Nearly Half Of FTPD 2021 Internal Affairs Complaints Sustained

Slightly less than half of all Franklin Township Police Department internal affairs investigations opened in 2021 were sustained, with 40 percent of officers who were found to have violated policy or regulations issued a written reprimand or warning, according to statistics released by the state Attorney General’s Office.

In total, 44 percent of the complaints opened in 2021 were sustained, and another 35 percent of those investigations found the complaint was unfounded, while 13 percent were not sustained, the statistics show.