01.15.24 IPM ReportCity of BoulderJanuary 2024
Boulder Police Oversight Panel Meeting
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January 2024 Boulder Police Oversight Panel Meeting
Independent Police Monitor’s Report
Boulder Police Oversight Panel Full Case File Review Data
Full case file review(s) completed in December 2023: 1
Full case file review(s) completed and pending BPD disposition: 1
Cases awaiting Panel review: 1
(MI2023-011)
Completed Cases since December 1, 2023
MI2023-021
Department
DeterminaƟon(s) IPM RecommendaƟon(s) AllegaƟon(s) Summary Case
Number
Officer 1
-Exonerated
-Exonerated
-Exonerated
Coaching to remind
Officer 1 to depend on
other officers when he
believes the situation may
escalate.
Officer 1
-Exonerated
-Exonerated
-Not Sustained
Officer 1
-Rule 6 (Use of Force) GO225 – Officer 1 used
force against the complainant
- Rule 5 (Police Authority and Public Trust) –
Officer 1 detained and handcuffed the
complainant
- Rule 4 (Respect for Others) Officer 1 did not
speak to the complainant respectfully and/or
fairly
Officer 1 responded to a request for assistance
from two urban park rangers because the
complainant refused to provide identification for
the issuance of a summons. Officer 1 advised that
the complainant could be transported to jail for
fingerprinting if he refused to identify himself. The
complainant referred to the officer and rangers as
“Nazis.”
Officer 1 warned the complainant against
escalating and advised that he could be
handcuffed. The complainant provided his name
and date of birth and began arguing over the
summons. The complainant told them to go fuck
themselves and tried to walk away. The
complainant expressed his wish that the officers
would take off their badges so he could beat their
asses. Officer 1 grabbed and released the
complainant’s arm and yelled at him to sit down.
The complainant refused and Officer 1 warned him
that if he continued, he would be placed into
handcuffs. The complainant refused to sit down
and Officer 1 and a ranger forced him to the
ground and handcuffed him.
When the situation calmed, Officer 1 removed the
handcuffs and the ranger served the summons to
the complainant.
MI2023-
021
Completed Cases since December 1, 2023
MI2023-022
Department DeterminaƟon(s) IPM RecommendaƟon(s) AllegaƟon(s) Summary Case
Number
Photo Enforcement Officer 1:
- Exonerated
BPD to review Photo
Enforcement Radar Policies and
ensure there is clarity on this
issue within 45 days.
Photo Enforcement Officer 1:
- Unfounded
Photo Enforcement Officer 1:
-Rule 1 (Compliance with Values, Rules
and General Orders)/Customer Service
Value – PEO did not identify herself
upon request to complainant
Photo Enforcement Officer 1 (PEO)
parked her radar van with “Public
Works” under the city of Boulder logo
for enforcement. The complainant
and her friend approached her van
and began yelling and pounding on
van windows and tampered with the
van’s exterior camera. The
complainant reported that she was
enraged during this interaction and
complained that the PEO failed to
identify herself.
MI2023-
022
Completed Cases since December 1, 2023
MI2023-024
Department DeterminaƟon(s) IPM RecommendaƟon(s) AllegaƟon(s) Summary Case
Number
Officer 1:
-Unfounded
Officer 1:
- Unfounded
Officer 1:
Rule 1 (Compliance with Values, Rules,
and General Orders), GO204-7
Property and Evidence, Inventory for
Members Submitting Items to P&E,
denied the complainant access to her
medication
The complainant was arrested and
transported to the jail. The
complainant alleged that Officer 1
would not allow her to retrieve her
medication. Video footage of the
incident and her transportation did not
capture the complainant asking for
medication; at times she denied that
she took medication.
MI2023-
024
December 2023 Boulder Police Oversight Panel Meeting
Independent Police Monitor’s Report
December 2023 Monthly Case Statistics
Number of complaints that IPM classified: 2
Misconduct: 2
Serious misconduct: 0
Community inquiries: 0
Interviews IPM observed: 0
BPD investigations IPM deemed thorough and complete: 1
Case investigations BPD closed: 3
(MI2023-021, MI2023-022, MI2023-024)
Open Docket
As of January 5, 2024, open IPM-BPOP docket: 13
January 2024 Boulder Police Oversight Panel Meeting
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