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Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Combined Tenth and Eleventh Semi-Annual Report December 2008 SUPERVISORY SPAN OF CONTROL AND UNITY OF COMMAND Task 18: Approval of Field-Arrest by Supervisor * Settlement Agreement Section IV. A.; page 15, line 19 — page 16, line 5 (lead-in page 15, lines 16-18) e Assigned Unit: BFO Settlement Agreement Language “By January 20, 2004, OPD must develop and implement a policy requiring the approval of field-arrests by a supervisor in most cases. This policy necessitates that OPD develop standards for field supervisors that encourage or mandate close and frequent supervisory contacts with subordinates. The Settlement Agreement sets forth certain criteria regarding supervisor review of field-arrests, including that, under ordinary circumstances, supervisors respond to the scenes of field arrests for felonies; narcotics-related possessory offenses; situations where there is an investigated use of force; and arrests for obstructing, resisting, or assaulting an officer.” Status: In Policy, Training, and Conditional Practice Compliance Conditional Practice Compliance: The IMT found the Department in conditional compliance with actual practice in June 2007. Deliverables ¢ Revised Departmental General Order M-18, Arrest Approval and Report Review in the Field e SO 8257, Supervisors Approval of Arrest IMT Audit Summary During the last reporting period, the IMT conducted its second audit of actual practice compliance with this task and found that OPD had made significant progress in ensuring that its Supervisors respond to the scene of designated arrests and that required elements are reviewed and documented sufficiently. The IMT found the Department in compliance with all requirements of Task 18, with the exception of the witness identification requirement, which they did not assess. The IMT will be assessing OPD’s compliance with the witness identification requirement in an upcoming audit. If the police reports show that witness identification is not occurring as required, OPD will fall out of full compliance with Task 18. Task 19: Unity of Command ¢ Settlement Agreement Section IV. B; page 16, lines 6-10 (lead-in page 15, lines 16-18) e Assigned Unit: BFO Settlement Agreement Language “By January 20, 2004, OPD must develop and implement a policy requiring that, with rare exceptions justified on a case-by-case basis, each OPD member or employee has a single, clearly 46