The office responsible for independent oversight of Denver’s law enforcement agencies is doing too much of its work in secret, a city audit found. “Because the public doesn’t know what guidance the Monitor’s Office is giving to the police and sheriff departments, the public doesn’t know whether those departments are responding. “The lack of transparency is a disservice to law enforcement oversight.”The independent monitor’s office is also not publicly reporting its reviews and evaluations of the two agencies’ policies and practices, and isn’t thoroughly tracking its work. The police and sheriff’s departments do not have to follow the monitor’s recommendations. “We found legal guidance from the City Attorney’s Office is affecting what the Monitor’s Office publicly reports in terms of its oversight of the Police and Sheriff Departments,” the audit states.