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Newport News Police Department
OPERATIONAL MANUAL
OPS-113 – USE OF FORCE REVIEW BOARD
Amends/Supersedes: OPS-113 (06/27/2022) Date of Issue: 12/25/2023
I. GENERAL
The Newport News Police Department has established a Use of Force Review Board (hereafter referred to as
the UOFRB) to ensure that use of force activities are applied within policy. This directive empowers the
UOFRB to convene and review use of force incidents in accordance with the guidelines and procedures
established in this policy.
II. POLICY
The UOFRB convenes to hear all use of force reports submitted within the last month (or since the previous
UOFRB meeting if the time elapsed is longer). All sworn members of the Newport News Police Department
are subject to serving on the UOFRB.
III. PROCEDURE
A. UOFRB Administration
1. The UOFRB will be comprised of:
a. Chief of Police (Chair, non-voting member);
b. Assistant Chief of Patrol (non-voting member);
c. One (1) Captain (voting member);
d. One (1) Lieutenant (voting member);
e. One (1) Sergeant (voting member);
f. One (1) Officer (voting member);
g. Training Section representative(s) (non-voting member(s));
h. Five (5) Community Representatives (voting members); and
i. An Internal Affairs representative (non-voting member.
2. The members of the UOFRB will rotate on a monthly basis.
a. Sworn members will be selected from the active roster of Department employees. Sworn
members sitting on the UOFRB will not:
1) be a current subject of an Internal Affairs investigation;
2) have been demoted or suspended without pay as a result of discipline within the last two (2)
years;
3) vote on a matter before the UOFRB if they are involved as a witness, a supervisor of the
involved employee, or an investigator of the incident; and
4) be related to any person involved in the matter before the UOFRB (i.e., through relationship
or kinship).
b. At least one member of the Training Section will attend each UOFRB meeting by their
commander.
c. An Internal Affairs Division representative will be assigned by their commander to attend and
assist with facilitating each UOFRB meeting.
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