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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 89 also graduated seven officers from its Sixth Lateral Academy. During the eighth reporting period, OPD’s 155th Basic Academy class graduated. During the ninth reporting period, the 156th, 157th, and 158th Basic Academies graduated, along with the Seventh Lateral Academy. During the tenth reporting period, the 159th and 160th Basic Academies graduated. During the eleventh reporting period, the 161st, 162nd, and 163rd Basic Academies graduated. During the twelfth reporting period, the 164th, Santa Clara, and 165th Basic Academies graduated. The Eleventh Lateral Academy graduated during the thirteenth reporting period. 1. Academy and In-Service Training (Task 43; S.A. IX.) a. Settlement Agreement Requirements • By February 15, 2005, OPD must develop and implement a plan to enhance its Academy and in-service training to ensure that OPD personnel at all levels are adequately trained for their positions, and are aware of and able to implement the most contemporary developments in police training. The Settlement Agreement sets forth criteria that must be contained in this enhanced Academy and in-service training plan and parameters for the frequency and documentation of in-service training. In addition, this provision sets new training criteria for sergeants and command staff. b. Status of Compliance and Assessment The compliance deadline for this task occurred in February 2005. OPD published General Order B-20, Departmental Training Program, which the IMT reviewed and found compliant with the Settlement Agreement. During the seventh 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. As required by the Settlement Agreement, General Order B-20 establishes enhanced criteria for instructor selection and training. These criteria include factors such as disciplinary history, citizen complaints, awards and commendations, educational background, sick leave usage, and general professionalism. According to OPD, at the time the new policy was implemented, all instructor files were reviewed for compliance and three instructors who did not meet the requirements of the General Order were removed from their teaching assignments. In addition to Task 43’s requirements related to Academy training, Task 43 requires that OPD provide all supervisors and commanders/managers with mandatory 40-hour in-service supervisory and leadership training. The Settlement Agreement stipulates specific areas that must be covered in this training including instruction in supervisory and command accountability, ethics and professionalism, and supervisory and management functions and situations. Pursuant to this task, all supervisors must receive the mandatory leadership training prior to their promotion while all commanders must attend this training within six months of their promotion.