It has been a year since the Office of Independent Review issued a quarterly report on misconduct by Fresno police officers as the office’s main employee position has been vacant since last August.
The office has been touted as offering greater transparency around police misconduct cases than is available by the department alone. The police auditor also served as a backstop to double check shootings and other use-of-force incidents by police, as well as a second review of many cases in which officers are accused of misconduct.
The last quarterly report was issued in July 2025, a month before the last independent reviewer retired. John Gliatta, who had 27 years experience in the FBI, was the first reviewer named to the full-time position and the hiring was a campaign promise by then-Mayor Lee Brand…