Complaint Data

Complaints and Internal Affairs Data and Review

It is the policy of the Brookhaven Police Department to accept and document all complaints alleging employee or Department misconduct for the following principle reasons:

• To ensure that complaints alleging employee or department misconduct are accepted and investigated in a consistent and reasonable manner to uncover the truth of the allegations;

• To identify areas of misunderstanding by the complaining citizen;

• To identify employees whose attitude, behavior and/or performance is in need of correction and supervisory intervention;

• To protect department employees and the Department from erroneous complaints, and

• To identify Department policies, training and/or practices in need of reevaluation, clarification and/or correction.

After a complete review, the Investigator arrives at one of five conclusions and provides a disposition:

• Sustained: There was a preponderance of evidence to prove the allegation.

• Not Sustained: There was not sufficient evidence to either prove or disprove the allegation.

• Exonerated: The actions of the employee were consistent with the law and Department policies, rules, regulations, and practice.

• Unfounded: The allegation did not occur.

• Policy and/or training deficiency: The allegation occurred but was the fault of deficiencies in department policy and/or training.

The charts below detail BPD's annual Internal Affairs Complaint Review processes from 2016-2020.