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Feb 19 2020

Office of Police Complaints Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints (OPC) and its governing body...

Feb 10 2020

Police Complaints Board Releases Report on DC Police Department's Personal Use of Social Media Policy

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Police Complaints Board (PCB), the governing body of the...

Nov 8 2019

Office of Police Complaints Host Civilian Oversight Training and Networking Event

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints (OPC) in partnership with the...

Sep 30 2019

Police Complaints Board Releases Report on D.C. Police Department's Procedures for Handling Property

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Police Complaints Board (PCB), the governing body of the...

Aug 28 2019

Police Complaints Board Releases Report on D.C. Police Officers’ Duty to Intervene

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Police Complaints Board (PCB), the governing body of the...

Feb 20 2020

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1400 I Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 727-3838
Fax: (202) 727-9182
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Police Complaints Board Releases Report on Updates for the Crisis Intervention Officers Program

Date Released:

Wed, 08/07/2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The District of Columbia Police Complaints Board (PCB), the governing body of the Office of Police Complaints (OPC), today released a report to Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Council of the District of Columbia, and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Peter Newsham recommending updates to the Crisis Intervention Officer Program.