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Twenty-First Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
May 4, 2015
Page 60
General Order D-17, Personnel Assessment Program, which incorporates the requirements of
Tasks 40 and 41, was issued on November 20, 2013. As noted in recent reports, the policy
altered core processes and the new procedures, especially those regarding initial internal review
by the PAS Unit when officers meet thresholds, are now fully implemented. The Risk
Management Unit sees the new process as supported by supervisors and as an improvement in
the review process. As noted, it supports appropriate reviews of data by risk management staff
and also maintains an appropriate and desirable role for first line supervisors in the process. The
PAS Unit is also in the best position to understand issues related to data that may be relevant to
their review process.
PAS records for the quarter of October 1, through December 31, 2014 indicate that data were
entered for all of the fields required by Task 40 – including the arrest data. The required data for
the quarter included reports of 298 uses of force. This is a slight increase from the previous
quarter but consistent with the longer term downward trend. This uptick can probably be
attributed to the large number of protests the Department responded to over the quarter. The
current status continues to reflect stability at low numbers for Level 4 uses of force as well as
other force use levels. Arrest data also show small increases over the previous three quarters –
and this too is likely tied to the protest activity. Those overall increases are associated with
larger increases in the resisting arrest and interfering related categories.
A further breakdown of the types of use of force shows that, for the fifth quarter in a row there
were no Level 1 uses of force. There were 17 Level 3, one Level 2, and 280 Level 4 uses of
force. IAD complaints have fallen to 174, after a small increase in the previous reporting period.
This drop is significant given the protest levels noted above. OC checkouts remain at levels seen
prior to increases with the deployment of newly hired officers. Vehicle pursuits remained at 28
for the quarter, down from a recent high of nearly 90 in the third quarter of 2013. Canine
deployments have returned to levels prior to the unusual drops associated with canine availability
last quarter. Data counts for the current reporting period and the seven prior reporting periods
are presented in the table below.