Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

71020.4.3 Duties of Identification/Warrants Unit Staff

• Staff assigned to the unit:

  • Locate the region of a parolee’s supervision.

  • Identify inmate’s assigned facility housing.

  • Provide commitment data to law enforcement and other authorized agencies with a need to know.

  • Provide information on persons discharged from the Department since 1957.

  • Place holds pursuant to PCPenal Code 3056 and/or W&I 3151 for the P&CSDParole & Community Services Division (see DAPO).

  • Conduct file searches and issue new identification numbers for newly received felons and civil addicts committed to the Department.

  • Respond to telephone inquiries that require nonconfidential information concerning felons/civil addicts.

  • Aid facilities and parole regions in identifying and locating inmates/parolees when the identification number is unknown.

  • Maintain the Department’s warrants register.

  • Maintain the FAX services for the Department and the BPT .

  • Act as headquarters’ duty officer. Receive facility duty officer reports by telefax service.

  • Dispatch BPT and NAEANarcotic Addiction Evaluation Authority warrants issued on parolees-at-large, releasees-at-large, and facility escapes. Warrants shall be abstracted by FAX upon request.

  • Microfilm and maintain the file of confidential material on discharge cases.