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THE AUDIT OF SLPD MISCONDUCT COMPLAINT AND DISCIPLINE PROCESS Our IPA team will be assessing the disciplinary system to determine whether cases are being resolved fairly and with appropriate levels of discipline as well as auditing the complaint database to regularly assess how complaints are classified and whether investigation timelines are met. To this end, we will be discussing the system with relevant stakeholders, determining the manner in which determinations of punishment are arrived at, and will report on any improvements to the process that we think would be appropriate. AUDITS OF SLPD POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND TRAINING Similar to the audit of complaints and discipline, our IPA team will be assessing policies, procedures and training in each of the following areas. SLPD STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS The IPA team will audit SLPD’s efforts in meeting the Strategic Plan goals, including goals with regard to training on procedural justice, the Guardian mindset, implicit/unconscious bias, and de-escalation. In this ongoing audit, the IPA team will not just review whether certain trainings have been implemented and completed but rather those trainings’ effect on officer performance to provide insight into the overall goal of improving SLPD is being realized. COMPLIANCE WITH RIPA REQUIREMENTS In auditing SLPD’s compliance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 (RIPA) requirements, the IPA team will monitor SLPD’s stop data and other relevant data points to report on SLPD’s compliance with the mandates of RIPA. BIASED POLICING In addition to reporting on RIPA compliance, we will be auditing to determine whether any SLPD enforcement actions are based on impermissible uses of personal characteristics such as to indicate that an individual officer or officers are engaged in biased policing. We will discuss with relevant stakeholders the degree to which continuous monitoring of data can being used to mitigate potential biased policing or claims thereof. In doing so, we are keenly aware that disparities in demographic composition of those involved in police action alone is not necessarily indicative of biased policing. USE OF FORCE The IPA team will also audit use of force data, including taser usage, both for accuracy in reporting and classification, for use in potential early intervention at the supervisory level and for any noteworthy trends. This will include audits of supervisory review of uses of force. We will discuss with relevant stakeholders the degree to which continuous monitoring of data can be used to mitigate potential excessive uses of force or claims thereof.