seventeenth-quarterly-report.pdf

Seventeenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department April 28, 2014 Page 3 Review Board remain problematic. The status of the two Tasks related to the risk management system is now connected to the improvements in data collection, particularly with arrests and in the development of the new PAS database. Another Task, related to officers’ reports of stops, is also not yet in compliance – although we acknowledge that the recent public release of the Stop Data Report is an important step forward. While there is still work to be done, the Mayor’s active engagement in the process, coupled with the Department’s earnest attempts to be transparent with the findings, constitute a new willingness to subject to public discourse a core issue of the NSA. The City’s imminent retention of a subject matter expert for the Department will assist the Department in better understanding behaviors and outcomes. We are hopeful that this will lead to decisions that facilitate sustainable reforms and meaningful pubic dialogue. Interim Chief Whent and his Executive Team are to be credited for their attention to the importance of this undertaking, and their commitment to making the Department an agency capable of sustained reforms in its police practices. Chief (Ret.) Robert S. Warshaw Monitor Monitoring Team: Chief (ret.) Charles D. Reynolds Deputy Monitor Lt. Colonel (ret.) J. Rick Brown Robin Busch-Wheaton Eric P. Daigle, Esq. Commander (ret.) John M. Girvin John M. Klofas, Ph.D. Assistant Director (ret.) Joseph R. Wolfinger Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document979 Filed04/28/14 Page4 of 88