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Independent Monitoring Team Ninth Status Report of the Independent Monitor Delphine Allen, et al., v. City of Oakland, et al. May 13, 2006, to November 30, 2006 Page 63 officers. Once OPD begins to adequately analyze stop data and act upon information regarding “hit rates,” etc., more officers will likely see the value in collecting stop data, and the effectiveness of OPD policing may well increase, benefiting officers and the community alike. According to OPD, it is undertaking efforts to identify funding and a researcher to conduct a comprehensive analysis of OPD’s stop data. 3. Use of Force Reports-Witness Identification (Task 35; S.A. VI.C.) a. Settlement Agreement Requirements • By August 25, 2003, OPD officers must identify and document certain information about witnesses to uses of force, including other OPD officers, in every use of force report. The Settlement Agreement sets forth the particular information that must be included, and procedures OPD must follow in the event that there are no known witnesses or where the author of the report is unable to obtain identifying information from witnesses. b. Status of Compliance and Assessment The compliance deadline for this task occurred in August, 2003. OPD achieved policy compliance by publishing Special Order 8066, Use of Force-Witness Identification, on April 12, 2004. 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. The IMT interviewed officers on all three patrol shifts regarding their understanding of Task 35’s requirements. Based on our interviews, OPD officers appear to have a solid grasp of the most important elements of this task. As a result, the IMT changed its conditional training compliance determination for this task to an unconditional in-compliance finding. During the last reporting period, OPD incorporated the provisions of the witness identification special order into General Order K-4. During the upcoming reporting periods, the IMT will monitor whether OPD’s actual practices comply with this Settlement Agreement provision.