Audit: Police Commission Gives ‘inconsistent and ineffective oversight of HPD’
We first found that the HPC lacks defined rules or processes to meet all of its charter requirements. The Revised Charter lists several responsibilities for the HPC, such as
- reviewing HPD rules and regulations;
- reviewing the annual proposed HPD budget and making recommendations to the mayor;
- reviewing the five-year plan submitted by the Chief of Police;
- comparing, at least annually, actual HPD achievements against the goals and objectives in the five-year plan; and
- evaluating, at least annually, the Chief of Police’s performance.
