Facility Evaluation Report

On 06/12/2024, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Ivan Avila arrived unannounced at the facility to conduct a case management visit regarding an absent without leave incident report the Department received via fax on 05/28/2024. LPA met with Administrator Shannon Dore and explained the purpose of the visit.

The incident occurred on 05/26/2024 at approximately 6:30 PM when C1 eloped over the back fence of the facility into a wooded area. C1 was dressed in a full camouflage ghillie suit which is used by the military for hiding out in foliage. Facility staff could not locate C1 for 30 minutes until the Redding Police Department (RPD) received a disturbance call from a neighbor stating that there was a strange man in their backyard. The neighbor told police that the man had threatened her children that were playing in the wooded area. C1 had reportedly threatened the children with bodily harm, stating he had a gun and was going to shoot them. RPD had C1 at gun point until facility staff arrived and de-escalated the situation and C1 was escorted back to the facility.

During the investigation, it was learned that C1 is known to frequently elope from the facility and attempt to make contact with neighbors and looking through windows. LPA Avila received a call from a neighbor on 05/29/2024 stating that her daughter found a man in a ghillie suit hiding behind her fence. The neighbor’s daughter is an Iraq veteran who was triggered by this incident and drew a weapon on C1 after he was non-responsive. The daughter filmed the encounter and sent the video to LPA Avila for review. LPA Avila reviewed the video and it showed C1 next to the neighbor’s fence wearing a ghillie suite while the daughter was asking C1 to leave her property, or she was going to call the police.