A subsequent investigation into the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker may take at least another year, according to Akron’s independent police auditor.

This week, a grand jury declined to indict Davon Fields , the police officer who fatally shot Tucker, on criminal charges. Now, the Akron Police Department’s internal affairs unit, known as the Office of Professional Standards and Accountability, or OPSA, and the city’s independent police auditor, Anthony Finnell, will conduct their own investigations into whether Fields followed department policies.

But it's possible the community won’t see Finnell’s findings for a year or more, Finnell said.

“That is what makes my part of the process extremely frustrating and extremely lengthy; because I have to wait till everyone els

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