00109613 - FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
Develop, revise, and promulgate for adoption minimum standards for local corrections in critical areas such as: State funding for local jail construction and training programs, selection and training of personnel, health and sanitation conditions, fire and life safety, security, custody programs, and recreation; inspect, investigate, direct, enforce, monitor and provide technical assistance to local corrections' agencies to ensure compliance with State laws, State and Federal court decisions and the above established standards; appear and testify as an expert witness before boards of supervisors, city councils, grand juries, and State and Federal courts; appear as a subject-matter expert before law enforcement groups, detention organizations and citizen groups; develop and present information to the Legislature on the effects of legislatively-mandated programs, pending legislation and jail conditions; mediate disputes concerning local, State and national standards and court decisions, as they impact local corrections and provide a link between local, State and Federal interests; make determinations on difficult, politically-sensitive problems to avoid or reduce possible litigation; plan, develop, organize, direct and review comprehensive needs assessment surveys and studies of the administration, management, staffing, training for personnel, cost reimbursement, and security procedures of local corrections' agencies; analyze local programs of custody, rehabilitation, discipline, medical care, religious instruction, feeding, employment, housing, safety of inmates, and training of personnel; administer multi-million dollar funding grants to counties and/or cities for jail construction and training of personnel; formulate regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines for candidate selection and personnel training; advise, consult and provide technical assistance to local decision makers and educational officials; certify job-relevant training courses; design job analysis and time and motion study instruments and methodologies to assess tasks, knowledges and abilities; study and review plans for site locations, remodel and construction of local detention facilities and make determinations concerning construction costs; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with individuals, organizations, and local governing bodies impacted by the enforcement of standards.
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