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1 +AB 15 Citizen Complaint
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1 1  **Washington County Sheriff's Office**
2 2  
3 -ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
3 +**Administrative Division**
4 4  
5 5  Policy Manual
6 6  
7 7  
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9 9  Volume: AB
10 10  
11 -**Staff Management**
10 +Staff Management
12 12  
13 13  Chapter: 15
14 14  
15 -**Citizen Complaint**
14 +Citizen Complaint
16 16  
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17 17  Replaces and/or Supersedes:
18 18  
19 19  None.
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27 27  09/05/2014
28 28  
29 29  
30 +Sheriff Cory C. Pulsipher
30 30  
32 +Undersheriff Bart Bailey
31 31  
32 -Sheriff
33 33  
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35 +__**TABLE OF CONTENTS**__
35 35  
37 +AB 15_101 Definitions
36 36  
39 +AB 15_102 General
37 37  
38 -Undersheriff County Attorney's Office
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42 +**AB 15_101 __DEFINITIONS__**
41 41  
42 -**TABLE OF CONTENTS**
44 +1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
45 +1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
46 +1. Complaint: For the purposes of this policy, a complaint is defined as a complaint against the WCSO or a WCSO employee from a non-incarcerated person. Complaints from incarcerated inmates are termed “inmate grievances” and are handled according to policy: CG 03 Inmate Grievances.
43 43  
44 -1. Definitions
45 -1. General
48 +**AB 15_102 __GENERAL__**
46 46  
47 -1. __**DEFINITIONS**__
48 -11. WCSO(((
49 -Washington County Sheriff's Office
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51 -11. PCF(((
52 -Purgatory Correctional Facility
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54 -11. Complaint(((
55 -For the purposes of this policy, a complaint is defined as a complaint against the WCSO or a WCSO employee from a non-incarcerated person. Complaints from incarcerated inmates are termed “inmate grievances” and are handled according to policy: CG 03 Inmate Grievances.
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57 -1. __**GENERAL**__
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59 -1.
60 -11. Policy:
61 -111. Complaints shall be forwarded to the Sheriff.
62 -111. A person wishing to submit a complaint should be encouraged to do so in writing via a Citizen Complaint form.
63 -111. A Citizen Complaint form may be submitted via the WCSO website or obtained and submitted at the WCSO main office window.
64 -111. If a person does not wish to submit his or her complaint in writing, the employee receiving the verbal complaint shall draft a detailed email and forward the complaint to the Sheriff via email.
65 -111. Under the direction of the Sheriff, the Sheriff's designee shall oversee the research, investigation, tracking, and resolution of complaints.
66 -111. The applicable division chief should be notified of the complaint and the final resolution.
67 -111. If applicable, employee discipline shall be in accordance with policy: AB 10 Corrective Action and Discipline and policy: AB 11 Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations.
68 -11. Rationale:
69 -111. (((
50 +1. Policy:
51 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)Complaints shall be forwarded to the Sheriff.
52 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)A person wishing to submit a complaint should be encouraged to do so in writing via a Citizen Complaint form.
53 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)A Citizen Complaint form may be submitted via the WCSO website or obtained and submitted at the WCSO main office window.
54 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)If a person does not wish to submit his or her complaint in writing, the employee receiving the verbal complaint shall draft a detailed email and forward the complaint to the Sheriff via email.
55 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)Under the direction of the Sheriff, the Sheriff's designee shall oversee the research, investigation, tracking, and resolution of complaints.
56 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)The applicable division chief should be notified of the complaint and the final resolution.
57 +11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)If applicable, employee discipline shall be in accordance with policy: AB 10 Corrective Action and Discipline and policy: AB 11 Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations.
58 +1. Rationale:
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70 70  Citizen complaints need to be addressed effectively in order to preserve a positive public image of the WCSO.
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