OBJECTIVE 1

Reduce police bias via evidence-based practices

STATUS

TASK 1.1

Draft a plan for improved and collaborative police-community partnership.

TASK 1.2

Align our practices with the broader Alameda County Racial Equity Action Plan.

TASK 1.3

Actively participate in the broader conversations in the community or government bodies regarding police reform and reimagining policing.

TASK 1.4

Identify individual and agency training gaps.

TASK 1.5

Invest in ongoing staff training.

TASK 1.6

Collaborate with the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board to review ACSO’s stop data and civilian complaint data annually.

TASK 1.7

Maintain knowledge of community perception, best practices, and reforms by attending the annual Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) conference.

TASK 1.8

Consult with the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) at John Jay College, NY.

TASK 1.9

Help strengthen the community’s capacity to prevent violence.

OBJECTIVE 2

Analyze racial disparities in ACSO operations

STATUS

TASK 2.1

Analyze hiring data for the past 10 years to ensure ACSO hiring practices are fair and equitable.

COMPLETED

TASK 2.2

Review recruitment and outreach practice using an equity lens.

TASK 2.3

Analyze promotional data for the past 10 years broken down by race and gender.

COMPLETED

TASK 2.4

Review transfer policies and practices agency-wide.

TASK 2.5

Review transfers to Investigations/Specialized Units.

TASK 2.6

Review promotional testing practices.

TASK 2.7

Illustrate past and most current demographic data chart (2012 & 2022) of ACSO and the County of Alameda to show race and gender within the organization to better determine if the agency reflects the communities we serve.

TASK 2.8

Highlight and empower agency members and allow them to share their experiences with new candidates during recruiting.

TASK 2.9

Find innovative ways to attract minorities and women into the agency.

OBJECTIVE 3

Implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices

STATUS

TASK 3.1

Work with the County Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to guide cultural and operational changes.

TASK 3.2

Develop and implement policies and procedures that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion while complying with applicable laws and regulations.

TASK 3.3

Acknowledge cultural conflict and swiftly address insensitive behaviors.

TASK 3.4

Review our religious exemption policies.

TASK 3.5

Review our grooming policies through the lens of racial equity.

TASK 3.6

Improve the agency’s diversity by directing recruitment efforts to marginalized communities and include outreach to justice-involved individuals.

TASK 3.7

Use all available resources to actively promote and support diversity, equity, and inclusion and share its progress with the community.

TASK 3.8

Challenge each other to grow in cultural awareness and recognize their individual social status, privilege, and biases.

TASK 3.9

Implement training centered around cultural awareness.

TASK 3.10

Survey agency members about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

OBJECTIVE 4

Curtail ACSO cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

STATUS

TASK 4.1

Establish a directive to curtail ACSO’s cooperation with ICE in the community and within Santa Rita Jail.

COMPLETED

TASK 4.2

Ensure the public is informed of the Sheriff’s directive curtailing the agency’s cooperation with ICE around their enforcement and removal operations within Alameda County.

TASK 4.3

Collaborate with members of ACSO’s Crime Prevention Unit and Law Enforcement Services Division to engage with our immigrant community to understand their needs and concerns.