Once again, Orange County’s law enforcement oversight agency is in flux with the departure this month of Director Robert Faigin.

County supervisors this month let expire Faigin’s three-year contract at the helm of the six-member Office of Independent Review, which is tasked with monitoring the sheriff’s department, district attorney’s office, public defender’s office, probation department and social services agency. Supervisors have launched a national search for Faigin’s replacement and installed attorney Stella Lim as interim director.

In an interview, Faigin said he asked for a modest “bump” in his annual compensation package of $422,739, but couldn’t come to terms with the county.

Formed in 2008, the OIR has been mired in controversy and deemed by some to be political window-dressin

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