Responsibilities

• Monitoring and reviewing internal investigations of Fairfax County Police Department officer-involved shootings, in-custody deaths and use of force cases in which an individual is killed or seriously injured 
• Monitoring and reviewing administrative investigations of public complaints of use of force
• Issuing a public report for each reviewed internal/administrative investigation and producing annual reports of those reviews 
• Making public recommendations concerning revisions of Fairfax County Police Department policies, training and practices 
• Works alongside the Fairfax County Police Civilian Review Panel 

Background Information

July 27, 2021: Board of Supervisors created an Executive Director to the Panel. 

Feb. 28, 2017: Board of Supervisors appoints nine members to the Police Civilian Review Panel.

Feb. 14, 2017: Richard G. Schott was appointed as Fairfax County’s first independent police auditor. 

Dec. 6, 2016: Board of Supervisors votes to establish a Police Civilian Review Panel.

Sep. 20, 2016: Board of Supervisors votes to establish an Office of Independent Police Auditor (Authorizing Action Item, Sept. 20, 2016).

Oct. 25, 2015: The Ad Hoc Police Practices Commission’s Independent Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee’s recommendations, which included the establishment of a police auditor and a police civilian review panel, were presented to the Public Safety Committee of the Board of Supervisors.

Oct. 20, 2015: The Ad Hoc Police Practices Commission submitted its final report and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on October 20, 2015.

Mar. 3, 2015: The Ad Hoc Police Practices Commission was created by Chairman Bulova to review Fairfax County Police Department policies and practices and endorsed by the Board of Supervisors.

Procedures

Procurement and Expenditure Reconciliation

Obligations Under FOIA

Records Management

Case Intake and Public Reports

Monitoring and Reviewing Investigations