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Oversight offices report rising intake, backlog progress and training, policy updates
Summary
Office of Police Conduct Review told commissioners it is managing a large intake volume and a significant backlog; Internal Affairs and the Implementation Unit reported status updates on investigations, training and policy work including a new peer‑support program pending policy approval.
Staff from the Office of Police Conduct Review, Internal Affairs and the MPD Implementation Unit presented monthly updates to the Community Commission on Police Oversight on Aug. 11 that showed rising complaint intake, continuing backlog work, and a cluster of policy and training items moving through public comment and implementation.
Russ Fujisawa, associate director of the Office of Police Conduct Review (OPCR), told commissioners that OPCR handled 103 contacts in July 2025, compared with about 30 in the same month last year, and that 110 complaints were in the office’s intake queue. Of those 110 complaints, 74 were beyond the 30‑day intake timeline required by the settlement agreement, Fujisawa said. The average time a complaint sits in intake before routing is about 55 days; once a complaint is assigned to an investigator, average…
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