Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Case3:00-cv-04599-TEH Document930 Filed05/01/13 Page25 of 59 made to reduce risk and hold supervisors, and the officers they review, to high standards. During and after the current site visit we held productive discussions with OPD regarding continuance assessment and reassessment of risk using PAS. The review outcomes discussed here are consistent with those discussions and should also come to be reflected in the first level reviews by supervisors. The work on a new database provides another opportunity for the Department to examine these issues. For the reporting period ending September 30, 2012, OPD concluded a total of 113 PAS reviews. Reviews are included in the table below only after they are signed off through the level of the PAS Review Panel. The table below tracks the review process and shows that supervisors recommended that no action be taken in 100, or 88%, of the 113 reviews for the current reporting period. The table also shows that commanders disagreed with lower-level recommendations and prompted additional monitoring and supervision in 5% of cases. Deputy Chiefs also disagreed with the commanders' decisions in almost 10% of their decisions, and the PAS Review Panel suggested revisions in 6% of the findings of the Deputy Chiefs. These figures suggest increased scrutiny of reviews across the levels and show adjustments in level of tolerance over time. This is desirable direction for movement in the risk management process, and is consistent with discussions with OPD. The value of the data in the chart below is in tracking data over time, and using it to increase the rigors of the review process as it serves the goal of risk reduction. 25