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San Mateo County Grand Jury
• 2020-2021
Building Greater Trust Between the Community & LAW Enforcement VIA the Racial and Identity Profiling ACT
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Findings 9 findings
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LEAs in SMC are aware of RIPA data requirements, including the requirement that data collection starts on January 1, 2022.
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County LEAs vary in their degree of understanding of: RIPA data collection requirements, technological options for collecting the data, and the need for procedures and training to collect and report the data. The LEA’s RIPA-preparedness correlates to their understanding of RIPA requirements.
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Burlingame and Menlo Park are to be commended for publicly announcing their plans for early implementation of RIPA data collection and reporting to the CA DOJ. The other fifteen LEAs were in various stages of planning and acquiring their RIPA data collection system.
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The San Mateo County Police Chiefs & Sheriff Association RIPA Subcommittee provides a convenient forum for LEAs to benefit from peer learning and collaboration for RIPA planning, testing, deployment and best practices.
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Some LEAs mistakenly believe the County Dispatch System will handle their RIPA data collection. Using RIPA Data for Transparent Community Trust Building
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LEAs vary in their understanding that implementing RIPA Board recommendations would build greater trust with their communities. 2020-21 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury
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Some contracting entities were unaware of the RIPA requirements, and that RIPA data breakdown for their respective cities could be requested from the Sheriff’s Office beginning in the spring of 2022.
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Between now and 2022, sixteen county LEAs have plans for “regularly analyzing data, in consultation with [academics, police commissions, civilian review bodies, or advisory boards], to assist in identifying practices that may have a disparate impact on any group relative to the general population.”
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Once a stop data entry is completed and approved it is automatically transferred to the DOJ through Veritone. 403.12 RIPA COORDINATOR The RIPA Coordinator will be a non-sworn, full-time employee of the police department. The RIPA Coordinator will be responsible for the following:
Recommendations 9
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R1Page 24Each LEA must have a fully developed implementation plan for complying with RIPA. The plan should include data collection and reporting, training methods, policies and procedures, roll-out plans, personnel allocation, systems testing and data auditing. The plan should be reviewed and approved
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R2Page 24Each LEA needs to acquire the necessary software and hardware required to comply with RIPA by October 30, 2021, in order to complete testing and to go live
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R3Page 24Each LEA must test and confirm their readiness for RIPA data collection
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R4Page 24Each LEA should provide regular updates to their governing entities, on their progress toward preparing for the required RIPA data collection starting on October 15, 2021. Using RIPA Data for Transparent Community Trust Building – don’t wait for the annual report
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R5Page 24Each LEA should, on a quarterly basis, starting in the second quarter of 2022, provide reports on RIPA data and how it is being used to address potential identity biases, including supervisory oversight (as defined by the RIPA Board). The report should be posted and easily viewable on the entity’s website.
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R6Page 24By February 1, 2022, each LEA should begin considering how to obtain and use insights gained from the RIPA data to improve the operation of its department by combating implicit bias in policing and pursuing greater community trust by implementing the RIPA Board’s growing list of policing best practices.
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R7Page 24By February 1, 2022, each LEA should consider community engagement and transparency, including the possible use of “academics, police commissions, civilian 2020-21 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury review bodies, or advisory boards” as a mechanism to build community trust and provide bias-free policing.
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R8Page 25In the second quarter of 2022, each of the contracting entities should begin requesting RIPA stop data for its jurisdiction, separate from the rest of the Sheriff’s stop data.
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R9Page 21Once a stop data entry is completed and approved it is automatically transferred to the DOJ through Veritone. 403.12 RIPA COORDINATOR The RIPA Coordinator will be a non-sworn, full-time employee of the police department. The RIPA Coordinator will be responsible for the following: