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Derek Washington we go.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 How many employees do you supervise? Who do you report to? What are the areas that you regulate?
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Four employees report to me. Normally I would have five. I report to the Chief of Investigations. He then reports to the
Deputy Director who reports to the Director.
We do backgrounds on every employee - and we conduct those background checks so they can get licensed. We have also
opened up a couple of cardrooms and ensured that the cardrooms are compliant with the rules and various aspects. We are
also looking for security problems, and we deal with the public with any issues that have been filed.

Please describe the ways in which you determine whether your organization is operating efficiently and effectively. How
Has three kids and my wife - just making sure that this is a lifestyle that we can maintain, knowing the cost of living in Califor- do you implement changes to departmental policy if needed?
nia.

There work performance - how their reports are coming, are they staying on top of deadlines that we have, are they
Is open to relocating. Used to live in California. Most people travel. conducting good investigations, and then also making sure we don't have complaints coming in. In terms of changes -
we usually bring them in and discuss any ideas that they have, what they see on the ground floor a lot of times. If it is
something we can actually work and it makes their jobs easier, we look to implement the changes. Right now our guys go
out and do inspections. They have to hand wright them and then upload them into our computer files for storage - trying
to make that more effective and efficient is having them do it electronically with ipads, and then quickly send that to our
CSJPD database and try to get that implemented now.

Deputy Director of Gaming
Screening Interview Questions Most of it - since they're there at the facilities I may not see some of the problems they are running into. We leave it
open for them to come in and discuss. If I see a backlog in my work - if things are taking too long - or my guys need help -
I just run it up the chain and usually get good responses.

General Questions Please describe a complex situation in which you have received pushback from a party that you were attempting to regu-

Why are you interested in the Deputy Director of Gaming opportunity with the City of San Jose? Tell me a bit about what you late or audit and how you handled it.
know about the City. Why are you looking?

In general - we will have guys who will find violations at facilities or they will complain and either try to question the rules
It's a nice opportunity - definitely a step up in pay. It also deals with pretty much everything that I do currently. I deal with or our statutes. They will become pretty argumentative at times. When it comes to my investigator having that problem
three different aspects of gambling: horse tracks, greyhounds, and cards. It would be more concentrated with just dealing - they are just following the statutes as they know it - if the facility has a different interpretation of that rule then they
with cards. It's piqued my interest, and would be an opportunity to move up. And also higher pay. have the right to go ahead and fight that with their lawyers. We are not there to argue or get in that type of conflict with
facilities - we're just there to write up reports or state violations - and they have the right to fight that as they wish. If
they win or get it overturned then we learn from that or we move on. We have no stake in the game in terms of having
conflict with them.
I've been to San Jose once, a long time ago I went to Long Beach State and we used to play San Jose State. From what I can
remember - It was pretty nice. But other than that - just my familiarly with California is pretty much my familiarity with San
Jose and California.
In terms of communication, what is your approach to working with various stakeholders, such as management, staff, and
the people you are regulating.
Please describe your most recent position and day-to-day responsibilities.

I'm very open - when I go to facilities - I will talk to management. I will tell them that first we work together, that we are
here to help you to stay in compliance. Anything that we can do to assist is the first thing - however, if we do find vio-
My current position is an investigative supervisor in the Pari-Mutuel Wagering. I am responsible for the Northern and Central lations we have to enforce those and have to write those up. If they need assistance - we have open lines, try to make
regions. It's like California in a sense because we split the State in half. I moved up to the Orlando area, which is Central Flor- them feel comfortable that we're not just coming in their to get them. We work together as far as employees, same
ida, I also have West of Florida towards the Gulf, Tampa Bay, St. Pete, Clearwater, and the north part of Florida like Jackson- thing. I don't micro manage unless I have to and I don't want to. I want to let people shoe their skills and rely on that
ville. I have four investigators that covered that entire area. They report to me - they conduct inspections and do background instead of me looking over my shoulders all the time. Communication is open - keep open lines.
checks for all applicants trying to get a state license - looking for violations, responding to complaints that come in. They write
reports, and then I send them up to my Chief who is down in South Florida. We go check card rooms or horses or the dogs,
and any problems or anything I determine if we are going to open up cases. That's my day to day pretty much.

I feel confident in the fact that I understand the Anti-Money Laundering. Dealing day to day with the financials would require
a little more training for me. I would rely on the knowledge of my auditors and let them do their job and learn from them as
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