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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...

Aug 7 2019

Police Complaints Board Releases Report on Updates for the Crisis Intervention Officers Program

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

Apr 15 2019

Office of Police Complaints Releases FY19 Mid-Year Report

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

Mar 19 2019

Office of Police Complaints Releases 2nd Annual Report on Use of Force by D.C. Police

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Police Complaints (OPC), today released its 2nd annual Use of Force...

Use of Force Report 2018

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Police Complaints Board Releases Report on Using Litigation Data to Improve Policing

Date Released:

Mon, 03/11/2019

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 on the benefits of using data regarding legal claims and civil lawsuits (“litiga