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Police Civilian Review Board Procedure Board Panel Procedures For A Request For An Investigation

The document outlines the procedures for police civilian review board panels in a 5-step process: 1) It is the panel's responsibility to review investigations, meet with administrators, request additional investigation if needed, make determinations on complaints, and make recommendations to the police chief. 2) Panel members have access to all case information and evidence, including officer complaint histories after a sustained finding. 3) Information is kept confidential, with case files and histories only reviewed onsite and shredded after use. 4) Panel members cannot communicate with complainants, witnesses or officers regarding pending cases and can only discuss cases officially. 5) Panels aim to provide recommendations to the police chief within 30 days

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Police Civilian Review Board Procedure Board Panel Procedures For A Request For An Investigation

The document outlines the procedures for police civilian review board panels in a 5-step process: 1) It is the panel's responsibility to review investigations, meet with administrators, request additional investigation if needed, make determinations on complaints, and make recommendations to the police chief. 2) Panel members have access to all case information and evidence, including officer complaint histories after a sustained finding. 3) Information is kept confidential, with case files and histories only reviewed onsite and shredded after use. 4) Panel members cannot communicate with complainants, witnesses or officers regarding pending cases and can only discuss cases officially. 5) Panels aim to provide recommendations to the police chief within 30 days

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r Police Civilian Review Board Procedure J

I Board Panel Procedures for a Request for an Investigation 1

1. Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of Board panels, comprised of five members assigned randomly,


to:

A. Receive and review the investigations of the Police Civilian Review Board
Administrator and the Internal Affairs Unit.
B. Meet with the Board Administrator to discuss the cases.
C. Direct the Administrator to conduct additional investigation, if necessary.
D. Make a determination whether a complaint is unfounded, the officer is
exonerated, no determination is possible, or sustained.
E. Make a recommendation to the Police Chief regarding:
1. Training
2. Discipline
3. No discipline
4. Any other recommendations deemed appropriate by a majority of the
Board panel.
F. Make recommendations to the full Board regarding changes in Police Department
policies and procedures.

2. Access to Information

Board panel members will have access to all information made available to the
Administrator and Internal Affairs, including but not limited to:

A. All police reports


B. All written correspondence, including electronic correspondence
C. Physical evidence
D. Photographs
E. Tape recordings of interviews with officer(s) and witnesses
F. Witness statements
G. Officer statements
H. After the panel has made a final decision that the complaint is either sustained or
no determination, officers' complaint histories on excessive force cases and other
cases for which the Administrator or Board has requested a history.
I. Any other information that has arisen that is pertinent to the case.

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Board Panel Proceduresfor a Requestfor an Investigation

3. Method of Providing Infonnation

Because ofthe need for confidentiality, the following procedures will be followed:

A. The Internal Affairs case file will be kept in the Administrator's office.
Individual panel members wishing to review the case file will come to the
Administrator's office/conference area and review it there. The case file will not
leave the Administrator's office/conference area at any time.

B. When Board panel members receive an officer's complaint history, it will


be provided in the Administrator's conference area, unless a panel meeting is held
elsewhere. If the panel meeting is held in the Administrator's conference area,
the complaint history will not leave that conference area and will be shredded
after the panel's deliberations. If the panel meeting is held elsewhere, it will be
the responsibility of the Administrator to gather all copies of the complaint history
upon conclusion of the panel's review, return them to his/her office and shred
them.

4. Communication

A. Board panel members must not have any communication about the subject
matter of a case pending before the Board with the complainant, witnesses, or the
officer(s) against whom the allegation has been made.
B. Panel members shall confine their discussion regarding the substance and
merits of a complaint to official panel meetings.

5. Timeframe

The Board panels will attempt, whenever possible, to convey their recommendations to
the Police Chief within 30 calendar days of the completion of the Internal Affairs
Investigation.

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Date

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