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Department of Police Accountability reports Q2 backlog, rising 'unfounded' findings as body cameras clarify incidents
Summary
The Department of Police Accountability told the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board it opened many investigations in recent years, has faced backlogs tied to internal affairs capacity and is seeing more 'unfounded' findings as surveillance and body-worn camera footage provides clarity.
Marshall Kine, chief attorney for the Department of Police Accountability (DPA), reported July 11 that DPA investigative caseloads reached high levels in recent months and that evidence availability—particularly surveillance and body-worn camera footage—is changing how some complaints are resolved.
Kine said DPA opened an elevated number of new cases in 2024 and early 2025, which strained investigative capacity and pushed some case completion times toward 270 days. The DPA has, at times, returned cases to the sheriff’s internal affairs unit to manage workloads; Kine said the internal affairs unit had recently added staff—an investigator, a sergeant and a paralegal—which improved evidence collection and supported DPA investigations.
Kine described a shift in investigative findings: while “exonerated” remains…
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