19th-quarterly-report.pdf

Nineteenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department October 30, 2014 Page 54 lieu of a City policy on retaliation) incorporate the requirements of Task 37. OPD has trained at least 95% of relevant personnel on these policies. Following our review of retaliation cases in the fourteenth reporting period, we found OPD not in Phase 2 compliance with Task 37. In that report, we cited a case we regarded as involving serious retaliation after an officer provided information about another officer’s beating of a handcuffed prisoner. We noted that the Department did not do enough to identify the perpetrator or protect the reporting officer when the retaliation came to light. In the last reporting period, we found no extant case fitting the Task 37 definition. In the prior review, we found three cases alleging retaliation in which OPD conducted thorough investigations. In all three cases, OPD concluded that the charges of retaliation were unfounded. There were no other cases alleging retaliation fitting the Task 37 definition. In addition, the Chief personally provided training regarding retaliation to seven Continuing Professional Training (CPT) courses for both officers and sergeants. During the period from April 1, through June 30, 2014, he spoke to a total of 140 sergeants and officers who attended CPT. In addition, he addressed 91 police officer trainees at the Basic Academy. Task 37.1 requires that officers be held accountable for retaliating against employees or members who report misconduct or serve as witnesses in proceedings against other members/employees (compliance standard: 95%); and Task 37.2 requires that supervisors, commanders, and managers be held accountable if they knew or reasonably should have known that persons under their supervision engaged in retaliation (compliance standard: 95%). We did not identify any cases during the period of April 1, through June 30, 2014 that contained allegations of retaliation, as defined by Task 37. OPD is in Phase 2 compliance with Task 37. Compliance Status: Phase 1: In compliance Phase 2: In compliance Task 40: Personnel Assessment System (PAS) – Purpose Requirements: Within 635 days from the effective date of this Agreement, OPD shall enhance its existing complaint-tracking and select indicator systems so that it has a fully implemented, computerized relational database for maintaining, integrating and retrieving data necessary for supervision and management of OPD and its personnel. This data shall be used by OPD: to promote professional police practices; to manage the risk of police misconduct; and to evaluate and audit the performance of OPD members of all ranks, employees, and OPD units, subunits and shifts.