Report 2021-109 Recommendation Responses
Report 2021-109: San Diego County Sheriff's Department: It Has Failed to Adequately Prevent and Respond to the Deaths of Individuals in Its Custody (Release Date: February 2022)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that department staff promptly respond to unresponsive individuals, the Legislature should require the Sheriff's Department to revise its policies to require that sworn staff members immediately start CPR without waiting for medical approval, as safety procedures allow. The Legislature should also require that the Sheriff's Department provide sworn staff with additional training for starting CPR immediately and how to properly alert medical staff.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 268 (Weber, 2023) would, among other things, commencing July 1, 2024, require the BSCC to develop and adopt regulations pertaining to standards of care for incarcerated persons with mental health issues by local correctional facilities, including requiring that correctional officers be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and be required, when safe and appropriate to do so, to begin CPR on a nonresponsive person without obtaining approval from supervisors or medical staff. Bill is pending in Assembly Appropriations Committee 3/22/2023.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
As of September 2, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: September 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
As of September 2, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
Description of Legislative Action
As of April 4, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2022