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Twenty-First Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
May 4, 2015
Page 46
Next Steps:
Since the beginning of our tenure, we have requested – in meetings with OPD and in all of our
quarterly reports – that the Department schedule EFRBs during our quarterly site visits, so that
we may attend and observe the proceedings. We again request that the Department schedule any
EFRB hearings during our quarterly site visits; it is critical to our assessments that we be able to
observe and evaluate the EFRB process.
Task 33: Reporting Misconduct
Requirements:
Within 154 days from the effective date of this Agreement, OPD shall establish policy and
procedures for the following:
Misconduct
OPD personnel shall report misconduct by any other member or employee of the Department to
their supervisor and/or IAD. The policy shall state that corrective action and or discipline shall
be assessed for failure to report misconduct. OPD shall require every member and employee
encountering a use of force that appears inappropriate, or an arrest that appears improper, to
report the incident to his/her supervisor and/or IAD. OPD shall establish and maintain a
procedure for a member/employee to report police misconduct on a confidential basis.
1.
Any member/employee of OPD may report a suspected case of police misconduct
confidentially to the commander of IAD.
2.
The member/employee reporting this conduct shall indicate clearly to the
commander of IAD that the report is being made under these confidential
provisions.
3.
The report may be made in person, by telephone, or in writing. The IAD
Commander shall document the report in a confidential file that shall remain
accessible only to the IAD Commander.
4.
The case shall be investigated without disclosure of the complainant’s name,
unless and until such disclosure is required by law.
5.
This confidential reporting procedure shall be made known to every member/
employee of OPD and to all new members/employees of OPD within two (2)
weeks of hiring.
(Negotiated Settlement Agreement VI. A.)