The Nashville Community Review Board reviewed and accepted multiple OPA case reports at its August meeting and recommended follow‑up actions to the chief of police and the mayor.

The board accepted the lead compliance monitor’s and assistant director’s reviews of multiple case files, including the following actions and findings: the board recommended that OPA further investigate NCRB case CC2024‑023 (alleging deficient or inefficient performance by Detective Matthew Turpa) after finding a missing interview recording, a missing or unactivated body‑worn camera recording and an omitted incident report. The board directed that the referral be sent to OPA for further investigation and to the chief and mayor with NCRB’s recommendations.

The board accepted case CC2024‑033 (Officer Alexandria Herring) after OPA sustained a recommendation for additional training. NCRB reviewers found an officer failed to activate a body‑worn camera at a traffic collision and did not obtain driver statements on scene; OPA sustained violations tied to traffic crash response and documentation and the board recommended training on preliminary investigations, witness interviewing, and consistent activation of in‑car and body‑worn cameras.

The board also reviewed CC2024‑092 (Officer Zachariah J. Souza) and CC2025‑014 (Officer Ruben Mariano). In the Mariano matter, GPS and dash cam data showed the officer reached speeds up to 93 mph; Mariano accepted a pre‑investigative settlement of a written reprimand for a category E speeding offense. NCRB members expressed concern that discipline in some speeding cases is resolved as lower‑level reprimands and said similar conduct could merit more serious charges when public safety is endangered.

For each accepted report the board voted to send findings to MNPD leadership and the mayor; the motions to accept were carried by voice vote.