IPA PUBLICATIONS 

Current Year End Report

The IPA Office's Year End Report includes a statistical analysis of the number of complaints made, the complaints sustained and the actions taken. It also reports on trends and patterns and makes recommendations.

Archived Reports

Case Summaries in 2021 Year End Report

Student Guide

The office also published the youth guide titled, "A Student's Guide to Police Practices." The goal of the guide is to provide information about interacting with police officers and to help them make smart decisions. It contains fundamental information every youth and parent needs to know about police practices.

External reports about sjpd

Independent After Action Regarding the Events of May 29-June 7, 2020 Report prepared by the OIR Group dated October 2021.

Use of Force Assessment of the San Jose Police Department Report prepared by CNA Corporation dated February 2022.

21st Century Policing Assessment of the San Jose Police Department Report prepared by CNA Corporation dated February 2022.

Excerpts from the San Jose's Charter Review Commission's Final Report dated December 3, 2021 pertaining to police oversight and accountability.

Law Enforcement Department Have Not Adequately Guarded Against Biased Conduct Report prepared by the California State Auditor dated April 26, 2022.

Investigations of Police Misconduct in San Jose Report prepared by Moeel Lah Fakhoury LLP dated November 2022.

RESOURCES

San Jose Police Department Duty Manual

San Jose Police Department's Records for Public Review

• California law requires law enforcement agencies to post certain records on their websites. These records include all current standards, policies, practices, operating procedures, and education and training materials that would otherwise be available via a request made under the California Public Records Act request.

National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)

• NACOLE is a non-profit organization that works to enhance accountability and transparency in policing and build community trust through civilian oversight.

California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) of 2015

• RIPA requires the 15 largest California law enforcement agencies, as specified, to collect data regarding stop of individuals and to report this data to the California Department of Justice. The RIPA Board releases an annual report containing an analysis of millions of police and pedestrian stops. The Report closely examines a wide range of issue areas related to racial and identity profiling, providing context and research to deepen stakeholders' understanding of the stop data collected under the RIPA.

• RIPA Board Reports
• RIPA Dashboard Portal

RElevant information

AB 1506: Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations and Reviews

• Effective July 1, 2021, the California Department of Justice is required to investigate all incidents of an officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of an unarmed civilian in the state. Historically, these critical incidents in California had been primarily handled by local law enforcement agencies and the state’s 58 district attorneys.

Assembly Bill 1506 provides the California Department of Justice with an important tool to directly help build and maintain trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve by creating a mandate for an independent, statewide prosecutor, moving forward, to investigate and review officer-involved shootings of unarmed civilians across California. The California Department of Justice will investigate and review for potential criminal liability all such incidents covered under AB 1506. Note: these incidents are limited to those in which an OIS of an unarmed civilian results in death. 

 Podcast: On Our Watch

• In 2018, the California Legislature passed SB1421, The Right To Know Act, allowing the public the right to see certain police misconduct records via a Public Records Act ("PRA") request. That act gives the public the right to see the non-confidential documents of state and local government agencies. Reporters from National Public Radio and local radio station KQED requested and examined records supplied by various California law enforcement agencies under The Right To Know Act. This podcast series entitled On Our Watch provides some narratives detailing what happens inside internal investigations that promise accountability.

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