Overview
- An OIG audit released this week found disciplinary data split across CPD, the Department of Human Resources, and the Office of Public Safety Administration, creating gaps in officers’ histories.
- More than half of reprimands and over a third of suspensions lacked entries in personnel or payroll systems, while separations were consistently recorded.
- The report warns that missing documentation undermines progressive discipline and weakens accountability for repeat misconduct.
- A court shift to arbitration for serious cases, coupled with the FOP’s push to keep those hearings closed, has left many matters on hold until a decision on openness is reached.
- City officials say a new information and case management system has since been implemented, and Superintendent Larry Snelling says CPD is working to improve records management.