(1) In conducting an audit, the Commission may examine any areas related to the Commission's statutory charge, including:

1. (a) Law enforcement agency or officer functioning, generally or with respect to a particular matter, in the following areas:

   1. 1. Recordkeeping or reporting of information, within the agency, to the Commission, and to other entities;

   2. 2. Compliance with directives, sources of authority, policies, and standards related to law enforcement and agency management, including:

      1. a. M.G.L. c. 6E;
      2. b. 555 CMR;
      3. c. Commission policies and standards;
      4. d. Commission certification conditions, restrictions, and limitations;
      5. e. Commission-issued compulsory legal process;
      6. f. Other Commission directives;
      7. g. M.G.L. c. 6, §§ 167 through 178B;
      8. h. Other statutes and regulations;
      9. i. Court judgments, consent decrees, orders, or rules;
      10. j. Decisions by other bodies or persons or authority;
      11. k. Other compulsory legal process; and
      12. l. Agency policies;

   3. 3. The adequacy of investigations and determinations, including:

      1. a. The adequacy of background investigations concerning active and prospective agency members;
      2. b. The adequacy of other investigations and analysis;
      3. c. The accuracy and completeness of reports and factual recitations;
      4. d. The adequacy of notifications to affected individuals;
      5. e. The appropriateness of interview procedures;
      6. f. The prevalence and adequacy of recordings and transcriptions;
      7. g. The reliability of factfinding;
      8. h. The appropriateness of the time devoted to processes;
      9. i. The fairness of processes, and how they compare to those in comparable cases;
      10. j. The sufficiency of documentation generated;
      11. k. The honoring of individual rights; and
      12. l. The equity and justness of results, and how they compare to those in comparable cases;

   4. 4. Internal and external communication, including:

      1. a. The communication of Commission and agency policies, and required notifications, to agency personnel;
      2. b. The treatment of information that one agency member has reported to another;
      3. c. Other communication and interaction with agency personnel;
      4. d. Communication and interaction with the Commission and other agencies; and
      5. e. Communication and interaction with complainants, victims, witnesses, and other members of the public; and
   5. 5. Other aspects of performance, including the sufficiency, fairness, equity, justness, soundness, timeliness, efficiency, and effectiveness of policies and operations; and
2. (b) Substantive information that may warrant analysis or aid the Commission in developing or recommending policies or informing the public.

(2) A Commission audit may focus on subjects that are referenced in M.G.L. c. 6E, § 8(d) or are otherwise related to the Commission's statutory charge, including:

1. (a) Officer certification;
2. (b) SRO certification and activity, SRO MOUs, and SRO operating procedures;

3. (c) Law enforcement agency certification, including standards concerning:

   1. 1. Use of force and reporting of use of force;
   2. 2. Officer codes of conduct;
   3. 3. Officer response procedures;
   4. 4. Criminal investigation procedures;
   5. 5. Juvenile operations;
   6. 6. Internal affairs and officer complaint investigation procedures;
   7. 7. Detainee transportation; and
   8. 8. Collection and preservation of evidence;

4. (d) Complaints, investigations, disciplinary matters, and misconduct involving officers, including conduct involving improper:

   1. 1. Racial profiling or other forms of bias;
   2. 2. Violence or dangerousness;
   3. 3. Dishonesty;
   4. 4. Nonintervention;
   5. 5. Harassment, intimidation, or retaliation;
   6. 6. Unlawfulness or obstruction of justice; or
   7. 7. Unprofessionalism;
5. (e) In-service training and retraining;
6. (f) Uses of force, crowd control, injuries, and deaths;

7. (g) The law concerning:

   1. 1. The handling of evidence that may be exculpatory or otherwise relevant with respect to a criminal matter;
   2. 2. Civil rights;
   3. 3. Other aspects of criminal procedure;
   4. 4. Labor and employment; and
   5. 5. Public records, criminal record information, record retention, information disclosure, and fair information practices;
8. (h) Other law enforcement activity;
9. (i) Patterns on the part of single individuals, multiple individuals within a law enforcement agency, or multiple individuals in different agencies; and
10. (j) Any other area relevant to the development of public policy or another matter of public interest.