Report

CALEA contracted the services of NPI in 2022 to review recent pattern or practice investigations conducted by DOJ to identify:

• The events and organizational factors that precede an investigation;
• The issues most commonly examined by pattern or practice investigators;
• The investigative process and methodological approaches used to identify patterns or practices of unconstitutional policing;
• The evidence cited to support observations of unconstitutional policing; and
• The remedial measures outlined by the DOJ to address unconstitutional policing practices.