12-004 Parole Compliance Teams (PCT) and Supervision of Post-Release Supervised Persons (PSP)

The purpose of this Field Operations Directive is to provide policy and procedures regarding the duties of Parole Compliance Teams (PCTs) and supervision of Post-Release Supervised Persons (PSPs).

Background           

AB-109, also known as the “Public Safety Realignment Act,” was signed into law April 4, 2011, and was enacted on October 1, 2011.  Under the newly formed program (AB-109), Non Serious, Non Violent, Non Serious Sex Offenders (“N3’s”) will be released into Los Angeles County under “Community Supervision.” 

This population, formerly known as parolees, are now identified as Post-Released Community Supervision “PRCS,” Post-Release Supervised Persons “PSPs,” or “N3s.”

Persons convicted of certain crimes will serve their sentence in custody and are not eligible for a conditional release under PRCS.  The link below displays a list of crimes that exclude the prisoner from participation in the PRCS program.

http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/realignment/docs/Crime‑Exclusion‑List.pdf

Policy and Procedures

To ensure the safety of the communities we serve, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department developed and implemented Parole Compliance Teams (PCT) in order to effectively monitor PSPs within the County of Los Angeles.  This requires unit commanders to identify and assign sworn personnel to work with Parole Compliance Teams, as necessary.

Our Department’s Parole Compliance Teams (PCT) shall enforce the terms and conditions of PSPs through address verifications, compliance checks, and field contacts.  

 Specific duties of assigned personnel include:

• Establish working relationships with Los Angeles County Probation, local law enforcement agencies, and other Los Angeles County Sheriff’s stations.
• Utilize local, state, and federal databases to review and update PSP information.
• Actively identify, target, and apprehend PSP’s who are absconders or who have been identified by the Probation Department to be the PSP equivalent of “parolees at large.”
• Interact with crime analysts to identify crime trends and compare information of known PSP’s.
• Conduct routine and target specific searches of PSP residences to combat crime and ensure compliance with PRCS conditions (All search operations will comply with existing Department policies and directives).
• Collaborate with local Sheriff’s Stations, Police Departments, and the Probation Department to conduct multi-agency compliance checks and absconder apprehension operations.
• An Operations Plan, along with a Risk Assessment sheet, shall be written and completed for any search operation involving a PSP.
• A PSP Assessment form (attached) shall be completed when conducting a compliance or address verification check. This form is to be used for data entry into LARCIS.
• All personnel involved in any operation shall attend the briefing prior to the search operation
• Records shall be maintained for five years from the completion of each operation by the unit conducting the operation.  The records shall be tracked by   unique URN numbers with a statistical code of 810.

After an Operations Plan is approved, a notification shall be made to the L.A.S.D. watch commander or the watch commander at the local law enforcement agency which has jurisdiction for the location to be searched.

The PSP compliance check or search shall be conducted as required by policy, including but not limited to MPP Sections 5-09/465.00 through 5-09/465.60 (Search Operations).

An Incident Report (SH-R-49) shall be used to document the search along with a Search Operation Preparation Checklist (SH-R-461).