1.   Board officials said that sexual misconduct complaints in Texas most often are made against psychiatrists but that most other specialties also draw some complaints.

2.   Brandeis, like many colleges, allows a panel of students and faculty member to act as both judge and jury in handling misconduct complaints.

3.   A recent misconduct complaint illustrates the point.

4.   But this fall, the Office of Professional Responsibility, which investigates misconduct complaints against Justice Department employees, disagreed with that recommendation.

5.   One was that use-of-force investigations are not following the appropriate time lines, and another was a continuing backlog of misconduct complaints.

6.   Previously, when civilians called the police department with misconduct complaints, the department would forward the calls to the review board.

7.   Powell said she wanted to file a formal misconduct complaint against the judge but her lawyers talked her out of it.

8.   The plan would strengthen and increase funding for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which would still be needed to investigate individual misconduct complaints by members of the public.

9.   The reasons for the increase in misconduct complaints are not clear.

10.   Three people separately filed a judicial misconduct complaint with Harry T. Edwards, the chief judge of the appellate panel on which Sentelle serves.