1 San Jose City Council
August 22, 2023
Item 4.1
Police Department
Reform and Operational
Improvement Recommendations
Status Report
Presenters:
Lieutenant Paul Hamblin, Police Department
Peter Hamilton, Assistant to the City Manager, Office of the City Manager
2 ● Brief History
● How Far Have We Come?
● What's Next?
● Questions
Today's Topics
3 Brief History
4 ● City Council approved Department's
response to CNA Inc. recommendations
from:
○ Use of Force Assessment of SJPD
○ 21st Century Policing Report of SJPD
March 1, 2022
5 ● City Manager's Office presented reports
from:
○ Reimagining Public Safety
Community Advisory Committee
○ Charter Review Commission Public
Safety Recommendations to City
Council
May 10, 2022
6 ● Department provided report to PSFSS
● Analysis of implementation
● Review of outstanding recommendations
● Request for status update in 6 months
November 17, 2022
7 Recommendations by Source
8 Recommendations by Priority
9 Recommendations by Grouping and Priority
Currently in
Progress
Agree, but
not Started Disagree Completed Maintain Needing
Review Total % Verified Number
Alternative Approach 4 6 2 2 2 0 16 3% 16
Community Engagement 35 5 1 8 1 0 50 9% 50
Department Member Wellness 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1% 3
External Analysis or Review 1 13 0 2 0 0 16 3% 16
Facilities Improvement 0 2 1 3 0 0 6 1% 6
Internal Analysis or Review 2 3 0 9 2 0 16 3% 16
Legislative Advocacy 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 1% 4
New or Additional Equipment 2 3 1 1 0 0 7 1% 7
Oversight 3 0 5 1 0 0 9 2% 9
Policy Change 40 26 35 172 13 0 286 53% 286
Recruiting & Hiring 0 3 1 12 1 0 17 3% 17
Staffing 1 2 1 3 1 0 8 1% 8
Technology Improvement 0 3 2 9 1 0 15 3% 15
Training 6 20 0 21 3 0 50 9% 50
Transparency 3 6 7 18 2 0 36 7% 36
Total 97 92 57 267 26 0 539 539
10 How Far Have We Come?
11 Recommendations by Priority
November 2022 vs. August 2023
12 ● Convenes regularly to review uses of force
● Comprised of specially selected command
officers
● Members are trained in force analysis
● Analyzes each event for misconduct and
training opportunities
Executive Force Review Committee
13 ● LGBTQ+ (completed)
● Why’d You Stop Me (in process)
● Procedural Justice (Academy)
● Racial Equity (coming in 2023)
Department-Wide Training
14 ● 1 sergeant, 3 officers
● Specially trained
● Available seven days a week
● Co-respond with licensed mental health
clinicians
Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT)
15 ● Updated in 2023
● Aimed at Limited English Proficient
individuals
● Timely and meaningful access to available
programs, services, and benefits
● Conversational Spanish classes offered to
officers
Language Action Plan
16 What's Next?
17 ● Will provide evaluation and
recommendations on community
engagement
● Will include relationship building,
participation in Department activities,
training, and policy direction
● In final stage of selection process
Community Engagement Consultant
18 ● Community-Based Solutions to Domestic
Violence
● 911 Call Analysis
● Local Government Violence Prevention
Research
Reimagining Recommendations Priority
Projects
19 Projects Timelines
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
2023 2024
Violence
Prevention
911 Call Analysis
Community-Based
Solutions to
Domestic Violence
Report to
City
Council
Report to PSFSS
Commmittee
Consultant
Contract
Update to
PSFSS
Consultant Begins
workConduct Procurement ProcessRelease
RFP
Develop RFP
20 San Jose City Council
August 22, 2023
Item 4.1
Police Department
Reform and Operational
Improvement Recommendations
Status Report
Presenters:
Lieutenant Paul Hamblin, Police Department
Peter Hamilton, Assistant to the City Manager, Office of the City Manager