Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

Fourth, and this issue applies to all CID personnel, investigators work hours that are precisely the opposite of when robberies occur. There are three shifts: Bam to 4pm, 9am to 5pm, and 10am to 6pm, with no weekend shifts. Investigators are simply not available to respond to robberies in the evening hours and on weekends as they occur. The consequence of all these constraints probably is reflected in the results for the weekend of March 23'"^ and 24* when there were 56 robberies and attempted robberies, yet no one had been taken into custody in connection with any of these crimes by the following Tuesday. The Bratton Group team envisages an investigative component at each disttict, managed by a supervisor with investigative experience and staffed by at least one robbery investigator and one burglary investigator. Each of these investigators would be assisted by police officers who would be trained and participate in the investigative process at the district level, forming district robbery and burglary units. These units would be responding to crime scenes, interviewing victims, canvassing for witnesses, and gathering evidence. They would work at identifying crime patterns, modus operandi, and repeat criminals active in the district It is hoped that the robbery and burglary units could sometimes be supplemented by problem solving officers whose beats are subject to robbery and burglary patterns, without violating the either the spirit of the letter of Measure Y. The Bratton Group team is developing a more complete description of the envisaged units and a draft set of protocols under which they might operate. Bratton Group team members will be in Oakland the week of April 14* to conduct further research on investigations in Oakland, including crime scene forensics and the Criminalistics Division. investigative Issues (Homicide and Shootings) The Major Crimes Section 1 (MCSl) may have an adequate number of investigators to investigate the 131 homicides that occurred in the city in 2012. Unfortunately, their 2012 caseload was substantially larger than just the homicides. They were also assigned 847 gun assault cases, 913 other shooting incidents, and 8 officer-involved shootings (OIS), including one fatal OIS. The Bratton Group team also understands that Major Crimes Section 1 is charged with investigating cases of alleged criminal activity by police officers during the Occupy Oakland protest It appears that the entire homicide unit is in a virtual ttaining mode because many of the investigators assigned to the unit have no previous homicide investigations experience, and some have no previous investigations experience of any kind. This situation is a consequence of the ttansfer of sergeants, who formed the bulk of the homicide unit previously, to the pattol force to meet span-of-control requirements (1 to 8) set by the Negotiated Settlement Agreement monitor. It should be a top priority in 2013 to significantly lighten the caseload of MCSl so that investigators can concentrate their full attention on homicides and the most The Bratton Group, LLC 30