Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

33070.9.1 Referral of Complaint to the Centralized Screening Team

• Department staff receiving a written complaint from a complainant alleging staff misconduct toward an inmate or parolee, shall refer the complaint to the CST via the Central Repository, and notify their supervisor to determine if the complaint contains information constituting an imminent risk to personal safety, institutional security, or involves sexual abuse or acts of sexual misconduct as defined by PREA and the California Sexual Abuse in Detention Elimination Act.

• Department staff shall document in writing any verbal complaints received that involve an allegation that an inmate or parolee was subject to unnecessary or excessive use of force, staff-on-offender sexual misconduct, or sexual harassment. The departmental staff receiving the complaint shall refer the complaint to CST via the Central Repository, and immediately forward the complaint to their Hiring Authority.

• For allegations of staff misconduct not toward an inmate or parolee, the Hiring Authority shall not refer the allegation to CST, but may initiate an allegation inquiry, impose corrective action, or request an investigation or approval of direct adverse action, pursuant to the department’s regulations, policies and procedures.