February 15, 2012
California privacy laws keep police from getting parolees’ names
The state of California has begun handing counties the responsibility of monitoring tens of thousands of parolees, but police chiefs don't know who they are.
State privacy laws prevent probation agents, who now handle the cases of most prisoners when they're released, from giving out the names to local police.
It is an oversight state lawmakers did not consider when they changed the structure of the parole system last year, police chiefs told The Desert Sun this week...
LINK - MyDesert.com
