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Twenty-First Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
May 4, 2015
Page 55
Task 34.3.2 requires that the data captured on the Stop Data Forms be entered completely and
accurately into the database (compliance standard: 85%). As noted above, the entering of stop
data into the Field Based Reporting system requires officers to make a selection in each form
field. If an officer fails to fill in the information in any field, the system will not allow the form
to be completed. Task 34.3.2 was created to govern the submission of data from the written
forms to the computerized system. Since this type of data entry is no longer necessary, the
Department is in compliance with Task 34.3.2.
OPD is in partial Phase 2 compliance with Task 34.
Compliance Status:
Phase 1: In compliance
Phase 2: Partial compliance
Next Steps:
During our next site visit and upcoming technical assistance visits, we will again meet with
relevant Department personnel to discuss the Department’s progress in this area. We will further
discuss the Department’s various Task 34-related data systems to assess their operability,
accuracy, and utility in storage, and ease of access to stop data. We will continue to work with
OPD on ways to verify the legal basis for stops, searches, and other related activities
expeditiously. We will also discuss how conducting internal audits of its stop data forms can
help the Department to identify any disparities in its treatment of citizens.
Task 35: Use of Force Reports - Witness Identification
Requirements:
1.
OPD shall require, by policy, that every use of force report, whether felonies were
involved or not, include the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of
witnesses to the incident, when such information is reasonably available to the
members/employees on the scene.
2.
In situations in which there are no known witnesses, the report shall specifically
state this fact. Policy shall further require that in situations in which witnesses
were present but circumstances prevented the author of the report from
determining the identification or phone number or address of those witnesses, the
3.
report shall state the reasons why the member/employee was unable to obtain that
information. Reports shall also include the names of all other
members/employees of OPD witnessing the use of force incident.
(Negotiated Settlement Agreement VI. C.)
Discussion:
OPD published Special Order 8066, Use of Force—Witness Identification (April 12, 2004),
which incorporates the requirements of Task 35. Additionally, OPD published Departmental