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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 45 During the thirteenth reporting period, OPD continued its efforts to improve its systems for organizational tracking. It began implementation of a new automated scheduling and payroll system used by a number of other public safety agencies. During this reporting period, OPD continued implementation of its new automated scheduling and payroll system. We reviewed this system’s functioning, as well as other Task 19 related unity of command systems, as part of our Task 20 review. Our review indicated that OPD continues to improve in this area. OPD is in compliance with Task 19. 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.) 3. Span of Control for Supervisors (Task 20; S.A. IV.C.) a. Settlement Agreement Requirements • By August 14, 2003, OPD must, based on contemporary police standards and best practices, develop and implement a policy to ensure appropriate supervision of its Area Command Field Teams. The Settlement Agreement sets forth certain provisions that must be included in the policy. Most notably, the Settlement Agreement requires that, under normal conditions, OPD assign one primary sergeant to each Area Command Field Team. Additionally, a supervisor’s span of control cannot exceed eight members. b. Status of Compliance and Assessment The compliance deadline for this task occurred in August 2003. As previously reported, OPD achieved policy compliance with this task by publishing and distributing the following policies: General Order A-3, Department Organization; BFO Policy 03-02, Supervisory Span of Control; and BOI Policy 04-02, Supervisory Span of Control. During the sixth reporting period, OPD attained training compliance on General Order A-3 and BFO Policy 03-02. OPD, however, never completed training on BOI Policy 04-02. During the ninth reporting period, OPD replaced BFO 03-02 and BOI 04-02 by publishing General Order A-19, Supervisory Span of Control. It also published Special Order 8435, Acting Sergeant Selection Process, establishing procedures for ensuring that those individuals who serve as acting sergeants have the necessary skills and training to function effectively as acting supervisors. The IMT determined that these policies comply with the NSA. Accordingly, OPD remains in policy compliance with this task. The IMT has verified that OPD has trained more than 95% of its personnel on these policies.