2026-10-27 - Public Safety Committee Meeting

4, 5, I actually wanted to be separate. Good evening and welcome to the Public Safety Committee meeting of Tuesday, 10/27/2026, the time is now 06:00:05pm, in this meeting MAY come to order before to taking roll. I will provide instructions on how to submit speaker cards for items on agenda. If you're here with us in Chamberlain would like to submit a speaker card. Please fill one out in turn one into myself say no later than 10 minutes after the start of this meeting or before the item is read into record, whichever occurs first online speakers were do 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting, this meeting came to order at 06:00:05pm, and speak rights were no longer be accepted. 10 minutes after making that time 06:15pm, will now proceed with taking Roll Council members. Brown present. I excused Houston. And here. And chair one. Thank you. We have 3 members present one excuse by and chair before we begin have any announcements at this time. Yeah. Just the one announcement that I want to make is just take knowledge that we have had several incidents in this last week involving ice and the the the excuse me the part Halladay around ice. There was resident who was hospitalized. They were taken from San Antonio Park, which is in district 2. We had another resident who was apprehended in every bill, but also again needed hospitalization and was treated in Highland Hospital. This is part of a 45 day surge by the Trump administration's so I do across the state of California. So I do expect that we need to be on high alert just repaired for more of our undocumented community to be under attack during this month. Thank you. Going in the order of the agenda starting off with item one. Sorry, there are minutes to be approved. Approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting too many meetings of SEPTEMBER 22nd 2026 and OCTOBER 13, 2026. And there are no speakers on this item. Ok, great. I just need a motion. So moved. Thank you. That's a motion made by council member Brown seconded by Councilmember Houston to accept the draft minutes from the committee meetings of SEPTEMBER 22nd and 10/13/2026 on row Councilmembers bound. I I think used to stun. I and Cher Wang, I thank you. Motion passes with 3 ice when excuse to accept the track minutes. As is reading an item to determination of scheduled outstanding committee items, also known as your pending list. We have 4 speakers on this item. I'll entertain a motion. Anything from the administration. Not this time. And we'll take public comment. Thank you. Thank you. Calling in the names that signed up to speak on item number 2 Russian team Seidel Apollo Emily, Willard and Blair Beekman. So this morning in the finance report on the city administrator ability to spend up to $250,000. There were several items that related to the police department. And I thought that it would have been important for those items related to any public safety spending by the city administrator should have been brought to this committee as well. So here's a few of the items just a few Oakland Police Department, $250,000 fo language line services. Oakland Police Department, $250,000 full protective apparel. Oakland Police Department, $200,000 for and supplies. And there was another one. The First Amendment psa for trans that transition of investigation responsibilities iud to 64,000 $500. I don't know what that is about. Whoa, but anyway. Spending by the city administrator related to police department and public safety was in that report. And I don't know if you want vet particularly anything having to do protective. They use the term protective. I don't know if that would be appropriate on militarized equipment because any militarized equipment has to be approved by the police commission. I would think so. Just take into consideration what this city administrator is spending related to our police and our fire department. Rashmi mental district. 4. I'd like to request a future agenda item regarding technological improvements to opd online crime reporting system. If residents have photographs or surveillance video, they cannot submit the evidence to the system online and instead must have an officer responding person to take a report. With the widespread use of security cameras and doorbell cameras is creates an unnecessary barrier to reporting crime in places additional demands on an already understaffed department. Encourage this committee to request an informational report from opd on opportunities to modernize its online reporting capabilities, including allowing residents to submit photographic and video evidence electronically. These improvements could make crime reporting more accessible, reduced demands on patrol officers and improve investigated efficiency. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Switching to Zoom user player, you can unmute yourself begin your comments. I think you back open doesn't cut out. All right. Trend Headed up to open, by the way, to street station. I just spoke a public. In about a Which the future out that program going, you know, on it and my spanned there. Wait, Stuart, at a better talk about I'm sorry, I'll try my to relate that to to item. You have a 2025 state beats a. A study that's been put into public safety from rules. So I imagine going to be coming around to big now. Is that the time you're going to talk about that actually happened with the flock contract? Previously, it supposed to sign and what possibly all ready to go because like I've been stating, you know, walked that they a lot pr cameras. And like in San Diego, once we end with Brock, we can cut out a lack of the opr years right away. I just want to park area so that we have having that People really want help. There could be ways to make concessions put with. Where find it went you guys have met you store. It looks like we lost MISTER B Quinn. Ok, Chad, that concludes all speakers on item to we just need a motion. Council member Brown so moved. I'll second that. Thank you. That's a motion made by councilmember ban seconded by Chair Wang to accept the determination of schedule standing committee items as is on real councilmembers bound. I excused Houston. I and sir. I hear Thank you. Most item 2 passes with 3 won excused by to accept the pending list. As is noting that item number 3 regarding the 2025 Safe Open streets. Informational report has been withdrawn by the OCTOBER 22nd rules and legislation committee and rescheduled to go to the NOVEMBER 17th 2026. Specials, Public Safety Committee agenda. Reading in number 4, receive biannual informational report. The Oakland Police Department on crime data in the city of Oakland. And there are 3 speakers on this item. 4 speakers on this item. Okay. Great. Is somebody from opd here to give the presentation. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. You have the floor. Thank you. Justice. Just as you call the computer, went down 6. All right. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Chair members of the Public Safety Committee City Council. I'm here today to discuss basics covering the period from APRIL SEPTEMBER 2026. I'll break down the results by the 2 bureaus, which is bureau field of operations, be a full one which oversees area 1, 2, 3, And then I will move over to be a full 2, which oversees area 4, 5, 6, Overall, seen encouraging reduction in several major crime categories, including robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries vehicle related crimes. While these improvements are encouraging some areas continue to experience increase in certain crime categories. A highlight both the process we've made and the challenges that remain. So looking at her slide, if you don't mind moving over to the next. It's Thank you. Alright, as you see here overall. Crying comparing from last year to I'm sorry from the last 6 months to this. You see that if there's an overall 6% and decrease overall for part one crimes. The one that we didn't know that was one of our increase far as crime was was larceny. I'll break down each area larceny. I'm sorry. If I get their larceny, had an 11% increase. However, like I said, part one crimes had a total of 8% decrease. And just to explain, I know that usually a little confusing. It's basically our cities taking property without force or threat. So now robberies. Some hitting going to the beautiful so area. One starting with area won't be a full one. That area one captain. To reveal. Gets slight part. One crimes decreased by 6% burglaries decreased by 15%. And out of decrease by 17%. However, robberies did increase from 128, 253 incidents in homicides, increased from 5 to actually 7. This increase remains an area of concern for police department to obviously captain to reveal in our focus has continued to be on identifying crime patterns and directing resources to the affected locations. Moving over to area 2, which captain. Day Burke. You'll see a stats there. Area. 2 part one crimes decreased by 11%, representing 308 fewer reported incidents compared to the same period last year, robberies decreased by 34% burglaries decreased by 28% and aggravated decreased by 6. However, homicides did increase for area to from 2 to 3. This required continued attention and coordination with our investigative unit and Captain Burke has set up a plan in order to have more visibility in the area and work with criminal investigations unit. Do you mind just causing a little bit slower on the map since? I don't think all of us know our area districts as well as you do. Yes, thank you. So move on to area Area. 3 is capped in Golden area. Threes homicides decreased by 25% robberies decreased by 24% and aggravated assaults decreased by 15%. This is the area 3 here on the map. I know it's kind of complicated to see because of. Letters there on screen, but also keep it here. Area 3 continue to prioritize gun violence reduction, robbery, suppression and addressing human trafficking through partnership with our special Victims, Section federal law Enforcement partners and community and is a shuns which was one of the issues that was area 3 was facing after the decrease in homicides, robberies and aggravated assaults. And based on some of those operations, you see that aggravated assaults to decreased by 15%. Overall be a full 2, has made progress in reducing several major crime categories. However, increasing and the increase in homicides for both area. One into and robberies and specific offenses show where additional attention is needed. I am confident that discussing with Captain Burke and captain to reveal as well as deputy chief to desco that the plans that they have set are definitely strides in the right direction. I said our commanders continue to review crime trends, adjust appointments in coordination with our come in and test a geisha division cease-fire, Department of Violence, Prevention and Community Partners. Again, the goal is to sustain the reduction we're seen while responding to emerging crime patterns. So move over now to be a fun, too. I'm sorry. Be a fun one. Moving to be a Beautiful to area for is commanded by Captain Cloyd about rent the f '02. Has had a decrease of 15%, 50% of homicides. And the violent crime index decreased by 21%. Aggravated assaults involve the firearms, also decreased by 22% move over the map. So you can see area for. Homicide sorry area for also continue to identify individuals and groups involved in violence and prevent further incidents. As you can see, 50% reduction in homicides. That's a huge number. And obviously, captain Beltran has been directing her units to the specific areas and target locations to make sure that we're having that happened. Prove it. Move over the area. 5. Area 5 is commanded by Captain William fell ill area. Fi. You look at our stats there, you'll see robberies decreased by 40% while aggravated assaults decreased by 7%. Homicides remain unchanged compared to the same period reporting period from last year. Captain Fellows mine as I am currently that be a full to deputy chief, its focus and remaining on reducing shootings, preventing retaliatory violence and addressing neighborhood quality of life. As you robberies was one of the issues that we have an area 5 definitely reduced by 40%. So again, captain federal is putting the problem solutions in the locations that we need and adjusting his his staffing in order to help with those reductions. Move area 6. I'm sorry show you as the map that Syria, 5. Area 6 is being commanded by Captain Paris Angeles. Eric 6 experience significant reduction several major crime categories. Part one crimes decreased by 21%. Heidelberg least increased by 42% robberies decreased by 28%. Aggravated assaults, decreased by 17% in homicides, decreased by 30%. Area. 6 continues to focus on violent crime reduction, working with local merchants and identify locations where additional enforcement and prevention efforts are needed. One of the biggest things that area 6 was being face was a lot of burglaries down the hamburger corridor, right? And so one of the one of the first things that kept the pair's Angeles did was put together operation plan in the area, work with some of the merchants as well as some of the city council members that are here today and and initiated having those that those operations as well as operations along the international court around 80th Avenue in those locations that were seen spikes in violence. And all that the tribute to the decrease. Overall be a full 2 has experience encouraging reduction in violent crime, particularly homicides. Robberies and aggravated assaults. Our commanders continue using crime data and intelligence to identify emerging trends, direct resources and coordinate with our investigative and violence prevention partners. We also recognize and alone cannot address every public safety concern. We continue working with public Works. Department transportation, the Department of Violence Prevention, community stakeholders to address issues affecting our neighborhoods and businesses. This includes intelligence sharing targeted deployments in coordination with cease-fire and our law enforcement partners. All in all, I'd just like to say that both bureaus have definitely have encouraging progress the board when it comes to part one crimes we've seen mean meaningful reductions, several major crime categories. But we also recognize the importance and not consistent are not consistent across every police area. So we make adjustments. We deal with our captains and we have them establish specific target enforcement for those areas. Moving forward. We will continue reviewing crime trends, evaluating our deployment strategies and ensuring our area commanders remain accountable for addressing the needs of the community and continue to have a priority and reducing violent crime addressing property crime neighborhood concerns and strengthen our partnership. And that's all I have for part one crime. Any questions? We'll go to part 2 part, 2 crimes. Why do we first go to my colleagues and as well as my own questions? I think given that we're seeing a part to report for the very first time, I want to spend a little bit more dedicated time on that report. Go ahead. Councilmember Houston. Yeah, just go make a comment personally seeing a drop in district 7. I mean, majorly with with with the police stepping up in and brace in the community coming out. I mean. My constituents are so happy about the crime reduction, which district 76 was the high U.S. Right. That corridor was so off the hook until, you know, they put in the flock cameras. People don't like to fly him stay. Embraced pursuit policy, which was huge part night. I think deputy Chief Johnson is going expressed and his next one said he's personally. And I live there one way. I've seen it so and it makes me feel safe. You know, and I scared which cites So, yeah. So so, I'm just saying makes me feel safe. So thank you. I just want to save it. It's a stunning drop in the area. 6.18% So kudos to open leadership, but also I think it's captain right to Amber to pres Council member Brown go ahead. Thank you so much for the report. I didn't want to just highlight. I feel like this was one of the first times I was able to see just the breakdown. Her area and specific details that huge area captain is focusing on. I just thought that that was just some. It was just a great addition rages versus just seen the numbers. What are the chances the data, you know with would And this is allowing us to see. Wow, look at all of these things that are happening across our city and even outlining how, you know, just reading through this. And I think we all know this, right. But certain areas MAY be more impacted with encampments. And so there's different supports that. And he did there Captain Area to Rubio and the work that he's doing around downtown right, that take the whole different type of like infrastructure to ensure that things are working well there. So I just really I really liked seen this laid out one question into what that raise for me was this question of, you know, for all of the area captains is, is there like what got what guides the work rate like? It's one thing to you know, these are these are the needs of this dish, a gun? You know, I remember assistant Johnson when you were also like an area captain role as well. And in you did so phenomenal taking care of both district 6, 7, And so I'm asking this question of like, okay, well, is there like is there like a one pager that says like, hey, you know what, we make sure we make sure that we're connecting with merchants. And we're also, you know, connecting with the council members team like, you know what it what is that like? Road map. Through that area can surround. Thank Yes, I think really the directive comes from the top from the chief myself and then down to the deputy chiefs and the captains. And really it's it's a multi prong approach. We listened go to community meetings. Our department is much sort effort to be out in the community, much more in here from the community in here with the issues in each district. They're having and then addressing those individually in so we meet every Thursday for cease-fire meeting. And after that meeting, we also drill down by area myself, the deputy chiefs, all the captains, meet and we figure out what are some of the priorities that are affecting each different area. And we do a priority list and how to address those priorities. We also talk about what what do you hear from you communities where the community concerns because every area is different like you said area has its own impacts summer, some as blight encampment. Some is abandoned autos. Some is robberies on this prostitution. And so we try look at a multi-pronged approach and attach it to our seas for our strategy to really dive down and see who was actually involved in that crime and really the target. Those individuals were involved in that crime. Thank you so much. And then I guess one question I have that is data related. And it's just something that also remember from the last time the crime data came to us and it was around sexual assaults It appears to me that there is like an increase and sexual aside. It's both an area to an area for and so just wanted to see you all had in the insights on that are just making sure that that's something that's on the In your awareness? Definitely. We're definitely looking at that, which is like you said earlier, it isn't just the data that we're getting. It's what we get from our community member and our partners. When the captain come out to community meetings, sergeants, lieutenants. And so they are definitely aware of the increase and they're putting these operations. I think the most important part you said earlier is the fact that we're not just giving you data. We're showing exactly what I guess what the captain is thinking and what the direction is in my chief. Johnson said it comes from the time it comes from the meetings that we have not only Els meetings, but we also have individual be a full one needs, Be a full to meet Ike. I meet with my captains. We meet with City Council. We go out to community meetings and we get this information and then we come back and apply it in applying and being able to show it on power point so that you can read it and see it. It just makes way more transparent and clear so that everyone understands what the directions are. Also gives you opportunity to have questions or follow-up or even if you had some suggestions and we're always willing to take. Also kind of piggy back on that specific to kind of the sex trade in work. You know, we've really ramped up this year working with our federal partners and and really focusing on the victims, the girl's brother being victimized really going after the John's in the pimps and this year we've already made over 160 arrests that for the first time is charging different things that we haven't seen in a long time. And so, you know, we're we're really trying to work together to one not re victimize. Girls were being forced to work out there, but to try and pull them back. You there's only so much the police can do. So we're looking at trying look at different organizers and groups to really reach out to the girls as well to try bring them in. And you know, so they're no longer the comes on the streets. But we are really focused on areas to 3, 4, in the blades of like that with our federal partners and running significant operations to really target those who are driving the demand, those who are forcing the victims to work out there. Casey, thank you so much for against me. My only comment that I will add is, you know, so since the last time we got this report and seeing the update now, I just want to put that since his take on everyone's radar around, like an increase in sexual assaults. And I would be curious, you know, since the guidance comes from the top, as you all are responding, responding to any calls or any victims potentially of this, like where is that taking place? And could there be some parameters that are put in place like increased lighting re. I know that as we head into 2027, we will be. We have the first activation of our entertainment zone in the downtown area right? And we know our goal here as a city is to increase more activity, more foot traffic. And so and we're already, you know, seeing an increase there and we're going to be attracting in having more of these entertainment zone activations. I I just want to make sure that we are prepared as a city. Definitely like Chief Johnson said Captain Dorm and fall down our vice crime unit and they've 160 more arrests, right? And we definitely noticed that there's a direct correlation between human trafficking with sexual assault crime. Gap and orange definitely on on top of that. And I definitely appreciate that information out. Take back to the captains. Thank you. Councilmember around. I do have a couple questions myself. So. You know, I notice that in terms progress, there is a high degree of variability. You know, some of the areas are down by only one percent were is area 6 fantastic news were down 18%. What really drives the difference? Is it coincidence or do you is there like a decentralized approach? 2 captains have a lot of leeway in terms of how they approach crime. And you see patterns in terms of where we see more success versus non. I would just love to to understand that. No, definitely. So. Like Chief Johnson said is structured right from the top. Chief has a direction followed by Assistant Chief Johnson and Deputy chief. However, each area has specific issues that they address source for us. Goal in the plant, if happens, come up with that. Their crime plan, they present it. And we look at the plan and then there needs to be any adjustments depending crime data trends, patterns and information. We gather. Then we make those adjustments. So there isn't any specific. It isn't like a checklist there. Anything specific like that? It's a basically a teen put together information, data driven. And just patterns that we try to it. I think another thing to kind of thinking back on that when you look at our resource deployment, we have our street task force team and arrest first team in west and east and they get asked a lot of parties as well in the captain's also utilize those teams to help when it when they start to see us per year a rash of certain crimes. And so they will then ask that team who as Ross covering, beats 1, 2, 3 times our area's 1, 2, and 3. And as our covering 4, 5, and 6 and so sometimes it comes to resource deployment where you might see a larger dipped in this area because they've been focusing more time in this area because they have seen more transit, more patterns or they're looking for groups that and that we know have been involved in a series robberies and things like that. So they're spending more time trying to locate those individuals. And then once they do arrest those individuals, we do see those bigger reductions it was kind of a larger flare up. And so again, it just it comes to Also comes resources. Well, we look at how can we deploy resources, different areas to attacked different problems. Okay. Yeah. That sounds great. I think, you know, one enhance meant that I think would benefit these reports to is just to get for every area like a. Per capita crime like crime per for each of the crimes that way we get an assessment of, you know, for resident. How do they feel right in terms of their safety and a sense of you know, their likelihood of being victimized, right? And so that can. Give us sort of just that sort of baseline measure off of. I'm a little confused on the which are asking for per capita per area. I'm not sure which are the effort comes What is you know, because we see reductions which are great in some areas, but I think it's also important to ground that in, you know, I'm sure there's still progress to be made in areas 6 that even if that crime is being driven down, think knowing what's the crime per capita or some sort of grounding in that still gives us then a sense of. If you're a resident, what's the likelihood of get getting victimizing where we still need to continue to drive resources even if we're seeing decreases in those areas. Sure. And we can talk to our It knows Putin to having the for analysts believe one enlisted does a lot of the crime. That is tough year. So i can ask and see that's a possibility. You know, a lot of lot of times we do is also when people are reporting we take those reports in to see which areas are being affected as well. So we come center resources in those areas as well. So what there is some kind of a mechanism, but also we can look at it like a per capita. Okay yet that that would be great. And I asked for that since. I don't think it would be too difficult of analysis. You just need some population data for every single area. And if making some assumptions that it can stay largely consistent because I think it's important when we look at fbi data, right or even up police officer stopped being per capita. That's the fbi. They do it per capita as well. Some of that I think is just helpful for us to establish baselines. Sure. And I think that nothing I want to ensure and I can ever in us look at it. But we also make sure the Census Bureau the census for how many residents are chair also up to date as well. So we can get realistic kind of view of how many people populate a certain area. So we can look at per capita in that area, right? Right. Absolutely. One. Type of crime that I notice we haven't seen a huge reduction is motor vehicle Taft and I do hear it from. My constituents all the time around vehicles getting getting snow. Lynn, I think in some neighborhoods they feel like there's actually an uptick in motor vehicle theft. What can be done around that specific? Sure. So I can tell you, obviously, this is just a six-month window. But looking over year-to-date, we are flat lined when it comes to motor vehicle theft. Again, you know what that does to many when it comes a motor vehicle, especially if and depend on my motor vehicle to, you know, survive. So we definitely try and have our units go out there and show more of his ability when it comes to our motor theft. We also utilize technology a lot because we know what we've seen recently is a trend that people go out and steal vehicles in the news is commit other crimes such as robberies, shootings things along those lines or so. Technology has been instrumental tool to help us identify those who used stolen vehicles to then commit other crimes. So we are trying to combat it, not just with our office, but also a technology. Entertain a motion right. We have public comment. Let's go to public comment. It's yeah. Calling him the names that signed up to speak on item number 4, Damian Rini regime and Al a subtle a ball and Blair Beekman. Rajon Rondo district. 4. I want to commend chief beer, opd leadership and the officers and professional staff for the continued reductions in crime. We should recognize that crime is also declining regionally and nationally. And however, Oakland's progress also reflects strong leadership. Renewed emphasis on c spire community partnerships and effective use of technology. I also want to emphasize an important distinction and declining crime does not mean that opd has adequate staffing or that the current workload to sustainable. Has she fear in eyes recent press conference, the department continues to rely heavily on overtime assistance from outside agencies and officers taking on additional responsibilities. The department is approximately 600 sworn officers on its roster with considerably fewer available for operational deployment, much less than even the 700 requirement of measure. And then. These shortages place considerable strain on officers and limit the department's ability to provide the level of service. Oakland residents deserve. We should celebrate these improvements without allowing them to obscure the of departments continued operational challenges to the question for the committee is not simply where the crime is declining, but whether we are providing opd with the resources necessary to sustain those reductions while improving response times, reducing officer workload and meeting the public safety needs of our communities. Thank you. There's just a view in consistencies in the report focused around area. One is the first want to cut my looking out. The number of robberies. We have one. 43. I think it's one 43 in the actual everyone table. But then we go to the overall roll up and it's about 4.43 So it could just be an issue of someone miscued something. And then there's also something similar when it comes to we start something up to 6 areas across all the different sorry, the crimes across all the 6 areas we have picked up about 843 crimes and the science. So that could be just due to some. Well, who knows which? Explain it. But I think it's just one of those things where, as we're seeing great numbers dropping for again, one crime is always too many, but we're seeing these numbers dropping. It can mess up. The our recovery narrative by not having these air-tight. So imagine this goes out to someone who's looking for a reason to say Oakland's not changing. Look, they can even get their crime numbers right? So again, it's it's little nit picky stuff. But this little nit picky stuff could lead to. So a deal not closing, like, imagine if it's like, hey, we want to open a new hotel, Indigo but we don't we can't trust your crime numbers. So just something think about so something to keep our eye on. You review these numbers. Thank you. All over the nation. Crime is down. It's nothing spectacular because in 6 months, if you have 70 rapes. Even if there's a discreet, a decrease supposedly to still high 3,388 motor vehicle thefts, even though this down that's still high. 4,051 Larson, d in 2000, 104 on a burglary thefts that's still high. It's just like when they told us ration racial profiling and gone and stop data had gone from 60% stop data of African-Americans to 40%. And we 20% of the population that's still high. When you say there's a reduction in percentage, the numbers are still high. And decrease in crime does not guarantee that crime MAY stay low. That's understood. And when you have a sides and a lot of them valid so-called ceasefire program, how many of the homicides all related to games and groups. How many any of the crimes related to games in groups and then you can see if cease-fire is a part of it, it's related to Cease Fi. I do not have the opportunity to. Give you the voice that you need to say what this high alcohol crime data means. It means that you don't see all of the crime. And if we're using the high all the hi, all ca system of reporting crime, we are missing some cry. Do you want to see all of the crime? Actual police department? Why can't we? Why are we using this high? All math? It. I do is use a lot of a lot of places. Do we have to use it? Do you want to see some of the crime you want to see? Thank you for your comments, which into Zoom user Blair. You can unmute yourself begin your comments. We're man. I it out on the previous item. Not sound like lunatic and just wrap up really quickly. Think there are ways that we have be in that we can be reduced. You know, redundant used to tech and still offering the same amount of public safety help. And i know that a little difficult, Pete. Too want to but it really it's a either way to work. And I think you guys are considering it and you don't know how to better share that with community. Good luck that we can't because yet with this item, I mean, you're you're into port It's difficult data. And what we're trying to work on. And we've made progress with nice to hear that for areas like The Hague on Baker Road police are using, you know, talking about their own you an step and tactics to solve crime. And it sounds like technology We're second there. It was nice to hear that there's a real efforts to start on working together, cooperating to thought issues and I just think your time we're getting a check future at this time that we have to start really doing. We've got a year now and it the report that you guys are supposed to be putting out from do not Thank you that this point that this item in here now and that we're starting to discuss it because we have start to really discuss that the community, what is the future of flock? You guys typically did not sign walk in APRIL of this year, like you said and promised because that would mean that we flock. We would be reducing immediately pr. So. What's going on that we have to be discussing a reduction of tactic and still same amount to good public. 50 work. It is possible cause like an effort and we continue. Could crime fighting with the Tide? Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all speakers on item 4. Right? All entertain a motion. So moved. Thank you. That's a motion made by council member Brown seconded by Councilmember Houston to approve the recommendation to step into sea. Even filed this informational. On row. All councilmembers bound. I excused Houston, I and chair one eye. Thank you. Motion passes with 3 eyes when it's used by to receive file this information. A report committee now reading in item number 5 receive a biannual informational report from the Oakland Police Department on part 2 crime data in the city of Oakland. And there are 4 speakers on this item. Ok, before I turn it over to see Johnson, wanted to say 2 Mississauga. I do completely agree with your assessment on the hierarchy, right, which I will say is established. I believe by the fbi terms of standardize reporting. But it was when I learned through the human trafficking work that human trafficking doesn't count as a part. One crime that I thought what other important crimes are not being included in this report that we need to dig into. So for the first time in, I don't know how long, but maybe ever we're in a decade. We are actually getting a part too crime report. And this will be part of the regular reporting at the Public Safety Committee. Go ahead. A seat on Sunday. Thank you, chair. And I'm not sure we can share the slide. I'm not sure if I have go just so people can see. Welcome. And good evening. Everyone says you, Casey Johnson. I want to start out by saying obviously before talk about the numbers here, talking about part 2 crimes. This is of the first times that I can remember that we're reporting on a part in crimes. I want to make it very clear that looking over these numbers, these numbers are going to be accurate. They're going to be a ballpark figure because part 2 crimes when they get reported reported differently than part one crimes. So there's a delay in reporting and then filing the park to crimes. A lot of times people come into the patrol desk or they'll go online or something MAY happen in a couple days later when it falls apart encounter. So we're always kind of trying to play catchup when it comes to these numbers. And usually by the end of the all tallied up. And that's when we get a final numbers with a look over the six-month period. These numbers reflecting reflective of where they were when the data was collected. So again, these numbers continuously adjust throughout the year until the end of the year. So just want to make that very clear that these numbers are accurate as of the date of this report. So we're looking over the park to crimes again. This is the first time it's a 6 month period period and a lot of these crimes we've seen an increase in. I know counselor, one, you are saying you are interested you know, like the human trafficking in a lot of part 2 crimes. If you look at the report, there's assaults, there's curfew, loitering, disorderly conduct, DUIs, drug violations, drunkenness, embezzlement, family, and children, forgery, fraud, gambling. And it kind of goes on and on. And so we did see an increase in a lot of these different categories. And we saw when you look at your to date, 4 part one crimes, us overall reduction of 10% in a reduction almost all violent part, one crimes. Not to say that part, 2 crimes. Art, as important to the police department because they are. But a lot of times we are spent focusing on our part one crimes when it comes to shootings, robberies, homicides. And so sometimes some of the you'd say, I guess, lesser violent offense crimes tend to fall by the wayside or or they tend to have to wait for an officer to come out or someone comes to the patrol, dest to follow that report or do that report online. So again, looking over these numbers, we look at all other for all other offenses that are part 2 crimes are down by 9%. But actually looking at like assaults, simple in not like an aggravated battery, but a simple assault is up by one percent. We saw a huge increase when it comes to our drunkenness, 1400% from one to 1500 in. We attribute that to when we started really working together cloudy with our first Fridays and our downtown enforcement. We saw Bush, we saw a much better collaboration with the police department and all other city entities to really focus in on the first Friday events to stop illegal vending to stop the drunk in public missing. So you starting to see that reported here? And so sometimes you look at these numbers like drunken this, it's not always a bad thing that that number went up in just means that we are now starting hold people accountable in trying to make those areas safer for our community to enjoy those things. Obviously, you know, that human trafficking up 127% from 45 to one or 2. Again, this is the first time we've really, really focused on the pimps and the Johnson really making concerted effort to try and save the victims out there. So yes, you know, as was stated, you know, Forty-five's 2 million 102 is too many as well. These crimes we're doing everything we can to try to save the victims that are out there and hold those who want to come to open because a lot of times we see the Johns that aren't from open that come here to try solicit sex sort doing everything we can to hold those individuals accountable. We look at vandalism 4% and vandalism can spawn a a variety of or a gamut of different than lives of someone came in. Stretch your car flatten your tire, broke out a window. So a lot of times when some of these categories are categorized a lot of different things that would qualify for that. So that's just kind of a high-level overview. And I know the very bottom. It says part one crimes that that was a reporting error should say part 2 crimes overall part 2 crimes citywide are up 2%. So I know there's going to be a lot of questions regarding some of these all the time for questions. But that's just kind of a high-level overview are part 2 crimes. Great. Thank you. Can clarify what the family and children category represents is you're investing by Lynn So it will be that could be. It could be violence, child abuse or could be a welfare check. We have to take a child of the home because of a conditions in the home so it can to get spans a lot of different things. Okay. Great council member Brown and then counselor Houston. This in the far left. That's where the button. Thank you so much. Terrorism. Ensuring that we got a report thank you so much for the data to its very interesting to kind of read through and and cac all of the all the data. My question is more of an inquiry around, you know, what was going on with our young people. It says 321. And so I imagine that it's probably and a broad category of what falls into that. I have been I also, you know, I want to give a lot of credit just opd and the media team, because I've you know, for the last year and a half, but maybe in 2026, I would say I've seen an increase and making sure that we're getting the message out about missing young people into. I think that the department is doing a great job around that, but just wanted to get your thoughts and your feedback on that number should like year-over-year. Sure. So obviously, when you look at that, it doesn't compass are missing as well. So we get runaways and missing, which would encompass that he looking at and increasing 142%. And like you stated, the department has done an amazing job to really push out on our social media platforms and the media when someone is missing a missing person at risk, runaway amber Alerts on alert. All the different alerts that we're starting to work not just here locally but nationally to really try locate individuals who do go missing in are at risk. So that is kind of like you said, a broad range of different things. But we did see an increase in that over the last over the six-month period. And we're doing everything we can to make sure pushing that information on that. Also pushing up when those safely located. And in so and then just for clarity. For the tracking on this. Does that for 321. Does that mean that an officer actually went out to the location? I like to the family. And there was this report that was actually like taken down by an officer. Yeah. So when it comes to runaways and missing persons and Deputy Chief Ross also reminded me also we talk about group homes as well. So you get a lot of the Some people run from the group home offices will come out there and take those reports. And we do see a lot of people that attend a long way from group homes. And then when they get return, it doesn't subtract that number. So we do see an uptick when it comes to run away group homes as well. I see. And then even if it's a repeat, yes, so they're on the way, you know, 3 or 4 times week. That number continues to rise. And that reporting, period, c. Councilmember Houston. Yes to the chair. Kc Johnson I just wanted to make sure that that that. It's clear because I heard it right back and get it. Anybody can get it. When you said 127%. Of trafficking, that means that you guys increased Forsman. Catching more people, right? Is that with That presented to me as a positive percentage instead of a negative of you can look at that as 120 10% increase, right is increased because you guys is on top of it, right? So we are seeing that people are out there trying to solicit and like I said this year, we've really made a concerted effort. We've made over 160 that would fall under category as well. So stayed in the beginning some of these numbers because they're increased aren't necessarily a bad thing, especially showing that the police are actually out there pulling people and trying to hopefully reduce those numbers in the future because they were caught in an operation or they're held accountable during a in an event or those lines, right? Do chair. So most people who look at this 127 inches percent increase is increased because you guys is on top of it. And you on is we need to look at it that form. Cause. You can look at this in a different way and then we go down to juvenile runaways. Is that and I will piggyback on a council member Brown. That's people reported, right? So they might have more confidence in the police to report that this is happening. Instead of let me go like me when things happen with a crime. So my steal something I used to just let it go. Really did single night men and not even the report does now have the confidence. In the in the police now reporting every little bitty thing. So goes up. He could be positive way. And what I wanted to gee, Justin, is that I was appointed by the governor and 2 days ago to the state of Missouri Group on Youth Justice right at the state level. So I want to see how I work with you. Cause a at millions of dollars to trickle down just heard read about it was like 4 million dollars. How can we do that for youth justice? And I need to piggyback on you guys brains because, you know, had a strategize something like that. So I like to talk to offline. How can trickle down that come to Oakland from the state level? But to say this. Us and again, I'm sorry for repeat myself. The one 27% increase to one 43%. Some people would look at that as a negative. A look at is a positive that you guys on top of it. Thank you. Councilmember. Yeah, that was my similar reaction to human trafficking on the runaways. I find it interesting. We all have, I think very similar reactions looking at this report for runaways. I really wanted to understand that number 2. Dewey separately track the number of runways that were recovering or are finding. So I don't think they track a separate number for recovery is it just really goes down as a report that was made for this individual who ran away. And then in our system. Well, so when someone goes missing or is a runaway, we put it into a national database. Help anyone sees that individual anywhere in the country. They can say you've listed as a runaway or missing person and they can be brought back to where they are, where they belong safely. And so there's not really a major metrics that we track to show how many recovered to kind of count against that number. We usually just take it out of the system. What do you mean? Take it out of system as it It would like I caught a system for the person is missing. So into a national system and then we would remove that alert out of that system. And then also obviously the report within, you know that the individuals located. Okay, got understood. I do think at some later date we we should dig more into the ways. I mean, this is really I think so connected to our child welfare system, the issues that we have that at the county level I would love to dig into that more at some later point. Another type of crime that I'm just wondering about. I do here just about. Mail theft that then leads to people's like bake account getting drained. So this often like identity theft is is captured in the so identity theft, I would it MAY fall into the embezzlement. I have to have to look to see how our analysts, if Iran actually add that in there. Alright, if it's not here, MAY have been that because it was so lower and reported us because in times of when people get identity theft, they will go and try to report on the federal side of the House 8. Yeah. And go you know, to the federal side of the House to report those. Yeah. Want to add to the just a mail theft is a federal crime was a lot of times. It wouldn't be counted. Are stats. Okay. Okay. Because I was wondering if it was being captured and Like forgery. I don't think that number captures the amount identity theft at all that we're experiencing in Oakland. Well, this is super helpful. Let's go to the public comment. Calling him the names, ascended to speak on item number 5, the societal Apollo rushed Blair Beekman Damian rainy. So I looked up how the fbi. Category cut. Rises. Part one important too. It's interesting because they have part one. Human trafficking. It's part one. And it has human trafficking and 2 categories. It has it and or commercial sex acts as one fall and then it has an involuntary divide it up. So I wonder why we don't have human trafficking and a part one. And part 2. They have other categories and as ul meant buying and receiving stolen property liquor laws, they currency and disorderly conduct as a part of 0.2 So I am concerned about the anything dealing with values. Being a part, too family and children offenses. Because human trafficking, runaway juveniles, 321 in a six-month period. We need to have some intervention strategies about what's happening with that. And how we can contribute in some form, too. Just look at it. I think human trafficking should always be a part. One. The fbi has done it that way. Irish team and the district for thank you for this report and also for asking for it. I think it provides a more white a picture of crime in Oakland on. I just wanted to highlight a continuing problem with property crime. Oakland reportedly has one of the highest property crimes, the nation with very low clearance rates. And when we talk about crime reports, I think it's important to look at trends in crime. But I think it's also on the flip side, we really need to have a discussion on clearance rates as well as conviction rates. Obviously that involves the district attorney because I think we're we're looking at one side of the problem and a lot of the issues that I hear in my community about lack of confidence in just criminal justice system in general is what's the point in me? I do encourage everybody to report crimes, but a lot of a lot of the times it's it's a lack of confidence that anything is actually going to be done after the report is actually put in place. Yes, we do need reports in order direct resources. But if we don't actually close the loop on it a lot of people, really wonder what's the point? So and again want to focus on the staffing challenges facing opd. We get about 250,000 calls for service annually, leaving invest limited cat capacity to actually investigate property crimes and just crimes in general. So I would this is a great first step into improving what we think about crime. But I think we also need talk about how that's closing Thank you. All right, Damian I want to coach signed her point clearing the case is getting an idea you know, it's tough actually can sought. I think the one other question I 2 questions. One kind of go with the human trafficking. So the time here for this data covers the World. Cup's always wondering if there any kind of. Federal boost or anything like that since the World Cup was in town to kind focus on human trafficking runaways, things like that. And then my other question dealt with. During the report, there was mention about a lot of pimps come from out of the city. So I'm curious at some point will be able to see of all the crimes that happened in the city. How many are committed by or how many people are arrested, who live outside of the city because if focused on, you know, open, you can be a magnet for a lot of things, positive and negative. So especially as we start to ramp up, let's say our entertainment districts and things like that. It would be good to have a kind of a how we're going deal with people who are coming from outside to bring chaos. All right. Thank Switching to Zoom user Blair, you can unmute yourself and be in your comment. All right. Thank you. Might be This was a nice report. I'm sitting Oakland now much. It was reported. At least it's getting down to up get a work detail. So thank you for that. I'm still I'm really concerned over all that the park contacted Hugh was not find in APRIL boost to and it was never really make clear where guys are with context it at this time. Do we have contract that all right. I think that question needs to be answered in the public debate. I think it's healthy to be accountable for that and how you're going to be addressing our clock issues in the next year in the community up or to leave work. We have be accountable. What I do this process well, want to say we're could community doing a good thing and So it's important to be accountable where the current status that with the park on track to Oakland or pda, find a contractor not going find that not. With that Thank you for what you're working on on this item? You know, I'm not individual level it's good for that. I just I'm just hoping you're working on the overall best practices at this time. It it's a way where legitimate and if you're not going work that way, then you're not being timid in years. I best intentions become kind of. So good luck that we're working on the Thank you. Thank you for your comment chair. That concludes all speakers on item 5. Ok, great. I think they were pretty some pretty astute comments from the members of the public in terms of ways that we can enhance our crime reporting. I know there's also limitations in terms of our crime analysis capacity so we can talk about that. I would love to offline with that. I will entertain a motion. Mike's on so moved. Thank you. That's a motion made by council member Brown seconded Councilmember Houston to approve the recommendation to stop and to receive an file. This information over part on rule Council members Brown. I by excuse Houston, and chair won. I thank you. Motion passed with 3 eyes when excuse to buy to receive and file. This information are important to Reading an item 6 receive a biannual information report from the Community. Police Review agency regarding the functions and duties as required c 2.4, 6.0, 0, 3, 0, And there are 3 speakers on this item. Okay. Great before I turn it over to you, Director Lawson. I just up some context for my colleagues and to the members of the public here with them. The by annual informational reports from Cpra. So these are reports direct see mandated under the city charter, it wasn't until actually was a ca Phillips who alerted to the fact that we haven't had any of these reports since the charter passed. So this is the second report that we will be getting from Cpra since actually started having these reports. So with that director last, turn it over to you. Thank you. Chair to the committee members who tonight into the community members who are here tonight. I want to present the cpr biannual public Safety Committee meeting. This is the second one, of course. And I want to first address that there 4 categories that we touched right address within this report. First category dealing with the agency status, which is basically current staffing accomplishments of the goals, kind of where the agency is today. And we also want address the agency's processing, meaning how complaints to handle says there's never been a presentation from this agency. But to this committee, I think it's appropriate that we discuss how the complaint process handled with an agency. So you are familiar Super works. Next, address in These issues will not necessarily be addressed. It order. It will come throughout. Come clear through the presentation. The power Point also charted compliance basically will go through what's called required by the charter and a presentation. Finally, I want to talk growth project projections and that consideration now with a super will take also responsibility of investigating certain cases and particularly mandate cases are mandated by the charter for us review which would be use of force in custody. Death. True for this First Amendment assemblies and racial profiling. And I want to discuss are presented to proposal staffing should super be looked upon to take over sole responsibility of any of those mandated duties? So I'll go through our presentation now in go over these issues. This is a current or chart. We have hired 3 individuals in the past year. We have a director investigations now we have a project manager too. And the complaint investigative 3, those highs. That significant because we. Really didn't have anybody overseeing the investigations from beginning to to get addressed. The director investigations being a vest again, as we do that reports. We would get them. But we had no one working with them from the outset preparing the investigative plan, it's preparing interview prepare the final report. Now we have a director of investigations. This to who was over 30 years experience as a litigator. Most recently she was with the Heat, California Civil Rights Department was she was a litigator and a mediator. And now she's the director of investigations. Now, a project manager to with us in a male who is overseeing a lot of our database and information gathering and material. All reports. New report by the reports that's all being put together. The city. She's also worked over. It was significantly in looking our ability to secure database in has system covid later and a complaint investigated 3 is messed on Ciphers previously employed over the San Francisco in same capacity. He's come over now to join us here locally. So that's a current staff. And this is a breakdown of kind of a complete investigation resolution process. So this process work. This is a detailed but a muggy general overview, our complaints 90 plus percent of our complaints come in through opd. And that we receive them generally within 24 hours of opd receiving if they would then send us an e-mail here with the complaints from yesterday. Those complaints go to our intake department. The see Perry has basically to 2 departments in taken investigations. We have 3 intake technicians when abc the reports they will enhance those reports, getting additional information as necessary to make a determination whether investigations to take should take They MAY have to call. The complaint MAY have get information for witnesses. They want to summarize the body-worn camera videos and then day to give Us 10 and report that goes to a complaint investigated 3 who oversees the intake, who then it will make a recommendation to me always to proceed. Whether this is a case that should be investigated, it's a case that could be close. And I should point out, we do close some cases administratively or Leon, for number of reasons. Sometimes it just simply that subject offices do not work Oakland. Sometimes the media, chp, county sheriffs, but for those kind of reasons, sometimes there's enough information to show that this is not a claim that super normally investigates. For example, we complain sometimes about service was Apple so Nicole opd and say to come to always to get there, they'll make a complaint. That's not case that super investigates. We don't have resources we have too many mandated cases. Still close out typically administratively very early on. After reviewing the reports in determining if there's a sustain mandated case we've been assigned those cases out investigators. We have 3 frontline investigators currently interviewing a 4th this week for for starting this week. Those cases assigned to them and also concurrently with deputy director investigations who works closely with them preparing all aspects of investigation. Going on for investigating the case. Once the investigation is complete and I say investigation is also off the coordinated with that whole Affairs Bureau for we will then jointly sometimes interview witnesses and things of that nature. Once investigation is complete, we didn't have a recommendation from the investigator in a deputy director of investigations will meet myself for me with the staff attorney and we will over the findings and determine whether or not there was a state allegations. If there s a state, any sustained allegations. With no matter what the sustained in report is the undrafted to be ports often 50 pages or more. If there's a state sustained allegation, any aspect we didn't have to going rate to meet with chief beer in a total fares to present our findings. We present findings before to the chief. It will also present their findings. And at that time, Chief Bill will make his recommendations. What he findings on that case. If the chief and I agree. Then that becomes the final determination and and we have to agree on all all allegations and all aspects of discipline. If there's any disagreement, then the cases we first over to the police commission Discipline Committee with the police commission. And we present all positions again to the commission, commission makes a determination. That all has to happen within one year that entire process. So. That's roughly how things occur as cpra today. Just want to let you know. So that I know there's never been a meeting here before the director. So the case, you have any questions. You have someone of outline of how how our agency operates. This to hear what our priorities are for rest of this year and into next year. One we have establishing visit to region, standard operating procedures. I submitted to drafted was standard operating procedures. We retain outside attorney who was previously actually employed by Cpra to draft a standing operating procedures week. They will complete. A draft was completed last month that traffic will be review morph further our office. It will be fueled by the police commission. Ultimately by city attorney's office and the unit. But I want you to have copy of the draft before its final. So you can see what we're doing respect. And if you have any comments, feel free email me. If you have any comments. I'm item 2 is to convert a current internal operating policies and practices to written policies. Coming to super. We did not have written policies and procedures with respect to operations in day today, what each employee suspected to do with investigator, whether it is a intake official. So we're now we've had policies, but they have a new reason to so. Adding South currently, that's what we were going to be completed by sheer the 3rd aspect data website which has been updated in up and running. Now. So we do have a new website. That is a week and found to be just can file complaints. The summit information online. 4th, we need to identify secure case management system. Hopefully the U.S. Into the next year, early part of next year. This is particularly important because right now we're operating. We use tax sale to track the cases. We have an antiquated that of a system that very limited ability and duration. It is. It is overseen by to say managed It told us that we told discontinue some point next year. So we have to secure new database case manage the system. We have a dignified vendors. Fortunately, heard from project Manager Mail as well first in area has a relationship with consultative group that came on actually provided free services for us to help identify vendors who are appropriate for needs. And since interview. And a number of vendors that provide it. We'll show over later cost and analysis for 3 vendors that we pick a suitable. Want that to a suitable. 3rd vendor who at this time it's competitive. But think the Super Bowl 5th items establish clear, consistent police oversight data points were tracking reporting and that is for continue reporting out to this into this committee and to opc. We need to identify categories and items that will be tracked new database system. That at some point would be presented to committee, the list of what we the issues that we're looking to track, recommendations, input that you MAY have for additional data that you would track because we've got 2 with the new system. Have everything we want to be able to report initial Putin from day one. So we're making sure we have that information out of 6. Is we need to hire a to a Tony investigators for complex cases. Currently, we have 3 attorney, 3 investigators staff, none of whom attorneys. We're looking to hire a 4th. That person will not be attorney, but we need to typically historically many of investigators, the super have been attorneys and for a complex kept cases. If we need attorneys and as a result because we don't have attorneys were actually have a request for proposal that's currently out now. It will continue out of 2, I think NOVEMBER 17th expires. We're going look to contract with outside law firms to do. Some of the profile investigations. It's preferable that we hire House attorney simply because it's costly to deal with someone outside. It limited. They can only do a couple cases when internally, I to gators all him. 10 to 12 cases at a time. So is costly for us have to do with this as a contract will matter. So we would like to be able to bring the point to a Tony investigators. And next year. Adams every 7, it's hard to not attorney investigators. Actually, one that should be one. We are we were we had one position eliminated earlier this year. So we have one investigator position of a less. Gator too. It's available now on us when we interviewed for this week. Retain outside counsel for availability to investigate complex cases of the mentioned. We have the rfp currently pending. The next item is higher intake specialist. And that is if we look to expand to take on any more cases, we will probably need know the intake specialist at some point, 2027. Item to develop a written training program for new hires, which currently doing Item 11 is to develop a read out outreach program, which is currently be dipping down project manager. And that will be within a month or so. Item 12 super secure ground floor office space. A charter requires that super have got grows. Ground level floor. Space of 4 people do intakes and we are actually work with the city now didn't find a space and it looks like we MAY be working towards movie least part of before so we can with the town office. So we likely move maybe our intake department to this ground floor space because it's not suitable for entire agency. So those are the priorities the next 3 to 6 months that working towards. Next is a list of accomplishments that we've accomplished since JANUARY of this year. As I mentioned, we're at the website. We've had a deputy director of investigations. We've secured iso Council for policies and procedures. We survey vendors to get case management and tracking system and we're working towards possible transition of certain ib cases. The Cipro, as I mentioned before, if that happens, that would be probably that would be likely mandated cases and we also working towards a propose any expansion of the agency. Now, I'm going always kind of what's required to be reported on and to the charter. Investigation, investigate allegations. That 808 allegations that we view from just JANUARY to SEPTEMBER of this year, the nature of these that you see of their most significant was a physical force, a performance of duty, those But for that, too largest categories of allegations that investigated. And here you see a breakdown 327 of the cases that leave the field this year have been use of physical force and 3 31 at the performance of duty. So we were talking about super taking on so responsibility of use of physical force is best. Some 300 plus cases JANUARY. We would be solely responsible for surely if you and the investigation of. Completed an ongoing investigation, that reflects the number of completed all of investigation SEPTEMBER. So 240 total completed investigations. And 62 ongoing completed measles investigations. There's a case that we referred to to investigators and some matter investigated resolved. As opposed to close with administrative closures. Here are the monthly totals just passed through this, but if look to see them, it's generally consistently in the Mid 20's to 30's every month close cases. Get out a geisha summers this repetitive here of what we performance of duty of physical force. Duration of investigative investigative process. The average time spent domestic investigations with collect the 5, 6, months. To be honest, you can't really given at this time because the so significantly, I mean, there are many cases that we close out in a month because of get them. And we really see that they're not within our parameters for weather reasons. Not opd officer is not a case that we investigate. So close quickly, if that's the case, that is going to abstain findings, it typically is going to take about 2 months. Before we complete investigation. You are close investigation sustained findings by month as you see from where we have significant adverse estate findings. The monthly totals of the 26 state 2 since JANUARY of this year. Close investigations investigations that will complete it sustain findings with 51 administrative close investigations. Since JANUARY. 280 day cold. Is it a number cases which we felt to me to 180 day ago specify. But it's a though that says he's for. But I think the numbers are correct. I think that's for since our last report. And I I think over the course of the years been more than 4, explain why. Whenever we have a case where there's a sustained finding. Use, it takes more than 180 days to be the case to conclusion. And reason is this, whatever generally as a director, when I have a case that's has strong allegations from the community as a serving of really close dedicated review and also case that MAY result in significant discipline offices of us are they all deserve due process and what she had to get it done 180 days could compromise that process and integrity. So a serious out and maybe most of the serious cases that result is a stain allegations. It I would say usual would difficult get that done 180 days because oftentimes the case spent 2 months in intake and then to expect a the case to go through full investigation and presentation to the chief of 4 months is not. That is not often that reasonable with the case is one with someone maybe a job when someone suffered significant use of force. We show that this properly investigated. So what I see for for face to me, one hit 80. That's likely since our last report to you. Opd compliance failures of supporting items identified Swan personales fail to comply with requests for interview. We've not had that problem. Same thing with subpoena compliance with. I don't think we've been issued a subpoena this year. We simply request present. The offices of she'll do for their interviews. Council district just a dignified. The council dishes once complaints originated. The problem we have is because we don't have a database tracking system that currently tracks council district's. That's one of reasons we have to get a new system. What we did do with that, we had a 2 high school in turns this past summer and we use them to spend most of their time to By hand with one of the complaints in identifying the council districts. They didn't complete the mall. They win back quite a ways and then the rest of the we had take. I think they just completed the mall this past week. So I could I think this report was done before completion. But we do currently, I think, identified the council districts for all of the complaints, especially year. And we will have next report. But it's very time-consuming without without system that Wrigley tracks we used comes from. It requires basically them pull up to join us. Go to the map, checked out confirm with the bills and this could easily handle with the proper case management system. Mediation mediation program. Is not officially commenced. We work. We're at a state where we would Camilla negotiating with the direct loss. I know this if you can just wrapped up in the th you against issue, I knew that a new director investigations as a mediator. So we actually mean you will save money into this internally. Which would be great. Come play demographics. The same thing our a system that can attract demographics. Meeting racial at the demographics. And the data is often that accurate because a self reporting and so people if they want to. We put gender whatever and they don't have to. And if they don't, we have no way of tracking. So we will in the future do our best to track it. But I can tell you the accuracy with the questionable. This is the chart in case we come forward and have to take on the responsibilities and duties. I envision 21 for time positions. What I would do is I will step lipa's it to you next week. Budget proposal that shows do the comparison to current staffing, what that budget deals and what the budget is staffing would be if I fish and we would need if we're going to take on any new responsibilities. So I will present that to you next week. But this is currently what it and what we need in terms of being able to take on expanded duties. And this finally is vendor proposal, floor database system to see we had 3 even as weak on with windswept and civil. We slept Hahn is by far the most comprehensive way system. But the cost of labor to have 3 a cost of $660,000. We swept is system I would choose a system that would get basically be able to do all we need for the most part. That's comprehensive and costs. That would be roughly $100,000 annually. Civil is a new system that's available. But there's no surety that the system will be around. It's brand new and it does that have the capability of taking on requirements and there for you on medication. There was a did a kind of a comprehensive analysis of those 3 programs. So that's comes into my presentation and I'll get that additional information to the committee. That's next week. Great. Thank you for that comprehensive report. Councilmember Brown go ahead. Excellent. Yeah. Thank you so much. It was very comprehensive you know, I started with this because drop that off to us last time. So they're not to read through that and the attachments were definitely very helpful. So I am getting a little tired so a couple questions. I'll just start with slide. 20 where you this proposed organizational chart. Can you share with me how you current staffing levels propose organizational chart versus like the charter mandate when as it relates to staffing. Sure. And a request that we have one complaint investigative field investigator for every 100 officers. So we we should have basically 6 right now. We have 3 or higher forth. We do have a complete investigated 3 who's actually doing investigations too. But it was most significant flaws that we need to bring on 2 attorney investigators because otherwise you still would not be able to cover some of the more comprehensive cases. So we're working on how we it off funding to know I'll get additional funding to ensure that we can cover the needs investigators. So that's one reason we haven't more than one investigation looking at right now. But that level because the ones we get the complete investigative do was apply. Was an attorney. So we didn't have to have a separate the shop. Pacification to show that we can hire 2 attorneys. I think myself and my colleagues was always helpful is when we see charts that kind of help us to understand where I see the proposed chart and what you know, will what would ensure that you all were staff. But I think that that exactly what you mentioned. You know, so many officers per ex, right, right to really help us to. And then where are we? Ali? And then where we need to go. I know that that's always helpful as we are you know, moving through the budget process and to the my other question because I was listening to what you're saying around how many intake tax that you have. And then in the first chart that's further on your presentation. You know, you mentioned that there's 2 intake takes. But there's only But then I saw that there was one opening. But I imagine you all are budgeted for the one. We have to be current intake technicians and that we won a 4th if you go to expand. So we do have 3 and that's a full staffing counted so that if we expand, we want to be the 4th one. Okay. Perfect. Get that. So the chart that's at towards the beginning of the presentation is that actually accurately what your current staffing is? I think it's like the first the first couple slides. Total. Because very believes that, too. But the charter side tries to accurate, So on Page 2, is that an accurate description of your current staffing yesterday? It okay. Excellent. Thank you so much. And then you also mentioned very believe reports being 50 pages long. Yeah. Is this the reports that like staff have to generate that, though? The reports that I run back up late investigators. So those that are reports that we possess it too, if there is discipline finding artist of finding a sustained allegations those reports that we visit the chief beer. I see an I guess just like being concerned for like staff time is that like? A routine? The amount of I think 50 pages is a little bit could be excessive. And so I'm just curious, it's well, you've got understand it is. Says state delegates. You got to summarize all of the evidence, all of the video evidence, all witness system only often that we often interview subject matter. Experts moving the training offices. So it's a lot of material that has to be So you vary the thing you have to do factual legal Lot. It's which we're working on convincing them. That's one of the reasons we do have the deputy director of investigations. She's working with the staff to make them more. Fission. But it's a lot of material. So I don't repeatedly see the 30 plus pages. I see. And then my next question is what is the current costs for securing outside counsel and is that are you all utilizing own him to do that? We have we have a special category for outside counsel. The cost. We're waiting to get back to proposals. But we have a budget of Arctic approximately $200,000 for outside attorneys. And I guess I'm asking that question because I know and your presentation you mentioned the consistently for actually that's hiring. You know, some of attorneys to fit in some of these positions, right? And so that kind of led me to like is, is that is that the standard? Well, the thing is we can only do with only do so many cases with that amount of money. So we will still not be able to cover all of the cases that should be investigated, but But we do have some very significant cases that occurred over the past year that currently that holding. So we're not really investigated and we need to be able to pass them on to an attorney. So it's going to they're going to have to go as it is now, too outside counsel. My hope is that we could bring it to incite council so little early. So we don't have to look at trying to find a huge amount of money to continue to contract these cases out a seat for the outside He very insightful. And then my last question, also a verbal statement that you made around like. The amount of effort that it takes to determine what distric these things are carrying. I know that we routinely as council members receive outreach is from opd where they will provide us the location of said incident and also maybe it just has the area number. And so I bring that up I guess, to inquire in the e-mails that you all received during the intake process. Is it just possible to one asked opd to just put the district number and then it's just a part of that. The intake. Opd provides it with the area numbers. I don't think they do, but they do provide a district numbers. And welcome that to see if they can. But right now, what we could call this, a ci are from opd and it will have. The area number and then we're going to have to physically find the district. Yeah, it with the proper database system automatically still generate the district. I I just you know, I know sometimes it takes is some time to implement new technology in the city. And so don't want to put all of eggs in that tech basket. The meantime, I think that we could potentially just inquire if they can just add that I feel like it could be a low lift. Could our okay. Awesome. Thank you so much. Thank you. Great. I do have some questions as well. Thank you. Councilmember Brown. So I will say I think there could be some improvements and some of these reports just in terms of precision around some of the labeling because the data is pretty confusing to wade through. So I'll give an example on slide. 6. 800. There's 808, Alec investigated allegations over this period. What I couldn't lean from this slide because you laid out nicely that every single complaint that opd receives around officer conduct is forwarded cpra. And then I think there's a subset that is required to be investigated by the is the 808. All of the complaints that reported from opd or those, the subset that is required by cpra to investigate and also the categories of complaints that must be investigated by the pra is that determined by statute or what? So, that's chair. So the 808 and I will clarify this in the future is all all the complaints that receive the mandate to complaints that I deal with use of force in custody, death racial profiling to finance the first minute assemblies. Those mandated cases. And we don't have a specific number on that in the future. I will give you a specific number amended cases. Okay. Yeah. I think that would be good to understand since there's also the slide on slide 8 that's like completed an ongoing investigations. And I couldn't understand if like the 302 Fayad, the 2.40, plus the 62. If that essentially equals the number of like cases that are mandated to to be investigated by the Cpre. So those categories of cases is that defined in statute. I just want to understand the mandated cases, correct. That's under the charter or the timing of And as the charter allow for you investigate. I know there's some discretionary cases, but number of cases that fall outside of the cat category, especially if we look to. Move from. I ad to possibly cpra taking on more of the cases. Sure what the charter does is it defines what cases we we must investigate life. And also says we can investigating the case of beyond that. So many of our that charter mandated many of investigations, that case, the not charter amended but are important cases with nation. Okay. That's that's helpful. I will say that I have been perturbed by some of the recent officer-involved shootings that have happened over the course of the last year. One of which I know you probably can't speak about specific cases, but there was one where there was public. Footage footage released to the public. Jose Castillo and which it looked like there was a having a mental health episode with makeshift speedier. You know, looked like he was shot about 8 times. How do you all? Assess when it comes to an officer-involved shooting. Where an officer involved shooting where officers using a gun where this is justified or it's not. And can you walk us through showing us how that works? Yes, in any case involving a shooting that me, leave you, So that's currently still under review by the da which case the statue for us to review that case is told we've got one year from the date of the incident was review for criminal activity. That statute is told in doing that. We're not doing really any active investigations because it could interfere with the criminal investigation. You make our investigators on witnesses in the criminal investigator. So we tend so in total affairs and super to wait until we get confirmation from the da that charges will be Not are not going to be about was confirms the charges will not be brought. They officially initiate our investigation. Do have time we do gather some information. We do gather video. But it camera video that kind of information. Those are the types of cases. We do need attorneys particular case is likely when I will sign up 2 outside counsel. Okay. That's that's helpful. The other data point that I think is important and maybe I just not understanding how to read the report is you outlined in your flow chart that there are cases in which I ad and the police chief as well as different don't actually agree on. Basically the investigation's results. And I do think it's important for that to be ongoing data point to see word of that. What is the nature of the cases where there is a there is disagreement? Into the ship that categories that we include in our process in the future, meaning if there is disagreement with Chief, I'd be in super that will all be documented in part of continued reporting. And then those cases are the ones that then go on to the police commission for forward the Discipline Committee for resolution. Right? Okay. That's how good have you noticed a trend terms of? Why? What types of case why you tend to see this agreement I I don't say there's a trend among those in particular kind of case that Ingles. More recently we've had disagreements MAY be what I'd be. But we have agreements most public chief so cheap beer. And I agree. That's the final determination. And for the most part, he's up we've tended be the most elected put findings in the past 6, 8, months. Let's go to public comment. Calling in the names of signed up to speak on item 6, and all us all a ball. And where week one. Take a top. Can you turn on members? Mike, thank you. And yet the Rajon Rondo District 4. I wanted to commend Director Lawson and Steam for the substantial improvements reflected in today's presentation. Having follows to preserve several years, this is the first time actually that I've seen a comprehensive presentation identifying operational priorities, measurable milestones improvements in investigative efficiency in areas where significant work remains. This level of transparency is a welcome departure from previous reporting I believe it deserves recognition. I also want to address a proposed transition of I beat us up the independent consultant's report identified substantial infrastructure that must be developed, including investigative procedures. Case management systems training and administrative processes. And director Lawson is actively working to build the infrastructure as reflected in today's presentation. But we're not there yet. So even transferring a subset investigations with choirs unnecessary symptom systems and procedures to be operational. First also want to recognize on improvements in the disciplinary system. The city attorney's reporting has has not shown an increase in disciplinary arbitrations. Additionally, there's been greater agreement between sip from the police chief regarding disciplinary decisions reducing the mean for intervention by the police Commission's discipline committee. So those are important indicators of improving collaboration and consistency within within the system. And again want to identify and recognize the progress and a director losses. Leadership. The progress should be supported, but it doesn't eliminate all the infrastructure needs that rent identified in the eye of the transition studying. So the goal should not be simply to transfer investigations from one agency to another. But sure that whichever agency conducts them has the institutional capacity to do so effectively fairly Unsustainably. Thank you. Not understanding. Under the in s a that has to be continued. That when you look at racial profiling and excessive full U.S. The department is saying they don't keep the race data. And the race data for racial profiling and excessive force has to be continued. So I don't understand why they don't keep that data. I don't understand why. Historically Cipro has not been able to sustain. Only one case, racial profiling. One case. And there I don't know about excessive force, but I'm very disappointed and their ability to find. The police department accountable. Actions. And those through those 4 categories that they say they come in, don't cover everything in the complaint. So do they The issue of? Of misconduct when it has to do a constitutional violations. Do they cover area of deliberate indifference to medical needs? Abuse of pow, the using rest. It is a lot areas. Tied to ms Brown almost delirious girl. But anyway, I'm very concerned about the 4 areas and one thing that they have been working on that never got accomplished at the end of the process. The does not get any kind of notice of the the results of the investigation, letters go out. It says your complaint came unfounded based on the evidence. Thank you for your comments. Switching to Zoom user Blair, you can unmute yourself. Plan bent. Thanks for this item. Thank you. For the first clarifying words item has mandated that exposed to becoming q committee and it hasn't for a while and you brought it to committing out. And thank you. There is bunch of items actually today that were kind of like off throughout the day. So I can understand you are, maybe a bit tired at this point. It just. Overwhelmed with a whole bunch of new factual organizational patterns information. I imagine this has something to do from the mayor's office trying I don't know 3 things together and let's hope this can be a continued trend and had think and work. Reckon the while you're trying to start to do today. I wanted to mention. Into our post-election this coming NOVEMBER. How are we going to be able I'm you? The simple question is Cipro. MAY be in charge? Idea I want Ask, where does the current plot contract? And with Oakland? With a b charge of that with the pr with can we should be a commission be a charge of that? So it's sort of a long line been asking about and it would with you that I mean, I I'm sorry after to begin our community question. I'm a possibly try to get staff city government all write letters to government and maybe I can get a response from department something and I can be sure to pass that along to or So we I think it's important have clarity on the matter. I mean, we're lacking out how to how do we create that clarity and accountability for such a question? I think it's an honest question and should be requesting to look how we can do that. We support can be a part of such a process. Get opiate. Thank Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all speakers on item 6. Okay. Great councilmember Houston. Just to check. Just wanted to know. But as you mentioned about the guy with the spear, I was kinda this it into what he was saying was you said what it was that comment Yeah. There there was am shooting that fatal. Please, please shooting that happened. I think it was in the Fruitvale District a man named Jose Angel Castillo was we shot died at the hands of opd officers and the footage was released to the public and at least when I looked at the footage, it didn't. I didn't think that level of. It was necessary to to shoot that person any time. So I remember net. So that means it is is is under the California Penal Code 8, 3, 5, a this is the officer most reasonably debt. Deadly force is necessary to stop imminent threat of death. Are seriously body injury to the officer or another individual. This the same one that I saw that that spirit and homemade spear. We could agree to disagree. Okay. Council member Brown. Excellent. Thank you. So I will definitely move the item and I think Director Lawson very own. Can you share a little bit the I think you want to answer the part of the public comment here. They're not like was something was a side issue. It's a very important issues. Although categories you mention of complaints, we do investigate, remanded to investigate. Mean we have to visit 5 categories, which is use of force in custody, theft, truthfulness, first admitted some of the racial profiling. But we investigate everything that comes across that that's a serious violation go so we rarely dismiss any case unless it's something that's not involving opd officer art is something that's so far feel for what we do like we get that from our I mean, we can't we don't have time to to those complaints. But all issues you mentioned a very important we do That's maybe large percentage of what we investigate. Understand. But I think you brought up the point. I want to raise it with respect profiling while talk to you said Leon, thank you. Great. I will. Second the motion. Thank you. We have a motion made by council member Brown second by Chair Wang to receive and file this information report on will counsel members Brown. I I think used Houston. I and chair I thank you. Motion passes with 3 eyes when excused by to receive it by this information reporting committee moving on to open for him, calling him the names of signed up to speak. Rajon Eamon De La of all a player, man Edwin has glitter and Damian rainy. Okay. 9.11 went out. And they say the backup system didn't work. We need to find out what why didn't work? Any crimes we need to import on any crimes that are related to sideshows. We don't we need to get a report on hate crimes, missing persons, cold cases. And I heard a report an individual was sitting in a call with a rifle. And this police department, somebody has a rifle, the might that have a rifle, he has to call to get another officer over to the scene that has a rifle. In the meantime, the person with the rifle is going to wait on the to come with the rifle. No, he will not. So we need to look into that situation. That all offices don't have access to rifles. I think it's only like 60 that Duke. But they just had us. And county. Is that when Haggard's community brothers, one just take it off to subject real quick talk about some of this very important that I've been doing work in the communities throughout the city. Oakland, there's too much graffiti all over Oakland and I've been cleaning it up and I just need to city COUNCILMAN And administrator and the police department to support me getting this job done. What we can eliminate this cause is ridiculous. It's everywhere is on people's businesses. So people's personal homes, it's just freeway inches just everywhere. And it just makes can look ugly. And I want Oakland to be beautified and brought back to be in Oakland, California, not ugly. Oakland and dangerous Oakland. So I just need you guys help with that. Please. Mount District 4. I just wanted to bring up the 9-1-1 outage. So resulting from multiple communication lines being cut and multiple lines were severed into backup systems were affected. So it does show significant moment on abilities and emergency infrastructure. So I really hope the mayor is planned. It audit specifically examines the 9-1-1 system, including the Independents, a backup communications infrastructure, potential points of failure in opportunities to improve resilience. And this is that it was right. We only have about 50 rifles that were approved by the police commission. And we we have trained officers with those rifles. So no trez equipment requests must be approved by the police commission before they come to and this body and before police can actually look funding and they only they have only approved the past 2 years replacement of existing about 55 rifles. Thanks. MR. Amey do still great. No. Okay. He's waiving his time. Switching to zoom user, yourself and begin your comment. All there. Big man. Thanks for all the meetings they would not participate and then some. I mention my feelings on We got walk. I mean, there's a lot of different choices about how be talking about that your buck. Do we a different now work without and you do thunder. Do we want to reduce camera use? Really important question to be asking. I also wanted to be out in time to mention. I think I'd be a idea for working in Santa open to the government can be useful. And, you know, be interesting, but San Diego and they also have a strong needs our office coordinate their operations. Senior officer so that's additional coordinator for strong mayor projects. Thank you for your comments. Sure. That includes all speakers for open Okay. Great. Thanks, everyone. This meeting is adjourned. Yes, starting DECEMBER, i