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Law Enforcement Auditing in Measuring Police Performance. POLICE PERFORMANCE AUDITOR, JEFF PHILLIPS, DPA, CGAP , CFE OFFICER IN CHARGE INTERNAL AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS DIVISION, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT. HISTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUDITING. Financial audits Efficiency and Effectiveness
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Law Enforcement Auditing in Measuring Police Performance POLICE PERFORMANCE AUDITOR, JEFF PHILLIPS, DPA, CGAP, CFEOFFICER IN CHARGEINTERNAL AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS DIVISION, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
HISTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUDITING • Financial audits • Efficiency and Effectiveness • May have to rely on external auditors from city or county auditor's office
TYPES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUDITS • Financial - adherence to financial reporting, expenditures, payroll • Compliance - associated with compliance of financial legal requirements • Performance -associated with efficiency and effectiveness - Police Auditing, Jiao (1999)
Conventional Law Enforcement Performance Measures Adopted from Cordner & Scarborough, 2010
Focus of Consent Decrees • US DOJ vs. City of…..Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, District of Columbia, etc…. • US DOJ establishes a ‘practice or pattern’ of civil rights violations (42 USC Section 14141). • Little to no measurement of compliance with: • law or departmental policies and procedures • specifically pertaining to operations
MISNOMER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AUDITS • The use of the term • Sam Walker • Geoffrey Alpert
Consent DecreeJune 2001 • Rodney King Incident 1991 • Rampart Scandal 1999 • Federal Lawsuit against LAPD 2001 • Consent Decree implemented June 2001 • Federal Monitor • 187 Paragraphs of reform • Rodney King Incident 1991 • Rampart Scandal 1999 • Federal Lawsuit against LAPD 2001 • Consent Decree implemented June 2001 • Federal Monitor • 187 Paragraphs of reform
Establishment of Audit DivisionJuly 2001 • Consent Decree Requirement – Establish internal audit unit • Independent Monitor is Established • Staffing of Audit Division (2001) • Sworn officers tasked with conducting audits • Continued failure in audits
Establishment of Audit DivisionJuly 2001 • Commanding Officer reaches out to • Other law enforcement agencies • IACP • ALGA, IIA • Hire professional auditors • Educate in field of auditing • Basic Law Enforcement Performance Auditing Course
Performance Audits • Common Audits • Use of Force • Categorical • Non-Categorical • Personnel Complaints • Search Warrants • Command Accountability Performance Audits • Gang Enforcement Detail • Narcotic Enforcement Detail • Vice • Arrest Reports • Confidential Informants • Since 2009, audits have expanded to address other areas of high risk, for instance, Fiscal auditing, specialized division inspections, IT audits.
Who reviews and ultimately approves the audits? • Auditor/Auditee • Commanding Officer, Internal Audits and Inspections Division • Special Assistant to Constitutional Policing • Chief of Staff • Chief of Police • Police Commission • Inspector General
What do audits accomplish? • First and foremost change and identifying Best Practices to share with the organization • Findings and recommendations are reviewed and approved by Police Commission • Tracking and ensuring that the recommendations are addressed and acted upon, if feasible. • Over 300 recommendations have been closed out since the implementation of the Consent Decree.
Examples of Change • Use of Force Process • Several Manuals developed/updated for specialized units (Confidential Informant Manual) • Tactical Plan for every search warrant • Undercover Officer training requirement • Redesign and development of outdated tracking systems, such as Property Management System (APMIS)