In this article:
(1) BOARD means the community police oversight board.
(2) CHIEF means the chief of police, as described in Section 37-20, or the chief's representative.
(3) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION means any information that may not be obtained by the public under the Texas Public Information Act. When submitting information to the board, the police department shall place identifying marks on any confidential information.
(4) CRITICAL INCIDENT means an officer-involved shooting or a use of force incident that results in serious bodily injury or death.
(5) DEPARTMENT means the Dallas police department.
(6) DIRECTOR means the director/monitor of the office of community police oversight or the director/monitor's representative, unless otherwise stated.
(7) DIVISION REFERRAL means an investigation into an external administrative complaint that is conducted by the supervisor of an officer.
(8) EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT means a written complaint submitted to either the office of community police oversight, the board, or the department by a person, who is not a city employee, that alleges a complaint of police procedures, treatment of residents, abuse, harassment, or violation of civil rights against a city police officer that results in mediation, a division referral, or an investigation conducted by the internal affairs division of the department.
(9) INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION means a staff unit of the department.
(10) MEDIATION means a voluntary, informal process of communication and conciliation of minor external administrative complaints of police misconduct, conducted by an independent, certified mediator.
(11) OFFICE means the office of community police oversight.
(12) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY means bodily injury that creates a risk of death or that causes serious permanent or temporary disfigurement or loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, including, but not limited to, a broken long bone, rib, or fracture of the skull; mechanical injury of the neck and upper airways; multiple severe bruises wherever located; a sharp or blunt injury requiring sutures or clips; or a wound leading to blood loss requiring volume replacement. (Ord. 31192, eff. 10/1/19)