Complaint board officers, quorum, attendance, and training.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 202-803
in effectSec. 202-803. - Complaint board officers, quorum, attendance, and training.
(a) The voting members shall select one (1) voting member to serve as president of the complaint board.
(b) Five (5) voting members of the complaint board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business, and five (5) voting members must vote in favor of any item before any action or disposition can be taken.
(c) All voting and ex-officio complaint board members must attend a minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the meetings. The appointing authority shall replace any member who fails to meet this attendance requirement within sixty (60) days of written notice of failure to meet this attendance standard.
(d) All voting members of the complaint board must participate in twenty (20) hours of training in police procedures, to be completed within six (6) months of their appointment, and shall receive an additional twenty (20) hours of such training per year. In addition, each voting member shall be required to accompany an on-duty officer of the Indianapolis metropolitan police department for a minimum of sixteen (16) hours per year, and for a minimum of four (4) hours per occasion, in order to observe police procedures first-hand. If circumstances render it impossible or impracticable to complete the requirements in this subsection, the chief may approve an alternative training requirement for voting members. Voting members who satisfactorily complete alternative training requirements approved by the chief shall be deemed to have met the requirements under this subsection. The appointing authority shall replace any member who fails to meet these training requirements after written notice to such member of failure to meet these standards.
(G.O. 13, 2016, § 30; G.O. 2, 2021, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH202MAOF_ARTVIIICIPOCOPR_S202-803COBOOFQUATTRFetched: 10/27/2026