City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: INFORMATION REPORTS
Lead Department: City Manager
Meeting Date: April 22, 2024
Report #:2404-2879
TITLE
Independent Police Auditor's (IPA) Report of Review of Investigations Between July and December 2023 and Police Department Use of Force Report for July - December 2023
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive this information report including the most recent report from the City’s Independent Police Auditor at OIR Group.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Since 2006, Palo Alto has utilized an Independent Police Auditor (IPA) to conduct secondary review of certain investigations of uniformed Police Department personnel and provide related services. Since the inception of the independent police auditing program, the City has contracted with the Office of Independent Review (OIR Group), to provide these services. The following report transmits the Independent Police Auditor Report on Investigations Completed in the second half of 2023. For reference, the prior IPA report was published in September 2023 as an Informational Item1. The Police Department’s website lists all past Independent Police Auditor Reports, here2. Attachment A contains the IPA report for investigations completed between July 2023 and December 2023. Per Council direction, the Police Department also shares use of force information through a report provided alongside each IPA report, included here as Attachment B and covers the same time period. The Police Department’s responses to IPA report recommendations are included here as Attachment C. 1 September 2023 Independent Police Auditor Report:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/police-department/accountability/ipa-reports/june-2023- independent-police-auditors-report-and-papd-use-of-force-report.pdf 2 Palo Alto Police Department Accountability Webpage:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Police/Accountability Independent Police Auditor Reports Webpage:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Police/Accountability/Independent-Police-Auditor
Process to File a Complaint to the IPA
The public can find more information about filing a complaint through the link here:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Police/Accountability/Employee-Complaint Complaints may also be directed to the Independent Police Auditor as follows:
Contact:
Mike Gennaco
Phone: (323) 412-0334
Email: [email protected]
Or mail to:
OIR Group
1443 E. Washington Blvd., #234
Pasadena, CA 911
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The City’s Independent Police Auditor activities are not a project under section 15378(b)(25) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Independent Police Auditor's (IPA) Report of Review of Investigations Between July and December 2023
Attachment B: Police Department Use of Force Report for July - December 2023 Attachment C: Police Department Responses to IPA Report APPROVED BY:
Ed Shikada, City Manager