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1.The current chief of police in Oakland police department is Sean Whent. Sean is a former chief in the department of risk management. He was worked with auditing reforms that have been negotiating settlement agreement due to the instability of OPD to conform to court order. The main function of OPD law enforcement is to patrol within their respective areas, provide additional uniform police in parks, street fairs and markets. It is also their responsibility to assist in marathons, Pedestrian traffics and parades.
2. OPD was the third Police Academy to be awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies on December 26, 2006.
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The number of sworn officers in OPD is approximately 637 officers. OPD also consist of civilian personnel and they are approximately 7000 civilians working for the OPD doing work such Psychologist, Auxiliary Police Volunteers etc.
4. As the year 2010 ended, the quantity of minorities in the force was 47% and they were officers on patrol. The percentile of detectives in the force was 43%. In the category of Sergeants only 39% were minorities with the difference been the majority. When it comes to Captains inside the force, the percentage of minorities was a staggering 18%. The percentage of lieutenants in the minority corner was 24% and last but not least the percentage of chiefs in the minority side had a percentage of 33%.
B. come the end of the year 2010 a tally was done and the following information was released to the public. The percentage of the whole staff that was considered white was 53%. Of all the officers on patrol on a day to day basis, 53% or 11,717 officers were black, Latino, or Asian, whereas 47% or 10,482 officers were non Hispanic Europeans. Of all the chiefs in the force, 7 were white while the remainder was mixed races. The number of detectives that were white was 2,953 out of a total of5, 177 while the remainder was a mixture of different races. Sergeants were 2,841 who were white coming to a percentage of 61% out of 4,639. Captains were 356 or 82% who were white out of a total of 432. Lastly the lieutenants who were white were 1, 323 or 76% out of a total of 1, 742.
5. The jurisdiction information of the force is as follows: – The size that the state troopers manage is 54, 556 square miles or 141, 300 km squared. The population of the whole state is 19. 4 million.6. The Okland police force began its community policing approach in the early 1990s and its main objective was to bring together the police and the community residents to work together so as to fight crime. In my opinion it takes up to around 67%. It has several policing initiatives as listed below:
Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect Campaign
Precinct Community Councils
Citizen’s police academy
Cultural Diversity workshops
Model Block Program
Clergy Liaison Program
7. OPD has numerous geographical beats and they are listed below as follows:
Manhattan
1st Precinct 16 Ericsson Place 5th Precinct 19 Elizabeth Street
6th Precinct 233 West 10 Street
7th Precinct 19 1/2 Pitt Street
9th Precinct 321 East 5 Street
10th Precinct 230 West 20th Street
13th Precinct 230 East 21st Street
Midtown So.Pct.357 West 35th Street
17th Precinct 167 East 51st Street
Midtown HYPERLINK “http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_018.shtml”No.Pct.306 West 54th Street
19th Precinct 153 East 67th Street
20th Precinct 120 West 82nd Street
Central Park Pct.86th St & Transverse Road
23rd Precinct 162 East 102nd Street
24th Precinct 151 West 100th Street
25th Precinct 120 East 119th Street
26th Precinct 520 West 126th Street
28th Precinct 2271-89 8th Avenue
30th Precinct 451 West 151st Street
32nd Precinct 250 West 135th Street
33rd Precinct 2207 Amsterdam Avenue
34th Precinct 4295 Broadway
40th Precinct 257 Alexander Avenue
41st Precinct 1035 Longwood Avenue
42nd Precinct 830 Washington Avenue
43rd Precinct 900 Freely Avenue
44th Precinct 2 East 169th Street
45th Precinct 2877 Barkley Avenue
46th Precinct 2120 Rye Avenue
47th Precinct 4111 Laconia Avenue
48th Precinct 450 Cross Bronx Expressway
49th Precinct 2121 Eastchester Road
50th Precinct 3450 Kingsbridge Avenue
52nd Precinct 3016 Webster Avenue
60th Precinct 2951 West 8th Street
61st Precinct 2575 Coney Island Avenue
62nd Precinct 1925 Bath Avenue
63rd Precinct 1844 Brooklyn Avenue
66th Precinct 5822 16th Avenue
67th Precinct 2820 Snyder Avenue
68th Precinct 333 65th Street
69th Precinct 9720 Foster Avenue
70th Precinct 154 Lawrence Avenue
71st Precinct 421 Empire Boulevard
72nd Precinct 830 4th Avenue
73rd Precinct 1470 East New York Avenue
75th Precinct 1000 Sutter Avenue
76th Precinct 191 Union Street
77th Precinct 127 Utica Avenue
78th Precinct 65 6th Avenue
79th Precinct 263 Tompkins Avenue
81st Precinct 30 Ralph Avenue
83rd Precinct 480 Knickerbockers Avenue
84th Precinct 301 Gold Street
88th Precinct 298 Classon Avenue
90th Precinct 211 Union Avenue
94th Precinct 100 Meserole Avenue
100th Precinct 92-24 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
101st Precinct 16-12 Mott Avenue
102nd Precinct 87-34 118th Street
103rd Precinct 168-02 P.O Edward Byrne Ave.
104th Precinct 64-2 Catalpa Avenue
105th Precinct 92-08 222nd Street
106th Precinct 103-53 101st Street
107th Precinct 71-01 Parsons Boulevard
108th Precinct 5-47 50th Avenue
109th Precinct 37-05 Union Street
110th Precinct 94-41 43rd Avenue
111th Precinct 42-06 215th Street
112th Precinct 68-40 Austin Street
113th Precinct 167-02 Baisley Boulevard
114th Precinct 34-16 Astoria Boulevard
115th Precinct 92-15 Northern Boulevard
120th Precinct 78 Richmond Terrace
122nd Precinct 2320 Hylan Boulevard
123rd Precinct 116 Main Street
8.Sworn patrol officers work four (9 hour) days in a row on a rotating schedule which includes working weekends and holidays. Officers are assigned to one of three watches:
>First watch
>Second watch
>Third watch
9. There are a number of employee and bargaining unions in the New York force. They are as follows: – Oakland and Hospitals corporation. This union operates the public hospitals and clinics in Oakland. It operates more than 10 hospitals, four nursing homes, six diagnostic and treatment centers and more than 70 community-based care sites that cater for mainly for the poor and working class in the city.
The next agency is the Oakland office of emergency management that deals with the oversight and the development of the city’s emergency management plans. It regularly tests their plans by conducting a number of drills and exercises and responds to ensure that other agencies follow this plan and communicate among the other responding agencies.
Another agency in Oakland is the Oakland Landmarks Preservation commission that is responsible for the preservation of historically important buildings, structures, and other objects that make up the Oakland vista. The commission preserves not only historic buildings, but also the overall feel of neighborhoods that are designated as historic districts.
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A. A Patrol Officer in the OPD is usually assigned geographical areas for a period of not less than a week where they rotate to other areas overtime. They change shifts through use of shift bidding that allows the OPD police officers to bid for time that they want to work on patrol. Shift bidding in OPD is done monthly
11. Ranking structure in descending order:
12. The Hierarchy of personnel in the OPD is as follows in ascending order:
Police commissioner who is the person in charge of OPD
Chief of Department
Assistant chief
Deputy Chief
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Detective
Police Officer
Probationary Police officer
Recruit Officer
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Emergency service unit
The Emergency Service Unit is a constituent of the Special Operations Division. It offers dedicated support and highly developed equipment to supplementary OPD units and is cross trained in numerous disciplines for law enforcement and rescue effort. All ESU officers are trained in search and rescue, SCUBA diving, building collapse and heavy weapons and hazardous materials containment. They lift subway trains, remove roofs from car wrecks and counsel emotionally disturbed individuals out of dangerous situations.
Other specialized units are as follows:
K-9
Aviation unit
Harbor unit as well as scuba team
Mounted unit
Anti-terrorism unit
Criminal intelligence
Anti-gang Unit
Bomb disposal unit
Narcotics unit
Public transportation and Housing unit
14. All the employees are trained in incident command system. The incident command system is a systematic tool that is usually used to command, control and coordination of emergency response in Oakland. It normally deals in disaster management and humanitarian assistance. It improves emergency response operations of all types and complexities. For example the Okland air-sea rescue that is the coordinated search and rescue of survivors of water ways emergencies as well as citizens who have lost their vessels while at sea.
15. The issues facing Oakland police department are as follows: –
Use of Anti-Muslim Propaganda
The Jews for racial and economic justice condemned the OPD for showing an anti-Muslim film to approximately 1,500 police officers during part of their training. This was wrong of the OPD as it is considered unethical and unlawful.
Disregard of team values
In 2009 FBI and the OPD were mandated to work together in the investigation of terrorist NajibullahZazi. This project almost failed terribly as the OPD agents decided to work as lone wolves and ticked off the terrorist.
Racism
The daily news reported very disturbing news stating that some OPD senior officers of an elite unit within the department used racial slurs against Black people that refer to them as animals and should be treated as such.
16. The mission of the OPD is to augment the excellence of life in the city by working in partnership with the general public and in accordance with constitutional rights to implement the laws, safeguard the peace, decrease fear and present a safe setting.
17. To maintain officer law enforcement, the STATE mandates one refresher in-service training hours every five years
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OPD and FBI
The two law enforcement agencies teamed up to carry out terrorist investigations on NajibullahZazi.
OPD and Massachusetts State Police
They worked together to spy and monitor a group known as the Black Tea Society.OPD and numerous law enforcement agencies
The agencies with the help of the OPD were able to capture or kill the suspects of the Boston marathon bombing recently.
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A. There are no specified dates for hiring in the OPD, if and when an applicant completes the requirements to become an officer of the OPD successfully he or she will be hired immediately. The starting salary is $41,975 per month.
B. in order to apply for the position of law enforcement officer in the OPD the applicant has to have the following:
Sixty college credits with a 2.0 GPA from accredited college or university or two years of full-time, active military service in the United States Armed Forces with an Honorable Discharge and have a High School Diploma or its equivalent.
c. Hiring Process includes:
The applicant Processing Division.This is where the most qualified candidates to fill the position are identifiedPre-Hire Interview, applicant should have a brief medical exam and a character investigation is done on the applicant.
Medical Exam, an applicant undergoes a medical exam, have document 60 college credits and a 2.0 GPA or 2years military service, fingerprinting is also done on this stage.
Written Psychological, applicant should undertake a standardized written psychological test.
Job Standard Test, a physical test in the form of a continuousevent which must be completed in four minutes and twenty eight seconds.
Oral Psychological an applicant at this level undergoes an oral interview.
Character Investigation, applicant meets with investigator where they review the application booklet and address problems and discrepancies.
d. The eligibility is valid for 30days
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A. In order to apply and become eligible for promotion from a low level police officer to a sergeant in the OPD the applicant should possess the following requirements:
Should have worked in an investigative position for 18 months as a police officer and perform to basic standards
Should have 64 completed a minimum of 64 college credits.
Should undertake an exam.B. The promotion process from police officer to a detective is first he or she should take part in an analytical obligation for 18 months, whereby they will be promoted to detective investigator grade three. With time the applicant rises in ranks from grade 3 to grade 1 detective, where he or she will be eligible to take promotional civil service exams and if passed they are most likely to be promoted to supervisory ranks.
c. The hiring process of the directors of the OPD is as follows:
There should be a vacant position in the department
One should possess a bachelor’s degree
One should have worked in the police force for in specialized units for more than 18 months
The police commissioner conducts interviews with every single applicant
The police commissioner then employs the director after choosing the best of the applicants by analyzing their job skills and qualities.
