Duties of the Administrative Charging Committee

The Committee must:

1. Review the findings of each law enforcement agency’s investigation forwarded by the agency to the Committee;
2. Review any body camera footage that may be relevant to the matters covered in the complaint of misconduct;
3. Authorize a police officer called before the Committee to be accompanied by a representative;
4. Determine if the police officer who is the subject of the investigation should be administratively charged or not administratively charged within 30 days after receipt of the law enforcement agency’s investigatory file unless the Committee requests further review under subsections (j)(1) or (2);
5. If the Committee determines that a police officer should be administratively charged, recommend discipline pursuant to the disciplinary matrix;
6. If the Committee determines that a police officer should not be administratively charged, determine if:
   1. the allegations against the police officer are unfounded, including situations where existing departmental policy fails to properly address the situation for which the officer was charged; or,
   2. the police officer is exonerated;
7. Issue a written opinion for each complaint describing in detail the Committee’s findings, determinations, and recommendations; and
8. Forward the written opinion to the director of the appropriate law enforcement agency, the accused police officer, and the complainant.