Louisville Metro’s Inspector General will investigate allegations that the police department’s homicide unit held a drunken party at their offices in 2019 and the ensuing internal inquiry, the city’s Civilian Review and Accountability Board decided last week.
According to previous reports by WDRB News and the Courier Journal , anonymous complaints to the city and police department in 2019 alleged that officers drank alcohol and had sex in the homicide offices on West Ormsby Avenue during a retirement party. An internal police investigation found no evidence to support the allegations.
But another anonymous complaint submitted to the city’s Inspector General in May alleges the incident was “not investigated thoroughly,” said Edward Harness, the Inspector General, at a Civilian Review and Accountability Board meeting last Wednesday. Harness told the board that the complaint “alleges unethical behavior and abuse of police authority occurred during a retirement party and during an investigation.”