Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document930 Filed05/01/13 Pagel9of59 Although the specific problems were identified, the Department "resolved" this issue through a process of entering data by hand. As noted in our previous reports, this temporary fix is significant, but it does not stabilize the system to assure ongoing quality in data collection and storage. The Department is moving toward implementing a new computer system that will address these problems. The new system should support achieving compliance with this requirement. Discussion: General Order D-17, Personnel Assessment Program, which incorporates the requirements of Tasks 40 and 41, was recently revised (July 11, 2012), supporting continuation of a finding of Phase 1 compliance with this Task. As noted in our last report, major data problems were addressed by reverting to entering arrest data manually rather than automatically from the Alameda County data feed. Plans exist to automatically enter data into the County system from electronic reports completed by officers but have not yet been implemented, although that had been expected. When they are, Oakland will join most other police departments in the County that have reliable systems for automatically uploading arrest data. The issue of continuing instability of the system, therefore, remains. OPD again reports that the problem is expected to be resolved soon. We will continue to review the status of change in data collection and storage processes. Tasks 40 and 41 are divided into 33 practice-related subtasks that include 12 additional lower-level provisions. As with all previous reviews, we requested and received material for each of the Tasks and subtasks. Our data request allowed for the replication and extension of the data analysis reflected in our eariier reports. PAS records for the quarter of July 1, through September 30, 2012 indicate that data were entered for all of the flelds required by Task 40 - including the arrest data. The required data for the quarter included reports of 776 uses of force. This is a decrease of 23% from the last reporting period. The data for the current reporting period indicate that there were 3,516 arrests - down slightly from 3,639 the previous reporting period. 19