Whistleblowers

Solano County Whistleblower Hotline
1-866-384-TIPS

The Solano County Whistleblower Hotline is designed to promote reports of suspected fraud, waste, and abuse of County policy.  Administered by the County Auditor-Controller’s Internal Audit Division, the Hotline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The Solano County Whistleblower Hotline Phone Number 1-866-384-TIPS

The Hotline is monitored by the Internal Audit Division during normal business hours Monday - Friday 8:00 AM. to 5:00 PM.  Calls received outside of normal business hours will be forwarded to the Hotline message center where callers may leave detailed information regarding their report. Callers may choose to remain anonymous or provide contact information for further follow-up.  Reports may also be submitted through our online form.

The law in California protects employees from retaliatory or adverse personnel action for disclosing certain information including, but not limited to, violations of laws and suspected acts of gross mismanagement or gross waste of public funds.  These protections are detailed in Sections 1102.5 and 98.6 of the California Labor Code.

All reports will be thoroughly reviewed by the Internal Audit Division.  The Whistleblower Hotline accepts and responds to complaints received regarding County organizations, departments, etc., under the control of the Board of Supervisors.  Complaints regarding the Auditor-Controller, Assistant Auditor-Controller and the Internal Audit Manager should be referred to County Counsel.  All complaints received regarding outside organizations should be directed to the respective organization's hotlines or governing body.  The following numbers are provided for your convenience:


Adult Protective: 1-800-850-0012

Child Abuse: 1-800-544-8696

County Counsel: (707) 784-6862

County Equal Employment Opportunity Officer: (707) 784-2963

Welfare Fraud: (707) 784-6424 or 1-800-585-4700

Workers Compensation: (707) 784-6117

Medi-Cal Fraud: 1-866-501-6681



The WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM can be contacted through the following:

Phone Hotline: 1-866-384-TIPS

Online: Report Form

In your message please consider including the following key information items:

  • Date or period incident(s) occurred
  • Frequency of occurrence (if applicable)
  • Person(s) or Agency(ies) involved, name, position, department, address, phone, etc.
  • A detailed description of the incident.  What, when, where, how, and who were involved or may be aware of the incident.  Please be as detailed as possible.  Please include any additional information that may help our review.
  • Optionally, your contact information:  Name, address, city, state, zip, phone, e-mail, etc.

Mail:
Auditor-Controller’s Office
Internal Audit Division - Confidential
675 Texas St., Suite 2800
Fairfield, CA 94533

Please Note: Confidentiality is the highest priority within the Whistleblower program and all steps will be taken to ensure your identity remains confidential, if you so choose.  Please be aware online form submissions are less secure as they are not encrypted in transmission.  Personal information included in the online form is subject to the security violations of the internet and as such confidentiality is not ensured.