San Mateo County, Menlo Park Police Department (2020-2022 inspection cycle)

March 24, 2022 David Norris, Chief of Police Menlo Park Police Department 701 Laurel St. Menlo Park, CA 94025 2020-2022 BIENNIAL INSPECTION OF MENLO PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY, 6031 PC & 209 WIC Dear Chief Norris, On January 26, 2022, staff of the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) conducted the 2020-2022 biennial inspection of the Meno Park Police Department’s Temporary Holding Facility. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031, this inspection was performed to determine compliance with the Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities as outlined in Titles 15 and 24, California Code of Regulations (CCR). In addition, BSCC staff conducted compliance monitoring pursuit to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 209(f) for the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). The complete BSCC inspection report is enclosed and consists of: this transmittal letter; the Title 15 Procedures Checklist outlining applicable minimum standards for the facility; the Physical Plant Evaluation outlining Title 24 requirements for design of the facility; the Living Area Space Evaluation summarizing the physical plant configuration and showing the capacity of the facility. Refer to the Title 15 Checklist for indication of compliance status and evidence used to determine compliance. We encourage the practice of maintaining a permanent file for historical copies of all inspections that would also include documentation of corrections made following the inspection. This file should be the first point of reference when preparing for all future inspections. LOCAL INSPECTIONS In addition to the biennial inspection by the BSCC, inspections are also required annually by the County Health Department and biennially by the State Fire Marshal or an authorized representative (Health and Safety Code Sections 101045 and 13146.1). Please consider our report in conjunction with the reports from the County Health Department and the respective fire authorities for a comprehensive perspective of your facilities. Local inspection reports are forwarded to your Department under a separate cover. Each of the local inspections were current. March 7, 2022 David Norris, Chief of Police Page 2 Inspection Date Fire and Life Safety 9/2020 Medical and Mental Health 11/16/2021 Environmental Health 11/16/2021 Nutrition. N/A BSCC INSPECTION Title 15, CCR Inspection Our evaluation consisted of reviewing only those policies and procedures related specifically to the applicable regulations included in Title 15, CCR. We found no items of noncompliance. Please refer to the Procedures Checklist for detailed information. Title 24, CCR Physical Plant There were no changes made to the physical plant. We found no items of noncompliance. Please refer to the Physical Plant Checklist for detailed information. Corrective Action Plan No areas of non-compliance were noted, no corrective action required. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Compliance Minors are not held in the detention facility. This concludes our inspection report for the 2020-2022 biennial inspection cycle of the Menlo Park Police Department’s Temporary Holding Facility. If you should have any questions, please contact me at (916) 956-5968 or email at michael.bush@bscc.ca.gov. Sincerely, MICHAEL J. BUSH Field Representative Facilities Standards and Operations Division Enclosures cc: City Manager, City of Menlo Park* Presiding Judge, Superior Court, County of San Mateo* Grand Jury Foreman, Superior Court, County of San Mateo* * Complete copies of this inspection are available at www.bscc.ca.gov 4995 Menlo Park PD TH LRT; 2020-2022 - TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITIES Board of State and Community Corrections PROCEDURES1 BSCC Code: 4995 FACILITY NAME: Menlo Park Police Department FACILITY TYPE: TH PERSON(S) INTERVIEWED: Corporal Paul Phu FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 01/26/2022 TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1024 COURT HOLDING AND TEMPORARY Policy 324- Temporary Custody of Juveniles HOLDING FACILITY TRAINING Policy 900-Temporary Custody of Adults Custodial personnel who supervise inmates in, and All officers have received their initial training. supervisors of, a Court Holding or Temporary Holding facility shall complete 8 hours of specialized training. Such training shall include, but not be limited to: (a) applicable minimum jail standards; (b) jail operations liability; ☒ ☐ ☐ (c) inmate segregation; (d) emergency procedures and planning, fire and life safety; and, (e) suicide prevention. Each agency shall determine if additional training is needed based upon, but not limited to, the complexity of the facility, the number of inmates, the employees' level of experience and training, and other relevant factors Such training shall be completed as soon as practical, but in any event not more than six months after the date of assigned responsibility, or the effective date of this regulation. Successful completion of Core training or supplemental ☒ ☐ ☐ Core training, pursuant to Section 1020, Corrections Officer Core Course, may be substituted for the initial eight hours of training. Eight hours of refresher training shall be completed once 900.3- Holding Facility Training every two years. Successful completion of the requirements ☒ ☐ ☐ in Section 1025, Continuing Professional Training may be All officers have received their refresher substituted for the eight hour refresher. training. 1027 NUMBER OF PERSONNEL 900.1.1 Supervision of Prisoners 900.3.1 Supervision of Prisoners A sufficient number of personnel shall be employed in each ☒ ☐ ☐ local detention facility to ensure the implementation and Arresting officers or their designees remain operation of the programs and activities required by these with the detainees. regulations. Whenever there is an inmate in custody, there shall be at 900.3.2 Supervision in 900.3.2 least one employee on duty at all times in a local detention facility or in the building which houses a local detention ☒ ☐ ☐ facility who shall be immediately available and accessible to inmates in the event of an emergency. 1 This document is intended for use as a tool during the inspection process; this worksheet may not contain each Title 15 regulation that is required. Additionally, many regulations on this worksheet are SUMMARIES of the regulation; the text on this worksheet may not contain the entire text of the actual regulation. Please refer to the complete California Code of Regulations, Title 15, Minimum Standards for Local Facilities, Division 1, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4 for the complete list and text of regulations. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 1 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS Such an employee shall not have any other duties which 900.3.2 Supervision in Temporary Custody would conflict with the supervision and care of inmates in ☒ ☐ ☐ the event of an emergency. Whenever one or more female inmates are in custody, there 900.3.2 Supervision in Temporary Custody shall be at least one female employee who shall be ☒ ☐ ☐ immediately available and accessible to such females. Note: Reference PC§ 4021. To determine if there is a sufficient number of personnel for 900.3.3 Staffing Plan a specific facility, the facility administrator shall prepare and retain a staffing plan indicating the personnel assigned in the facility and their duties. Such a staffing plan shall be ☒ ☐ ☐ reviewed by the Board staff at the time of their biennial inspection. The results of such a review and recommendations shall be reported to the local jurisdiction having fiscal responsibility for the facility. 1027.5 SAFETY CHECKS 900.1.1- Direct, visual observation at random intervals, within time frame. Safety checks shall be conducted at least hourly through direct visual observation of all inmates. There shall be no Prisoners are rarely placed in a holding cell. ☒ ☐ ☐ more than a 60-minute lapse between safety checks. However, BSCC staff was able to review and verified when they were placed. Each log was within the regulation standard 60-mins time frame. There is a written plan that includes the documentation of 900.1.1- Direct, visual observation ☒ ☐ ☐ routine safety checks. 1028 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY STAFF 900.3.3 - Arresting officers or their designees remain with the detainees. Whenever there is an inmate in custody, there shall be at ☒ ☐ ☐ least one person on duty at all times who meets the training standards established by the BSCC for general fire and life safety. (Penal Code section 6030[e]) The facility manager shall ensure that there is at least one All arresting officers meet fire- and life-safety person on duty who trained in fire and life safety procedures ☒ ☐ ☐ training. that relate specifically to the facility. 1029 POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL 2 Policy 324 & 900- Temporary of Juveniles & Adults Facility administrator(s) shall develop and publish a manual of policy and procedures for the facility. The policy and procedures manual shall address all applicable Title 15 and Title 24 regulations and shall be comprehensively reviewed and updated at least every two years. Such a manual shall be made available to all employees. ☒ ☐ ☐ The policies and procedures required in subsections (a)(6) and (a)(7) may be placed in a separate manual to ensure confidentiality. Subsections c and d do not apply and have been deleted. (a) The manual for Temporary Holding, Type I, II, and III facilities shall provide for, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Table of organization, including channels of 900.3 General Criteria and Supervision ☒ ☐ ☐ communications. 2 Procedures related to security and emergency response may be in a separate manual to ensure confidentiality by limiting general access. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 2 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (2) Inspections and operations reviews by the facility 900.2 Policy (General) ☒ ☐ ☐ administrator/manager. (3) Policy on the use of force. ☒ ☐ ☐ 300 Use of Force (4) Policy on the use of restraint equipment, including the 900.3.1 (b) Individuals who should not be in restraint of pregnant inmates as referenced in Penal Code ☒ ☐ ☐ custody. Section 3407. 306.3.2 Restraint of pregnant persons (5) Procedure and criteria for screening newly received 900.4.1 Screening and Placement inmates for release per Penal Code sections 849(b)(2) and 900.11 Release and/ or Transfer ☐ ☐ ☒ 853.6, and any other such processes as the facility administrator is empowered to use. (6) Security and control including: ☒ ☐ ☐ (A) physical counts of inmates, 900.5.2 Temporary Custody Logs ☒ ☐ ☐ (B) searches of the facility and inmates, ☒ ☐ ☐ 902 Custodial Searches (C) contraband control, and, 900.8 Holding Cells ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.7 Personal Property 902 Custodial Searches (D) key control. 900.11 Assigned Administrator ☒ ☐ ☐ Each facility administrator shall, at least annually, review, evaluate, and make a record of security measures. The review and evaluation shall include internal and external security ☒ ☐ ☐ measures of the facility including security measures specific to prevention of sexual abuse and sexual harassment. (7) Emergency procedures include: 900.5.4 Fire Safety (A) fire suppression preplan as required by section ☒ ☐ ☐ 1032 of these regulations; (B) escape, disturbances, and the taking of hostages; ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.4 Fire Safety (C) mass arrests; ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.4 Fire Safety (D) natural disasters; ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.4 Fire Safety (E) periodic testing of emergency equipment; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.4 Fire Safety (F) storage, issue, and use of weapons, ammunition, 900.5.4 Fire Safety ☒ ☐ ☐ chemical agents, and related security devices. (8) Suicide Prevention. 900.9 Suicide Attempt, Death or Serious Injury ☒ ☐ ☐ (9) Segregation of Inmates. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.4.1 (10) Zero tolerance in the prevention of sexual abuse and 900.4.1 (b)1.-Screening and Placement ☒ ☐ ☐ sexual harassment. (11) Policy and procedure to detect, prevent, and respond 900.4.1(b)2.-Advise Watch Commander and to retaliation against any staff or inmate after reporting ☒ ☐ ☐ Provide victim with heightened protection. any abuse. (e) The manual for Temporary Holding, Court Holding, 904 Prison Rape Elimination Type I, II, III, and IV facilities shall provide for, but not be limited to, the following: (1) multiple internal ways for inmates to privately report sexual abuse and sexual harassment, retaliation by other ☒ ☐ ☐ inmates or staff for reporting sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and staff neglect or violation of responsibilities that may have contributed to such incidents, 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 3 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS (2) a method for uninvolved inmates, family, 904 Prison Rape Elimination community members, and other interested third-parties to report sexual abuse or sexual harassment. The ☒ ☐ ☐ method for reporting shall be publicly posted at the facility. 1030 SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM 900.3.1 (d) Individuals who are a suspected suicide risk The facility shall have a comprehensive written suicide 900.9 Suicide attempt, death, or serious injury prevention program developed by the facility administrator, ☒ ☐ ☐ in conjunction with the health authority and mental health These types of prisoners will not be held in the director, to identify, monitor, and provide treatment to those facility but transfer to the county jail. inmates who present a suicide risk. The program shall include the following: The remainder of the section is deleted. 1032 FIRE SUPPRESSION PREPLANNING 900.5.4 Fire Safety 900.8.1 Evacuation of Temporary Holding Pursuant to Penal Code Section 6031.1(b), the facility Facility administrator shall consult with the local fire department ☒ ☐ ☐ having jurisdiction over the facility, with the State Fire Marshal, or both, in developing a plan for fire suppression which shall include, but not be limited to: (a) a fire suppression pre-plan developed with the local fire 900.5 Fire Safety department to be included as part of the policy and procedures ☒ ☐ ☐ manual (Title 15, California Code of Regulations Section 1029); (b) regular fire prevention inspections by facility staff on a 900.5 Fire Safety monthly basis with two-year retention of the inspection ☒ ☐ ☐ record; (c) fire prevention inspections as required by Health and Last fire inspection December 09 2020 Safety Code Section 13146.1(a) and (b) which requires ☒ ☐ ☐ inspections at least once every two years; (d) an evacuation plan; and, ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.8.1 Evacuation (e) a plan for the emergency housing of inmates in the case of Will not house in an emergency situation. ☒ ☐ ☐ fire. Transported to the county jail or released. 1044 INCIDENT REPORTS 900.5.1 Temporary Custody Logs Each facility administrator shall develop written policies and No reported incidents which result in physical procedures for the maintenance of written records and ☒ ☐ ☐ harm, or serious threat of physical harm, to an reporting of all incidents which result in physical harm, or employee or inmate of a detention facility or serious threat of physical harm, to an employee or inmate of other person during this cycle. a detention facility or other person. Such records shall include the names of the persons 900.9 Suicide Attempt, Death, or serious Injury involved, a description of the incident, the actions taken, and ☒ ☐ ☐ the date and time of the occurrence. Such a written record shall be prepared by the staff assigned 900.5.1 Temporary Custody Logs to investigate the incident and submitted to the facility ☒ ☐ ☐ manager or his/her designee. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 4 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1046 DEATH IN CUSTODY 900.9 Suicide Attempt, death, or serious injury (a) Death in Custody Reviews for Adults and Minors. The facility administrator, in cooperation with the health administrator, shall develop written policy and procedures ☒ ☐ ☐ to ensure that there is an initial review of every in-custody death within 30 days. The review team shall include the facility administrator and/or the facility manager, the health administrator, the responsible physician and other health care and supervision staff who are relevant to the incident. Deaths shall be reviewed to determine the appropriateness of 900.9 Suicide Attempt, death, or serious injury clinical care; whether changes to policies, procedures, or ☒ ☐ ☐ practices are warranted; and to identify issues that require further study. (b) Death of a Minor 900.9 Suicide Attempt, death, or serious injury In any case in which a minor dies while detained in a jail, ☒ ☐ ☐ lockup, or court holding facility: (1) The administrator of the facility shall provide to the 900.9 Suicide Attempt, death, or serious injury Board a copy of the report submitted to the Attorney General under Government Code Section 12525. A copy ☒ ☐ ☐ of the report shall be submitted within 10 calendar days after the death. (2) Upon receipt of a report of death of a minor from the 900.9 Suicide Attempt, death, or serious injury administrator, the Board may within 30 calendar days inspect and evaluate the jail, lockup, or court holding ☒ ☐ ☐ facility pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter. Any inquiry made by the Board shall be limited to the standards and requirements set forth in these regulations. 1050 CLASSIFICATION PLAN 900.3.1 Supervision of Prisoners (a) Each administrator of a temporary holding, Type I, II, or Due to COVID-19, for the past 2 yrs, prisoners III facility shall develop and implement a written are rarely held in the facility. BSCC staff were classification plan designed to properly assign inmates to able to review a few inmate classification and housing units and activities according to the categories of sex, medical screening forms. All forms were age, criminal sophistication, seriousness of crime charged, complete. physical or mental health needs, assaultive/non-assaultive behavior, risk of being sexually abused, or sexually harassed and other criteria which will provide for the safety of the ☒ ☐ ☐ inmates and staff. Such housing unit assignment shall be accomplished to the extent possible within the limits of the available number of distinct housing units or cells in a facility. The written classification plan shall be based on objective criteria and include receiving screening performed at the time of intake by trained personnel, and a record of each inmate's classification level, housing restrictions, and housing assignments. (Subsection b does not apply and has been deleted.) (c) In deciding whether to assign an inmate to a housing area 900.3.1 Supervision of Prisoners for male or female inmates, and in making other housing and programming assignments, the agency shall consider on a case-by-case basis whether a placement would ensure the ☒ ☐ ☐ inmate's health and safety, and whether the placement would present management or security problems. An inmate's own views with respect to his or her own safety shall be given serious consideration. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 5 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1051 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 900.4 Initiating temporary custody The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies and ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures specifying those symptoms that require segregation of an inmate until a medical evaluation is completed. At the time of intake into the facility, an inquiry shall be 900.4 Initiating temporary custody made of the person being booked as to whether or not he/she has or has had any communicable diseases, such as Prisoners with known communicable diseases tuberculosis or has observable symptoms of tuberculosis or ☐ ☐ ☒ will not be held in the facility. any other communicable diseases, or other special medical problem identified by the health authority. The response shall be noted on the booking form and/or screening device. 1052 MENTALLY DISORDERED INMATES 900.3.1 (J) Subjects who should not be in temporary custody The facility administrator, in cooperation with the 900.4 Initiating temporary custody ☒ ☐ ☐ responsible physician, shall develop written policies and procedures to identify and evaluate all mentally disordered inmates, and may include telehealth. If an evaluation from medical or mental health staff is not 900.3.1 (J) Subjects who should not be in readily available, an inmate shall be considered mentally temporary custody disordered for the purpose of this section if he or she appears 900.4 Initiating temporary custody to be a danger to himself/herself or others or if he/she appears gravely disabled. ☐ ☐ ☒ Prisoners with known mental health issues will be automatic transported to an appropriate An evaluation from medical or mental health staff shall be facility. secured within 24 hours of identification or at the next daily sick call, whichever is earliest. Segregation may be used if necessary to protect the safety of 900.3.1 (J) Subjects who should not be in the inmate or others. ☒ ☐ ☐ temporary custody 900.4 Initiating temporary custody 1053 ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION 900.3.1 Supervision of Prisoners Except in Type IV facilities, each facility administrator shall Prisoners who are disruptive to the safety and develop written policies and procedures which provide for security of the facility will not be detained in the the administrative segregation of inmates who are facility. determined to be prone to: promote activity or behavior that is criminal in nature or disruptive to facility operations; demonstrate influence over other inmates, including influence to promote or direct action or behavior that is ☒ ☐ ☐ criminal in nature or disruptive to the safety and security of other inmates or facility staff, as well as to the safe operation of the facility; escape; assault, attempted assault, or participation in a conspiracy to assault or harm other inmates or facility staff; or likely to need protection from other inmates, if such administrative segregation is determined to be necessary in order to obtain the objective of protecting the welfare of inmates and staff. Administrative segregation shall consist of separate and 900.3.1 Supervision of Prisoners secure housing but shall not involve any other deprivation of privileges than is necessary to obtain the objective of ☐ ☐ ☒ protecting the inmates and staff. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 6 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1055 USE OF SAFETY CELL This facility has no safety cell. The safety cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section Remainder of section is deleted. ☐ ☐ ☒ 1231.2.5, shall be used to hold only those inmates who display behavior which results in the destruction of property or reveals an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. 1056 USE OF SOBERING CELL This facility does not have a sobering facility. The sobering cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section Remainder of section is deleted. 1231.2.4, shall be used for the holding of inmates who are a ☐ ☐ ☒ threat to their own safety or the safety of others due to their state of intoxication and pursuant to written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator. 1057 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED 900.3.1 Individuals Who Should Not Be in INMATES Temporary Custody The facility administrator, in cooperation with the These prisoners would be transported to an ☒ ☐ ☐ responsible physician, shall develop written policies and appropriate facility. procedures for the identification and evaluation, appropriate classification and housing, protection, and nondiscrimination of all developmentally disabled inmates. The health authority or designee shall contact the regional center on any inmate suspected or confirmed to be developmentally disabled for the purposes of diagnosis ☐ ☐ ☒ and/or treatment within 24 hours of such determination, excluding holidays and weekends. 1058 USE OF RESTRAINT DEVICES Restraints are not used as described in this regulation. The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies and 900.3.1 Individuals Who Should Not Be in procedures for the use of restraint devices and may delegate Temporary Custody authority to place an inmate in restraints to a responsible ☒ ☐ ☐ health care staff. The Use of Restraint policy requires transfer of the inmate immediately to the county jail or the hospital. Remainder of section is deleted. 1058.5 RESTRAINTS AND PREGNANT INMATES Restraints are not used as described in this regulation. The facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall develop written policies and 900.3.1 Individuals Who Should Not Be in procedures for the use of restraint devices on pregnant Temporary Custody inmates. In accordance with Penal Code 3407 the policy ☒ ☐ ☐ shall include reference to the following: The Use of Restraint policy requires transfer of the inmate immediately to the county jail or the hospital. Remainder of section is deleted. 1067 ACCESS TO TELEPHONE 900.5.6 Telephone calls The facility administrator shall develop written policies and ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures which allow reasonable access to a telephone beyond those telephone calls which are required by Section 851.5 of the Penal Code. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 7 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1068 ACCESS TO COURTS AND COUNSEL 900.5.10 Attorneys and Bail Bondsmen The facility administrator shall develop written policies and ☒ ☐ ☐ procedures to ensure inmates have access to the court and to legal counsel. Such access shall consist of: (a) unlimited mail as provided in Section 1063 of these ☒ ☐ ☐ regulations, and, (b) confidential consultation with attorneys. ☒ ☐ ☐ 900.5.10 Attorneys and Bail Bondsmen 1080 RULES AND DISCIPLINARY PENALTIES 900.5.11 Discipline Wherever discipline is administered, each facility ☐ ☐ ☒ Discipline would not be administered to any administrator shall establish written rules and disciplinary individual. penalties to guide inmate conduct. 1081 PLAN FOR INMATE DISCIPLINE 900.5.11 Discipline If discipline is NOT administered, written policy should Discipline would not be administered to any indicate as such. If discipline is administered, Sections individual. 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083 and 1084 apply. ☐ ☐ ☒ Each facility administrator shall develop written policies and procedures for inmate discipline. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: 1082 FORMS OF DISCIPLINE 900.5.11 Discipline The degree of punitive actions taken by the disciplinary Discipline would not be administered to any officer shall be directly related to the severity of the rule individual. infraction. Acceptable forms of discipline shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Loss of privileges. (b) Extra work detail. ☐ ☐ ☒ (c) Short term lockdown for less than 24 hours. (d) Removal from work details. (e) Forfeiture of “good time” credits earned under Penal Code Section 4019. (f) Forfeiture of “work time” credits earned under Penal Code Section 4019. (g) Disciplinary separation. (h) Disciplinary separation diet. 1083 LIMITATIONS ON DISCIPLINARY 900.5.11 Discipline ACTIONS Discipline would not be administered to any The Penal Code and the State Constitution expressly individual. prohibit all cruel and unusual punishment. Additionally, there shall be the following limitations: (a) If an inmate is on disciplinary separation status for 30 ☐ ☐ ☒ consecutive days there shall be a review by the facility manager before the disciplinary separation status is continued. This review shall include a consultation with health care staff. Such reviews shall continue at least every fifteen days thereafter until the disciplinary status has ended. This review shall be documented. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 8 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot - TITLE 15 SECTION YES NO N/A P/P REFERENCE – COMMENTS 1084 DISCIPLINARY RECORDS 900.5.11 Discipline Penal Code Section 4019.5 requires that a record is kept of all disciplinary infractions and punishment administered ☐ ☐ ☒ therefore. This requirement may be satisfied by retaining copies of rule violation reports and report of the disposition of each. DETENTION OF MINORS YES NO COMMENTS Are minors held in this facility? Youth are not held in the facility. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) establishes the following federal standards on the detention of minors: (1) Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders ☐ ☒ (2) Separation (3) Jail Removal (6-hour limit) The JJDPA requires an annual inspection on the federal standards for facilities that hold minors in secure detention. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PRO 20-22 - 9 - A351 TH PRO eff. 1/2019 (18-20).dot ADULT COURT AND TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITIES PHYSICAL PLANT EVALUATION Board of State and Community Corrections Applicable Title 24 Regulations: 6/94; 2/99; 2001 BSCC Code: 4995 FACILITY NAME: Menlo Park Police Department FACILITY TYPE: THJ APPLICABLE REGULATIONS (Check All That Apply): 6/94: X 2/99: 2001: OTHER: FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 1/26/2022 TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Reception and Booking (2.1) X Contains a weapons locker, designed as outlined in these regulations. Contains a cell or room for confinement pending booking X Contains a detoxification cell (WA in TH; NA in CH) X No sobering cell in this facility. 01: Name changed to “sobering cell.” 2-99: Two detoxification cells are provided if both male and female inmates are held. Contains safety cell(s) (WA in TH; NA in CH) X Shower room available X Prisoners who need showers are booked into the 2-99: Access to shower must be within the secure area San Mateo County jail. Provides secure vault or storage for inmate valuables X Facility has a locked cabinet located at the booking officer station that is capable of being used to hold valuables. Telephone(s) available for inmate use (PC § 851.5) X Phone on wall behind booking officer station. 2-99: Unobstructed access to hot and cold running water X Temporary Holding Cell or Room (2.2) X Contains 10 square feet of floor area per inmate Holds no more than 16 inmates X Is not smaller than 40 square feet and has a clear ceiling X height of 8 feet or more Contains sufficient seating to accommodate all inmates X Contains water closet (toilet), washbasin, and drinking X fountain Provides for clear visual supervision by staff X A bunk is provided if inmates are held 12 hours or more X Temporary Staging Cell or Room (2.3) X No cell or room of this type in this facility Holds inmates classified and segregated per Title 15 § 1050 and 1053 Holds inmates for four hours or less X Limited to holding no more than 80 inmates X Contains 10 square feet of floor area per inmates and has a X clear ceiling height of 8 feet or more. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PHY 20-22 - 1 - A382 PHY CH-TH 94 99 01.dot (03/01) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Is at least 160 square feet X Contains sufficient seating to accommodate all inmates X Contains water closets (toilets), wash basins and drinking X fountains as specified by these regulations Provides for clear visual supervision by staff X Detoxification/Sobering Cell (2.4) X No cells of this type in the facility. 01: Name change to “sobering cell” Contains 20 square feet of floor area per inmate Is limited to no more than 8 inmates X Is no smaller than 60 square feet and has a clear ceiling X height of 8 feet or more Contains a water closet (toilet) wash basin and drinking X fountain as specified by these regulations Has padded partitions located next to toilet fixtures X Provides for clear visual supervision by staff X Padding on floor X 01: A shower is accessible in the secure portion of the X facility. Safety Cell (2.5) X No cells of this type in the facility. Contains 48 square feet with one floor dimension of a least 6 feet and a clear ceiling height of 8 feet or more Is limited to one inmate X Contains a flushing ring toilet, mounted flush with the floor, X with controls located outside the cell Padded floor, door and walls X Equipped with a variable intensity, security light, X inaccessible to the occupant Has one or more vertical view panels, not more than 4 X inches wide nor less than 24 inches long, which provide a view of the entire cell Has a food pass with lockable shutter no more than 4 inches X high and, with between 26 and 32 inches from the bottom of the food pass to the floor 01: Wall or ceiling mounted devices are inaccessible to X inmate occupant. Safety Equipment Storage (2.19) X Adequate space is provided to store equipment such as fire extinguishers, SCBA, emergency lights, etc. Janitors' Closet (2.20) X Located outside the secure area. Lockable, containing a mop sink and storage space 01: Mop sink may be separate from janitors’ closet 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PHY 20-22 - 2 - A382 PHY CH-TH 94 99 01.dot (03/01) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Audio or Visual Monitoring (2.22) X One camera above the booking officer station shows the general intake area. There is an audio monitoring system capable of alerting staff in a central control. When visual electronic surveillance is use, it is located primarily in corridors, elevators, or at points on the security perimeter such as entrances and exits. 2-99: Video monitoring option deleted. Emergency Power (2.24) X City generator supplies emergency power. There is an emergency power source available and capable of providing minimal lighting in all areas and maintaining fire and life safety, security, communication and alarm systems. Attorney Interview Space (2.26) X There is a separate interview room Available and provides for confidentiality Water Closets (Toilets)/Urinals (3.1) X Design of space provides sufficient privacy/modesty. Provide for inmate privacy/modesty with staff being able to visual supervise; provided at a ratio of 1:16 in holding and staging cells. See regulation for calculations of urinal substitutions. Washbasins (3.2) X Provide hot and cold or tempered water; provided at a ratio of 1:16 in holding and staging cells. See regulation for calculations of washbasin trough substitutions. Drinking Fountains (3.3) X 2-99: Available in each temporary holding, staging and sobering cell. Water outlet (bubbler) is mechanically actuated and at an X angle that prevents wastewater from flowing over the outlet (bubbler); there is a mouth guard on the water outlet (bubbler). 2-99: Mouth guard requirement deleted Showers (3.4) (NA in CH) X There is no shower in the security area. Policy directs that inmates needing a shower will be transported to the county jail or other appropriate Available in the security area; provide hot and cold or facility. tempered water; shower stalls/areas are designed and constructed of materials that are impervious to water and soap so that they may be easily cleaned. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PHY 20-22 - 3 - A382 PHY CH-TH 94 99 01.dot (03/01) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Beds/Bunks (3.5) X It is not anticipated that prisoners will stay in the (NA in CH; applicable in TH if inmates are held longer than facility this long; however, the bench (bed) will be 12 hours) used as a bunk in the unlikely event they are held longer than 12 hours. Staff advised that no one has been held longer At least 30 inches wide and 76 inches long with 21 inches than approximately 6 hours. between pans; constructed of pan bottom type or concrete; securely fastened to the floor and/or wall in facilities higher than minimum security. 01: Must be elevated off the floor. Lighting (3.6) X Lighting is sufficient to permit easy reading by a person with normal vision, night lighting is sufficient for purposes of supervision. Lighting is centrally controlled and/or occupant controlled in housing cells or rooms. Light fixtures are of secure design. Windows (3.7) X Windows that are accessible to inmates are no greater than 5 inches in on dimension. Cell Padding (3.8) X The floors and partition are padded in detoxification cells. In safety cells, floors, doors, walls and everything on them are padded. All padded cells are equipped with an tamper resistant fire sprinkler approved by the SFM. All padding is: approved for use by the SFM; nonporous; at X least ½ inch thick; of a unitary or laminated construction; firmly bonded to all surfaces; and, without exposed seams. Mirrors/Shelves/Clothes Hooks (3.9) X A mirror of a material appropriate to the level of security is provided near each washbasin. Consistent with security needs, shelves and clothes hooks X are provided wherever feasible. 2-99: Requirement for shelves and hooks deleted Clothes hooks are of a collapsible hook type X 2-99: Requirement for hooks deleted 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PHY 20-22 - 4 - A382 PHY CH-TH 94 99 01.dot (03/01) TITLE 24 SECTION YES NO N/A COMMENTS Seating (3.10) X Seating is designed to the level of security. When bench seating is used, eighteen inches of bench are provided per inmate. 2-99: In holding and staging cells, seating is securely fastened to the wall and/or floor. Weapons Locker (3.12) X (NA type IV and Minimum Security Facilities) A secure weapons locker is located outside the security perimeter of the facility and no weapons are brought into the security area. Lockers have individual compartments, locks and keys. Design Requirements (102(c)6) X Design requirements as specified in Title 24, Part 1, 102(c)6 are met. (See regulation for specific requirements. Note areas of non-compliance that are applicable to the facility type and construction date in the "comments" section.) 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH PHY 20-22 - 5 - A382 PHY CH-TH 94 99 01.dot (03/01) ADULT DETENTION FACILITY LIVING AREA SPACE EVALUATION Corrections Standards Authority Inspection BSCC Code: 4995 FACILITY: Menlo Park Police Department TYPE: THJ RC: (17) FIELD REPRESENTATIVE: Michael J. Bush DATE: 1/26/2022 BOOKING 1. Capacity for each holding cell is based on: available square footage (10 square feet per prisoner), seating (18" per prisoner) and, plumbing fixtures (one toilet/washbasin/fountain for up to 16 prisoners). Holding cell capacity reflects the highest allowed. We were advised that prisoners, typically, are housed alone in a cell. 2. Holding Cell "C" is for the secure detention of juveniles. 3. In addition to the holding cells, there is a non-rated interview room within the detention area. This room is used for secure detention of minors. Policy requires the door to this room and the perimeter door to the hallway be propped open if the room is to be used for interviewing minors in non-secure custody. ROOMS EACH ROOM Cell Applicable # EACH CELL Total DIMENSIONS FIXTURES* Location Type Standards Cells # Beds RC RC (L x W x H) T U W F S A-B Holding 1994 2 5 (10) 8' X 7.5' X 8' 1 1 1 Notes: 7.5' concrete bench C Holding 1994 1 7 (7) 8' X 11' X 8' 1 1 1 Notes: 11' concrete bench. This room is used for the secure detention of minors. *T = Toilets; U = Urinals; W = Wash Basins; F = Fountains; S = Showers in unit; If "Total RC" appears in brackets ( ), it is not part of the facility's rated capacity. "+" indicates that capacity includes prorated air space from adjacent areas. 4995 San Mateo Menlo Park TH LAS 20-22 - 1 - A360 LAS Adult.dot (03/01)