Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Authorized
department personnel are allowed to conduct searches of a client's person and
of property used by the client or under the client's control as provided for in
orders of the court or department and as further provided for in procedures,
where not inconsistent with orders of the court, the department, or federal or
state law.
B. JPO staff conducting
client searches must be the same gender as that of the client.
C. In accordance with procedures, all
contraband that is prohibited material by an order of the court or department
that is discovered during searches is confiscated, inventoried, and stored
until it is no longer needed as evidence.
(1)
The chief juvenile probation officer designates an evidence custodian to
maintain contraband or prohibited material in accordance with
procedures.
(2) Final disposition
or destruction of contraband or prohibited material is performed in accordance
with procedures.
(3) If staff
confiscates or discovers a weapon or illegal drug, staff immediately informs
the chief juvenile probation /supervised release officer and contacts law
enforcement with jurisdiction. For weapons and illegal drugs that are seized by
law enforcement, the staff member confiscating or discovering the contraband
documents the item on the department approved chain of custody form and retains
a copy of the chain of custody form.
(4) Juvenile probation shall not assist with
searches by law enforcement officers of persons or their property who are not
JPO clients. Juvenile probation officers may assist with searches by law
enforcement of probation clients, their residences or their property only when
such searches are specifically and directly related to the order of the court
or department relating to the juvenile client.
(5) Each chief juvenile probation officer
superintendent is responsible for ensuring that staff who have contact with
clients sign a copy of the department approved form called acknowledgement of
receipt and understanding and that these signed forms are part of the of the
employee's personnel file.
