Finding F4
Child Welfare Services and Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office have different understandings of what security is needed for social workers in the field during volatile or hazardous calls.
Jury report: Child Welfare Services in Calaveras County: Striving for Success—Doing More With Less · PDF page 6
Permanent linkOfficial response
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office
The Board disagrees, citing responsive assistance and regular communication. The Sheriff explicitly neither agrees nor disagrees and says its responses depend on requests received.
Read official response · PDF page 92The Board’s position and explanation appear on page 92; the Sheriff’s different position and operational explanation appear on pages 93–94. Both are clearly attributable, but a single numeric score cannot be mapped to both respondents without concealing the difference.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.