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•  Identification of training failure



                   •  Identification of policy failure


                                                       PERSONNEL



               The Office of Professional Standards is currently under the command of Captain Sean

               Parker.


               COMPLAINTS


               The number of complaints received and investigated by the Office decreased from last

               year, as seen in the table below.  Eight of the thirteen complaints were received from

               citizens, while the balance was initiated internally.



                                 Total Complaints for        Number of complaints received from the
                    Year
                                        the year                                 public
                   2017                     26                                     19


                   2018                     17                                     11

                   2019                     25                                     17


                   2020                     22                                     11


                   2021                    13                                       8




                                   PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATIONS


               The Office of Professional Standards investigated thirteen complaints between January

               and December 2021.  Please see below a breakdown of the cases and the investigative


               findings.


                                                          Not                      Other      Policy
               Pending  Unfounded  Exonerated                       Sustained                           Total
                                                       Sustained                 Sustained  Failure
                   3            2             4            0            4            0           0       13



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