Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting
Informational ReportFiled under council matter 12-0351
Subject: Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting From: City Administrator's Office Recommendation: Receive A Presentation And Hold Discussion On The Mayor's Proposed Budget For Fiscal Year 2013-2015
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effectiveness of that process.
With regard to the frequency of
monitoring or intervention resulting from reviews, this reporting
period appears to reflect a positive direction that we will continue to
monitor. Finally, we will also return to examining PAS histories of
officers identified with major events such as Level 1 uses of force as
cases become available.
The direction of the outcome of risk management reviews is
encouraging - even though we recognize the need for strengthening
the contributions of supervisors to this process. The clarity brought
to the process as reviews move up the chain of command is also
consistent with the Department's efforts to improve its use of risk
management as part of the routine function of organizational
management Sustaining these efforts and their results will continue
to support movement toward compliance with this Task.
Compliance Status:
Phase 1: Incompliance
Phase 2: Partial compliance
OPD PLAN TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE
RESPONSIBLE PARTY: Deputy Chief S. Whent
The Department is in the process of revising DGO D-17 and its
monthly Risk Management Meetings. Deputy Chief Whent went to
Detroit and met with members of the monitoring team and Detroit
PD's early intervention system for technical assistance. The new
policy will alter the thresholds that trigger review. Additionally, many
simplifications will be implemented in the policy. The bureaucracy of
the current system contributes to minimizing its effectiveness. The
new Risk Management Meeting will help insure commanders are
monitoring' high risk activities and those persons under their
command who are engaging in those activities at significantly higher,
or tower rates than their peers.
COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS:
Executive staff at OPD has visited the Detroit Police Department, in
the company of the IMT, to study their use of an electronic system
as it relates to a risk management strategy. One particular area of
concern has been the use of hard thresholds when identifying OPD
personnel who may require remedial supervision.
It has been
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