CDCR Sgt. Exam Guide 2024

Sgt. duties - Correct Answer Under direct supervision of correctional lieutenant, the sergeant is responsible for the direct supervision, training and evaluation of correctional officers, and the maintenance of order and discipline Examples of sergeants duties - Correct Answer Staff accountability, key and tool control, conduct 115 hearings, first level appeals 115's RVR process - Correct Answer Supervisor, reviews report for clarity and proper grammar, logs report into violation logbook 1154, must determine if behavior is bizarre or unusual. If so, a request will be sent to mental health services along with a copy of officers report describing the behavior. Due process for inmates - Correct Answer Written notification within 15 days, timely hearing within 30 days, inmate has the right to council the right to call witnesses for serious 115's only right to see final results in writing within five days Staff Assistant - Correct Answer Is provided when an inmate is illiterate or non-English-speaking, complexity of the issues are such that assistance as necessary so the inmate comprehends the nature of the charges for disciplinary process, or nature of the inmates need for assistance, a confidential relationship. Investigators employee - Correct Answer Complexity of the issues require further investigation, inmate, housing status, makes it unlikely the charge in May can collect and present evidence necessary for the defense, determinating additional information is needed for a fair hearing, inmate has waived the assignment Administrative RVR 115 - Correct Answer Inmate does not have the right for witnesses or investigative employee HO make grant a staff assistant HO officer may find inmate guilty of - Correct Answer Counseling with or without reprimand, suspension of privileges for no more than 30 days, confinement of quarters not to exceed 10 days, confinement to quarters not to exceed five consecutive days, assigned 40 hours, extra duty, placement of restriction, or hold on inmates trust account CDCR form 22 - Correct Answer Enables inmate to obtain a timely response to the request, responding staff has 7 to respond Inmate Appeals 602 (Title 15 Section 3084) - Correct Answer This process is intended to provide a remedy for inmates and parolees with identified grievance, and to provide an administrative mechanism to review of department, policies, decisions, actions, conditions, or omissions that have a materials adverse affect on welfare of inmates and parolees