Pasadena City Council
July 15, 2024
Dr. Richard Rosenthal,
Independent Police Auditor
1 IPA & CPOC
Accomplishments
(2023-2024)
& Priorities for
(2024-2025)
2 IPA Roles & Responsibilities
Section 2.30.020.A.8
a. Serve as a best-practices advisor to the community police oversight commission; b. .. unimpeded access to all police department personnel complaints and investigations…, be permitted to observe briefings received, interviews conducted, and deliberations on personnel matters…; c. Review all categorical uses of force by police department personnel to assess whether the police department's investigation into a use of force was complete, thorough, objective, and fair; d. Review investigations of personnel complaints of bias-based policing; e. Recommend changes and additions to police department policies, procedures, and officer training f. Issue public reports and give public presentations to the commission regarding police department operations, to the extent permissible under applicable law.
3 CPOC Roles & Responsibilities
Section 2.60.110
Purpose: to enhance, develop, and strengthen community-police relations and review and make recommendations regarding the ongoing operations of the police department to the chief of police, city manager, and/or city council.
Functions:
1. Receive community feedback and complaints and refer them for further review, as appropriate;
2. Monitor and receive reports from the police department on hiring, training, and promotions within the police department;
3. Monitor and publish statistics on police uses of force, personnel complaints, and outcomes within the police department;
4. Provide input on police department policy recommendations prior to adoption;
5. . Receive reports from the independent police auditor regarding critical incidents, police department policies, and other matters;
4 CPOC/IPA 2023-2024 Accomplishments
Policy Recommendations:
IPA/CPOC Recommendations regarding updates to PPD Body Worn Camera policy. (adopted Jan. 2024 as a result of a Recommendation made in the IPA’s 2023 Use of Force Investigation Assessment ) CPOC recommendations regarding Cell-Site Simulator policy (adopted April 2024) IPA/CPOC Recommendations for re-introduction of Community-Police Mediation Program (pending adoption)
IPA Support for CPOC review of PPD Pretext Stop policy and practices (community & officer surveys pending)
5 IPA Activities 2023-2024
IPA Public Reporting & Monitoring Activities:
IPA Assessment of 2019 Officer-Involved-Shooting Administrative Investigation & Findings (published Feb. 1, 2024)
Creation of “Independent Reviews Recommendation Tracker” (published May 2024) as per recommendation from OIR - McClain OIS Report
IPA Independent Reviews Recommendation Tracker - City of Pasadena Commissions IPA Assessment of PPD Professional Standards Unit Investigations & Complaint Handling (Published July 8, 2024)
Ongoing Tracking of Timeliness of Officer Involved Shooting Administrative Investigations Ongoing Monitoring of monthly Use-of-Force Review Boards Ongoing Monitoring of Administrative Discipline Command Review Meetings 6 OIS Timeliness Issues
Date Incident DA Letter Status
May 17, 2019 Fatal OIS (Warren) May 25, 2023 Resolved, Dec. 2023 IPA Report – Feb. 1, 2024
May 8, 2020 Fatal OIS (Nelson) July 5, 2023 UOFRB – June 26, 2024 Pending Findings
August 15, 2020 Fatal OIS (McClain) March 31, 2022 UOFRB Findings – Oct. 25, 2022 OIR report – April 23, 2023
November 23, 2021 Fatal OIS (Hall) Pending Administrative Investigation pending July 30, 2022 Fatal OIS (Youines) February 20, 2024 Administrative Investigation pending April 13, 2024 Fatal OIS (Andrade) Pending Critical Incident Debriefing Report issued on May 28, 2024
7 IPA Anticipated Activities for 2024-2025
Project Priority
Public Reporting on Implementation of IPA 2023 Report
Recommendations on PPD Use of Force Investigations.
Public Reporting on Implementation of IPA 2024 Report
Recommendations on PPD Complaint Handling
Public Reporting on Administrative Resolutions of completed Officer Involved Shooting Reviews.
Public Reporting on Implementation of OIR 2023 Report
Recommendations on McClain OIS
8 IPA Anticipated Activities for 2024-2025
Project Priority
Completion of research for CPOC Report/Recommendations
on PPD Pretext Stop policies and practices.
Development/Implementation of new Community Police
Mediation Program
Ongoing monitoring of Use of Force and Discipline Board hearings (virtual)
Provide assistance, as needed, in selection of new IPA
(Retirement from IPA position anticipated to be effective as of Jan. 18, 2025)
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