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OCC reports 2009 caseload improvements but warns budget cuts could undercut investigations
Summary
OCC Director Joyce Hicks told the San Francisco Police Commission that 2009 saw strong case closures and a record mediation program, but warned proposed 10–20% budget cuts could eliminate staff and delay or foreclose sustained findings on serious complaints.
Joyce Hicks, director of the Office of Citizen Complaints, presented the OCC2009 annual report to the San Francisco Police Commission, saying the office received 1,018 complaints last year and closed more cases than it opened. "The OCC received 1,018 complaints last year," Hicks said, and noted that investigators closed 1,031 cases during the year.
Hicks told commissioners the OCCwhich investigates civilian complaints of police misconductmade gains on delays and mediation in 2009 but is vulnerable to budget cuts. She said the office ran a record mediation program (76 mediated cases in 2009),…
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