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1 -**Washington County Sheriff's Office**
2 -
3 -**Administrative Division**
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5 -Policy Manual
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8 -Volume: AB
9 -
10 -**Staff Management**
11 -
12 -Chapter: 15
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14 -**Citizen Complaint**
15 -
16 -Replaces and/or Supersedes:
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18 -None.
19 -
20 -Published:
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22 -09/05/2013
23 -
24 -Review Date:
25 -
26 -09/05/2014
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28 -
29 -Sheriff Cory C. Pulsipher
30 -
31 -Undersheriff Bart Bailey
32 -
33 -
34 -**TABLE OF CONTENTS**
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36 -AB 15_101 Definitions
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38 -AB 15_102 General
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41 -__**AB 15_101 DEFINITIONS**__
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43 -1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
44 -1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
45 -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.
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47 -__**AB 15_102 GENERAL**__
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49 -1. Policy:
50 -11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)Complaints shall be forwarded to the Sheriff.
51 -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.
52 -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.
53 -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.
54 -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.
55 -11. (% style="font-size:1.0em;" %)The applicable division chief should be notified of the complaint and the final resolution.
56 -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.
57 -1. Rationale:
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59 -Citizen complaints need to be addressed effectively in order to preserve a positive public image of the WCSO.
60 -)))