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Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Combined Tenth and Eleventh Semi-Annual Report December 2008 Status: In Policy, Training, and Partial Practice Compliance Deliverables ¢ Departmental General Order M-3, Complaints Against Department Personnel or Procedures Departmental General Order M-3.1, Informal Complaint Resolution Process Departmental General Order M-3.2, Citizen’s Police Review Board Special Order 8553, TB V-T.1, Internal Investigations Procedure Manual OIG Audit Summary On February 29, 2008, OIG initiated an audit to determine whether OPD is complying with Task 2 of the Agreement. Task 2, Timeliness Standards and Compliance with Internal Affairs Division (IAD) Investigations, requires that OPD conduct a complete and thorough investigation of citizens’ complaints in a timely fashion and that timeliness standards are regularly monitored by IAD command and the Department’s command staff. Also, if IAD experiences an unusual proliferation of cases and/or workload, IAD staffing shall be increased to maintain timeliness standards. This was the first audit of Task 2 conducted by OJG. The investigations reviewed were opened between April 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007. Per revised DGO M-3, approved on February 6, 2008, the timeliness standard requirement for all internal investigations and ICRs is 180 days. The OIG audit revealed that OPD is still not in compliance with Task 2.1. The audit examined 76 internal investigations: 34 (45%) were completed within 180 days and 42 (55%) were not (on average, these were 41 days past due). The 76 internal investigations were completed in an average of 175 days. The audit also examined all 52 ICRs during the audit period, and found they were completed within 180 days 96% of the time. The audit stratified the 76 investigations by type (IAD and DLI) and class (Class I and Class II). Using the new 180-day standard, OPD has improved compliance of DLIs from 13% in the IMT review to 50% in this audit. The compliance rate of the 52 Class I investigations was 46% and that of Class II investigations, 50%. Finally, five of the seven investigations resulting in discipline (71%) met the standard for the discipline timeline of 30 days. The Department maintained compliance with Tasks 2.2 and 2.3. Task 03: IAD Integrity Tests ¢ Settlement Agreement Section IIL. C; page 7, lines 18-22 (lead-in page 6, line 24 — page 7, line 2) ¢ Assigned Unit: IAD Settlement Agreement Language e “By June 1, 2005, IAD must conduct integrity tests in situations where members/employees are the subject of repeated allegations of misconduct.” 32