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Good morning
Internal Affairs is looking for any policies which may discuss when an officer under investigation is allowed to or must review the evidence against them, more specifically allowing review outside of the office.
Once all evidence is gathered, do any agencies provide the evidence to the officer on a thumb drive to review outside of the office (within a specified timeframe) so they do not have to sit in the IA office for multiple hours or days reviewing it before their interview? Or do agencies only allow them to review the IA copy in the office prior to their interview?
Or is anyone aware of any restrictions regarding this in FS 112 or otherwise that would not allow the officer to have a copy of the evidence to review at home say a week before their interview?
Thank you
Joanna Baldwin
Tallahassee Police Department
Accreditation Manager
234 E 7th Ave
Tallahassee, FL 32303
joanna.baldwin@talgov.com
Office 850-891-4967
Cell 850-766-8409Hello. Lake Co. SO will allow subject officers to review everything outside the office on a case by case basis. For example we had a case where there were so many documents to review it would have taken several hours so everything was provided on a thumb drive to be reviewed prior to coming in for interview. We do not have a policy specifically outlining that however.
Jim Vachon
James.Vachon@lcso.orgThe Clearwater Police Department does not release any evidence (or the case file) prior to the subject interview, for a whole host of reasons. The subject officer must come to our office to review these materials when the evidence gathering is complete. The subject officer can elect to view this material days in advance of or on the day of the subject interview. This is common practice for our agency and is not dictated in policy.
Sergeant Nikole Kasparek
Clearwater Police DepartmentWe have no written policy outlining when and where a deputy may review the collected evidence used in their IA.
Yes, we do place the evidence on a thumb drive and allow the deputies to review it prior to their interview. We estimate how much review time it will take and make a decision on whether they can do it on their time. (BWC footage, witness interviews, phone data, etc.) We generally schedule their interview as soon as they are done reviewing.
I am not aware of any 112 violations that would come from this practice. We often tell the deputies representative that we are providing them with the thumb drive ahead of time.
JASON HERRMAN, IA COMMANDER
407-348-1135, x81135
407-973-2130
Jason.Herrman@osceolasheriff.org
2601 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, FL 34744
Sheriff Marcos Lopez Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
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