FY 2021-23 Adopted Policy Budget
POLICE COMMISSION
Mission Statement
The Police Commission is established to oversee the Oakland Police Department (OPD) to ensure that its policies, practices, and customs conform to national standards of constitutional policing and reflect the needs of the community. The Police Commission also oversees the Community Police Review Agency (CPRA) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG), both of which are established under the City Charter as separate independent entities. The CPRA provides the community with a forum to report alleged police misconduct and for independent civilian investigations of those complaints. The OIG monitors and audits OPD and the CPRA.
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SERVICE IMPACTS &
EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
Enhancements
Trustworthy & Responsible Government
- Adds $100,000 in FY 2022-23 for a consultant to support transfer of OPD Internal Affairs to Community Police Review Agency.
- Equity Consideration: This supports one of the recommendations of Reimagining Public Safety Task Force to advance racial equity on public safety issues for Oakland’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) residents.
- Implements a major staffing re-organization that results in a net increase of 2.0 FTE. Adds 4.0 FTE positions (Project Manager II, Police Program & Performance Audit Supervisor, and 2 Police Performance Auditors) and deletes 2.0 FTE non-Charter mandated positions (Administrative Analyst II, and Office Assistant II). This re-organization improves the Police Commission’s operations to comply with legal requirements associated with the investigation of complaints of police officer misconduct and the OPD disciplinary process. Additional funding for contracted legal counsel for the Commission is also included.
- Equity Consideration: This investment in staff will increase racial equity for Oakland’s BIPOC communities who have unresolved police officer misconduct issues with OPD.
- Unfreezes 1.0 FTE Citizens' Police Review Board Analyst in FY2022-23 in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). This position will support the OIG in monitoring and auditing the activities of OPD, including conducting any audit or review of OPD necessary to assess OPD’s policies, procedures, and performance for adherence to constitutional policing practices, including any pattern of noncompliance as well as monitoring OPD’s compliance with the fifty-two (52) tasks described in the long-standing Negotiated Settlement Agreement.
- Equity Consideration: This position supports this department’s monitoring of OPD and addressing the racial disparities BIPOC residents experience who have unresolved police officer misconduct issues with OPD.
SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY CHANGES
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