The Tucson Police Department delayed records related to excessive force complaints for more than seven months, and left off the names of the officers when the list was finally released.
On July 8, the Star requested a list of excessive force complaints investigated between Jan. 1, 2010, and July 8, 2016, broken down by year and how many complaints each year were sustained and how many dismissed.
The records revealed that Tucson police officers are rarely suspended for excessive force complaints, with only five officers being suspended in the requested time period.
When the Star received the report in late February, the document included the case number, incident date, type of investigation, status, report number, allegation, violation, finding and action taken. The fields for the employees' names and ID were included on the document heading, but all of columns were left blank.
On March 10, the Star requested the names of the officers associated with the five suspensions. Two weeks later, the department still hadn't provided the names.
The Star contacted TPD's Chief of Staff, and the names and incident summary for each officer was released within days.
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