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Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Combined Tenth and Eleventh Semi-Annual Report December 2008 Deliverables ¢ Revised Departmental General Order M-3, Complaints Against Department Personnel or Procedures e Special Order, 8553, TB V-T, Internal Investigations Procedure Manual OIG Audit Summary In May of 2007, the OIG initiated a review to determine if OPD is complying with Task 8 of the Agreement. The review focused on Tasks 8,1, 8.5, 8.8 and 8.9. The review found the Department in compliance with 8.1, 8.5 and 8.8, and found no cases that were applicable to 8.9. ¢ Ensuring that misconduct complaints are categorized according to “Class I” or “Class II” offenses (8.1); e Ensuring statements and interviews in “Class I” investigations are tape-recorded (8.5); ¢ Ensuring statements and interviews from OPD personnel in “Class II” investigations are tape-recorded (8.8); and ¢ When an assigned investigator encounters a “Class I” violation during a “Class II”, division-level investigation, he/she shall contact the IAD Commander (8.9). Although OIG’s review did not assess all requirements of Task 8, based on OIG’s review and the IMT’s Fall 2006 Review, all but one of the Task 8 requirements appear to be in compliance. During its Fall 2006 Review, the IMT found the Department in compliance with Tasks 8.2, 8.3, 8.6 and 8.7, which were not assessed during the OIG review. Task 8.4 was not assessed by OIG and was found out of compliance by the IMT. Task 09: Contact of Citizen Complainant ¢ Settlement Agreement Section III. I; page 13, lines 13-16 (lead-in page 6, line 24 — page 7, line 2) e Assigned Unit: IAD Settlement Agreement Language “By August 13, 2004, OPD must develop and, by October 1, 2004, implement, a policy requiring that IAD, or the investigator assigned to an investigation, contact citizens who have made complaints as soon as possible, in order to determine the nature, scope and severity of the complaint, as well as to identify potential witnesses and/or evidence as quickly as possible.” Status: In Policy and Training Compliance Deliverables Internal Affairs Division Policy and Procedures Manual OIG Audit Summary In May of 2007, the OIG initiated a review to determine if OPD is complying with Task 9 of the Agreement. The OIG review found that OPD was in compliance with Task 9. 39