Brookhaven hired an independent investigator last month after a grand jury cited a number of issues within the police department, including a “lack of professionalism.”
has “competency issues” in its investigations unit that impede the department’s effectiveness, an independent investigator concluded.
Harmening was tasked with investigating the grand jury’s complaints and completing a review of the department, Mayor Joe Cox said in a statement Thursday. In mid-August, a little over a month after the grand jury issued its report, a judge declared a mistrial in the case of a white father and his son “They were all cordial however, I was not allowed access to certain requested items, including personnel and investigative files,” he said in the report.“The department is going through what many departments of its size have experienced, and sometimes it becomes necessary to draw a line in the sand and basically start over,” he wrote.
“These are all problems that can be fixed with time, a new set of well-defined policies and protocols, and a new vision for the Department,” he wrote.Harmening also recommended creating a police committee within the Board of Aldermen, composed of the mayor, two board members and the city attorney.Rogelio V. Solis / AP fileHarmening faulted the department’s hiring practices, writing that it “does not currently utilize a comprehensive and standardized hiring methodology.
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