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Public Safety’s Report to the Citizens

The Office of Professional Standards and Inspection is responsible to investigate any report of alleged misconduct, inappropriate behavior, officer involved shooting, or any other situation of importance that warrant a thorough and objective investigation. This document reflects the investigations for the calendar years 2005 - 2007.

2007

            For the year 2007, the Office of Professional Standards and Inspections conducted a total of one hundred and thirty six (136) investigations.   Eighty six (86) investigations were conducted due to citizen complaints, twenty two (22) were internal complaints and thirty five (35) were collisions involving departmental vehicles.

Collision Investigations

  (22)  Preventable   37%

    (13)  Non-Preventable   63%

Complaints

(23)  Employees Exonerated   21%

(26) Complaints were Sustained   24% 

(16) Complaints Not Sustained  15%

(4) Complaints were Ruled as Policy Failure   4% 

(35) Complaints were Unfounded   32%

(4) Complaints are Pending   4%

Definitions:

Exonerated-Incident occurred, but actions were lawful and proper.

Sustained-The allegation did occur.

Not Sustained-Insufficient evidence to prove or disprove the allegations.

Policy Failure-The allegation is true, but the investigation reveals policy or procedural changes are necessary.

Unfounded-Allegation is false or the incident as alleged did not occur.

Pending-Final disposition has not been reached.

 2006

The Office of Professional Standards and Inspections conducted a total of eighty-nine (93) investigations. Of this number, eleven (11) were internal investigations, twenty-seven (27) were traffic accident investigations or vehicle damage, and the remaining fifty-five (55) were citizen complaints.

Collision Investigations: (27)

With a 38% decrease in accidents from 2005.

All preventable accidents resulted in remedial drivers training to coincide with policy and the early warning system.

No employees were involved in more than one accident.

Internal Investigation: (11)

This was a 40 % increase from the previous year.

Citizen Complaints: (55)

This is an overall 45 % increase in citizen complaints from the previous year.    7 out of 55 were sustained. 

2005

The Office of Professional Standards and Inspections conducted a total of eighty-nine (89) investigations. Of this number, eight (8) were internal investigations, forty three (43) were traffic accident investigations or vehicle damage, and the remaining thirty eight (38) were citizen complaints.

Collision Investigations: (43)

With a 60% increase in NON-PREVENTABLE accidents from 2005, overall the (43) collisions in 2005 only rose 20% from 2004.

All preventable accidents resulted in remedial drivers training to coincide with policy and the early warning system.

Only three (3) employees were involved in more than one accident. One officer had one preventable and one non-preventable, with the other two having two preventable accidents.

Internal Investigation: (8)

This was a 20 % decrease from the previous year.

Citizen Complaints: (38)

This is an overall 1 % decrease in citizen complaints from the previous year.   4 out of 38 were sustained.  This equates to1% of the total complaints being sustained, which is the same as last year.