Audit Report Cover Sheet - 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 NNON-CATEGORICAL USE OF FORCEINVESTIGATIONS AUDIT(Fiscal Year 2006/2007)Conducted byOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALANDRÉ BIROTTE, JR.Inspector GeneralMarch 30, 2007TABLE OF CONTENTSNON-CATEGORICAL USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS AUDITPAGE(FISCAL YEAR 2006/2007) NO.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iPURPOSE 1BACKGROUND 1SCOPE AND METHODOLGY 3SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 4DETAILED FINDINGS 4ADDITIONAL MATTERS 12RECOMMENDATIONS 17Prior Recommendations 17Current Recommendations 18EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALNON-CATEGORICAL USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS AUDIT(FISCAL YEAR 2006/2007)PURPOSEThe Office of the Inspector General (OIG), pursuant to Consent Decree Paragraph 136(ii),completed its annual Non-Categorical Use of Force (NCUOF) Investigations Audit (Audit). TheAudit focused on assessing the following:1) The Overall Quality of NCUOF Investigations and2) The Handling of Unauthorized Force Allegations, if applicable.The Audit is not intended to provide an assessment of Department-wide adherence to mandatesspecified in the Consent Decree. The Los Angeles Police Department’s (Department) AuditDivision performs that type of assessment annually. Instead, this Audit provides a globalassessment of the above-listed risk areas. In determining whether a particular concern wasreportable, the OIG evaluated the totality of circumstances. In some instances, ...