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Independent policing auditor asks Arlington County for staff and funding increases to expand oversight
Summary
Independent policing auditor Mami Ibrahim told the county board she is seeking additional staffing and operating funds to meet oversight benchmarks, pointing to a shortfall from a recommended 1% of the police operating budget and asking for a deputy auditor, continued paralegal support and greater community engagement capacity.
Mami Ibrahim, Arlington County's independent policing auditor, told the Board during a work session that her office has grown into a functioning oversight body but remains chronically underfunded and understaffed. "I'm the independent policing auditor for Arlington County," Ibrahim said as she opened a five‑year review of the office's work.
Ibrahim asked the board to move the office toward a commonly cited benchmark of funding equal to 1% of the police department's operating expenses. She said the manager's proposed operating allocation (commonly discussed in the presentation as roughly $40,000) is well below that standard and that…
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