Independent Police Auditor
Shivaun Nurre
and IPA Staff
► INCREASE IN
COMPLAINTS FILED
In 2021, a total of 333 complaints
and concerns were received. This
is a twenty-four percent (24%)
increase in the number of
complaints and concerns
received compared to 2020.
► INCREASE IN
ALLEGATIONS FILED
Complaints filed in 2021 contained
1,000 distinct allegations.
Members of the public filed more
allegations in 2021 than in any of
the last five years.
1023 allegations
closed in 2021.
Dispositions of Allegations Closed in Conduct Complaints*
UPDATE ON SOCIAL PROTEST COMPLAINTS
IPA PARTICIPATION IN POLICE REFORM EFFORTS
► INDEPENDENT AFTER-ACTION REPORT
► USE OF FORCE ASSESSMENT
► 21ST CENTURY POLICING ASSESSMENT
REPORT
► REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IN
SAN JOSE
► CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR REPORT ON OFFICER BIAS
Law Enforcement Departments Have Not Adequately
Guarded Against Biased Conduct
Report by the California State Auditor released April 2022 The Auditor examined five law enforcement departments
throughout the State
►San José Police
►Stockton Police
►San Bernardino Police
►Los Angeles Sheriff
►California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
Over the past 14 years, 753 bias-based policing allegations have been filed against San Jose Police officers. Only one allegation has been sustained based on racial bias. See page 21 of the Report for more information on this
encounter.
CONCLUSION
The audit concluded that each of the five departments
has not adequately guarded against biased conduct
among their officers.
ONE YEAR PILOT PROJECT
MOVING POLICE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS
OUT OF INTERNAL AFFAIR
Judge Teresa Guerrero-Daley,
San Jose’s first Independent Police
Auditor, designed the IPA’s original
logo in 1995.
In 2022, IPA Shivaun Nurre and IPA
staff developed a new logo. Our goal
was to create a more modern design
while retaining the key elements in
our original 1995 logo.