ABC Audit Report Final

L O S A N G E L E S P O L I C E C O M M I S S I O NL O S A N G E L E S P O L I C E C O M M I S S I O NREVIEW OFTHE DEPARTMENT’S ARREST,BOOKING, AND CHARGING AUDIT REPORTFIRST QUARTERFISCAL YEAR 2004/2005Conducted byOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALANDRÉ BIROTTE JR.Inspector GeneralJanuary 13, 2005OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALREVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT’S ARREST, BOOKING, AND CHARGINGREPORTS AUDITFIRST QUARTER - FISCAL YEAR 2004/2005I. BACKGROUNDConsent Decree (CD) paragraph (¶) 128 mandates the Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD or Department) to conduct a regular and periodic audit of a stratified randomsample of arrest, booking, and charging reports. The audit shall entail a review forcompleteness of the information contained and an authenticity review to include anexamination for “canned” language, inconsistent information, lack of articulation of thelegal bases for the applicable action or other indicia that the information in the documentis not authentic or correct. The review shall also assess the information in the relateddocuments to determine whether the underlying action was appropriate, legal, and inconformance with Department procedures. To the extent possible, the review shall alsoevaluate the supervisory oversight of the applicable incident and any post-incidentreview.The audit was conducted by Audit Division pursuant to the Department’s Annual AuditPlan, First Quarter, Fiscal Year 2004/2005. This is the fifth Consent ...