Bill Text: CA SB680 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 680 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Corrections: Internal Affairs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB680 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB680-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 680	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wright

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 6133 of the Penal Code, relating to
corrections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 680, as amended, Wright. Corrections: Internal Affairs.
   Existing law establishes the Bureau of Independent Review within
the office of the Inspector General to provide public oversight of
specified investigations conducted by the Department of Corrections
and Rehabilitation, and to issue reports to the Governor and the
Legislature that are required to include specified content.
   This bill would provide that the Bureau of Independent Review
shall provide public review  and monitoring  , rather than
public oversight, of those same investigations conducted by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and would delete
specified required elements from the reporting mandate.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 6133 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   6133.  (a) There is created within the Office of the Inspector
General a Bureau of Independent Review (BIR), which shall be subject
to the direction of the Inspector General.
   (b) The BIR shall be responsible for contemporaneous public review
 and monitoring  of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation investigations conducted by the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation's Office of Internal Affairs. The BIR
shall also be responsible for advising the public regarding the
adequacy of each investigation, and whether discipline of the subject
of the investigation is warranted. The BIR shall have discretion to
provide public review  and monitoring  of other Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation personnel investigations as needed.

   (c) (1) The BIR shall issue regular reports, no less than
annually, to the Governor and the Legislature summarizing its
recommendations concerning its review  and monitoring  of
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation allegations of
internal misconduct and use of force. The BIR shall also issue
regular reports, no less than semiannually, summarizing its review
 and monitoring  of Office of Internal Affairs
investigations pursuant to subdivision (b). The reports shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
   (A) Data on the number, type, and disposition of complaints made
against correctional officers and staff.
   (B) A synopsis of each matter reviewed by the BIR.
   (C) An assessment of the quality of the investigation, the
appropriateness of any disciplinary charges, and when founded, the
level of discipline afforded.
   (D) The report of any settlement.
   (E) The extent to which any discipline was modified after
imposition.
   (2) The reports shall be in a form which does not identify the
agency employees involved in the alleged misconduct.
   (3) The reports shall be posted on the Inspector General's Web
site and otherwise made available to the public upon their release to
the Governor and the Legislature.