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On the panel's recommendation, the Office of Professional Standards (OPS) was formed as an independent investigating agency. In 2007, amid criticism of the OPS' ineffectiveness and a series of police scandals, the City Council and Mayor Richard M. Daley replaced it with the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA).
Investigators from the Office of Professional Standards immediately responded and began an investigation. They interviewed the inmate, reviewed video footage, and gathered other evidence.
The order directed OPR to "receive and review any information concerning conduct by a Department employee that may be in violation of law, regulations or orders, or applicable standards of conduct." Mission. OPR's primary mission is to ensure that DOJ attorneys perform their duties in accordance with professional standards.
April 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM. HACKENSACK — The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has taken control of the city Police Department’s internal affairs bureau and office of professional standards ...
In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state. Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative situations.
Upon his promotion to lieutenant on June 23, 2017, he was assigned to the Office of Professional Standards in the Special Operations Bureau.
The City of Chicago's Office of Professional Standards (OPS) concluded that the physical abuse was systematic and, "The type of abuse described was not limited to the usual beating, but went into such esoteric areas as psychological techniques and planned torture." In 1997, Abner Louima was sodomized with a plunger by New York City police.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office has reported the death of an inmate, Charles Robert Smith, 31, who passed away while in custody on May 20. Inmate from College Park dies at DeKalb County Jail ...