The City of Santa Monica will hire an outside agency to provide both a factual report and an analysis of decision making related to the police department’s handling of protests and riots earlier this year.

The community had expected the Santa Monica Police Department to release a factual, after-action report this month. However, the department said it was unable to produce the document due to a lack of manpower and a trio of councilmembers asked the full council to authorize a private company to expedite the report.

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