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Ad hoc committee presses OPD for clearer audit timelines, weighs trimming duplicate reporting in template
Summary
Oakland Police Commission ad hoc members debated the OPD reporting template, asking for clearer timelines for IG audits and proposing a reporting cadence that uses a recommendations tracker to avoid duplicative updates; they also discussed keeping admin‑leave metrics on a quarterly schedule.
At its May 18 ad hoc meeting the Oakland Police Commission discussed refinements to an OPD reporting template and sought clearer, written timelines for audits and reporting coordination with the Office of the Inspector General.
IG told the committee "we just need cooperation. We need a timeline," asking OPD to provide written scheduling and status updates so the commission and contractors can plan and avoid ambiguity about when audit work and reportouts will occur. Committee members agreed that IG should send a drafted bullet listing completed work for the CMC filing and also press OPD for a written timeline.
Ricardo summarized OPD’s concerns that some template fields duplicate information that IG or CPR already collect and that certain discipline details might raise confidentiality issues. Committee members discussed limiting frequent updates of low‑changing metrics and suggested moving some data points (for example administrative‑leave counts) into a quarterly updates section or to existing OPD reports so the commission can be CC'd rather than requesting repeated ad hoc reporting.
To reduce duplication and improve follow‑up, members recommended using a recommendations tracker as the common vehicle for status: IG reports on audit work and recommendations; when audits conclude, OPD reports to the tracker on whether it has accepted recommendations and what corrective actions it is implementing. "These are the recommendations. Did we comply? Did we accept them? Are we moving forward to following the recommendations tracker?" a participant asked while describing the tracker model.
The committee agreed to coordinate with DC Osmus on fine‑tuning the template and to return recommendations to the ad hoc; the chair said the OPD template and the time‑sensitive proposal letter will be on the commission’s agenda at an upcoming meeting targeted for June 11. No formal vote was taken.
