seventeenth-quarterly-report.pdf

Seventeenth Quarterly Report of the Independent Monitor for the Oakland Police Department April 28, 2014 Page 77 Discussion: As previously reported, OPD published General Order B-20, Departmental Training Program (April 6, 2005), which incorporates the requirements of Task 43. As the Department has trained at least 95% of relevant personnel on these policies, OPD is in continued Phase 1 compliance with this Task. Task 43.1.1 requires that OPD’s training plan ensure that OPD members, dispatchers, and civilian evidence technicians are adequately trained for their positions (compliance standard: Yes/No). For this reporting period, inasmuch as OPD has been in compliance since our first report (dated April 22, 2010) with providing adequate training to its officers, sergeants and dispatchers for over two years, we reduced the numbers of records we sampled to 30. Our sample included 24 officers, four sergeants, one dispatcher, and one PET 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. One officer in our survey was excused for medical reasons. Overall, all 29 (100%) of the 29 members and employees in our sample who were available to train received appropriate training to their jobs. The following chart reflects the results of our survey. Records Reviewed Retired, Resigned or Medical Adequate Training Received % Available to Train Officers 24 1 23 23 100% Sergeants 4 0 4 4 100% Dispatchers 1 0 1 1 100% Evidence Technicians 1 0 1 1 100% Total 30 1 29 29 100% Training of PETs Training of Police Evidence Technicians (PETs) is the responsibility of the BFO where PETs are assigned. The new PET Coordinator was appointed in January 2013. During our last review, we found several continuing deficiencies in PET training. The PETs are assigned to the BFO, and the PET Coordinator is a police officer. The first and most obvious deficiency is the absence of Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document979 Filed04/28/14 Page78 of 88