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<br /> <br /> Independent Police Auditor’s Office -- 2017 Annual Report 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A Look Back <br />Since 2009, our office received 3,254 complaints, including 48 allegations of criminal misconduct, 128 <br />vehicle pursuits, 316 allegations of serious misconduct, and 1,537 service complaints. From mid-2013 <br />through 2017, we reviewed 939 reportable uses of force. We generally extend higher scrutiny to uses <br />of force involving people experiencing mental health crisis. <br /> <br /> <br />Highlights from 2017 <br /> <br />Progress and Results <br />Our office greatly expanded our community outreach efforts in 2017; those efforts are described in <br />more detail below. In addition, our day-to-day work progressed in many different areas; our office <br />reviewed 325 complaints and 230 reportable uses of force in 2017. <br /> <br />Body Worn Camera Evidence <br /> Body-worn cameras (BWC) were issued to all EPD officers in June 2017. The effect on our work <br />was nearly immediate; in addition to the 325 complaints we reviewed last year, we also review <br />every reportable use of force. In 2017, there were 230 reportable uses of force. BWC’s are a <br />significant improvement over in-car video both technologically and as far as portraying a more <br />thorough and accurate version of the police contact. Evidence generated by BWC’s can be <br />September 24, 2018, Work Session – Item 2