LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville's police chief said Wednesday that he's confused why the Louisville Inspector General's Office started a new investigation into a 2019 LMPD party when the department already found no wrongdoing.

"It was a hearsay case to start," Chief Paul Humphrey said. "The only supposed witness had fourth-hand information and I haven't gotten any information from the OIG on what he is investigating."

The allegations include abuse of power involving sex and alcohol at an LMPD retirement party dating back to 2019.

The Louisville's Inspector General's Office is investigating the party after an anonymous complaint filed this summer saying the department's internal investigation wasn't enough.

Inspector General Ed Harness told WDRB his office is investigating whether any policies were broken in connection to LMPD's 2019 internal investigation.

The investigation centers around an incident in March of 2019 that alleged officers drank in the homicide office at a retirement party, with some having to be driven home, and two officers had sex during the party. Officers were ordered not to talk about the party, according to the complaints.  

Humphrey said over 50 people were interviewed and nothing came of it.

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