Item B: Police Auditor Ordinance Review Report

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ATTACHMENT A List of 18 Items to Consider 1 The Police Auditor shall have exclusive authority to classify and route complaints, as well as to reclassify complaints if upon further investigation and additional information, no available at the time of intake, the Auditor finds reclassification if warranted. 2 Investigation of complaints shall commence upon classification of the complaint by the Police Auditor or as soon as possible thereafter, and no investigation shall occur before the Police Auditor has received, classified, and routed the complaint. 3 Upon the opening of a case file, and any time thereafter including closed cases, the Police Auditor shall have complete, unrestricted, and direct access to all records, evidence, documents, and all material the Police Auditor deems relevant to the complaint. 4 Administrative investigations shall proceed concurrently with any related criminal investigation; administrative investigations shall not be suspended, delayed, or postponed, while criminal proceedings involving complainants and witnesses are resolved. 5 The Police Auditor shall have complete, unrestricted, and direct, access to the necessary Eugene Police Department offices; the same as Internal Affairs staff. In addition the Police Auditor shall have complete, unrestricted, and direct access to Internal Affairs PRO database the same as the program coordinator and the Internal Affairs PRO supervisor. 6 The Police Auditor shall maintain strict name confidentiality wherever warranted or legally required. Upon classification of the complaint, the Police Chief may request the Police Auditor provide name confidentiality on a specific case, and the Police Auditor shall comply, but the identifications of any involved parties shall not be withheld from the Police Auditor. 7 There shall be an opportunity for appeal of the Police Chief’s adjudication to the City Manager for final determination (on the existing record). Appeal shall be available in cases of misconduct upon the request of the Police Auditor, the Civilian Review Board, or the complainant in cases where there is disagreement between the Police Auditor and the Police Chief and/or the Civilian Review Board and to the Police Chief. 8 Risk claims shall be forwarded to Internal Affairs and the Police Auditor for classification and processing as a complaint. 9 The Police Auditor shall review random selections of Service Complaints. 10 The definition for “police employee” shall include the Police Chief by adding “including the Chief who answers to the City Manager.” 11 The Police Auditor’s budget shall be sufficient to accomplish all of the duties and responsibilities of the office including the sufficient and readily available funds to contract for external investigations. 12 Update Section 2.456(2)(c)(d) for consistency with the Charter.