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Nineteenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
October 30, 2014
Page 63
The table below tracks the review process and shows that supervisors recommended that no
action be taken in 33, or 85% of the 39 reviews for the current reporting period. That is up from
60% the previous quarter, although there were only 10 reviews completed then. That was a
result of the transition to the process in which initial reviews are now being completed within the
PAS unit. The table also shows that Commanders and the Deputy Chief disagreed with three
lower-level recommendations and supported monitoring or supervisions. The PAS Review Panel
reversed one case by requiring monitoring.
The overall situation regarding level of reviews and related action continues as it was described
in the previous two quarters: The system shows high levels of no action required but also the
willingness and capacity to reverse those decisions up the chain of command. The new
procedures have reduced the work required of supervisors by the large number of false positive
cases but have not necessarily reduced the number of officers misidentified in the initial reviews.
The reporting period ended with 14 officers in intervention and 17 in monitoring. This means
that approximately 5% of all officers are on some risk management related status. When the
percentage uses patrol officers as the base, it increases to over 15% of officers. We will continue
to monitor these levels and to scrutinize the process to assure that appropriate standards are
maintained.
The value of the data in the chart below is in tracking data over time, and using it to increase the
rigors of the review process as it serves the goal of risk reduction.