Item 6: Report to City Council from Police Auditor

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behavior by arrested subjects. We are in the process of asking for policy reviews generally on the handling of arrested subjects at jail intake including but not limited to medical evaluations and bathroom needs. I continue to struggle with Lexipol being the primary policy tool, even though it is widely used across the nation. My preference is more detailed and restrictive policy language in areas I consider high risk. Communications: We work to foster positive and constructive relationships and partnerships with Council. This occurs through monthly meetings with the Mayor, Council President and Council Vice - President, respectively; in addition to written and oral reports to Council. Beyond the public civilian review board member meetings, we reached out with seminars on force and search and seizure. Attendance was sparse. We also attended some community and neighborhood association meetings. CRB members have also offered to expand their availability to the neighborhood associations. Absent hot button issues, given the broad range of community issues, we do not stand out above other city issues. We are scheduled to have a joint community forum on policing with the Police Commission and we are working with the Human Rights Commission staff about coordinating more community activities. Many oversight agencies have full time community outreach coordinators and we have discussed partnering with HRC staff. Another item of interest, based on newer consent decrees that we study, is the direction to cities about protecting the neutrality of an auditor type system and placing greater emphasis on community outreach to groups with police commission type organizations. We will work with them and HRC to broaden the knowledge range about the complaint process as well as the roles of each element of the criminal justice system. Other Accomplishments: returned budgeted funds to the general fund; initiated several investigations of allegations of misconduct; provide staff support and training initiatives to the CRB; provide timely service to the CRB; spend many hours assisting community members with problems unrelated to police officers; attend public meetings in the community; available to the media; build a better partnership with the University of Oregon by serving on a committee related to their effort to establish a police department; publish a thorough and transparent annual report that captures the work and analysis of our office; and providing critical training opportunities for the office. Evaluation of 2012 -2013 Goals 1. More use of mediation as a complaint resolution process. Mediation is an alternative to a formal complaint process. Its value is to bring together those individuals who file allegations against police and the involved officers. The mediation takes place with the officer in a neutral setting to resolve difference perspectives of the incident. At the outset, success was limited due to hesitancy primarily on the part of police officers because the Ordinance and protocols were being misinterpreted as to whether a formal investigation could follow a mediation participation agreement. That issue was resolved. The number of formal mediations remains limited when there are allegations of serious misconduct. One mediated allegation involved force used on a juvenile that rose above the level of non - resistive handcuffing force, but not a high degree of force. The parents were part of the consent process, and it appeared the mediation worked out very well. We also had a mediated service complaint where all parties appeared satisfied. In several other instances, most often with the complainant, mediation was offered but declined. In more serious cases, I chose not to offer mediation 4 1 Office of the Police Auditor 2012 Annual Report