Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Dacument930 Filed05/01/13 Page24of59 threshold analyses completed by the PAS Administration Unit and the identification of officers meeting the single-event threshold. During this reporting period, 64 officers were initially identified as meeting a total of 89 PAS thresholds. In all, 44 of the thresholds exceeded dealt with complaints, and 29 involved use of force. Twenty-seven of those involved Level 4 uses of force. Consistent with established practice, some were not selected for review based on recent review history. That left 49 officers for notification for review. We reviewed notification memoranda and other PAS activity review and report documents, as well as the use of PAS for reasons other than threshold-initiated reviews. In accordance with this Task requirement, we reviewed PAS processes for the system's use in placement of officers on special assignment, transfer of officers, and commendations. An important function of PAS is to regularly provide supervisors with relevant information on officers. To consider that function, we also verified reports of regular quarterly PAS command reviews of officers by supervisors in select OPD units, including IAD and the Training Section. The PAS process also calls for follow-up reports of officers under supervision or monitoring, as well as reports of officers not discharged from the process by the end of one year. We reviewed the reports that were completed during the current reporting period. Our examination included reviews of dispositions or follow-up reports on 42 officers. These meetings all document supervisory reviews of officers who have been selected for some form of action as a result of PAS reviews. Our reviews of the risk management process focus on the selection of officers for review and the process of review by supervisors, and then the consideration of those reviews up the chain of command. For this reporting period, we examined the reports of 71 officers completed and/or signed during the quarter under review. In all, 22, or 31%, of those reviewed resulted in monitoring or intervention. Of those, 10 involved recommendations by the first line supervisor for "no action" were overturned in subsequent reviews up the chain of command. As we have noted in the past, the important issue here is the degree of tolerance of risk by management in the Department. The reviews up the chain of command and the resulting changes in outcome, and returns for further consideration, suggest a significant effort is being 24