Collaborative reform initiative
Subtitle: an assessment of the San Francisco Police Department
Publisher: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Police; Police training; Officials and employees; Police-community relations; Police brutality; Attitudes; Police discretion; Police shootings; San Francisco (Calif.).
Other titles: Assessment of the San Francisco Police Department
Description: "In response to community concerns regarding several controversial officer-involved shootings, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and former Police Chief Greg Suhr asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to assess the departments policies and practices through the Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) process." -- p. vi.
Notes: Cover title.

"For the next 30 days, the COPS Office will be accepting comments regarding the report. Community members may submit comments to SanFrancisco.CRITA@usdoj.gov." -- Press release dated October 12, 2016. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=2902 (viewed October 12, 2016).

"October 2016".

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Letter from the Director; title: Collaborative Reform Team; title: Executive summary; title: Part I. Introduction. 1. Organization and structure; title: Part II. Assessment. 2. Use of force; title: 3. Bias; title: 4. Community policing practices; title: 5. Accountability; title: 6. Recruitment, hiring, and personnel practices; title: Part III. Conclusion. 7. Summary; title: 8. Next steps; title: Part IV. Appendices; title: Appendix A. Findings and recommendations; title: Appendix B. Background on San Francisco. San Francisco Police Department; title: San Francisco crime statistics; title: Appendix C. Methods; title: Appendix D. Use of force data and methodology; title: Appendix E. Traffice stop data statistical analysis; title: Appendix F. SFPD stop data collection recommendations; title: Appendix G. Memorandum of Agreement between U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and San Francisco Police Department for collaborative reform initiative for technical assistance; title: Appendix H. Goal and objectives statement; title: Appendix I. Memorandum re: Review of San Francisco proposed use of force policies; title: Appendix J. SFPD draft Department General Order 5.01: Use of force; title: Appendix K. Memorandum re: Recommendation regarding recent electronid communication incident; title: Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Bibliography; title: About the COPS Office.