This report provides a descriptive overview of internal complaint allegations filed against officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) from 2004 through 2025. Over this twenty-two-year period, BRPD’s internal affairs process documented 4,607 individual complaint allegations involving 1,757 unique officers. The most common allegation categories were conduct unbecoming of an officer (21.5%), use of force (15.9%), and damaging equipment (15.6%). Annual complaint volume declined from a peak of 357 allegations in 2004 to a low of 125 in 2016, rose sharply to 306 in 2021, and has since settled at roughly 250 allegations per year in the most recent period. Across the full dataset, 77% of allegations with a recorded disposition were sustained, not sustained, or exonerated, with sustained findings accounting for 52.6%, not sustained findings for 41.0%, and exonerations for 6.4%. Sustained rates varied dramatically by allegation type: administrative violations such as damaging equipment were sustained at rates above 90%, while use-of-force allegations were sustained less than 6% of the time. A small number of officers accounted for a disproportionate share of complaints, with 3% of officers generating nearly 17% of all allegations. This report is limited to data provided by BRPD through public records requests and does not include complaints that may have been filed through other channels or involved other agencies.





