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NTRODUCTION AND
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COPE OF
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ORK
Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) was retained by Saundra Kee Borges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Hartford (“City”), to conduct an independent review of the operations of the Hartford Police Internal Affairs Division (“IAD”). Additionally, we were asked to conduct a fact finding as to whether or not:
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Lieutenant Neville Brooks, in his role as Commander of the Internal Affairs Division of the Hartford Police Department, unfairly targeted Assistant or Deputy Chiefs for investigation.
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Certain Assistant Chiefs or Deputy Chiefs of the Hartford Police Department retaliated against Lieutenant Brooks for what they perceived as unfair targeting by him.
The purpose of the engagement was for Marcum to perform certain services and consult with Corporation Counsel to assist with formulating her legal strategy and advising her client, the City, as to current pending litigation.
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ETHODOLOGY
The investigation consisted primarily of interviewing individuals, both internal and external to the City of Hartford Police Department (“HPD”), and reviewing various records, documents and reports. During the course of the investigation, where possible, the investigators attempted to obtain corroboration of certain facts from multiple sources. The credibility of the information gathered was reviewed using several factors, including, but not limited to:
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Source of the information;
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Witness’ basis of knowledge;
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Existence of corroborating information;
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Period of time, if any, between certain events and the date of any reported complaint relating to those events;
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Motivation of those providing information; and
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Ordinary experience and common sense of the investigator. More specifically, in excess of 330 work hours have been completed to date. We have interviewed more than 45 individuals, some of whom have been interviewed on multiple occasions.