Butte Grand Jury seeks ideas on what to investigate

Staff Reports
Posted: 10/08/2012 07:18:35 AM PDT

An email request by the Butte County Grand Jury is seeking proposals on what agencies deserve to be investigated.

"The Grand Jury is an excellent vehicle for obtaining citizen views about how government bodies positively serve the public and where they might make improvements," said jury Foreperson Paul Moore of Chico in the email.

All communications to the jury must be made in writing.

To submit a confidential complaint, go to www.buttecounty.net and select "grand jury" from the quick links on the left-hand side of the home page, says the jury's email.

Then select the complaint form, print it, fill out the form, sign and mail it and any documentation to: Butte County Grand Jury, P.O. Box 110, Oroville, CA 95965.

A key role of the 19-member jury, which was impaneled June 29 by Superior Court judges, is to serve for a year as a watchdog of local public agencies and to identify steps to improve their performance.

The jury alone reviews complaints and decides which agencies it will investigate, issuing reports as it deems appropriate. Not all complaints will be investigated, according to Moore.

State law requires the jury investigate and report on at least one county department, officer or function; that it "inquire into" the condition and management of "all public prisons" within the county; and that it review the county audit.

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