Q&A
Investigator caseloads
1:24:24
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Ingris Martinez provides details on the caseloads of DOC investigators handling sexual abuse allegations.
- There are 19 total investigators, all of whom go out into the field
- 14 of the 19 investigators are available for full investigations
- Investigators handling PREA-reportable cases have about 10 cases each on a 90-day rotating basis
- The total caseload per investigator is about 25 cases, including non-PREA reportable cases
- Non-PREA reportable cases still require full investigations with background checks, business records review, video review, and telephone statement analysis
- The 25-case load is on a rotating basis, with 10 cases on a 90-day timeline and the remainder on an 18-month timeline for administrative service charges
Sandy Nurse
1:24:24
so there's 19 investigators.
1:24:25
They have a caseload of about 25.
1:24:28
Is that correct?
1:24:30
I can
Ingris Martinez
1:24:30
I can give you a further breakdown?
1:24:32
So the 19 investigators, right now, everybody has dual roles.
1:24:35
I and the preliminary investigators.
Sandy Nurse
1:24:38
My question is about what's the caseload per investigator.
Ingris Martinez
1:24:41
So the the investigators that that go out all all 19 investigators go out into the field of those 19 14 are available for full investigations.
1:24:51
So we determine that it falls under the federal standards under the BOC minimum standards and requires additional investigation or It falls under the New York state penal law 130s under sex crimes, and now we're we have to go follow-up police report.
1:25:08
We have to wait or await results for the sexual assault kit.
1:25:12
So those type of cases are assigned just to those 14.
1:25:16
The room the room
Sandy Nurse
1:25:17
How many cases do those 14 folks normally have?
Ingris Martinez
1:25:21
So remember it's a as a rotating basis of 90 days.
1:25:24
Is the pre reportable for those hyperflow investigators about 10?
1:25:30
Cases.
1:25:30
And then total is 25 because every single non pre reportable case, those one time harassment type, they still necessitate a full investigation.
1:25:41
So all the background, all the business records, review of all the video, review of all the telephone statements, canvases, mandated services.
1:25:50
So we make sure that we document everything completely exactly the same for both type of investigations.
1:25:56
So, generally, an investigator will carry about 25 cases on a rotating basis.
1:26:02
And remembering that the 20, the 10 is for 90 days, and the remainder is for statue, for administrative service charges for about 18 months.
1:26:12
Okay.
