A review of the Internal Affairs Complaints and Investigations received during calendar year 2014 revealed there were three (3) complaints/investigations conducted by this police department that totaled four (4) allegations of officer misconduct. One of the complaints had (2) two officers involved. During the calendar year of 2013 there were (5) five complaints and investigations. In 2012 there were (0) zero complaints investigated and in the calendar year of 2011 there were seven (7) complaints investigated.
Below are the divisions of the police department and the number of complaints and investigations that each division received in 2014:
|
Division / Unit
|
Number of Complaints
|
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Administration Division
|
0
|
|
Support Operations
|
|
|
Criminal Investigations Unit
|
0
|
|
Conveyance Unit
|
0
|
|
P.A.C.T. Unit
|
0
|
|
Field Operations
|
|
|
Patrol Division
|
3
|
|
Boulevard Unit
|
1
|
|
Traffic Unit
|
0
|
|
Total
|
4
|
An additional breakdown of the fact determination in each of the above Internal Affairs Investigations is as follows:
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Unfounded
|
1
|
|
Exonerated
|
0
|
|
Not Sustained
|
0
|
|
Sustained
|
3
|
The Richmond Heights Police Department handled 23,146 calls for service in 2014 as compared to 24,279 calls for service in 2013. This is a decrease of 1,133 calls for service than received in calendar year 2013.
