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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 41 OPD is not in compliance with Task 16. This task will be actively monitored under the MOU. The Monitor will conduct the required audits, reviews or studies to assess whether OPD is complying with the substantive task requirements. (MOU, paragraph 10.) 17. Audit, Review and Evaluation of IAD Functions (Task 17; S.A. III.P.) a. Settlement Agreement Requirements • OPD and the Monitor shall conduct audits, reviews and evaluations of IAD functions, as specified in the Settlement Agreement. b. Status of Compliance and Assessment Task 17 has no separate requirements. Task 17 reiterates Task 51, which requires OPD to conduct several annual audits, including audits of IAD functions, and the duties of the Monitor, reflected elsewhere in the Settlement Agreement. As discussed in our task update for Task 51, OPD remains in compliance with this Settlement Agreement task. It has conducted ongoing reviews and evaluations of IAD’s complaint intake and investigation functions, including providing feedback to IAD regarding complaint quality and timeliness. B. Supervisory Span of Control and Unity of Command (Tasks 18–23; S.A. IV.) Section IV of the Settlement Agreement, Tasks 18–23, requires a number of measures to improve supervision of OPD officers and employees, particularly field supervision of OPD’s patrol officers. In addition to the key requirement of a 1:8 supervisor to patrol officer ratio, this section promotes more consistent supervision by requiring the assignment of a single supervisor to each OPD member and employee. This section also requires mechanisms to improve the detection and communication of problems or potential problems, including regular performance review meetings and assignment of a liaison to the District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s Offices. Two of these tasks, Span of Control for Supervisors (Task 20) and OPD/DA Liaison Commander (Task 22), were due during the first reporting period. During the third reporting period, three additional tasks became due: Approval of Field-Arrest by Supervisor (Task 18); Unity of Command (Task 19); and Command Staff Rotation (Task 23). During the fourth and fifth reporting period, the final task in this section, Members’, Employees’, and Supervisors’ Performance Reviews (Task 21), became due. OPD has achieved policy and training compliance for all six of the tasks in this area. During the current reporting period, the IMT completed an actual practice compliance review for Task 20.