City Council voted unanimously on a $350,000 contract extension with the law enforcement consulting firm to continue its comprehensive review of APD.
, which will allow the law enforcement consulting firm to work on the third phase of its."Phase C" of the review will focus on how APD complies with federal and state law and the department's"complaint and grievance procedures concerning allegations of racial and sexual discrimination and harassment in the workplace." It will also evaluate how department leadership handled prior incident investigation reports regarding allegations of workplace discrimination.
Issues with how APD handles internal complaints about workplace culture – in particular, how former Chiefand his inner circle mishandled claims and evidence of persistent racism from one of their own, former Assistant Chiefthat called for the work Kroll has been doing.
Kroll expects Phase C of its review to take about six months after it receives the information it needs from APD . In addition to workplace culture, the review will look at misconduct incidents over the past decade resulting in lawsuits."The final report will identify any patterns or trends that suggest disparate outcomes based on ethnicity or race and opportunities for better agency risk management," a July 26says of the review.
The review will produce more recommendations for APD to implement. Those will include continuing education for all active APD personnel. as part of required biennial recertification as peace officers, that covers implicit bias, de-escalation, and the history of policing and its intersections with race and identity in America.
Kroll's review will also include a Phase D, which will look at various communications used by APD personnel – a longstanding goal of local justice advocates. This includes public social media posts , emails, and text messages on city devices within the past five years.
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