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OPTION 2b (Police Commission preferred option) 4: All case files sha.1I be provided to the PoIice"auditor upon conclusion of the investigation for review and determination thatthe investigation is thorough and complete; Once the investigation is deemed complete, the involved employee's immediate supervisor (-'.) . will confer with the police auditor and develop a case adjudication. recommendation that will be '\. forwarded through the Chain of Command to the Chief of Police for final adjudication. If the police " auditor disagrees with the supervisor's recommendation, his/her disagreements and comments will be documented and forwarded to the Chief of Police as well. The immediate supervisor and police auditor " will use their best efforts to complete this process in a timely manner and without unreasonably delaying the final a~judication of the case. . . . . e) The Auditor's Office will make every reasonable effort to notify the complainant that an investigation has been conducted, summarize the case findings and provide an opportunity for the complainantto co.mment or ask questions about the process. f) The Auditor's Office shall return all case file materials to Internal Affairs for retention; but shall have subsequ'ent access to closed cases. . 'g) The police auditor shall maintain an on-going status report on the work of the Auditor's' Office and case investigations to be. shared with .the Ciyilian Review Board. . 12. Access to Records and Materials a. The police auditor shan have complete and unrestricted. access to all complaint and .investigative records and materials, and any other information needed to perform his/her specified duties. Consistent with section 11 .c), the police auditor shall not have access to the criminal investigation file until.the investigation or criminal proceedings have concluded. b. The police auditor shall supervise the development and implementation of a case managemE;lnt system . to track all complaints received in. coordination with the I.nternal Affairs Unit, report case statistics and trends, and provide performance indicators to evaluate the effectivenes~ of the Auditor's Office. c. The police auditor and the Chief of Police shall develop cooperative interdepartmental procedures and any necessary infrastructure to coordinate the flow of information and communication between the Auditor's Office and the police department. \. J 13. Powers and DutIes of the Civilian Review Board a) The Civilian Review Board shall establish., in collaboration with the police auditor, policies; procedures and operating principles for the Civilian Review Board. b) The Civilian Review Board may review the completed. investigation and adjudication of complaints filed against sWQrn police officers at the request of complainant, by the recommendation of the police auditor, or at its own discretion .by maj~rity yote. 1. The Civilian Review Board shall develop criteria by which to decid~ whether to a.ccept a case for review. Hqwever the Civilian Review Board may not accept a completed case that was previously reviewed as a community impact case in Section 13(d) below. 2. All materials concerning the completed investigations of cases the Civilian Review Board has selected to review shall be made available to members of the Civilian Review Board. for their confidential review. 4 The co~ssion considered three options for this section and at its July 27th meeting, voted to remove Option 1 and put forth Options 28 and 2b for Council discussion. Option 2a was taken from the commission's oversight recommendations report, while Option 2b was proposed by City Attorney Sharon Rudnick. The reasons for this variation are described in her June 29th opinion. 4