Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

52070.19.8.3 Debriefing Report Disposition

• The gang investigator shall be responsible for having a copy of the debriefing report placed in the central file confidential folders of the subject (if appropriate) and all other inmates/parolees identified in the report. At the conclusion of the debriefing process and after the subject has initialed the pages or provided any exceptions to the report as defined in this DOMDepartment Operations Manual Article, Section 52070.20.8.1.1, the investigator shall place, along with the copy of the debriefing report, a sealed envelope which shall contain any and all original hand written documents, letters, notes, or drawings provided by the subject during the course of the debrief. The investigator shall then have the sealed envelope placed into the subject’s central file confidential folder. The investigator shall place a tracking sheet on the exterior of the sealed envelope to record the name, date, and purpose of any individual opening the envelope. The investigator may keep copies of the documents except for any document normally identified as a personal biographical history of the subject’s gang activities.

• The gang investigator shall immediately send a copy of the debriefing report to the Senior Special Agent.

• The Senior Special Agent shall file the data for future retrieval and information needs. Additionally, the Senior Special Agent shall route copies of debriefing reports to all other gang coordinators/investigators for their confidential review.

• The recipient gang investigators shall not duplicate, distribute, or copy the reports and shall return the reports to the Senior Special Agent by first-class mail for disposal.