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1 -**Washington County Sheriff's Office**
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3 -**Administrative Division**
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5 -Policy Manual
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8 -Volume: AB
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10 -Staff Management
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12 -Chapter: 15
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14 -Citizen Complaint
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16 -
17 -Replaces and/or Supersedes:
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19 -None.
20 -
21 -Published:
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23 -09/05/2013
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25 -Review Date:
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27 -03/01/2022
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29 -
30 -Sheriff Nate Brooksby
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32 -Undersheriff Barry Golding
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34 -
35 -__**TABLE OF CONTENTS**__
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37 -AB 15_101 Definitions
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39 -AB 15_102 General
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42 -**AB 15_101 __DEFINITIONS__**
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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.
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48 -**AB 15_102 __GENERAL__**
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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>>doc:Policy.Administrative.AB 10 Corrective Action and Discipline.WebHome]] and policy: [[AB 11 Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations>>doc:Policy.Administrative.AB 11 Internal Affairs and Criminal Investigations.WebHome]].
58 -1. Rationale:
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60 -Citizen complaints need to be addressed effectively in order to preserve a positive public image of the WCSO.
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