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RFP No. 59548 Page 3 of 40 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR I. INTRODUCTION The City of San Leandro (City) serves a diverse community of approximately 91,000 residents located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, located between Oakland to the northwest and Ashland to the southeast. The City is seeking the services of a qualified firm or individual to serve as the Independent Police Auditor (IPA) to audit critical incidents, complaints, policies, procedures, trainings and to potentially conduct independent investigations of the San Leandro Police Department (SLPD). The IPA will be an independent contract position reporting directly to the City Manager. It was created by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on April 3, 2022, where the City Council also created a 9-member Community Police Review Board (the “Board”). II. BACKGROUND The IPA will be an independent contract position reporting directly to the City Manager. It was created by an ordinance adopted by the City Council on April 3, 2022, where the City Council also created a 9-member Community Police Review Board (the “Board”). The Board’s membership will include two (2) student members between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty (22), one (1) member from each of the six (6) Council Member Districts and an at large member appointed by the Mayor. The IPA will work with the Board to create a cohesive partnership that focuses on evaluating complaints, concerns about policing, and to examine police policy. The Board’s functions include: 1. Receive community feedback and complaints, and refer them for further review, as appropriate, to the IPA or the internal affairs function of the police department. 2. Receive reports from the IPA regarding personnel discipline and complaints, critical incidents, police department policies, and other law enforcement matters. 3. Evaluate police department policies of compelling community-wide concern based on trends and data, as deemed necessary by a majority of the CPRB. 4. Make recommendations to the City Manager on the job requirements, application process, and evaluation criteria of candidates for the Chief of Police. 5. Create and implement an annual work plan that consists of a community outreach plan to assure all members of the community have an opportunity to share concerns about policing. The City is currently accepting applications for membership to the newly established Board.