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Inspector General reports 81 complaints in November, outlines Tableau dashboard plan
Summary
The Inspector General reported 81 complaints in November, with 21 investigations opened and eight sustained misconduct findings; he told the board the DIG will work with city IT and Matrix to build a Tableau dashboard to publish case data and tracking.
The Department of the Inspector General told the Civilian Police Review Board that it received 81 citizen complaints in November and opened 21 investigations, with 8 allegations closed as sustained misconduct in that month.
"Citizens' complaints that we received for the month of November were 81," the Inspector General said while summarizing intake and disposition statistics. He told the board 57 complaints were closed at intake, one was placed on administrative hold and multiple allegations were categorized by type, including actions taken/not taken and search and seizure.
The IG also described progress toward a public data dashboard designed to present intake status and case dispositions. He said meetings with the city's IT team and the Matrix vendor are scheduled to demonstrate how the DIG's data will flow into a public visualization and that the next technical meeting was planned for January 12. "We will be meeting again with them on January 12," he said, and added that Tableau is the recommended tool to build the display.
Board members welcomed the plan and raised requests for more granular trend data, particularly precinct-level counts of sustained allegations. The IG said the office does not routinely provide a precinct-level trend summary to CPD but noted that CPD receives the full case reports and the chain of command can track dispositions; he also said the DIG meets quarterly with CPD to discuss differences in findings.
Several members asked the DIG to publish a tracked set of policy recommendations and their implementation status, either on the board's website or added to quarterly agendas. The IG acknowledged capacity limits and suggested adding policy-tracking items to future agendas; members suggested the board consider outside support or partnerships to analyze patterns and practice if internal capacity remains constrained.
What happens next: the DIG will continue technical meetings with IT and Matrix to finalize architecture for the dashboard and will return to the board with updates; members asked staff to add policy-recommendation tracking to future agendas and to discuss possible outside support for data analysis.
