AGENCY TESTIMONY
Steps taken to bolster OIG-NYPD's capacity
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Commissioner Strauber outlines the measures taken to support OIG-NYPD's work and maintain its capacity despite significant staff attrition.
- Senior DOI staff have been assigned to support OIG-NYPD's work in key areas
- Investigations involving individual NYPD personnel or potential criminal matters are assigned to other DOI units
- Other DOI squads may conduct investigations involving NYPD policy and procedure when appropriate
- Senior DOI staff assist in the report writing process, allowing OIG-NYPD to focus on investigative work
- These efforts aim to provide essential support to the team and maintain productivity
Jocelyn Strauber
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With respect to our staff, OIG NYPD has experienced significant attrition over the past year.
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As a result, it currently has a staff of 9, including the inspector general.
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To bolster the unit's capacity, I have taken several significant steps, tapping senior DOI staff to support OIG NYPD's work in key ways that allow the office to focus on its critical and meet its critical mandate to examine systemic policy and procedure issues within the department.
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To that end, as I mentioned earlier, I have assigned investigations involving individual NYPD personnel or potential criminal matters to other inspector general units within DOI that can better serve as leads on these types of investigations and collaborate with OIG NYPD where necessary.
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And on occasion, if appropriate, other squads also can conduct investigations involving NYPD policy and procedure, such as our local law 6 report that was issued last March or the recent follow-up report on the department's policies and practices governing security details for elected officials.
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Report writing is a central function of OIG NYPD.
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It is a time consuming process and a critical one to create a public record of the office's findings and the recommendations it has issued.
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To assist in this effort, as I mentioned, I have assigned senior DOI staff to help in the report writing process, freeing the office to focus on investigative work.