§ 2-388. Internal investigations.

(a)

The department of safety and the police, sheriff, and fire departments shall cooperate with the monitor's office in actively monitoring and participating in internal investigations, including being present to actively monitor interviews of witnesses and persons under internal investigation. The departments shall establish departmental policies regarding that cooperation. The policies shall ensure that the department of safety and the police, sheriff, and fire departments provide the monitor's office with reasonable notice of and opportunity to attend interviews, the opportunity to make recommendations regarding investigations and reasonable timeframes to complete the steps in the internal investigatory process.

(b)

For any investigation that it monitors, the monitor's office shall review the investigation to ensure that it is thorough and complete.

(c)

If the monitor's office cannot certify that the investigation is thorough and complete, the monitor's office may request that IAB conduct additional investigation.

(d)

If IAB does not complete the additional investigation to the satisfaction of the monitor's office, the monitor's office may conduct additional investigation, including issuing subpoenas.

(e)

The monitor's office shall advise the board, manager of safety, and chief of police or undersheriff of the reasons that the monitor's office was not satisfied with IAB's investigation and of the additional investigation conducted by, or to be conducted by, the monitor's office.

(Ord. No. 730-04, § 1, 10-4-04; Ord. No. 67-15, § 1, 2-23-15; Ord. No. 29-19, § 12, 2-19-19)