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Home My WebLink AboutPRESENTATION - 65A Police Oversight sand FrameworkAn Overview of Models, Best Practices, Police Oversight:1Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Background 2Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight complaints.related -policeto SAPD’s approach addition, this report provides an overview of In •various frameworks.the Evaluate –oversight.for police Provide an overview of best practices –models.of police oversight Identify and share examples –an informational report:staff to prepare the City Council directed 2020, 12, On June •3Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Santa Ana Police DepartmentAbout the 4Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight dignity and worth. individual's people while observing each service equally to all and effective responsive, strives to provide fair, courteous, SAPD •.partnerships with the community we servecompassion while fostering strong services with integrity, respect, and Department is to provide effective police Mission of the Santa Ana Police The –Mission: •About SAPD 5Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight were justified.when their actions criticism unwarranted protect employees from To 2.correct improper employee conduct.To 1.complaint process has two goals:The •SAPD. of by any member alleged misconduct thoroughly investigate all complaints of to accept and SAPD is the policy of It •SAPD’s Complaint Process 6Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Court.Involved officer(s) may appeal the Personnel Board findings to the Superior 10.appeal.Personnel Board reviews the findings and imposition of discipline on 9.discipline.of Due process rights are available to the involved officer(s) to appeal any findings and/or imposition 8.determination.If complaint is sustained, discipline is recommended to the Chief of Police, who makes the final 7.determination.Complainant is notified within 30 days of finalizing the 6.Exonerated.4) (A determination is made as follows: (1) Sustained; (2) Not Sustained; (3) Unfounded; 5.).exceptional circumstancesyear statute of limitations (may be extended due to -An investigation is conducted within the one4.complaint.Complaint is assigned for investigation and inspector reviews all facts, policies and procedures 3.misconduct.police to determine if the nature of the complaint describes alleged supervisor Complaint is reviewed by 2.member.misconduct to any staff Complainant prepares and submits SAPD Citizen Complaint Form or communicates alleged 1.Complaint Procedure 7Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Oversight CommissionsOverview of Police 8Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight accountability.performance and improve law enforcement to Purpose: •conduct.of oversight of law enforcement officer police oversight commission is a form a While the definition varies by source, •What is Police Oversight?9Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Best Practices 10Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight oversightd)systemsearly intervention c)proceduresopen and accessible citizen complaint b)reportinguse of force and other critical incident a)police reform:list designed to facilitate best practices into a concise and practical A leading scholar, Samuel Walker, distilled •Best Practices 11Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Plan.2024 Policing Strategic -2019a and established transparencyaccountability, integrity and Philosophy, which emphasizedCommunity SAPD’s Relations Commission, revised the facilitated by the Orange County Human -community and co2019, SAPD leadership, working with members of the In •organization.the ethos of the police suggests that police misconduct is often driven by Research •department.policies, norms, and culture of the police must address the rules, police oversight model Any successful •More Best Practices 12Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight ModelsPolice Oversight 13Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight powersPolice Oversight without investigatory 2.powersPolice oversight with investigatory 1.oversight models:There are generally two types of police •Two Models of Oversight 14Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight properlysignificant and adequate funding to function Would require •officerstestimony from board or commission must have the ability to compel evidence (subpoena) and the ability to hear The •departmentinvestigations can create significant problems for the community and police Substandard •investigationsunbiased, and consistent must be highly trained and willing to spend a considerable amount of time to conduct fair, Members •Disadvantagesdepartmentas investigations and findings come from an agency other than the police oversight additional Provides •inclusionsense of provide increased public confidence in misconduct investigations and give the community a greater Can •Advantagespolicyrecommendations to administrators regarding discipline and/or and specific make findings May •misconductseen in organizations who have a history of serious patterns and practices of Generally •departmentexternally from the police of assigned members who have the additional authority to investigate complaints separately and Consists •Investigatory Powers1. Police Oversight with 15Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight policiesmay feel obligated to pursue specific agendas or Members •Affairsconducted by Internal investigatory powers, the board or commission is limited to the evidence and investigation Without •investigationsmust have some knowledge and training to identify problems in complex Members •commissionlarge amount of labor and time is required for those serving on the board or A •: Disadvantagesissuesmodel also provides an opportunity for residents to be directly involved and have input on policy This •modelinvestigatory or commissions without investigatory powers can produce findings more quickly than an Boards •Advantagesrepresented.broad spectrum of viewpoints board is intended to provide a forum for discussions concerning community concerns and its goal is to have a and transparency. The awareness public and increasing strategies, developing community policing priorities, in forming Police Chief Example: A Chief’s Advisory Board is created to act as a community resource for the policiesalso provide proposals or recommendations regarding departmental May •recommendationsagree or disagree with findings of the internal affairs investigation and may make Members •adequatelyconducted appropriately and of members who review police misconduct investigations to determine whether they were Consists •without Investigatory PowersOversight 2. Police 16Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight improvementpolicies, practices or training, and making recommendations for seeks to promote broad organizational change by conducting systematic reviews of police Often –investigationsmay actively participate in or monitor open internal In some cities, auditors/monitors –renderedinvestigations, findings, and discipline including patterns in the quality of investigations, on examining broad patterns in complaint Focuses –Auditor/Monitor Model •communicationcommunity -public meetings to collect community input and facilitate policereview board composed of citizen volunteers commonly heads this model, and they may hold A –conductedthat further investigations be may be made to police executives regarding findings, or there may be a request Recommendations –investigationsinternal affairs on commenting on completed investigations after reviewing the quality of police Concentrates –Focused Model -Review•investigato rspolice civilian -or duplicate police internal affairs processes, staffed by nonroutine, independent investigations of complaints against police officers, which may replace involves –ocused ModelF-Investigation•Three classifications of police oversight models:)Enforcement (NACOLENational Association of Civilian Oversight of Law 17Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Framework 18Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight what particular agencies and communities need and can sustain.. In part, this is because so many different factors influence and practitioners"best" approach continues to be a subject of debate among scholars The •least.models that serve to monitor require the investigatory power -whereas, nonfunding, the greatest amount of annual require of a handful of cities indicate that the models with full investigatory power Research –commission, variability also exists among the costs associated with each. In addition to the flexibility of the makeup of each police oversight •characteristic of each of the models. deploy police oversight commissions that incorporate more than one even within the general categories described here, and some communities oversight programs vary significantly from one city to the next and Police •established throughout the United States. the 1970s, more than 200 police oversight commissions have been Since •19Slide City Manager’s Office Police Oversight Questions?20Slide City Manager’s Office