19th-quarterly-report.pdf

Nineteenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department October 30, 2014 Page 74 report (dated April 22, 2010) with providing adequate training to its members and dispatchers for over two years, we reduced the numbers of records we sampled to 30. Our sample included 21 officers, five sergeants, one PET, and three dispatchers to determine if the members and employees received adequate training for their positions. The Department produced a record for each member and employee in our sample. For each, we reviewed the training s/he received during previous years, and calculated the number of hours recorded in his/her record. For the sworn officers in our sample, we credited the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)-certified Continued Professional Training (CPT) as counting toward the requirement. CPT is, according to California state requirements, to be delivered to every officer every two years; OPD uses an 18-month cycle. Overall, all 30 (100%) of the 30 members and dispatchers in our sample who were available to train received appropriate training to their jobs. The following chart reflects the results of our review. Records Reviewed Adequate % Training Received Officers 21 21 100% Sergeants 5 5 100% Dispatchers 3 3 100% Evidence Technicians 1 1 100% Total 30 30 100% Training of Police Evidence Technicians (PETs) is the responsibility of the BFO where PETs are assigned. The PET Coordinator was appointed in January 2013. During our last review, we reviewed all of the current PETs’ training records, and found that all (100%) had received adequate training. We observed that it was particularly significant that four recently hired PETs had received training in evidence collection and recognition during the first month they were on the job. The training of these four new PETs has continued to progress. In the past six months, the new PETs have attended DNA Training (three days), Evidence Packaging (two days), Basic Crimes Scene Investigation (one week), and the Police Services Technician (two weeks) training. While the Department had made progress in training for its PETs, it has not yet developed a documented plan for their training. We will follow OPD’s progress in establishing a policy for training its PETs. OPD is in Phase 2 compliance with Task 43.1.1.