal Intelligence and Analysis Unit (CIAU) conducts and analyzes information regarding criminal suspects and criminal enterprise organizations with a nexus to California state prisons to identify threats, support investigations, and guide leadership decisions.
- Investigative Training Unit (ITU) monitors statewide investigative training needs and procurement, compliance with POST standards, and may serve as lead in support of organizational and departmental investigative training initiatives.