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OCC reports no DGO 8.1 violations in 2015; public raises JTTF oversight concerns
Summary
Office of Citizen Complaints presented its 2015 First Amendment compliance audit of Department General Order 8.1 and found no violations; public commenters and attorneys questioned whether certain Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) activities were being captured by the audit or kept "off the books."
Director Joyce Hicks told the Police Commission that the OCCs audit of Department General Order 8.1 for 2015 found no authorized investigations under that order, no undercover officers or infiltrators documented for the year, no records of unlawful activities within the orders scope, and no audit recommendations.
Hicks said auditors reviewed material required by the order, including logs, requests for intrusive techniques and ASSIST agency-assist forms. The OCC recorded nine public requests about…
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