Police Oversight Office Failing(2)

Greg Owen

Attorney

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The audit report of San Francisco's Office of Citizen Complaints shows that it is failing miserably. "This is really sad," said Commissioner Joe Marshall in regards to a 45-page document that faults the complaint office for poor management and organizational issues.

"The system didn't work, and everybody should be upset about that," Marshall added. Unbelievably, this is the first audit of the Office of Citizen Complaints, which has had the task of recording police misconduct for more than 20 years. The office has failed to bring closure to 40 percent of the cases received. The responsibility for much of the criticism was accepted by Kevin Allen, who recently announced his resignation as director of the OCC.