County Responses to the AZ Supreme Court - Admin Office of the Courts - Juvenile Detention Centers Performance

PROBATION DEPARTMENT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY James A. Soto Primitivo Romero III Presiding Superior Court Judge Chief Probation Officer November 26, 2007 Ms. Debra K. Davenport, Auditor General State of Arizona Office of the Auditor General th2910 North 44 Street, Suite 410 Phoenix, Arizona 85018 Dear Ms. Davenport: I am in receipt of the revised preliminary draft report that was prepared by your office concerning Arizona’s juvenile detention centers. The revised report, which contains various recommendations relating to how we should operate our juvenile detention center in Santa Cruz County, was received on November 19, 2007. As requested in your letter dated November 16, 2007, the purpose of this letter is to respond to the various recommendations that were included in said report. I will include the recommendation that was made and respond accordingly based on the instructions provided in your letter. a. Restrict access to its control room to only necessary control room and supervisory personnel. The finding of the Auditor General is agreed to and the audit recommendation will be implemented. We are committed to making some significant adjustments in terms of who has access to the control room. A decision has been made to designate a control room officer for each shift, where said officer will be ...