FINAL COMPLAINTS 15.2 Final complaints audit

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 NCOMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONSAUDIT(FISCAL YEAR 2008/2009)Conducted by theOFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALANDRÉ BIROTTE, JR.Inspector GeneralFebruary 5, 2009OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERALCOMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS AUDIT (Fiscal Year 2008/2009)PURPOSEThe Office of the Inspector General (OIG), pursuant to Consent Decree Paragraph 136(ii), hascompleted its annual Complaint Investigations Audit (Audit). Paragraph 136(ii) requires theOIG to conduct a regular and periodic audit of complaint investigations, and to evaluate thequality and/or outcome of investigations. For this Audit, the OIG evaluated investigationquality, focusing on the following three areas:• The accuracy and completeness of summarized statements (summaries of audio-recordedinterviews) within the investigation;• The proper framing of allegations; and,• Other investigative quality issues that could have possibly affected the final adjudication of one or more allegations. These issues included: (1) Identifying accused officers,(2) Interviewing public witnesses, (3) Interviewing witness and/or accused officers,(4) Follow-up questioning of accused officers, and (5) Canvassing for witnesses.Note that this Audit is not intended to provide an assessment of Department-wide adherence tocomplaint-related mandates specified in the Consent Decree. The Los Angeles PoliceDepartment’s (LAPD or ...