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Captain Conley: SFPD moving on DOJ recommendations; 44-item initial set tracked
Summary
Captain Mike Conley told the commission the department tracked 44 DOJ recommendations: 6 implemented, 23 in progress and 21 in approval, citing examples including use-of-force policy revisions, officer-involved-shooting callout procedures and an IT login prompt about permissible use of city devices.
Captain Mike Conley, speaking for the SFPD Professional Standards Bureau, updated the commission on implementation of recommendations tied to the Department of Justice collaborative reform initiative.
Conley said the initial package contained 44 recommendations and explained their current status: "6 of the initial recommendations... 6 of them were already implemented," he said, and "23 of those continue to be in progress" while "21 of the 44 are in the approval process." He described the workflow from executive sponsors to project managers and back through professional standards for final sign-off.
Conley offered three concrete examples: a revised use-of-force process that drew on prior collaborative work; a new officer-involved-shooting callout and notification system that recently went live and was used successfully in a recent shooting; and an IT-driven login prompt on department devices that reminds users that city equipment is for work and that communications may be monitored. "We were testing [the notification] system out and it went live the first January first," Conley said of the callout system, adding that early use "worked fabulously." On the IT prompt he said the department is working with a vendor to expand the prompt to smartphones.
Commissioners asked about stakeholder participation and oversight: Conley said project managers use a web-based project-management tool to document who was invited to external stakeholder groups (including the Bar Association, the Human Rights Commission and community representatives) and that project managers submit monthly update forms describing participation and progress. He said that completed recommendation packets will be made available electronically for public review and that the next reporting period, in February, will cover a larger set of recommendations and show more progress.
Conley also noted that the overall implementation timeline the department is tracking projects completion into mid-2018, consistent with the initial collaborative reform schedule. "This projects out to June of 2018," he said describing the visual timeline the bureau is using.
