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OCC director warns staffing and vehicle cuts would hamstring citizen-complaint investigations
Summary
Office of Citizen Complaints Director Joyce Hicks told the Police Commission the OCC faces an $81,000 reduction that would require cutting one investigator, while the office's caseload remains high and two vehicles need replacement; the OCC also reported a 6% sustained-complaint rate for 2013.
Joyce Hicks, director of the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC), told the Police Commission that the OCC remains a national model for civilian oversight but faces budgetary pressure that could reduce its capacity.
Hicks summarized outreach and mediation activity, noting the OCC mediated 59 cases in 2013 and sustained 43 complaints in calendar year 2013 (15 filed in 2013, 28 carried over from 2012). She said the 2013 First Amendment compliance audit of the Police Department…
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