Page 24 - OPPD Annual Report 2016

2016
Services Bureau –
Deputy Chief Simon Happer
The Office of Professional Standards includes Internal Affairs and Training and is comprised of a Captain, Sergeant and seven officers/detectives. It is the policy of the Overland Park Police Department that the Internal Affairs Unit will accept and thoroughly investigate all complaints of alleged misconduct and/or bias or racial profiling. The unit also ensures that follow-up investigations are fair, equitable, impartial and fact based.
There were 27 total citizen complaints in 2016 vs. 45 citizen complaints
in 2015. This was a 66% decrease. Of the 27 citizens complaints in 2016, 8 were substantiated. Of
the 45 citizen complaints in 2015, 7 were substantiated.
Captain Robert Flemming
The Training Unit conducted the following training:
 Pre Academy
 In Service Training
 Academy
 Range
 Post Academy
 State-mandated or department-directed training
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