POLICE ACCREDITATION

In April 2003 Trotwood Police earned its initial Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), and joined an elite group of less than 1,000 departments nationwide. As part of the CALEA requirements, the City must post Internal Affairs Investigation Statistics.

2010

• 11 Internal Affairs (IA) Investigations

• 2 of 11 (18%) IA Investigations completed resulted in some form of discipline

• 10 Formal Investigations, 1 Inquiry

• 12 Officers were involved in the 11 IA Investigations

2009

• 8 Internal Affairs (IA) Investigations
• 2 of 8 (25%) IA Investigations completed resulted in some form of discipline
• 6 Formal Investigations, 2 Inquiries
• 10 Officers were involved in the 8 IA Investigations

2008

• 11 Internal Affairs (IA) Investigations (three still under investigation)
• 3 of 8 (37%) IA Investigations completed resulted in some form of discipline
• 7 Formal Investigations, 2 Informal Investigations, 2 Inquiries
• 15 Officers were involved in the 11 IA Investigations

2007

• 26 Internal Affairs (IA) Investigations
• 3 of 26 (11.5%) IA Investigations resulted in some form of discipline
• 15 Formal Investigations, 7 Informal Investigations, 4 Inquiries
• 24 Officers were involved in the 26 IA Investigations

2006

• 18 Internal Affairs (IA) Investigations
• 3 of 18 (17%) IA Investigations resulted in some form of discipline
• 8 Formal Investigations, 10 Informal Investigations, 3 Inquiries
• 15 Officers were involved in the 18 IA Investigations

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For more information on Trotwood's Police Accreditation program please contact Business Accreditation Manager Brenda Blauser at (937) 854-7204 or bblauser@trotwood.org or Captain Erik Wilson at (937) 854-7203 or ewilson@trotwood.org.