Police auditor sees its caseload swell as Palo Alto calls for more oversight: OIR Group promises more substantive, regular reports as city increases scope over Police Department
14 September 2021
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14 September 2021
For more than a decade, Palo Alto police auditor Michael Gennaco has probed every incident that involved Palo Alto police officers deploying a Taser, discharging a firearm or committing serious offenses such as driving drunk or hitting a neighbor's car while off duty and then lying about it. These days, however, Gennaco and Stephen Connelly, his colleague at the OIR Group, are immersed in reviewing a broad new range of incidents — ones that would not have reached them in years past. This includes public complaints that police supervisors deem too minor to warrant a full investigation; internal conflicts in ...
Police auditor sees its caseload swell as Palo Alto calls for more oversight
Armed with a broader scope, Palo Alto's police auditor is preparing to release its reviews of 16 different incidents involving complaints against local officers, including four that involved force.
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