SEC. 3.1-165. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
§ 3.1-165
Certain employees of the Department of Police Accountability must disclose their financial interests in businesses that provide services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment used by the department. The disclosure requirement (Category 2) applies to the IS Business Analyst position, while senior leadership positions follow Category 1 rules.
Some people who work for the Department of Police Accountability have to tell the city about money they make from or investments they own in companies that sell things the department uses—like supplies, equipment, or services. This rule applies mainly to one type of job (IS Business Analyst). The rule exists to prevent conflicts of interest, so employees aren't secretly profiting from the department's purchasing decisions.
- Complex:The section references 'Disclosure Category 2' without defining it in the text itself, requiring readers to look elsewhere in the Code to understand what disclosures are actually required.
- Controversial:Financial disclosure rules and conflict-of-interest policies can be politically contentious, as they affect employee privacy and job restrictions.
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Official text
Disclosure Category 2. Persons in this category shall, for services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment that they participate in purchasing, disclose all income from, investments in, and business positions held in business entities that provide such services, supplies, materials, machinery, or equipment of the type used by the Department of Police Accountability.
Designated Positions
Disclosure Categories
Director
1
Deputy Director
1
Chief of Staff
1
Managing Attorney
1
Senior Budget Analyst
1
IS Business Analyst
2
(Added by Ord. 71-00, File No. 000358, App. 4/28/2000; amended by Ord. 93-08, File No. 090199, App. 6/10/2009; Ord. 251-16, File No. 161158, App. 12/22/2016, Eff. 1/21/2017; Ord. 232-17, File No. 170866, App. 12/8/2017, Eff. 12/8/2017; Ord. 278-18, File No. 180934, App. 11/20/2018, Eff. 12/21/2018; Ord. 7-21, File No. 201219, App. 1/22/2021, Eff. 2/22/2021, Oper. 2/22/2021; Ord. 13-23, File No. 221025, App. 2/9/2023, Eff. 3/12/2023; Ord. 33-25, File No. 240904, App. 3/14/2025, Eff. 4/14/2025)
(Derivation: Former Administrative Code Section 58.155)