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Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Combined Tenth and Eleventh Semi-Annual Report December 2008 POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR USE OF FORCE NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING Task 24: Use of Force Reporting Policy ¢ Settlement Agreement Section V. A; page 18, line 13 — page 19, line 12 (lead-in page 18, lines 11-12) e Assigned Unit: BFO Settlement Agreement Language “By July 20, 2004, OPD must develop and implement a policy for reporting use of force that Tequires: e All members/employees to notify their supervisor as soon as practicable following any investigated use of force or allegation of excessive use of force; e All members/employees at the scene to report all investigated uses of force on the appropriate form in every investigated use of force incident, unless otherwise directed by the investigating supervisor; e OPD personnel to document any use of force and/or the drawing and intentional pointing of a firearm at another person; ¢ A supervisor to respond to the scene upon notification of an investigated use of force or an allegation of excessive use of force, unless community unrest or other conditions makes this impracticable; © OPD to notify the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, the City Attorney’s Office and Departmental investigators in certain use of force incidents; and « OPD to enter data regarding use of force into OPD’s Personnel Information Management System (PIMS).” Status: In Policy, Training, and Full Practice Compliance ¢ The requirement that OPD enter all use of force reports into PAS (Task 24.9) was under assessment as a part of the PAS review at the time that the IMT assessed the Use of Force Reporting Policy. ¢ Actual Practice Compliance: The IMT found the Department in full compliance with actual practice in April 2008. Deliverables e Revised Departmental General Order K-3, The Use of Force Revised Departmental General Order K-4, Reporting the Use of Force Revised Departmental General Order K-4.1, Investigating the Use of Force Training Bulletin III-H, Use of Less-lethal Force Revised Report Writing Manual inserts Implementation Activities The Use of Force policies were published on February 18, 2006 and launched on May 13, 2006. Since the launch of the new Use of Force policies there has been a significant increase in the number of reports completed by members. Both good and poor tactical decisions made by $1