Some of the state’s most wanted parolees are now more visible than ever, thanks to a new tool being used by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to raise visibility by posting their pictures and other identifying information on the Internet.
In addition to the new web page, the recent passage of the budget signed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enhances California’s effort to bring non-compliant parolees into custody by increasing agents in CDCR’s Fugitive Apprehension Team. This highly trained team of agents uses contemporary investigative tools and specialized tactics to apprehend fugitive parolees. The expansion and full development of these units as well as staff training is currently being formulated with full activation expected will in early 2010. Read more…