Proctor did not return telephone calls to her home yesterday. In late 1996, several police administrators, including Soulsby and then-Deputy Chief Max Krupo, ignored the normal hiring process, according to the report and Tuohey. The department hired 113 recruits in January and February 1997 before finishing background checks and later fired 22 of them. Some of the officers doubled and even tripled their salaries. The department has only half of the training instructors it needs to properly train recruits.
Officers lack driver-skills training, and they abuse and neglect police cruisers.
The department has a disciplinary system that is too complex to administer discipline fairly and promptly. The department loses 73 percent of its arbitration cases, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, back pay and other costs. Unlike other police departments, the District requires no minimum amount of investigatory experience to work in the internal affairs office, which investigates police misconduct and corruption. The department lacks specialized training for detectives in homicide, the youth division and the sex-crimes squad. This report won't be just another report put on the shelf.