Sec. 20-8. Public reporting by the OAT.
A. No later than March 15 of each year, the OAT shall submit an annual public report to the City Manager and the Board:
1. Setting forth the work of the OAT during the prior calendar year;
2. Identifying trends regarding complaints, investigations, and discipline of police including, but without identifying specific persons:
a. Information regarding uniformed personnel who were the subject of multiple complaints;
b. Complainants who filed multiple complaints;
c. Issues that were raised by multiple complaints; and
d. Making prospective recommendations regarding the conduct of future investigations and the appropriate disciplinary sanctions in future investigations;
3. Recommendations for changes to policies, rules, and training; and
4. Policy rules or training revisions implemented by the Department.
B. The report shall present information in statistical and summary form, without identifying specific persons, except to the extent that incidents involving specific persons have otherwise been made public by the City of Phoenix.
C. In addition to the annual report, the OAT shall publish a quarterly status report, which shall be available to the public and which shall include, among other things, patterns relating to complaints and evaluations of the sufficiency of closed investigations, and recommendations for conducting future investigations, and determinations as to whether Department rules and policies have been violated in closed Department administrative investigations.
D. Based upon an analysis of reports and other information available to the OAT, the OAT shall make timely prospective recommendations to the Police Chief and the City Manager.
E. The OAT has the discretion to publish additional public reports throughout the year about matters within the duties of the OAT. (Ord. No. G-6851, § 1, 2021; Ord. No. G-7258, § 2, 2024)