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Seventeenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor
for the Oakland Police Department
April 28, 2014
Page 30
Next Steps:
During our next site visit, we will, as in the past, meet with the IAD Commander to discuss any
Task 16-applicable cases for the next reporting period and steps the Department is taking to
improve IAD investigators’ evaluations of supervisors’ accountability.
Task 18: Approval of Field-Arrest by Supervisor
Requirements:
Within 260 days from the effective date of this Agreement, the Chief of Police shall, based on
contemporary police standards and best practices, develop and implement policies to address
the following standards and provisions:
Approval of Field-Arrest by Supervisor
1.
OPD shall develop standards for field supervisors that encourage or mandate
close and frequent supervisory contacts with subordinates on calls for service.
The policies developed in this Section shall require supervisors to respond to the
scene of (at least) the following categories of arrest, unless community unrest or
other conditions at the scene make this impractical:
a.
All Felonies;
b.
All drug offenses (including narcotics, controlled substances and
marijuana arrests if the subject is taken to jail).
c.
Where there is an investigated use of force;
d.
Penal Code §§69, 148 and 243(b)(c).
The responding supervisor shall review the arrest documentation to determine whether probable
cause for the arrest, or reasonable suspicion for the stop, is articulated, to ensure that available
witnesses are identified, to approve or disapprove the arrest in the field, and to log the time of
the contact.9
(Negotiated Settlement Agreement IV. A.)
Background:
Only one provision of Task 18 (18.2.2) is being actively monitored under the MOU. During all
of the previous reporting periods, we found the Department in compliance with this subtask.
Discussion:
Three Departmental policies relate to Task 18.2.2:
• DGO M-18, Arrest Approval and Review in the Field: As previously reported, this
arrest approval and report review policy, DGO M-18, Arrest Approval and Review in the
Field (May 13, 2004; and updated October 1, 2005), incorporates the requirements of
Task 18.
9 The underlined requirement is the only provision of Task 18 that is being actively monitored under the MOU.
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