combined-10th-11th-report.pdf

Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Combined Tenth and Eleventh Semi-Annual Report December 2008 required elements was 80%. While OPD has made considerable progress in the quality of its use of force investigations, it is not yet in compliance with Task 25.2. Task 25.3 requires OPD to train all of its patrol and Internal Affairs supervisors on how to conduct use of force investigations as part of a supervisory training course. The IMT reviewed the training records of all 103 of OPD’s current patrol and Internal Affairs sergeants and lieutenants and found the Department in compliance with this requirement. Ninety-nine of the supervisors and commanders received supervisory investigations training last year when the Department updated its new use of force policies and procedures. Task 25,4 requires OPD to include the following recommendations in each use of force investigation: Whether force was pursuant to a legitimate law enforcement objective; whether type and amount of force was proportional to the resistance encountered and reasonably related to the objective the officers were attempting to achieve; whether the officer used reasonable verbal means to resolve the situation, if time and circumstances permitted; and whether the force was de-escalated or stopped reasonably when resistance decrease or stopped. Averaging compliance percentages for each of these recommendations, the IMT found OPD in compliance on this task with an overall compliance percentage of 97%, Task 25.5 requires OPD to include the following when reviewing use of force reports: whether the case had been reviewed by chain of command under which the member was working at the time force was used; whether the force complied with policy; whether additional investigation and investigative resources ordered when necessary; and whether any recommendation that use of force did not comply with policy was referred to IAD for additional investigation/analysis if necessary. The primary purpose of use of force reporting is to ensure that officers who use out- of-policy force are held accountable and re-trained where necessary. While the IMT was concerned and disappointed that OPD did not refer any questionable cases to IAD, averaging the subtask compliance percentages, the overall compliance percentage for Task 25.5 was 91%. OPD is in compliance with Task 25.2. Task 25.6 requires that when officers are involved in officer involved shootings or uses of force that result in death or serious injuries, OPD separate the officers from each other as soon as practicable and keep them apart until they have completed their reports and been interviewed. Internal Affairs routinely assesses compliance with this task upon at its arrival at the scenes of officer-involved shootings. While the Department was not yet in compliance, the IMT noted significant improvement in OPD’s compliance with this requirement. In seven (88%) of the eight Level 1 shooting investigations, the IMT determined that officers were separated as required by this task. Task 26: Use of Force Review Board (UFRB) ¢ Settlement Agreement Section V. C; page 21, line 17 — page 22, line 11 (lead-in page 18, lines 11-12) e Assigned Unit: BFO 54