2012 NAPERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ... - City of Naperville

Internal Affairs UnitIt is the policy of the Naperville Police Department to investigate all allegations of employee misconduct.The Internal Affairs Unit is responsible for the investigation of complaints made against the departmentor its employees. This unit also processes all commendations and awards received or givenby the department, and handles public information and media inquiries. Internal Affairs Unit activityhas increased commensurate to the growth of the City’s population and the number of police departmentpersonnel.During 2012, the number of commendations received by the department continued to far exceed thenumber of complaints received. The Internal Affairs Unit recorded 100 commendations, involving atotal of 239 separate employees. For sworn employees, 195 positive contacts were received. Civilianemployees received a total of 44 commendations.During 2012, the Internal Affairs Unit recorded 46 complaints, inquiries, traffic crash incidents, andadministrative investigations involving 51 employees. Of these, 42 were sworn employees, and nineinvolved were non-sworn employees. Of the 46 complaints, inquiries, traffic crash incidents, and administrativeinvestigations, 17 were found to involve sustained cases of misconduct, and another 15were attributed to preventable traffic crashes. The remaining 24 were either unsubstantiated, unfoundedor non-preventable accidents.16