Office of the Independent Police Auditor

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1994 Year End Report

I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................1

II. STATISTICAL DATA ......................................................................................5

A. METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................5

B. YEAR END STATISTICS .......................................................................6

C. THREE-YEAR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ........................................7

D. ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................9

III. IMPROVEMENT AT THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & CONDUCT UNIT

A. FILING A COMPLAINT .......................................................................15

B. PROCESSING A COMPLAINT ...........................................................15

C. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE POLICE AUDITOR ...........17

IV. ASSESSMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR

A. SAN JOSE CITY ORDINANCE ............................................................18

B. GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION .........................................................26

V. NEW ISSUES ..................................................................................................35

A. COMPLAINANTS ALLEGE THAT THE POLICE CONDUCT

UNLAWFUL SEARCHES ......................................................................35

B. ON SCENE INVESTIGATIONS FOLLOWING A USE OF FORCE

INCIDENT ARE LACKING IN PHYSICAL EVIDENCE .....................37

VI. UPDATE ON PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................................44

VII. CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................54

APPENDIX 1: DEFINING COMPLAINTS ............................................................57
APPENDIX 2: MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS ...................................................58
APPENDIX 3A: CITIZEN-INITIATED CASES/ALLEGATIONS CHART ..........59
APPENDIX 3B: DEPARTMENT-INITIATED CASES/ALLEGATIONS CHART60
APPENDIX 4: DEFINITIONS OF FINDINGS .......................................................61
APPENDIX 5A: CITIZEN-INITIATED DISCIPLINES IMPOSED CHART ..........62
APPENDIX 5B: DEPARTMENT-INITIATED DISCIPLINES IMPOSED CHART63
APPENDIX 5C: CI and DI DISCIPLINES IMPOSED CHART ..............................64
APPENDIX 6: REVISED ONLOOKERS POLICY .................................................65
APPENDIX 7: LIST OF PUBLIC OUTREACH .......................................................66
APPENDIX 8: CONSENT TO SEARCH FORM .....................................................67

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