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SPD highlights internal inspections and arrest-audit program; commissioners press on sampling and training
Summary
Captain Buchanan briefed the commission on the Sacramento Police Department's Inspections and Standards team (created 2020) and described quarterly equipment inspections, constitutionality-of-arrest audits (5% sampling), and public posting of quarterly results; commissioners asked whether OPSA reviews the audits and how sampling detects trends.
Captain Buchanan told the commission the Inspections and Standards team was created in 2020 "to make sure we are meeting the highest standards for our internal audits and inspections" and outlined the team's duties: quarterly inspections of patrol, investigations and specialty units; equipment accountability checks; and constitutionality-of-arrest audits.
Buchanan said constitutionality audits use a computer randomizer to select roughly 5…
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