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Seventeenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department April 28, 2014 Page 9 accidents or service complaints, and those that did not involve Manual of Rules (MOR) violations. We segregated the remaining cases into Class I or Class II categories. If a case involved at least one alleged Class I violation, we classified it as Class I. As noted above, Departmental policy requires that investigations be completed within 180 days. Of the 70 Class I cases we reviewed, 65, or 93%, were in compliance with established timelines – a slight increase from the 91% we found during the last reporting period. Eight of the Class I cases were completed in exactly 180 days, and 41 cases were completed in between 170 and 179 days. Of the 109 Class II cases we reviewed, 104, or 95%, were in compliance with established timelines – a decrease from the 99% we found during the last reporting period. Seven of the Class II cases were completed in exactly 180 days, and 65 cases were completed in between 170 and 179 days. Of the 31 sustained findings that we reviewed, all (100%) were in compliance with established discipline timelines.2 This was the same percentage that we found during the last reporting period. OPD is in compliance with Task 2.1. Task 2.2 requires that IAD and OPD command staff regularly monitor compliance with these timeliness standards (compliance standard: Yes/No). The primary responsibility for monitoring compliance with timeliness standards rests with IAD, which generates weekly reports listing the Department’s open investigations and critical deadlines for investigations retained in IAD and those handled at the Division level. The reports are distributed to IAD command staff and the respective Bureau Deputy Chiefs. In addition to the reports, the IAD Commander discusses pending deadlines for key open investigations during IAD’s weekly meetings with the Chief; the deadlines are also reflected in written agendas for these meetings. IAD also occasionally, as needed, emails individual reminders on cases approaching due dates to investigators and their supervisors. During this reporting period, we received and reviewed copies of individual Bureau and Department-wide Open Investigation Reports, Cases Not Closed Reports, 180-Day Timeline Reports, and agendas for the weekly meetings between the Chief and IAD staff. The content of these documents demonstrates active monitoring of case timeliness. A Monitoring Team representative occasionally attends and observes these weekly meetings. The Department is in compliance with Task 2.2. Task 2.3 requires that if IAD experiences an unusual proliferation of cases and/or workload, IAD staffing be increased to maintain timeliness standards (compliance standard: Yes/No). During the current reporting period, IAD opened 227 cases, a decrease of 89 cases from the last reporting period. The Chief approved 407 cases, a decrease of 102 cases from the last reporting period. The Department attributes these reduced numbers to the implementation of the revised DGO M-03. In addition, during this reporting period, OPD transferred five contractors from IAD. OPD is in compliance with Task 2.3. 2 We reviewed 14 cases involving sustained findings; several cases involved more than one sustained finding. Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document979 Filed04/28/14 Page10 of 88