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Nineteenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
October 30, 2014
Page 49
Task 34: Vehicle Stops, Field Investigation, and Detentions
Requirements:
1.
OPD shall require members to complete a basic report on every vehicle stop, field
investigation and every detention. This report shall include, at a minimum:
a.
Time, date and location;
b.
Identification of the initiating member or employee commencing after the
first year of data collection;
c.
Reason for stop;
d.
Apparent race or ethnicity, and gender of individual(s) stopped;
e.
Outcome of stop (arrest, no arrest);
f.
Whether a search was conducted, and outcome of search;
g.
Offense categories (felony, misdemeanor or infraction).
2.
This data shall be entered into a database that can be summarized, searched,
queried and reported by personnel authorized by OPD.
3.
The development of this policy shall not pre-empt any other pending or future
policies and or policy development, including but not limited to “Promoting
Cooperative Strategies to Prevent Racial Profiling.”
(Negotiated Settlement Agreement VI. B.)
Discussion:
There are four Departmental policies that incorporate the requirements of Task 34: General
Order M-19, Prohibitions Regarding Racial Profiling and Other Bias-Based Policing; Report
Writing Manual (RWM) Inserts R-2, N-1, and N-2; Special Order 9042, New Procedures
Regarding Stop Data Collection (published June 2010); and Special Order 9101, Revised Stop
Data Collection Procedures (published November 2012). As the Department has trained at least
95% of relevant personnel on these policies, we find OPD in continued Phase 1 compliance with
this Task.
Task 34.1 requires that officers complete Stop Data Forms for every vehicle stop, field
investigation, and detention (compliance standard: 90%). To assess Task 34.1 compliance
during this reporting period, we reviewed a random sample of 375 stops to match them with
corresponding completed Stop Data Forms. This sample included 125 Computer Aided Dispatch
(CAD) entries, 125 Field Contact Cards, and 125 traffic citations. Using the Department’s
Forensic Logic Quicksearch program, we were able to locate a corresponding Stop Data Form
for 100% of the stops in our sample. OPD is in compliance with Task 34.1.
Task 34.2 requires that Stop Data Forms be filled out with the following information: 1) time;
2) date; 3) location; 4) identification of member making stop; 5) reason for stop; 6) apparent
race/ethnicity of individual(s) stopped; 7) gender of individual(s) stopped; 8) outcome of stop
(arrest or no arrest); 9) whether a search was conducted; 10) outcome of any search; and 11)
offense category (felony, misdemeanor, or infraction) (compliance standard: 85%). The entry of
stop data into the Field Based Reporting (FBR) system requires officers to make a selection in