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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DELPHINE ALLEN, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 00-cv-04599-TEH 

ORDER RE: RECRUITMENT, 

HIRING, AND EARLY WARNING 

PROCESSES 

 

The Compliance Director has informed the Court of the City’s request for his 

assistance with an ongoing audit being conducted jointly by the Oakland Police 

Department and the Oakland City Auditor. The Court is further informed that Plaintiffs do 

not oppose this request. The purpose of the audit, which the City initiated as one of 

several responses to recent personnel issues, is to examine the Department’s recruitment 

process and early warning system. 

Both of these areas are within the Compliance Director’s authority. The early 

warning system is the subject of Tasks 40 and 41 of the Negotiated Settlement Agreement 

(“NSA”), and the Compliance Director has “authority to direct specific actions by the City 

or OPD to attain or improve compliance levels, or remedy compliance errors, regarding all 

portions of the NSA and AMOU.” Dec. 12, 2012 Order at 6. The Compliance Director 

also has “the power to review, investigate, and take corrective action regarding OPD 

policies, procedures, and practices that are related to the objectives of the NSA and 

AMOU.” Id. There can be no question that the Department’s recruitment and hiring 

practices are related to the objectives of the NSA: 

The parties join in entering into this Settlement Agreement . . . 

to promote police integrity and prevent conduct that deprives 

persons of the rights, privileges and immunities secured or 

protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. The 

overall objective of this document is to provide for the 

expeditious implementation . . . of the best available practices 

and procedures for police management in the areas of 

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supervision, training and accountability mechanisms, and to 

enhance the ability of the Oakland Police Department . . . to 

protect the lives, rights, dignity and property of the community 

it serves. 

NSA at 1 (emphasis added). Accordingly, the Compliance Director requires no additional 

orders from the Court to provide the assistance sought by the City regarding the ongoing 

audit. 

Nonetheless, the Court issues this order to make clear that, in addition to providing 

the assistance requested by the City, the Compliance Director also has the authority to 

oversee the implementation of policies and practices to improve the Department’s 

recruitment, hiring, and early warning system processes. While some necessary changes 

might not become obvious until after the audit is completed, the Department shall, with the 

Compliance Director’s assistance and oversight, immediately begin reviewing these 

processes and implementing reforms to correct what recent events have demonstrated is a 

flawed system. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 06/16/16 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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