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 2007/2008)Conducted by theOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALANDRÉ BIROTTE, JR.Inspector GeneralApril 30, 2008TABLE OF CONTENTSNON-CATEGORICAL USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS AUDITPAGE(FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008) NO.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iPURPOSE 1BACKGROUND 1SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY 3RESULTS OF THE AUDIT 3 HANDLING OF EXCESSIVE FORCE ALLEGATIONS 4 MIRANDA ADMONITION OF NCUOF SUBJECTS 9 COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE 11 DOCUMENTATION OF WITNESS VANTAGE POINTS AND PORTIONS OF A13 USE OF FORCE OBSERVEDADDITIONAL MATTERS 15 INCOMPLETE WITNESS INTERVIEWS 15 RECORDINGS OF THE NCUOF INCIDENT 16 EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS 17 CONSISTENT STATEMENT VERBIAGE 17 INVESTIGATIONS CLOSED OVER A YEAR AFTER THE NCUOF INCIDENT 18 NOTIFICATIONS TO THE MEDICAL EVALUATION UNIT 19PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS 20CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS 23EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALNON-CATEGORICAL USE OF FORCE INVESTIGATIONS AUDITFISCAL YEAR 2007/2008PURPOSEThe Office of the Inspector General (OIG), pursuant to Consent Decree Paragraph 136(i),completed its annual Non-Categorical Use of Force (NCUOF) Investigations Audit (Audit).Paragraph 136(i) requires the OIG to assess areas of concern identified by the Inspector Generaland at least one area related to the quality and ...