Report on Investigations of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against CPD Members 2021

Executive Summary

The consent decree requires OIG to publish an annual report “assessing the quality of the sexual misconduct administrative investigations reviewed, “recommending changes in policies and practices to better prevent, detect, or investigate sexual misconduct,” and “providing aggregate data on the administrative investigations reviewed” by OIG.

This report contains statistics on and analysis of all the cases reportable under Paragraph 444, as identified by OIG. In 2021, BIA and COPA made progress toward ensuring OIG is notified of all qualifying sexual misconduct investigations pursuant to the consent decree. Prompted by OIG’s recommendations in its last report, COPA created new category codes to better identify allegations of sexual misconduct and committed to working with BIA to create a process to notify OIG of a qualifying case that reaches a final disciplinary decision. However, OIG discovered several cases investigated by each agency that had not been reported as required. OIG also noted concerns surrounding the length of time it took for many of these investigations to be concluded, along with a lack of documented explanation for the length of investigations.