Opinion ID: 169352
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Data-Collection Provisions

Text: 8 Two Decree provisions relate to data necessary to monitor compliance with the Decree's requirements. Section 3 requires the TPD to maintain a data-collection system that tracks information on each officer, including race, gender, assignments, training, performance ratings, complaints, discipline, traffic citations, arrests, and civil complaints. Section 27 adds to these obligations the requirement that the City maintain the records necessary to document its compliance with the terms of th[e] Decree. Id. at 351. Subsection 27.3 grants access by the Independent Auditor (a monitoring position created by the Decree, to be discussed later) to a wide variety of TPD data and reports. Under § 27.4 Counsel for Plaintiffs shall be provided access to the[se] documents and data ... upon reasonable request to the City. Id. at 353. Subsections 27.4 and 27.5 state that Plaintiffs may also request other open records relevant to compliance and shall have the right to share with Plaintiffs' Counsel information relevant to compliance with this Decree available to them over the Department's intranet. Id. In addition, under § 27.8 [t]he City shall provide Plaintiffs' counsel quarterly access to the Chief of Police. Id. at 354.