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Independent Monitor, Nicholas E.
Mitchell
News Release
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Nicholas
E. Mitchell
OIM@denvergov.org
720 913
3306
For
Immediate Release
March 14, 2018
Office of the Independent
Monitor
Releases
2017 Annual Report
Denver,
Colorado – (March
14, 2018) Today, the Office of the Independent
Monitor (“OIM”) released its 2017 Annual Report to the
public. The OIM is charged with monitoring the disciplinary
systems in the Denver Police and Denver Sheriff Departments (“DPD”
and “DSD,” respectively), making policy recommendations to those
departments, and conducting outreach to communities throughout
Denver. By ordinance, the OIM is to report to the public by
March 15th of every year on the work of the OIM, as well
as information about complaints, investigations, and discipline of
sworn police and sheriff personnel. The OIM is led by
Independent Monitor Nicholas E. Mitchell, and advised by a
seven-member Citizen Oversight Board.
The 2017 Annual Report includes information related to the
complaints received, closed, and monitored by the OIM in
2017. The report also includes information about internal
affairs investigations, disciplinary findings, and critical
incidents in both departments. Finally, it provides an update
on other work of the OIM, including the OIM’s participation in the
DPD Use of Force Policy Advisory Committee and a DSD workgroup
exploring options for reinstating contacts visits in DSD
jails.
The full report can be found at www.denvergov.org/oim.
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