Tagged Documents - OpenOversightVA

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Description: "The city of Alexandria will both benefit and be challenged by the new Northern Virginia headquarters for Amazon, as well as the development of the Virginia Tech technology campus. The Alexandria Police Department has recently been and will continue to undergo significant cultural change within its ranks. Many changes have been implemented by Chief Brown... The agency does not have in-car or body-worn cameras at this time, however, they would like to implement them in the next several years. The APD is working obtain and equip a new surveillance van with city and asset forfeiture funds. Driver training for incumbent police officers is non-existent and the agency recognizes this as a future need."

Tags: Report | Northern Virginia | CALEA | Alexandria Police | Assessment | Accreditation |

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Description: "Use of Force trainings in 2020 were cancelled due to the pandemic and have since resumed in 2021... The academy was unable to locate 2 forms from one officer who completed 2 make-up training dates. The training was completed, however the roster could not be located. The roster was recreated and signed and filed accordingly. In the future, the academy will ensure that all classes include rosters and that the documents are maintained in compliance with the law. .. We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge ensure documents are maintained in compliance with GS-29 of the Library of Virginia. We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge establish and implement a process to document the hours related to Legal and Cultural Diversity in service hours and what material is covered to meet that criteria."

Tags: Richmond Police | Use of Force | Report | Training | Rated As Interesting by OpenOversightVA | City Auditor |

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Description: "Overtime payments increased by approximately $2 million (333%) between FY2018 and FY2019. Overtime for sworn employees is generally used to provide jail coverage for vacant positions, employees on leave, and inmate off-site hospitalization..."