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Inspector General presents September statistics; board told quarterly report coming in October
Summary
The IG presented month-to-date and year-to-date complaint and investigation totals and described pending-hold categories; board asked for more detailed monthly metrics in future reports.
The Office of the Inspector General presented its monthly summary for September at the Civilian Review Board's October meeting, providing raw counts for complaints and investigations and previewing a quarterly report to come.
Inspector General Hendrix told the board that complaints received in September were "a hundred and 4 and 2" (verbatim from the record) and that year-to-date complaint receipts totaled 872. He said 612 complaints have been closed year to date. He reported that the office had opened 246 investigations year to date, opened 31 in September and closed 37 in that month; year-to-date closed investigations were 238, and the office currently had 49 active investigations.
Hendrix cautioned that the active-investigation total excludes 24 complaints that are "pending information," which may lead to additional investigations, and 17 complaints on administrative hold for reasons such as an allegation being forwarded to the police department for criminal inquiry or because an officer was on leave. He also said 207 investigations have been reviewed by the board year to date and that, at the time of the meeting, roughly 80 investigations were under board review. The IG said the office will present a quarterly report in October after scrubbing and finalizing the September statistics.
Board members asked clarifying questions about fields and data the IG tracks and whether monthly reports could include additional breakdowns (allegation types, precinct or zone, shifts, and body-worn camera activation). The IG's office said it can provide what exists in its Matrix database and is working to add fields over time; certain requested fields (for example, officer shift) are not currently tracked in the database and may require systems work or manual supplements.
Ending: The IG agreed to review the board's requested fields and return with guidance on what can be produced monthly from the existing database and what would require additional data work or systems changes.
