Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE CASE IVIANAGEIVIENT OF DISTRICT-LEVEL INVESTIGATIONS INTRODUCTION Case management is a key component of the successful and expeditious investigation of past crimes at all levels within a police department. This standard operating procedure outlines a case management system for district-based investigations. Investigative supervisors should provide guidance and support for every case, and monitor the investigative progress in each case according to the schedule described in this procedure and be prepared to discuss the status of active investigations in detail at CompStat. To assist detectives to track and organize their assigned cases, as well as to enhance the ability of investigative supervisors to manage investigations, the following case management forms will be utilized: INVESTIGATION ASSIGNMENT INDEX INVESTIGATOR INDIVIDUAL CASE LOG INVESTIGATION CASE FOLDER INVESTIGATIVE ACTION REPORT Specific directions regarding these forms are discussed below. PROCEDURE Whenever there is a notification that a burglary, robbery, aggravated assault or other serious incident has just occurred and may require further investigation, or whenever a Crime Report (CR) referring an incident for further investigation is received at the District Investigation Unit (DIU), the following procedure will be complied with: DISTRICT INVESTIGATIVE SUPERVISOR 1) In crimes that have just occurred and when investigators are on duty, assign an investigator, subject to availability, to respond to the scene to assist patrol and determine if further investigation is required. 2) Review all new crime reports and determine which reports require further investigation. 3) Enter crime reports requiring further investigation on the investigation Assignment index, assigning a DIU unit case number starting with (0001) at the beginning of each year. This will be the DIU TRACKING #. As soon as the assigned investigator is determined, his/her name should also be entered on the index. The Bratton Group, LLC 14