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a. Allows for identification of issues with how complaints are handled from <br />start to finish <br />b. Facilitates identification of systemic issues with police training, policies <br />and supervision <br />c. Assesses effectiveness of early warning and discipline systems <br />d. Helps to rebuild the trust of the community <br />B. Weaknesses <br />a. Requires extensive data collection and analysis ability <br />b. Must seek ways to account for underreporting of issues by traditionally <br />marginalized groups <br />Policy and Process Advisory Systems <br />Policy and process advisory systems are those that help to shape or manage policy, <br />advise the head of the law enforcement agency, or participate in the law enforcement <br />executive or line -officer hiring processes. <br />The range of authority under policy and process advisory systems may include: <br />1. Consulting with decision makers inside the police department <br />2. Evaluating the police department's needs and conducting best practices research <br />3. Drafting legislation and position papers <br />Strengths and weaknesses of policy and process advisory systems may include: <br />A. Strengths <br />a. May result in expedient policy change, particularly when supported by the <br />community <br />b. May often be less costly than systems that investigate and/or review <br />individual complaints <br />B. Weaknesses <br />a. Relies on the expertise and credibility of an established oversight <br />practitioner <br />b. Relies on the stability of the head of the law enforcement agency, who <br />may not be reelected or reappointed <br />Hybrid Systems <br />Most communities now realize that civilian oversight of police is not a one -size -fits -all <br />proposition. President Barrack Obama's Task Force on 21 st Century Policing <br />recognized as much. Many oversight practitioners are finding that it is less useful to talk <br />about models and more useful to talk about an agency's functions or powers and <br />authorities. <br />2s <br />65D-154 <br />