Title:
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Creation of an Inspector General Position
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File ID: 2020-00793
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the Office of Public Safety Accountability Director, the City Attorney, and the City Manager to implement City Council direction by creating an Inspector General position in the Office of Public Safety Accountability with full independence and authority to investigate officer-involved shootings and use-of-force incidents that result in serious bodily injury or death.
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Contact: Kelly Fong Rivas, Chief of Staff, (916) 808-5300, Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg
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Presenter: Mayor Darrell Steinberg, (916) 808-5300, Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Ordinance 2016-0054 (Relating to the Office of Public Safety Accountability)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In 1999, the Mayor and Sacramento City Council established the Office of Police Accountability for the purpose of monitoring the investigation of community complaints. In July 2004, the City Manager, with City Council approval, increased the Office's responsibilities to include the Sacramento Fire Department. The Office was renamed the Office of Public Safety Accountability (OPSA). In November 2016, City Council approved an ordinance which provided greater community input and participation by sun-setting the Sacramento Community Police Commission and replacing it with the Sacramento Community Police Review Commission (SCPRC), with staff support provided by OPSA. The ordinance also expanded the role and authority of OPSA by increasing the office's budget to hire additional staff. Further, the reporting chain was changed so that OPSA is under the direction, control and supervision of the Mayor and City Council, rather than the City Manager. The provisions of the ordinance went into effect in 2017 and resulted in the OPSA's growth from an office of one FTE to an office of...
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