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POST reports hundreds of agencies underreporting serious-misconduct filings; average agency finding takes eight months
Summary
POST staff told the advisory board that 611 agencies must report serious-misconduct allegations, roughly 24% had provided no reports or disproportionate reporting, and agency final dispositions averaged about eight months from initial submission; staff said letters will be sent to nonreporting agencies.
POST's professional conduct staff presented updated reporting and public-complaint statistics at the Oct. 9 advisory board hearing, saying a sustained effort is under way to reconcile agency filings under Senate Bill 2.
POST staff said 611 law enforcement agencies are required to report serious-misconduct allegations and that about 24% of agencies had no reports on file or had submitted amounts that appeared disproportionate relative to agency size. Staff noted that approximately half of that 24% are very small agencies with 10 or fewer peace officers, where the absence of reported incidents may reflect agency size rather than noncompliance.
Christine Ford, bureau chief overseeing the consolidated Southern Bureau, and Sarah Wallace, Intake and Disposition Bureau chief, briefed the board on…
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