Chapter 4 – Information Technology

47050.11 Sensitive Property and Physical Inventory

• Consistent with DOMDepartment Operations Manual Chapter 2, Subsection 22030.12.1, all portable and mobile radio equipment shall be considered sensitive property as well as safety equipment. While on duty, radios shall be easily accessible by the assigned staff and shall be turned on. When a radio is issued to a staff member for on-going use, the staff member shall be responsible for maintaining the radio with a charged battery and shall be responsible for immediately notifying their supervisor if the radio or related equipment has been lost, stolen, or damaged. The employee’s supervisor shall be responsible to notify the radio liaison of the lost or damaged equipment. Portable radios shall not be left in clearly visible areas of unattended vehicles, or accessible to inmates, wards, or parolees. If the equipment is lost, stolen, or damaged due to negligence or culpability, the employee may be subject to actions in accordance with DOMDepartment Operations Manual, Section 85050.5.

• Each institution and juvenile justice facility housing public safety radio communications equipment shall ensure the communications vault is alarm controlled and monitored.

• Each division operating approved CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation radio equipment shall develop an inventory plan that shall include an annual physical inventory conducted on all portable, mobile, and fixed radio equipment and reconciled with the RCU.