During the Feb. 9 Riverside County Board of Supervisor\u2019s meeting, Supv. John Tavaglione (2nd District) chastised County Sheriff Stan Sniff.<\/p>\n
According to the supervisor, he believes the Sheriff\u2019s Department has not been diligently cooperating with the consultants, who have been hired to evaluate the efficiencies of the county\u2019s public safety programs.<\/p>\n
During his opening comments, Tavaglione praised the 16-point plan Supv. Marion Ashley (5th District) submitted for review at the previous board meeting. However, Tavaglione was concerned about county employees\u2019 reaction to the possibility of furloughs and four-day work weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was some angst among employees because of talking about furloughs and closing on Fridays,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is just an item to be looked at. Just because it\u2019s on the list doesn\u2019t mean it will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he made it clear that jettisoning these options would depend upon the savings KPMG, the consultant hired to evaluate the county\u2019s public safety budgets, finds.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know there will be potential savings that will be achieved from that and will allow us not to have to implement items in the 16-point plan,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
But then he added that during his discussions with the consultants he was hearing that the information they needed from the Sheriff\u2019s Department was surprisingly slow in arrival.<\/p>\n
Since the report is expected by the end of March, Tavaglione then said, \u201cIt [had] better stop, because if the sheriff thinks this board is going to approve anything, it is not going to happen unless we get information on when the efficiencies will be achieved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want this sheriff to leave a legacy his predecessors have,\u201d Tavaglione continued, referring to his vote to support Sniff\u2019s appointment after his predecessor, Bob Doyle, resigned in 2007. Doyle had accepted a state appointment with the Board of Parole Hearings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope the sheriff will play by the rules and make sure we get the information we need,\u201d Tavaglioine added as he finished his comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince October 2015, when the review began, Sheriff\u2019s Department staff began meeting and working with KPMG, and have since released thousands of pages of the requested documents for their review.\u00a0 In addition, department staff have arranged numerous ride-a-longs, visits and interviews with employees at the various bureaus ...\u201d Sheriff Sniff replied later in the week. \u201cThere are some requests - received both in written and verbal form - however, that require clarification so the appropriate information can be retrieved and prepared for release to KPMG.\u00a0 Likewise, there are other requests for information that require staff research and preparation prior to release.\u00a0 These factors may cause unforeseen delays, but these delays are reasonable and understandable given the breadth and scope of the audit and aggressive time line.\u201d Sniff said he remains committed to cooperation with the review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During the Feb. 9 Riverside County Board of Supervisor\u2019s meeting, Supv. John Tavaglione (2nd District) chastised County Sheriff Stan Sniff. According to the supervisor, he believes the Sheriff\u2019s Department has not been diligently cooperating with the consultants, who have been hired to evaluate the efficiencies of the county\u2019s public safety programs. During his opening comments, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n