August 31, 2012, 12:05 AM
The California attorney general’s office filed criminal charges this week against two former officials at the state developmental centers’ in-house police force for allegedly embezzling more than $100,000 in overtime pay. The charges stem from more than 2,500 overtime hours...
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August 9, 2012, 12:05 AM
Lawmakers directed the California State Auditor yesterday to examine the in-house police force at the state’s board-and-care institutions for the severely developmentally disabled. The force, called the Office of Protective Services, is responsible for protecting roughly 1,700 patients...
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July 31, 2012, 11:05 PM
With a suspect from the start, the Sonoma Developmental Center’s in-house police force made no arrest in a dozen patient assaults, choosing to handle the case administratively.
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June 7, 2012, 12:05 AM
In early 2009, a 16-year-old girl with mental retardation was slain at the Fairview Developmental Center in Orange County. The state-operated institution didn’t tell the public about the deadly assault. After three years, the California Department of Public Health penalized Fairview in...
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May 29, 2012, 5:39 PM
Two bills intended to improve police investigations into patient abuse and unexplained injuries at California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled passed the state Senate today. The legislation, SB 1051 and SB 1522, would require the state to notify outside law...
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
Police officers at the Office of Protective Services, the in-house force at California's five board-and-care institutions, are among the state government's most proficient users of overtime. The data below documents every sworn peace officer employed by the Office of Protective Services from 2006...
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
An unusually high number of officers at the state’s board-and-care facilities for the developmentally disabled have doubled their salaries by working extra hours.
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
To examine overtime at the Office of Protective Services, the in-house police force at California’s five developmental centers, California Watch performed a computer-assisted analysis of state and local finance data.
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May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
There are many agencies and individuals involved in the daily operations of California’s developmental centers and its police force, the Office of Protective Services. Here we list them – as well as organizations focused on protecting residents – by category.
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May 9, 2012, 12:05 AM
Wherever the developmentally disabled live, abuse is their neighbor. It comes as deliberate assault by caregivers and sometimes relatives. It comes as acts of frustration, when people exhausted from the relentless difficulties of caring for patients with intellectual disabilities shove and hit...
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May 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
State officials working to upgrade patient abuse investigations at California’s board-and-care institutions for the developmentally disabled aim to overhaul the in-house police force while also directing the most serious cases to outside agencies. The first part – implementing new...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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February 24, 2012, 4:51 PM
Listen to KQED's California Report for more on the abuse cases in the state's developmental centers.
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