2023 Police Annual Report

CITIZEN COMPLAINTS - 5 YEAR SPAN

SUSTAINED CITIZEN COMPLAINTS

In 2023, the department saw one sustained Citizen Complaint, marking the third year in a row with 1 or less complaints, and lowering the five-year average to 3. This far exceeds the national standards for sustained complaints against law enforcement.

5 YEAR AVERAGE

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023 5 YEAR TOTAL

Demeanor

11

16

10

7

9

53

11

Policy Violation

16

12

8

8

2

46

9

Racial Profiling

0

2

1

2

1

6

1

CITIZEN COMPLAINTS

Criminal Misconduct

2

0

0

2

2

6

1

Excessive Use of Force

0

0

0

1

1

2

1

Other

3

2

2

1

5

13

2

Sustained

7

5

1

0

1

14

3

Total Complaints 24 * In 2020/2022/2023 the number of complaint categories is greater than the number of actual complaints because in certain situations, the complainant had alleged more than one violation. 33 28 21 18 19 119

CITIZEN COMPLAINTS - 5 YEAR SPAN

CITIZEN COMPLAINTS DISPOSITIONS - 5 YEAR SPAN

In 2023, the Orland Park Police Department received 19 citizen complaints, which is the second lowest in the last five years.

As evidenced above in the Citizen Complaints Dispositions, 11% of all complaints against members of the Orland Park Police Department were sustained over the last five years, none of which were allegations of criminal misconduct.

The Orland Park Police Department responded to 226,966 calls for service in 2023, with only one sustained citizen complaint.

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