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Office of Citizen Complaints reports caseload, mediation results to Police Commission
Summary
Manny Fortz of the Office of Citizen Complaints told the Police Commission the OCC handled 784 complaints in 2011, sustained roughly 7% of allegations, and conducted 61 mediations last year; the office aims to complete investigations in nine months and uses multilingual intake options.
Manny Fortz, an attorney with San Francisco’s Office of Citizen Complaints, presented the OCC’s recent caseload and processes to the Police Commission, describing the agency’s role as civilian oversight, its investigatory powers and recent statistics.
Fortz said the OCC was created by the Board of Supervisors in 1982 and implemented in 1983, is separate from the Police Department and the commission, and has subpoena authority for investigations.…
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