Office Of The Consent Decree Monitor Status Report 31 May 2018 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 1
Monitoring Team 2017 Annual Report "The NOPD today is undeniably a better, stronger, more professional organization than it was when the Monitoring Team began its work in 2013. . . . In short, NOPD has developed and implemented the building blocks necessary to transform the NOPD into a police department of which the New Orleans community rightfully can be proud.” Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 2
Background and History Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 3
A Brief History Of The Consent Decree Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 4
The Monitoring Team • Jonathan Aronie, Lead Monitor • Mary Ann Viverette, Gaithersburg PD Chief (ret) • David Douglass, Deputy Monitor • Robert McNeilly, Pittsburg PD Chief • Dennis Nowicki, Deputy Monitor (ret) • Geoff Alpert, PhD • Chet Epperson, Rockford PD Chief • Ashley Burns, PhD (ret) • Ellen Scrivner, PhD • Theron Bowman, Arlington PD Chief (ret) • Mitch Brown, Raleigh PD Chief (ret) • William Murphy, LA Dep. Chief (ret) Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 5
Our Mission • Serve as the eyes and ears of the U.S. District Court • Conduct audits, reviews, and assessments to evaluate compliance with the 492 paragraphs of the Consent Decree • Engage with and listen to the public in quarterly public meetings, small group gatherings, and one-on-one discussions • Continuously report findings/concerns to the parties • Report to the public through public meetings, public reports, and court hearings • Provide Technical Assistance where requested by NOPD, DOJ, or the Court Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 6
How We Monitor • Data analysis • Document reviews (e.g., policies, complaints, FICs, police reports, lesson plans, etc.) • Deep-dive audits • Focused practices reviews • Outcome assessments • Ride-alongs • Classroom monitoring • BWC reviews • Stakeholder meetings • Officer/leadership meetings Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 7
Monitor Reports Special Report Special Report Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Quarterly Supervision Officer Quarterly Report Report Report Report Report Policies & Selection Report 11/29/2013 5/27/2014 8/31/2014 12/19/2014 4/28/2015 Practices Practices 10/2/2015 7/21/2015 8/12/2015 Special Report Special Report Special Report 2 nd Biennial Quarterly Quarterly Background Special Report Quarterly Annual Domestic Report Report Investigation Use of Force Report Community Report Violence Patrol 2/26/2016 9/26/2016 Practices 5/5/2017 6/19/2017 Survey 4/10/2018 12/21/2017 1/18/2017 7/24/2017 Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 8
Compliance Overview Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 9
NOPD Compliance Status Summary • NOPD continues to make significant progress in every area under the Consent Decree • NOPD is fully cooperative in all OCDM efforts • NOPD leadership has proven themselves committed to reform, innovation, and the Consent Decree • The Department has undertaken several bold reform initiatives • Challenges remain, but they are being diligently worked Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 10
Areas of Ongoing Compliance Focus • Stops, Searches, Arrests • Use of Force (less than lethal) Progress is being made in • Supervision each of these areas, and • SA/DV patrol response NOPD is dedicating • Academy appropriate attention to ensure progress continues. • Recruitment/Recruit Vetting • Performance evaluations • Bias-Free Policing • Burden Reduction / Efficiency Creation Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 11
Te Technical Assistance • The Academy • Force Investigations Team (FIT) NOPD, DOJ, and the Monitoring Team • Public Integrity Bureau (PIB) have worked extremely well together to build capacity within the Department. • Use of Force Review Board The Monitoring Team has provided • Testing hundreds of hours of Technical • DV/SA Assistance, including significant pro • EPIC bono hours, to the Department over the • Community Policing past four years. • Compliance Bureau • Administrative Burden Reduction Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 12
Selected Compliance Highlights Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 13
• 2017 UOF Highlights • No off-leashes canine deployments Us Use O e Of F f For orce • No canine bites The Monitoring Team has • 3 OISs Department-wide been impressed with the • Consistent and thorough FIT Department’s commitment to investigations its UOF obligations under the • Effective Use of Force Review Board Consent Decree. • Better decision-point analysis • Areas for ongoing focus • Pointings • CEW use • Decision-point analysis Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 14
• In November 2014, OIG and OCDM identified significant flaws in SVS DV DV/SA investigations • NOPD initiated extensive corrective NOPD’s effort to meet its action DV/SA obligations under the • In June 2016, OIG and OCDM reported CD has been a bumpy ride, on NOPD’s remarkable turnaround but the Department has • SVS continues to perform well shown a firm commitment to overcome hurdles and • In December 2017, OCDM identified ongoing challenges in the patrol transform the way it handles response to Domestic Violence calls investigations. • Recent OCDM audits suggest much improvement in this area Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 15
• New policy St Stop/Se Search ch/Arrest • New training for officers To many, this item sits at the • Better training for PIB investigators heart of the Consent Decree. • But, recent OCDM audit identified Since compliance requires a significant culture change ongoing non-compliance at the from the Department’s patrol officer level historic practices, this item necessarily takes longer to • OCDM and DOJ preparing a accomplish than some other targeted follow-on SSA audit areas. Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 16
• Appointment of accomplished academic director Th The Ac Academy • New Master Training Plan The Academy has made • Newly-sequenced curriculum dramatic progress over the past two years. While more • Extensively revised lesson plans work is necessary, the • Updated course materials transformation that already has taken place is noteworthy. • Better use of technology • Better facility and equipment • More professional development opportunities for instructors Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 17
Academy y Se Sequenci cing Among the many improvements the Academy and the Monitoring Team partnered to solve was the creation of a fully sequenced recruit curriculum. Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 18
• The Monitoring Team has reviewed, Po Policies revised, and approved approximately 200 policies The Monitoring Team, DOJ, and NOPD have worked • New policies have been created to together to evaluate, revise, fill prior gaps and/or re-write every • Proactive critical incident BWC release material NOPD policy. policy • Scope of non-NOPD policing authority • Community-Oriented Policing • NOPD, DOJ, and OCDM continue to work closely together to keep all policies up to date Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 19
• NOPD initially had a slow start in this Community y Policing area • The Department’s current course is Community policing is a encouraging philosophy that promotes • A new Community Engagement partnering with the Manual is in place community to address • New training is being rolled out immediate concerns that give • Dedicated Community Policing officers rise to safety issues. have returned to the Districts • Enhanced tracking has increased accountability • Still need better coordination between NOPD and City service agencies Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 20
• Here again, NOPD’s progress has Re Recruiting/Vetting been inconsistent The CD requires NOPD to • The Monitoring Team issued a develop policies and practices critical report in late 2016 that ensures its recruits are highly qualified, diverse, and • NOPD implemented meaningful ethical. corrective actions • The Monitoring Team continues to work closely with MSB to ensure the effectiveness of those actions Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 21
• MAX • Unprecedented data transparency In Innovations • Enhanced Burden Reduction efforts • Traffic Accident Investigations While the CD does not • False Alarms Ordinance explicitly require being • APR innovative, many of the • Nation’s first department-wide peer intervention obligations outlined in the CD program (EPIC) can’t be accomplished • Nation‘s first police peer intervention conference (co-sponsored by SPLC and FOP) without innovation. After a slow start, the last few years • Nation’s first joint IPNO/PD detective training program have shown NOPD to be an • Meaningful Use of Force Review Board innovative and bold problem • Creation of civilian Academic Dean at the Academy solver. Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 22
Conclusion Office of the Consent Decree Monitor @2018 23
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