Redactions

Some vendor information on the WATCH site has been redacted. Redaction means that information has been edited to protect someone’s privacy or a sensitive area of operations. For example, payments to foster care parents, food assistance, or certain medical services provided to citizens has been redacted to protect the privacy of those individuals. In addition, some information that is not necessarily protected by law has been redacted due to the sensitivity of the data.

Here is what you will see for redacted information:

Replacement term: What it replaces:

Claimants Payments for self-insurance claims.

Clients Any payments related to foster care, medical services, and similar Human Services type programs.

Election Workers Payments to temporary workers used during elections.

Employees Payments to staff for tuition reimbursements.

Gang Unit Operations Any payments by the Sheriff's Office that are part of law enforcement related to gangs.

Inmates Payments to inmates.

Drug & Vice Operations Payments for activities related to the Sheriff's Drug and Vice activities, some of which are of an undercover nature.