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Council hears update on LAPD consent decree compliance; members press for receipt printouts and monitoring
Summary
Council members received an update on implementation of the LAPD consent decree pilot and data-collection RFP; Councilmember Pacheco and others requested that the RFP require a printed receipt for individuals stopped so the stops can be audited, and the ad hoc committee and staff said an RFP is being prepared with that capability.
Council members received a status update on implementation steps tied to the Los Angeles Police Department’s consent decree and discussed the department’s pilot data collection system and the need for auditability and community outreach.
Councilmember Ed Pacheco said the council should require that the RFP for the stop-and-report data collection include a mechanism to provide the civilian who was stopped with a receipt. "The value of the receipt," Pacheco said, is that in the event of multiple stops in a neighborhood, "we can actually deal with some sort of auditing or basically counter checking the official police report through an external mechanism." Staff and committee members agreed the receipt capability should be included in the RFP and that an RFP was being prepared.
Councilmember Misakowski said the ad hoc committee on the consent decree would ensure the printout capability is a requirement of the RFP and that the independent monitor had begun meeting with city staff and would be part of reporting to the city. She said the committee would provide council members with the RFP language so they could verify the requirement.
Councilmember Garcetti pressed staff on which consent-decree provisions were not yet implemented and on whether community outreach beyond existing CPAB (Community Police Advisory Boards) channels would be expanded. Staff said a fuller report on July 1 due dates would be released in about a week and that outreach enhancements were under consideration. Staff also warned some deadlines were already slipping and the committee asked for explanations and catch-up plans.
The council adopted the committee report by recorded vote (12 ayes). The meeting record shows the council directed staff to include receipt/printout capabilities in procurement specifications and to return with written status updates on compliance milestones.
