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Home My WebLink About52A - Form 1 and 2 Town of Lexington Police Department Chief Mark J. Corr 1575 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 781-862-1212/fax 781-863-1291 IA Form - 1 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAINT FILING PROCEDURES The Lexington Police Department will investigate all complaints of misconduct against the Department or its employees. The Chief of Police has established procedures for conducting investigations with the strictest confidentiality. The Department goals include: 1. Maintaining a high level of acceptable conduct for all members of the department; 2. Guaranteeing the right of each employee to a fair and impartial investigation of complaints; 3. Objectively investigating all complaints and, when appropriate, taking proper corrective measures; and 4. Promoting public confidence in the Department's ability to govern and regulate personnel in the performance of required duties. Procedures for Filing a Complaint STEP 1: If you wish to file a complaint, please complete the attached Complaint Questionnaire. This gives you the opportunity to describe in your own words the circumstances causing with your complaint. STEP 2: After completing the questionnaire, you will be interviewed by the Commanding Officer on- duty, or another available command staff officer. You will be given ample opportunity to discuss your complaint with this officer. STEP 3: After the interview, the officer will conduct a preliminary investigation of your complaint. This may include interviewing any other person involved in the complaint, including witnesses and Department employees. The results of this preliminary investigation will be forwarded to the Chief of Police. STEP 4: After review, the Chief of Police may order a follow-up investigation. A Department representative may contact you again to further discuss your complaint. STEP 5: The Chief of Police may send you a letter acknowledging receipt of your complaint, and a letter telling you the results of the investigation. STEP 6: Depending on the nature of your complaint, you may be summoned to testify at an administrative or criminal hearing. Please speak with the Commanding Officer on-duty if you have any questions about these procedures. 1575 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 781-862-1212/fax 781-863-1291 IA Form - 2 Page |1 LEXINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAINT QUESTIONNAIRE Person with Complaint: __________________________________ You’re Name, if Different: _________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Phone #: _______________________________________________________ Phone #: ____________________________________________ NATURE OF COMPLAINT: Describe in your own words everything you consider necessary for this matter to be completely investigated. Please include the name(s) of any Department employee involved in your complaint. Use the backside of this sheet if necessary: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WITNESSES: Please provide names, addresses and phone numbers if available. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WILLINGNESS TO TESTIFY: In most cases, disciplinary hearings are not required. In the event that my oral testimony is needed, I am: (Check one) Willing to testify at a hearing: YES NO / Unwilling to testify at a hearing: YES NO AFFIRMATION: To the best of my knowledge, the above statements are true and accurate. I understand that any false, misleading or untrue statements, accusations or allegations, herein made by me, either orally or in writing, to any person(s) investigating this complaint, may subject me to civil and/or criminal prosecution. Including this page, there are ________ page(s) to this questionnaire. Complainant's Signature: _________________________________________________Date: ____________________ Time____________ Signature of Receiving Officer: ____________________________________________Date: ____________________ Time: ____________ Town of Lexington Police Department Chief Mark J. Corr 1575 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE • LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02420 781-862-1212/fax 781-863-1291 IA Form - 2 Page | 2 NATURE O F COMPLAINT (continued from page 1): Describe in your own words everything you consider necessary for this matter to be completely investigated. Please include the name(s) of any Department employee involved in your complaint. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________