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OIR urges formal Force Review Cadre oversight for officer-involved shootings; chief cites resource limits and proposes debrief compromise
Summary
OIR recommended all officer-involved shootings be reviewed by the department's Force Review Cadre for comprehensive documentation; Chief Jeremy Storey expressed resource concerns and proposed mandatory training and equipment debriefs for every officer-involved shooting instead.
Steve Connolly of OIR told the council the audit team "really feel[s] like every officer involved shooting case should just kind of automatically be brought to that force review cadre so that they we know that they're gonna give it their full workup." He said routine cadre review would improve documentation and make after-action lessons more visible to auditors and the public.
Chief Jeremy Storey responded that while he agrees with the intent, staffing and resource constraints make mandatory cadre review for every critical incident difficult. "The cadre is not full time staff... they have another job, and then they probably have 5 or 6 other jobs on top of that," Storey said, describing the recommendation as a logistical challenge. He proposed a compromise: require a training-and-equipment debrief for every officer-involved shooting early in the review process so that tactical lessons and equipment issues can be addressed promptly, while full criminal and administrative reviews continue.
OIR said it will continue discussing documentation standards with the chief and city leadership to find a balance between comprehensive formal review and practical resource limits. The council asked for follow-up on how the compromise would be implemented and whether additional staffing or documentation tools are necessary.
