Brad Moericke, one of the three outgoing members of the current Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB), has taken a job as the Deputy Police Chief of the Sumner Police Department. Before joining the board, Moericke spent nearly 10 years as a patrol officer and sergeant in the Sumner Police Department.

Last month, the city told current OPARB members Peter Holmes, Sheley Secrest and Moericke that it would not offer them legal protection, should their report—which addresses a controversial 2007 SPD investigation—draw legal action from the police guild. Because the board members could be sued, the report is in legal limbo. An incomplete and redacted version of the report leaked last week, but the board’s full report—detailing changes OPARB believes are necessary in the department—has yet to see the light of day.

According to Secrest, Moericke is still a member of OPARB until the new board takes over on September 1st, and could take part in any further alterations to the report, in order to get it released. However, Secrest says the board won’t release a “watered down” version of the report.