Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday/ Sunday: Closed

Upcoming CPOB Meeting

The Community Police Oversight Board meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of each month, except for the month of July (City Council Recess). Meetings are held at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla, City Council Chambers, 6EN, or City Council Briefing Chambers, 6ES.

There is also a virtual meeting option via WebEx. Meetings begin at 5:30 p.m. Individuals and interested parties wishing to speak may request to do so in advance of the meeting until 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. You can request to speak by contacting the Office of Community Police Oversight at 214.671.8283 or emailing OCPO@dallas.gov.

Visit the Community Police Oversight Board site for more information.

Mission

The mission of the Office of Community Police Oversight (OCPO) is to ensure civilian complaints are reviewed impartially to enhance the transparency and trust between the City of Dallas, the Dallas Police Department, and the community. To help ensure this accountability, the OCPO will provide functional support and technical assistance to the Community Police Oversight Board (CPOB), formerly the Civilian Review Board.

Duties

The OCPO will be staffed by a monitor and administrative support staff who will report directly to the City Manager. The monitor will be responsible for performing the following duties:

• Provide operative support to the CPOB
• Provide reports to the City Manager to support CPOB
• Conduct investigations as directed by CPOB
• Receive external civilian complaints
• Recommend external complaints about mediation, Internal Affairs investigation, or Divisional investigations
• Monitor external Internal Affairs conducted investigations
• Provide timely updates to CPOB after an external and administrative investigation

Community Police Oversight Board Rules of Procedure

Board Rules of Procedure.pdf

Thank an Officer

• Thank an officer electronically through OCPO. Click here to access the online form. 
  

Making a Complaint

A complaint against a police officer for misconduct may be made in one of several ways:

• Submit a civilian complaint electronically to the OCPO. Click here to access the online form in English and Spanish. 
• Download complaint forms in the languages below:
  

  Amharic
  Arabic
  Burmese
  English
  French
  Hindi
  Korean
  Chinese
  Spanish
  Swahili
  Vietnamese

• Call OCPO. If no one answers, please leave a voicemail stating you would like to file a complaint. Please include a good callback number to reach you and a member of the OCPO staff will return your call.
• Complete a complaint form at the Dallas Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division.
• Go to any of the seven police stations in the City of Dallas and complete a complaint form.
• Print a Civilian's Complaint form and return it in one of the following ways:
  
  
  • E-Mail: Office of Community Police Oversight
    
  • Please mail it to the Office of Community Police Oversight
  • Deliver it to the Dallas Police Department Internal Affairs Division or any City of Dallas police station