Objective:
Objective: The Glendale Police Department shall investigate every report of senior and disability victimization. No report shall be dismissed as merely a civil matter or for any other reason without an investigation.
Definitions:
Elder - A person who is 65 years of age or older (Welfare & Institution Code §15610.27).
Dependent Adult - Any person, regardless of whether the person lives independently, residing in this state, between 18 and 64 years of age, who has physical or mental limitations that restrict his/her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his/her rights including, but not limited to, persons who have physical or developmental disabilities or whose physical or mental abilities have diminished because of age. This includes any person between 18 and 64 years of age who is admitted as an inpatient to a 24-hour health facility, as defined in state law (Health and Safety Code § 1250; Health and Safety Code § 1250.2; Health and Safety Code § 1250.3; Welfare & Institution Code § 15610.23).
Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse - A violation of Section 368 and includes physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental suffering, or the deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering. This also includes any other act that would mandate notification to a social service/licensing agency or law enforcement related to the abuse of an adult (Welfare & Institutions Code § 15610.07; Welfare & Institutions Code § 15610.27; Welfare & Institutions Code § 15610.23).
Notifications:
- Watch Commander
- Detective Bureau (Assaults)
- Long Term Care Ombudsman: 1-800-334-9473
- State Department of Public Health: (916) 558-1784
- Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse: (800) 722-0432
- State Department of Social Services: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/contact-us
- California Department of Aging: https://aging.ca.gov/Contact_Us/
- Department of State Hospitals: https://www.dsh.ca.gov/About_Us/Contact_Us.html
- DA’s Command Post/EPO Hotline: (213) 974-1234
- DA’s Office of Elder Abuse Unit (213) 257-2304