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2. Employee Responsibilities:
Any member who becomes involved in a reportable use of force incident or
discharges a firearm, Taser, or chemical irritant control device for any reason, other
than an approved training exercise, shall:
a. Summon medical aid, as needed;
b. Immediately notify a supervisor that they have been involved in a use of force
incident;
c. If the force used falls within Level 6 and/or results in death or serious
likelihood of death, the employee shall adhere to the provisions of Section 4.8
of the Riverside Police Department Policy and Procedures Manual.
d. Report the full details of the use of force incident in the related Department
arrest or crime report;
e. Use a Department "memorandum" form to report the full details of the use of
force incident when a crime or arrest report is not required;
f. When off duty, notify the Watch Commander immediately.
3. Supervisor Responsibilities:
The notified or designated supervisor shall:
a. Confirm medical aid has been summoned, as needed.
b. Respond to the scene, independently investigate the use of force and make a
report of the incident.
c. If the force used falls within Level 6 and/or results in death or serious
likelihood of death, the supervisor shall notify the Watch Commander
immediately and adhere to the provisions of Section 4.8 of the Riverside Police
Department Policy and Procedures Manual. The Watch Commander shall
make additional notifications in accordance with Section 4.8.
d. Photographs shall be taken in all reportable use of force incidents that result in
an injury, or a complaint of injury. If practicable, photographs of the subject
and the injury should be taken after the injury or wound is cleansed by medical
personnel and before medical treatment, if any is necessary. Care should be
taken to protect the subject's personal privacy interests. Any possible concerns
should be discussed with a field supervisor prior to taking the photographs.
e. The investigating supervisor shall report the incident as follows:
1. A “Supervisor Use of Force Report” form shall be completed within
twenty four (24) hours and forwarded to the Office of Internal Affairs,
when the force used was within Level 3, 4, or 5 of this policy.
Object Description
| Title | Policing accountability: an empirical investigation of state-sponsored police reform in Riverside, California |
| Author | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Author email | jagclash@yahoo.com; jgomez@treasurer.ca.gov |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 13 Oct. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Newland, Chester A. Wong, Janelle S. |
| Abstract | The police have the ability to detain, arrest, and use force when necessary. Police accountability is thus of paramount concern to the public. Numerous examples of police misconduct, including cases of excessive force, brutality, and corruption, appear regularly via the news media. These incidents often evidence systemic organizational problems in law enforcement agencies. Scholars have observed that attempts at police reform have placed too much emphasis on individuals behaving badly, rather than on the systemic problems of the police department.; Beginning in the second half of the 1990s, federal and state Attorneys General began employing institutional reform litigation, in the form of consent decrees, to reform law enforcement agencies and enhance police accountability. The consent decrees were crafted to address systemic organizational dysfunction in local police departments. The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) conducted most of these reform interventions. However, a notable exception was the settlement agreement between the Attorney General of the State of California and the City of Riverside, California.; There has been little research on the efficacy of these efforts to rehabilitate law enforcement agencies. This analysis is a case study of the effectiveness of the institutional reform intervention by the California Attorney General into the Riverside Police Department (RPD). The detailed examination revealed that the intervention produced constructive changes in the way the RPD conducts its business. The RPD became more professional, effective, transparent and accountable as it implemented the provisions of the consent decree, demonstrating that institutional reform litigation can result in meaningful police reform. The shadow of the law was ever present, encouraging an ethos of cooperation and exerting pressure for meaningful organizational change. The Riverside experience suggests that a facilitative oversight style produces constructive collaboration between the parties, improving the likelihood of durable police reform. Moreover, consent decrees to correct systemic police misconduct should not be the exclusive purview of the USDOJ. State Attorneys General can effectively initiate police reform and in some cases state intervention is a more appropriate alternative. |
| Keyword | institutional reform; police reform; police accountability; state attorney's general; police misconduct; organizational change; consent decrees |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Riverside |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 1993/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1664 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Gomez-2358 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Gomez-2358.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 222 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 210 2. Employee Responsibilities: Any member who becomes involved in a reportable use of force incident or discharges a firearm, Taser, or chemical irritant control device for any reason, other than an approved training exercise, shall: a. Summon medical aid, as needed; b. Immediately notify a supervisor that they have been involved in a use of force incident; c. If the force used falls within Level 6 and/or results in death or serious likelihood of death, the employee shall adhere to the provisions of Section 4.8 of the Riverside Police Department Policy and Procedures Manual. d. Report the full details of the use of force incident in the related Department arrest or crime report; e. Use a Department "memorandum" form to report the full details of the use of force incident when a crime or arrest report is not required; f. When off duty, notify the Watch Commander immediately. 3. Supervisor Responsibilities: The notified or designated supervisor shall: a. Confirm medical aid has been summoned, as needed. b. Respond to the scene, independently investigate the use of force and make a report of the incident. c. If the force used falls within Level 6 and/or results in death or serious likelihood of death, the supervisor shall notify the Watch Commander immediately and adhere to the provisions of Section 4.8 of the Riverside Police Department Policy and Procedures Manual. The Watch Commander shall make additional notifications in accordance with Section 4.8. d. Photographs shall be taken in all reportable use of force incidents that result in an injury, or a complaint of injury. If practicable, photographs of the subject and the injury should be taken after the injury or wound is cleansed by medical personnel and before medical treatment, if any is necessary. Care should be taken to protect the subject's personal privacy interests. Any possible concerns should be discussed with a field supervisor prior to taking the photographs. e. The investigating supervisor shall report the incident as follows: 1. A “Supervisor Use of Force Report” form shall be completed within twenty four (24) hours and forwarded to the Office of Internal Affairs, when the force used was within Level 3, 4, or 5 of this policy. |
