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informed regarding the progress of inquiries and may reclassify the complaint if warranted. The <br />Auditor's Office contacts the reporting party with a resolution. <br />While policy complaints decreased in 2012 (down to 35 from 53), they were comparable with 2010 <br />levels. Inquiries, on the other hand, sharply increased — 93 in 2012 compared to 54 in 2011. This <br />appears to be likely related to classification processes; our office has focused on improving our <br />preliminary investigations of complaints, and often complaints are classified as inquiries until the <br />preliminary investigation has developed. Often, inquiries will be reclassified to allegations, service <br />complaints, or policy complaints depending on what is discovered in the preliminary investigation. <br />This theory is supported by the decreased number of allegations for 2012, as well as the dramatic <br />decrease in dismissed allegations from 2011. In 2011, 15 specific allegations of misconduct (from <br />several different complaints) were dismissed for various reasons. As stated above, in 2012, only two <br />specific allegations (from two different complaints) were dismissed. <br />Inquiries and Policy Complaints, 2008 -2012 <br />100 <br />90 <br />80 <br />70 <br />60 <br />50 <br />40 <br />30 <br />20 <br />10 <br />0 <br />■ Inquiry <br />Policy Complaint <br />26 1 Office of the Police Auditor 2012 Annual Report <br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 <br />