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THREAD: Did you know @CMPD published its internal affairs annual report last month? I didn't until I stumbled upon it online today. There is a lot in here I'd imagine the public would be interested in reading. https://charlottenc.gov/CMPD/Organization/Documents/OfcoftheChief/InternalAffairs/2019_IA_Annual_Report.pdf #CMPD #accountability #Defenders #CLT
Let's start with complaints. External complaints against @cmpd were up in 2019, while internal complaints were down. Use of force complaints were way up last year. Body camera complaints were up too. #Defenders
While police interaction increased slightly year over year, use of force events increased by almost 15%. There were 453 @CMPD use of force events in 2019. That's more than one a day. #Defenders
Needless to say, very few @CMPD officers are charged with a crime, but the number of employees criminally charged increased in 2019. You can see the breakdown below. Nine compared to five each of the previous two years. #Defenders
Thankfully, the report shows no in-custody @CMPD deaths last year. Sadly, we know that won't be the case in 2020 due to the death of Harold Easter, which remains under @CharMeckDA review. https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/before-cmpd-in-custody-death-harold-easter-said-im-going-to-die/275-2bf854f0-9d15-4311-be3e-f0bd6af661c2 #Defenders
The @CMPD report shows officers were involved in six deadly force incidents in 2019, four of which resulted in deaths. CMPD said all six suspects had weapons. Danquirs Franklin's death is among the six. His family recently filed a lawsuit. https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/danquirs-franklin-charlotte-police-shooting-lawsuit/275-97b5950f-c2e3-4d49-8947-514fc23b6669 #Defenders
. @CMPD reports 70% of all complaints are sustained. While punishments varied, 15 officers were cited for termination in 2019 compared to 12 in each of the previous two years. I requested notice of dismissals for 2019 and 2020 in June. I'll let you know when I receive #Defenders
