MORE ON: Department of Developmental Services

Daily Report: Public Safety

Bills aim to alert local police to developmental center injuries

April 20, 2012, 5:50 PM
State lawmakers have introduced two bills to increase the number of agencies alerted about injuries and alleged crimes against patients at California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled. The law now requires developmental center officials to report patient deaths and serious... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Public Safety

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

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
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Audit of regional centers finds nepotism, fear of retaliation

August 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
A nonprofit executive awarded state funds to her sister even though the service was available at a lower cost. A chief executive breached a confidential police tipline. And workers spent $900,000 on transportation - purposely spiking the budget to ensure more money the next year. Those were... + read more
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