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In 1974, mounting allegations of police brutality in Chicago led to the creation of a blue-ribbon panel led by U.S. Representative Ralph Metcalfe. On the panel's recommendation, the Office of Professional Standards (OPS) was formed as an independent investigating agency. [1] [2] In 2007, amid criticism of the OPS' ineffectiveness and a series of police scandals, the City Council and Mayor ...
The Office of Professional Standards (OPS) ensures the integrity of OSBI personnel and operations. This is done through the oversight of internal investigations, maintenance and security of complaint and investigative records, research and development of agency policies and procedures, and functional reviews of operating units.
The Office of Professional Responsibility ( OPR ), part of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and supervised by the FBI, is responsible for investigating lawyers employed by the Department of Justice who have been accused of misconduct or crime in the exercise of their professional functions.
Rhoads said she immediately filed a human resources complaint, but as of Feb. 13, the department's Office of Professional Standards had not taken any action, which her attorneys said was an ...
The county prosecutor took control of the Hackensack Police Department's internal affairs bureau and office of professional standards.
The Office of Professional Standards is staffed with investigators who are tasked with conducting internal affairs investigations within the New Jersey State Parole Board. Additionally, OPS conducts special investigations at the direction of the agency executive staff or when complaints are received from the public.
Internal affairs (law enforcement) Internal affairs (often known as IA) is a division of a law enforcement agency that investigates incidents and possible suspicions of criminal and professional misconduct attributed to members of the parent force. It is thus a mechanism of limited self-governance, "a police force policing itself".
The agency that establishes standards for police officer selection, training, licensure, certification, and suspension/decertification is called the police officer standards and training ( POST) commission in 15 states (as of 2004), [1] including California, [6] Arizona, [7] and Nevada. [8] In other states, the certification body goes by a different name, such as: Georgia Peace Officer ...