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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 77 establishing a communications protocol prompting dispatchers to elicit the information required by this task; providing officers with refresher training regarding what information they are required to provide when performing transports; and holding officers accountable where they do not comply with this OPD policy. On September 12, 2005, OPD published Special Order 8262, Transportation of Persons in Police Vehicles, incorporating the IMT’s recommendations. In addition, OPD conducted some internal audits and training to ensure compliance with Special Order 8262 and this Settlement Agreement provisions. During the tenth reporting period, all of the compliance standards for this task were lowered from 95% to 85% or 90%. During the tenth reporting period, the IMT audited OPD’s actual practice compliance with this task. While OPD was not yet in compliance with Task 36.1, which requires that officers log in and out on the radio when transporting a detainee or any other civilian (unless the transport is done by wagon), it had made significant progress since our prior audit of this task when the overall rate at which members and employees logged both in and out as required was 63.0%. Based on the documentation we were provided for the audit, members and employees logged both in and out as required in 83% of the transports reviewed. We found OPD in compliance with the remaining requirement of Task 36. Members included the time, mileage, location, purpose of the transport, gender of the person being transported, and the identification of the transporting member in 84.8% of the transports we reviewed. A discussion of our review findings is included in our tenth status report. During the eleventh reporting period, OPD’s Communications Division commander worked to improve compliance with Task 36. In addition to assessing the Department’s compliance, he conducted additional training for dispatchers and provided OPD personnel with reminders regarding the information that is required to be called in on each stop. During the twelfth reporting period, we conducted another compliance assessment of Task 36. We were pleased to find that OPD in compliance with all Task 36 requirements. We found that OPD officers logged in and out on the radio as required in 92% of the transports. The compliance standard is 90%. We found that OPD remained in and improved its compliance with the remaining requirement of Task 36. OPD’s efforts in this area have resulted in significant improvements over time. In attaining compliance with this task, OPD has improved officer safety. We recommend that OPD continue to self-assess whether officers are reporting transports as required to maintain this improved safety. In furtherance of officer safety, we also continue to recommend that OPD require its officers to call in all of their stops, not just those involving transports. OPD is in compliance with Task 36. 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.)