2ND CHILD-RECOVERY DETECTIVE SOUGHT.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Staff Writer Facing a 33 percent hike in child-abduction cases - most involving custody disputes - the Ventura Ventura (vĕnt  `rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866. County District Attorney's CERTIFICATE, ATTORNEY'S, Practice, English law. By statute 37 Geo. III., c. 90, s. 26, 28, attorneys are required to deliver to the commissioners of stamp duties, a paper or note in writing, containing the name and usual place of residence of such person, and thereupon, on paying certain Office wants to hire another investigator to help bring children home and suspects to court. Just one investigator has been assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to the Child Recovery Unit since it was created in the 1980s, although two investigative assistants were added in the early 1990s. The Board of Supervisors is being asked today to approve another detective for the unit. ``Over the years, we are seeing more and more noncustodial non·cus·to·di·al adj. 1. Not having custody of one's children after a divorce or separation: a noncustodial parent. 2. parents travel out of state,'' said Vinse Gilliam, deputy chief investigator who oversees the Child Recovery Unit. ``They think the farther they are from the jurisdiction the less likely they are (to be) identified.'' The unit handled 92 cases last year, up from 69 in 1998, officials said. Public requests for assistance jumped from 4,240 to 5,713 during the same period. Those include calls from the general public seeking information about the unit and the types of cases it handles. In a letter to the board, district attorney officials wrote, ``It has become increasingly evident this staffing has been inadequate to meet the investigative and prosecution needs in this area.'' To help with the workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. , officials have used investigators from other units to fill in with priority cases, including enforcing court orders to locate and apprehend noncustodial parents and to recover children - work that occasionally takes investigators out of state. ``The district attorney has placed a high priority to have the children returned to the parent ordered by the court,'' Gilliam said. ``It a highly emotional situation.'' The new position is expected to cost $118,000 a year including salary, benefits, a car and supplies, all of which will be reimbursed by the state. ``This position would have no impact on the county budget,'' Gilliam said. ``We're optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op that the Board of Supervisors will approve it.'' VENTURA COUNTY CHILD CUSTODY The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their CASES The following shows the workload of the District Attorney's Child Recovery Unit. 1998 1999 2000 Open cases 69 89 92 Cases closed 54 52 84 Children recovered 83 65 107 Calls for assistance 4,240 3,654 5,713 SOURCE: Ventura County District Attorney's Office CAPTION(S): chart Chart: VENTURA COUNTY CHILD CUSTODY CASES |
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