19th-quarterly-report.pdf

Nineteenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department October 30, 2014 Page 71 Task 42.8 requires that the Field Training Program Coordinator, or his/her designee, conduct random audits of the FTO program to ensure that FTOs complete daily evaluations of trainee officers (compliance standard: Yes/No). FTOs complete a daily evaluation of the trainees; and the FTO Program Coordinator receives, reviews, audits, and files all evaluation forms. In addition, the program maintains a color-coded spreadsheet to ensure that documentation is received, reviewed, and filed. OPD is in compliance with this subtask. Task 42.9 requires that when a trainee officer’s FTO is absent, the trainee officer is not assigned to field duties with an “acting” FTO, but is placed with another certified FTO, or assigned to non-field duties, pending the availability of a certified FTO (compliance standard: 95%). If a trainee’s FTO is unavailable, the trainee is assigned to another FTO. If no FTO is available, the trainee is assigned to a sergeant or non-patrol assignment. No incident in which a trainee was assigned to a non-FTO has occurred for the past year. OPD is in compliance with this subtask. Task 42.10 requires that Field Commanders and FTO Supervisors be provided training (compliance standard: 95%). All sergeants and commanders to whom FTOs would be assigned were trained by the program in both group and individual sessions before they were assigned FTO duties. The FTP met with the Deputy Chief and area commanders on April 3, 2014, and provided an overview of the FTO Program. OPD is in compliance with this subtask. Task42.11 requires that focus groups are conducted by the Field Training Program Coordinator and Academy staff with randomly selected trainee officers midway through the field-training cycle, upon completion of field training, and six months after completion of the field training program (compliance standard: Yes/No). The coordinator conducts focus groups with randomly selected trainees, as required by the NSA. The focus group is designed to elicit issues encountered in the program and ensure that inconsistencies in training are identified and rectified. During the current reporting period, on June 14, 2014, the FTO Unit conducted the first focus group for the trainees in the 168th Academy and the second focus group for the Transitional Academy on June 4, 2014. Task 42.12 requires that the results of the focus group sessions be reviewed at a meeting to include the Training Section Commander, the FTO Program Coordinator, the BFO Deputy Chief, and the BOS Deputy Chief (compliance standard: Yes/No). The required meeting for the discussion of the results of the two focus groups held during the first quarter was held on June 24, 2014, and attended by the required persons. The results were documented in a memorandum for the Chief of Police.