San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman appeared on NBC 7 News Today Wednesday to address the criticism over the audit from the U.S. Department of Justice.
There have been some concerns raised that the audit didn't address issues of racism or sexism within the ranks of the SDPD.
The 83-page audit released Tuesday contains 40 recommendations to handle gaps in policies and practices used to prevent, find and investigate misconduct in the SDPD.
Chief Zimmerman said her department will address them all.
However when it comes to issues raised by community leaders concerning other issues - namely racial profiling - the chief of police said the audit was specific in its parameters.
"It wasn’t geared toward those issues," Zimmerman said adding that the focus was on 17 misconduct cases between 2010 and 2017.
"It was to look at certain areas. And those areas were supervision, training, accountability, our hiring practices and that's what the report focused on."
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The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties issued a statement Tuesday:
“While we support these recommendations, we are troubled that the report does not adequately address racial and ethnic profiling within the Department,” the statement read.
