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Developmental centers' police need immediate fixes, state officials say

March 13, 2012, 6:16 PM
SACRAMENTO – Investigations of patient abuse by in-house police at California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled have been unacceptably poor for years and must be fixed immediately, state officials and patient advocates agreed during a hearing today. At a hearing of... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Senate hearing to examine police work at developmental centers

March 12, 2012, 6:08 PM
Ten years ago, news stories about mishandled abuse cases led state officials to debate whether to overhaul a police force at California institutions for the severely developmentally disabled or dismantle it. The state did neither. In the decade since, the force, called the Office of... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Lawmakers call for audit of developmental center police

February 29, 2012, 5:26 PM
California lawmakers have asked for a state audit into police investigations of suspicious patient deaths and injuries at institutions for the developmentally disabled. In a letter to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Sen. Joel Anderson, R-El Cajon, and Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose,... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Hearings sought to examine handling of patient abuse cases

February 24, 2012, 6:32 PM
California lawmakers said they would hold public hearings and conduct on-site investigations into a police force charged with probing patient deaths and suspicious injuries at the state's institutions for the developmentally disabled. The calls for hearings came in response to a California... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Unexplained deaths behind closed doors

February 24, 2012, 5:08 PM
Dead at 50 with a severely broken neck, Van Ingraham’s injuries looked suspicious. But many deaths at California’s state-run institutions are not thoroughly investigated. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

KQED California Report: Unsolved abuse at state's developmental centers

February 24, 2012, 4:51 PM
Listen to KQED's California Report for more on the abuse cases in the state's developmental centers. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Video — Manner of Death: Undetermined

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
After Van Ingraham was found with his neck broken at the Fairview Developmental Center, police at the state institution closed the case without answers. But the patient's heartbroken brother went after evidence that state investigators had missed. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Veteran detectives identify death investigation’s key mistakes

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Two experienced homicide detectives identify six errors in how the Office of Protective Services investigated a patient's death. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Document: Ingraham case file

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Read how police investigated the death of a 50-year-old patient found with a broken neck. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Basic police work ignored in autistic patient’s suspicious death

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Dead at 50 with a severely broken neck, Van Ingraham’s injuries looked suspicious. But police took the word of a blind man over three medical experts.  + read more
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