2025 Police Auditor
Data Review
Leigh Grossman, Ph.D.
Police Auditor
Overview
• Increases in internal affairs investigations, use of force, and arrests. • No data to indicate an increase in misconduct. Rather, there has been a continuing effort to increase reporting. Sustained percentage has decreased. • In 2025, there was an 89% increase in traffic stops and a 49% increase in other stop types.
• For any race, traffic stop outcomes are a fairly even split between citations and warnings.
• Staffing numbers have remained steady over the past three years. • Professional staff positions are typically fully or almost fully staffed. • Sworn staff numbers fluctuate slightly but a 25% vacancy rate remains. 1 Internal Affairs
2024 2025
Externally Generated Cases (includes claims filed) 8 24 Internally Generated Cases (including cases
generated following statements from a member of
the public)
27 35
Total 35 59
• Serious Alleged Violations
• Use of Force – 18 cases
• Bias-Based Policing – 15 cases
• Truthfulness – 2 cases
• Examples of Sustained Violations (the allegation was substantiated) • Firearms safety
• Conducting unsatisfactory investigations/work product • Conduct towards others
• Wearing of safety restraints
• Body-worn camera
• For 2024, all 35 cases have been closed. 34% (12/35) have at least one sustained allegation. • For 2025, 48 of 59 cases are closed. 19% (9/48) have at least one sustained allegation. • Most internally generated complaints were generated
by a supervisor based on comments made by a
member of the public during a police interaction.
2 Use of Force - Incidents
Weapon
Display Low Intermediate
2024
Jan 5 13
Feb 4 7
Mar 4 10
Apr 6
May 5 9 1
Jun 2 5
Jul 6 12 1
Aug 5 12 1
Sep 7
Oct 2 9 2
Nov 1 11 1
Dec 2 10 1
2025
Jan 2 11
Feb 9 1
Mar 1 6
Apr 8 1
May 18 1
Jun 17 1
Jul 12 1
Aug 2 19 1
Sep 1 14 1
Oct 2 17
Nov 18
Dec 1 22 1
In this report, force is counted by incident and the highest level of force used. 3 0 5
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Weapon Displays and Low/Intermediate Level Uses
of Force
Weapon Display Low/Intermediate
Use of Force - Types
# of incidents with each force
type
Weapon
Display
Low/Intermediate
Use of Force
Pointed Firearm at 78% (7) 2% (3)
Pointed Taser at 22% (2) 1% (2)
Control Hold 0% (0) 76% (142)
Takedown 0% (0) 31% (58)
Pain Compliance Technique 0% (0) 18% (34)
Other Low Level Force 0% (0) 18% (34)
WRAP 0% (0) 8% (15)
Personal Body Weapon 0% (0) 4% (7)
Impact Weapon 0% (0) 1% (1)
Taser Use 0% (0) 1% (2)
Total # of Force Incidents 9 188
Descriptions
• Weapon Display – Occurs when an officer directs
their firearm or Taser towards a subject. Weapon
displays are warranted when an officer
reasonable believes a threat exists based on the
totality of circumstances presented at the time.
• Control Hold – Any Department approved method
or hold, designed to control the movement of an
individual by manually applying pressure to a
particular part of their body. A control hold can be
applied without implementing pain.
• Takedown – A method designed to physically take
a subject to the ground with the intent of gaining
control of the subject.
• WRAP – A WRAP is a device used to restrain
individuals who present a safety risk to
themselves or officers even after being
handcuffed.
• Pain Compliance Technique - Involves either the manipulation of a person's joints or activating certain pressure points intended to create sufficient pain for the purpose of motivating a person to comply with verbal commands. * Total will be more than 100% because each incident could involve more than one force type. 4 Traffic Stops
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Equipment violation Moving violation Non-moving violation, including registration 2025 Traffic Stop Outcomes by Race
Asian Black/African
American
Hispanic/
Latine(x) White Other Two or More
Races
Arrest 1% (11) 3% (53) 3% (53) 2% (33) 1% (7) 5% (3)
Citation 56% (674) 45% (706) 58% (1,205) 47% (824) 55% (413) 45% (29) Warning 43% (525) 50% (783) 39% (813) 49% (862) 44% (334) 49% (32) Community
Caretaking 0% (0) 0% (0) 0% (0) 0% (0) 0% (0) 0% (0)
No Action 0% (2) 2% (31) 1% (16) 1% (23) 0% (2) 2% (1)
Total 100% (1,212) 100% (1,573) 100% (2,087) 100% (1,742) 100% (756) 100% (65) 6 Moving Violation Traffic Stops by Race
• Using citation and warning data from 2025 traffic stops, only 36% of those stopped (2,298/6,451) provided an Alameda address. Therefore, it would be misleading to use Census data as a benchmark to make comparisons by race since over half of those stopped are not residents.
• A better but still imperfect benchmark is using the demographics of at-fault drivers involved in traffic collisions reported to police. 7 2025 Moving Violation Traffic Stops 2025 Collisions Reported to Police (At-Fault Drivers Only)
Asian 19% (1,032) 29% (156)
Black/African American 17% (889) 15% (78)
Hispanic/Latine(x) 27% (1,419) 17% (89)
White 25% (1,331) 30% (160)
Other 11% (600) 10% (54)
Two or More Races 1% (55) N/A
* There were an additional 222 drivers at-fault in collisions reported to police where the race is marked as “Null” or “Unknown”. The vast majority of these involve hit and runs.
Calls for Service
• There were
approximately 700
more calls for
service in 2025. The
trendline over the
past three years has
been stable.
2023 2024 2025
CFS 67,781 67,626 68,328
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* Due to a change in reporting practices, calls for service numbers now include calls for the Fire Dept. Prior numbers have been updated to reflect the change.
Arrests
Felony Misdemeanor/
Infraction/Other
2023 387 508
2024 408 693
2025 637 889
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Pursuits
• On August 7, 2024, the APD pursuit policy was modified to allow officers to pursue suspects or vehicles wanted for felony crimes.
• The longest pursuit in 2025 was four minutes, the shortest was less than one minute.
• There were no collisions as a result of a pursuit.
• Identified areas of concern during pursuits:
• Officer communication during pursuit
• Clearing intersections
• Vehicle speed during the pursuit
2023 2024 2025
Pursuits 1 13 12
10 Collisions
• Employees were found to be at fault in 78% of collisions in 2025 compared to 71% of collisions in 2024.
• Four collisions in 2025 involved an APD vehicle hitting a fixed object. • One officer was involved in two collisions in 2025. They were found at fault in both collisions. They were provided remedial training. 2023 2024 2025
Collisions 10 7 9
11 Community Surveys
• Survey Respondents
• 2023 – 4,049
• 2024 – 4,206
• 2025 – 3,426
CAD Survey 2023 Annual
Average
2024 Annual
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2025 Annual
Average*
Dispatcher Satisfaction 4.42 4.46 4.57
Officer Professionalism 4.70 4.72 4.60
PD Satisfaction 4.28 4.33 4.49
Alameda Safety 3.71 3.80 3.99
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Survey Results for Those that Called the Alameda Police Department How satisfied are you with your experience with the dispatcher that you spoke with? How satisfied are you with the professionalism of the Alameda Police officer that you spoke with? Overall, how satisfied were you with the Alameda Police Department? How safe do you feel living/being in the city of Alameda? * New platform only – beginning 3/17/25.
Staffing
• Staffing
numbers have
been stable
the past three
years.
• Sworn
numbers are
25% below
authorized
staffing.
• Sworn staffing
currently
frozen at 72.
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Authorized v Actual Staffing
Sworn Staff Authorized Sworn Professional Staff Authorized Professional Claims and Lawsuits
• Claims can be filed when an incident occurs, and you believe the City might be responsible for loss or damage to you and your personal property.
• In 2025, 42% (13/31) of claims were for vehicle tows. In 2024, 42% (5/12) were for vehicle tows.
• In 2024, the city paid out three claims for a total of $10,019.50.
One claim was for a vehicle release and two were for accidents with APD vehicles.
• In 2025, the city paid out four claims for a total of $49,913.42.
Three of the claims were for accidents with APD vehicles. 2023 2024 2025
Claims Filed 15 12 31
Lawsuits Filed 1 2 3
14 Training
• Sworn Staff received 7,604 hours of training
• Drone Training
• Patrol Training (DUI Investigations, Ramey Warrants, Range, Investigations, OC Spray etc.) • Crisis Intervention
• Emotional Intelligence
• Canine
• Radar
• Traffic Collision Investigation
• Defensive Tactics
• Professional Staff received 757 hours of training
• Civilian Police Leadership
• Evidence and Property
• Courtroom Testimony
• BWC Video Release and Redaction
• Emotional Intelligence
15 CALEA Accreditation Progress
• Officially signed up April 15, 2025. APD has three years from the start date to gain accreditation.
• Need to be in compliance with 185 standards.
• Policy and other written directive updates.
• Updates to practice, additional training.
• Progress
• 57 standards – updates to policy and proofs of compliance have been completed.
• 16 standards – not applicable to our agency (ex court security, college campus). • Obstacles
• Platform APD uses to make policy modifications had a huge overhaul in late 2025. They provided no training or guidance on the changes. After repeated attempts to contact, we were finally provided a training. 16 Thank You
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