In May 2013, the Police Department entered into a 2-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the manner in which it conducts sexual assault investigations. Some of the key facets of the agreement were to improve training, policies, community partnerships and transparency of our efforts in compliance with the agreement. Additionally, we agreed to oversight of our compliance by an Independent Reviewer and to publish the reviewer's quarterly reports for our citizens to track the progress of our achievements. Those reports and the terms of the agreement can be found below -
Progress Reports From Independent Reviewer
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First Reviewer Report - Issued November 5, 2013
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Second Reviewer Report - Issued June 10, 2014
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Year One Report - Issued November 6, 2014
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Fourth Reviewer Report - Issued March 24, 2015
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Final Sustained Compliance Report - Issued September 2015
MPD
Agreement with DOJ
We've recently completed an update (posted 11/18/2014) and review of our department's sexual assault policy. You can view that specific policy
here. You can always view any of our department's policies online. Go here for the entire
policy manual.
Training
Since we've entered the agreement, Missoula Police Officers have attended 5,861 hours of training in sexual assault-related courses. If you would like to see the entire breakdown, here's the
latest spreadsheet.