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Seventeenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department April 28, 2014 Page 27 Where possible, complainants were asked to provide corroborating evidence. In most of the cases, the complainants terminated the contact before OPD could secure additional details of the complaint. However, the complaints were investigated to the extent reasonably possible as required by this subtask. IAD or field supervisors attempted to re-contact complainants if a callback number was available, even if the complainants expressly stated they wished to remain anonymous. In one case, calling back an uncooperative complainant resulted in an additional complaint for not adhering to the complainant’s request. Thirteen of the 14 cases were closed via administrative closure. Each met the criteria for such closure, and most lacked the details to identify the specific alleged misconduct and/or OPD personnel involved in the incidents. Two involved complaints of poor response time to calls for service. Two others stemmed from contacts with officers working extra-duty at Oakland Raiders football games. Two others involved unspecified allegations of harassment and discrimination. In another case, the anonymous caller claimed that 911 dispatchers were rude, but offered no specifics. The last of the 14 cases was closed via summary finding. In this case, officers pulled over and ultimately arrested a subject for outstanding warrants and possession of cocaine. The subject’s passenger, known only by a first name, claimed that the officers were racist in the manner in which the stop was conducted. He initially indicated that he wanted to file a complaint, but he left the scene before a supervisor arrived. The allegation of bias was unfounded based on the review of PDRD recordings which captured the officers’ interactions with the subject and his friend. OPD continues to provide citizens with informational business cards when their intent to file a complaint is unclear. The cards contain the information necessary to file a complaint at a later time if desired, and these citizen contacts are documented in a separate log in Communications. Like the Daily Incident Logs, these are forwarded to IAD – and the Monitoring Team – on a daily basis. This is the second reporting period in which this system has been used, and it appears to be having the desired effect of limiting those cases in which the complaint process is invoked unnecessarily. Informational business cards are further discussed in Task 5. The Department remains in Phase 2 compliance with Task 7.3. Compliance Status: Phase 1: In compliance Phase 2: In compliance Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document979 Filed04/28/14 Page28 of 88