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Independent Monitoring Team Fourteenth Status Report of the Independent Monitor Delphine Allen, et al., v. City of Oakland, et al. July 31, 2009 to January 13, 2010 Page 100 OPD is in compliance with Task 46. This task will not be actively monitored under the MOU. If the Monitor observes material non-compliance with this task, the Monitor may conduct reviews as necessary to determine whether the City has fallen out of substantial compliance and the extent and nature of the alleged deficiency. (MOU, paragraph 11.) G. Community Policing (Task 47; S.A. XI.) Section XI of the Settlement Agreement, Task 47, requires OPD to develop and implement a community policing plan to strengthen its relationships with communities in Oakland. This section requires a number of changes designed to provide officers with the opportunity to hear directly community groups’ concerns. This section also requires OPD to develop mechanisms to measure community policing activities so that officers are fully recognized for this work. The compliance deadline for the Community Policing section of the Settlement Agreement occurred during the first reporting period. 1. Community Policing Plan (Task 47; S.A. XI.) a. Settlement Agreement Requirements • By August 1, 2003, OPD must develop and implement a plan to strengthen its commitment to local communities. The Settlement Agreement sets forth particular requirements the plan must include: OPD must host at least one community meeting per quarter in each Patrol Service Area; each patrol supervisor and officer assigned to a regular beat or geographic area of the City must attend a minimum of one community meeting per quarter in the Area to which he/she is regularly assigned; OPD must develop mechanisms to measure its community policing and problem solving activities; OPD must incorporate positive statistics on community policing and problem solving activities in “CrimeStop” meetings, along with information on citizen complaints and use of force incidents; and OPD must arrange a meeting within sixty days unless not feasible with representatives of an organization active within Oakland, if the organization communicates a concern regarding specific police personnel or practices. b. Status of Compliance and Assessment The compliance deadline for this task occurred in August 2003. OPD achieved policy compliance with this task in April 2004, by publishing the following policies: General Order B- 7, Requests for Meetings and Public Appearances; Bureau of Field Operations Policy 03-03, Community Meetings; and Training Bulletin III-A.5, Community-Oriented Policing and the 2003 Reorganization of the Patrol Division. During the sixth reporting period, OPD provided the IMT with sufficiently reliable training data to enable us to confirm that OPD had trained 95% or more of relevant personnel on this task.