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File Number: 22-191 misusing records developed to take personnel actions; and/or (iv) directing that action be taken on police department employees. (C)Notwithstanding any other rights or functions contained herein, including the receipt and referral of Penal Code Section 832.5 complaints, the board must refrain from drafting or submitting any subpoena or soliciting a second legal opinion on a matter after receiving an opinion from the City Attorney without first submitting such request to the City Manager who shall forward it to the City Council. 4.Upon notice of vacancy for the position of Chief of Police, receive from the City Manager a report on the job requirements, application process, and evaluation criteria of candidates for the Chief of Police, and make recommendations to the City Manager regarding the job requirements, application process, and evaluation criteria. 1-3-1760 Independent Police Auditor There is hereby established an independent police auditor, who is appointed by and is a direct report to the City Manager, who shall perform the following functions: (a)Serve as an independent monitor of the police department. (b)Participate in all internal affairs and administrative review processes conducted by the police department. The independent police auditor shall receive immediate notification of all critical incidents and may at its discretion provide advice to the police department’s administrative investigations team during its internal affairs investigation, and shall receive all of the same documents and records as the police department’s administrative investigators. (c)Serve as the law enforcement subject matter expert to the board. The independent police auditor shall assist the board with classifying Penal Code Section 832.5 complaints; analyze for the board local, State, and national police data and trends; make expert recommendations to the board and the Police Chief on police department policies, with specific expert recommendations pertaining to investigations, training, and discipline policies; assist the board with the preparation of the board’s annual report and workplan; and in collaboration with the City Manager support the board’s public outreach activities. (d)Recommend, with the Police Chief’s and the specifically affected police department personnel’s written consent, referrals for voluntary and confidential mediation of specific complaints to community based mediation services provided by trained or certified mediators. 1-3-1770 Qualifications of the Independent Police Auditor (a)Subject to the discretion and judgment of the City Manager, the independent police auditor shall at a minimum have professional experience, certifications, and other qualifications specifically related to law enforcement agency personnel investigations, and California law related to the Public Safety Officer’s Procedural Bill of Rights Act (California Government Code Section 3300 et seq.). (b)Before appointment, the independent police auditor shall be subject to a full background check, confidentiality oath or agreement, and training on access to San Leandro police department personnel investigations and records. Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/16/2022