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Twenty-First Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
May 4, 2015
Page 64
purpose of assessing and sharing information about the state of the unit and
identifying potential or actual performance problems within the unit. These
meetings shall be scheduled to follow-up on supervisors’ assessments of their
subordinates’ for PAS intervention. These meetings shall consider all relevant
PAS data, potential patterns of at-risk behavior, and recommended intervention
strategies since the last meeting. Also considered shall be patterns involving use
of force, sick leave, line-of-duty injuries, narcotics-related possessory offenses,
and vehicle collisions that are out of the norm among either personnel in the unit
or among the unit’s subunits. Division/appropriate Area Commanders and
managers shall ensure that minutes of the meetings are taken and retained for a
period of five (5) years. Commanders/managers shall take appropriate action on
identified patterns of at-risk behavior and/or misconduct.
10.
Division/appropriate Area Commanders and managers shall meet at least
annually with his/her Deputy Chief/Director and the IAD Commander to discuss
the state of their commands and any exceptional performance, potential or actual
performance problems or other potential patterns of at-risk behavior within the
unit. Division/appropriate Area Commanders and managers shall be responsible
for developing and documenting plans to ensure the managerial and supervisory
accountability of their units, and for addressing any real or potential problems
that may be apparent.
11.
PAS information shall be taken into account for a commendation or award
recommendation; promotion, transfer, and special assignment, and in connection
with annual performance appraisals. For this specific purpose, the only
disciplinary information from PAS that shall be considered are sustained and not
sustained complaints completed within the time limits imposed by Government
Code Section 3304.
12.
Intervention strategies implemented as a result of a PAS Activity Review and
Report shall be documented in a timely manner.
13.
Relevant and appropriate PAS information shall be taken into account in
connection with determinations of appropriate discipline for sustained
misconduct allegations. For this specific purpose, the only disciplinary
information from PAS that shall be considered are sustained and not sustained
complaints completed within the time limits imposed by Government Code Section
3304.
14.
The member/employee’s designated commander/manager shall schedule a PAS
Activity Review meeting to be held no later than 20 days following notification to
the Deputy Chief/Director that the member/employee has met a PAS threshold
and when intervention is recommended.
15.
The PAS policy to be developed shall include a provision that a member/employee
making unsatisfactory progress during PAS intervention may be transferred
and/or loaned to another supervisor, another assignment or another Division, at
the discretion of the Bureau Chief/Director if the transfer is within his/her
Bureau. Inter-Bureau transfers shall be approved by the Chief of Police. If a
member/employee is transferred because of unsatisfactory progress, that transfer