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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DELPHINE ALLEN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF OAKLAND, et al.,

Defendants.

MASTER CASE FILE

NO. C00-4599 TEH 

ORDER RE: DEADLINES

FOLLOWING APRIL 20, 2006

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE

AND RELATED CASES

Following the April 20, 2006 case management conference, the parties met and

conferred with the Independent Monitoring Team (“IMT”) regarding a number of deadlines. 

The IMT has now reported the results of the parties’ meeting and conferring to the Court, and

the deadlines and other actions agreed upon by the parties shall become orders of this Court. 

Accordingly, with good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Internal Affairs Policy. Defendants shall update and publish IAD Policy and

Procedure 05-04, “Procedures for Force and Death Investigations,” on or before June 16,

2006. Defendants shall complete training of all relevant personnel on this policy or before

September 14, 2006. Deputy Chief Jeffrey Israel shall be the responsible commander for

completing these tasks and, as a result, may be held in contempt of court if Defendants fail to

publish the specified policy or complete the requisite training by the deadlines set forth in

this paragraph.

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2. Use of Force Policies. (a) Defendants shall update or draft, and then publish, the

following policies on or before August 1, 2006, and complete training of all relevant

personnel on the following policies on or before October 30, 2006:

DGO C-4: “Safety Equipment”

DGO K-9: “Department Canine Program”

TB III-B.4: “Handcuffing Techniques”

TB V-G: “Use of Police Canines”

TB III-H.1: “Use of TASER”

TB III-H.2: “Use of the Long Baton,” renamed as “Use of Hand Held Impact

Weapons”

TB V-F.2: “Use of Oleoresin Capsicum,” renamed as “Use of Chemical Agents”

TB V-O: “Officer Involved Shooting”

TB III-X: “Deadly Force and Vehicles”

TB-X-X: “Specialty Impact Munitions”

(b) In addition, Defendants shall update and publish the following policy on or before

October 1, 2006, and complete training of all relevant personnel on the following policy on

or before December 30, 2006:

TB III-N: “Recognizing and Handling Mentally Disturbed People”

(c) Defendants shall also immediately cancel all obsolete polices where no

replacement policy is necessary. For those policies where a replacement policy is necessary,

the policies shall be cancelled immediately upon publication of appropriate replacement

policies.

(d) Deputy Chief Howard Jordan shall be the responsible commander for completing

the tasks identified in paragraphs (a) through (c) above and, as a result, may be held in

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contempt of court if Defendants fail to publish the specified policies or complete the requisite

training by the deadlines set forth in those paragraphs.

(e) The Court understands that Defendants are in the process of comprehensively

updating their use of force policies, including those that may not fall within the scope of the

negotiated settlement agreement. The Court commends Defendants for taking such a

proactive approach and strongly encourages Defendants to complete this comprehensive

review without delay. In particular, the Court looks forward to learning about Defendants’

progress in updating, drafting, publishing, and completing training on the following policies

in a timely manner:

SO 4725: “Positional Asphyxia”

TB III-B.3: “Searches of Persons”

TB III-B.6: “Contact and Cover”

TB III-F: “Reaching Into a Parked, Occupied Vehicle”

TB III-F.2: “Prisoner Safety”

TB III-S: “In-Custody Ingestion of Narcotics”

TB III-V: “Challenge and Reply: Procedures for Identifying Plainclothes”

TB III-Z: “Solo Foot Pursuits”

TB V-F.1: “Police Weapons-Their Use and Care”

TB Y-Y: “Use of the WRAP”

3. Personnel Assessment System. The Court understands that Defendants are now

referring to the early identification and intervention system required by the negotiated

settlement agreement as the Personnel Assessment System (“PAS”), rather than the

Personnel Information Management System (“PIMS”). Thus, all references to PIMS in the

settlement agreement and any other documents in the case file shall now be construed to refer

to PAS. 

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(a) On December 22, 2005, the Court ordered Defendants to provide to the IMT a

draft policy for what was then known as PIMS, and the Court further named Deputy Chief

Jeffrey Israel as the responsible commander for that task. The Court understands that

Defendants are currently in the process of revising the PIMS (now PAS) policy following the

IMT’s first round of comments. Defendants shall provide a revised draft PAS policy to the

IMT on or before June 26, 2006. After working with the IMT to further refine the revised

draft, Defendants shall publish the PAS policy on or before September 29, 2006, and

complete training of all relevant personnel on that policy on or before December 31, 2006. 

Deputy Chief Israel will no longer bear responsibility for these tasks. Instead, Lieutenant

Kenneth Parris shall be the responsible commander and, as a result, may be held in contempt

of court if Defendants fail to provide the revised draft PAS policy to the IMT, publish the

final PAS policy, or complete the requisite training by the deadlines set forth in this

paragraph.

(b) The Court further understands that the City of Oakland is under contract with

Motorola to provide hardware, software, and customized modules for PAS. The Motorola

system is known as EVALIS. Defendants shall install the EVALIS client software and base

modules (Document Managers) on all required computers on or before September 18, 2006. 

Defendants shall complete training of all relevant personnel on the new system, including

training for all data entry points, on or before December 31, 2006. Ahsan Baig, Information

Technology Department Manager, shall be responsible for these tasks and, as a result, may

be held in contempt of court if Defendants fail to meet the deadlines set forth in this

paragraph. The Court understands, however, that Defendants’ ability to meet these deadlines

may be impacted if Motorola does not timely deliver to Defendants the customized modules,

documentation, training, and EVALIS version 1.94, as specified in the City’s contract with

Motorola.

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(c) Defendants shall have PAS in place in its entirety on or before January 1, 2007,

provided that Motorola delivers all systems on time, with the systems working properly, as

required by the City’s contract with Motorola.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 05/10/06 

THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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