Office of the Independent Police Audit foar de City of San Leandro
FOUNDER, PRESIDENT EN CEO
Jeff Schlanger is in liedende autoriteit op it mêd fan ynstitúsjonele feroaringsbehear, mei mear as fjouwer desennia fan ûnderfining op it heechste nivo fan wet, wet hanthavening, ûnôfhinklike ûndersiken en kontrôles. syn ûnderfining yn it útfieren fan ûnôfhinklike ûndersiken, it kontrolearjen fan plysje-ôfdielingen, banken en oare grutte ynstellingen, en it mingjen fan dy feardichheden mei in risikobehearproses om herfoarming, trochgeande ferbettering en garânsje fan yntegriteit te befoarderjen.
DESKUNDIGES
Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis hat mear dan 30 jier bestege oan it ûntwikkeljen en honing fan har ekspertize op it mêd fan wet hanthavenjen, ynterne en eksterne ûndersiken fan plysje-ynstânsjes, en benammen de ûnôfhinklike tafersjoch fan plysje-organisaasjes. Se hold in ferskaat oan patrol- en tafersjochopdrachten dy't sawol kriminele as ynterne ûndersiken útfierden foardat se út LAPD gie. Yn 2000 waard de doetiidske sersjant Lewis tawiisd oan it ynterne ûndersyksteam dy't de kausale faktoaren fan 'e LAPD's Rampart CRASH korrupsje-ynsidint besjogge - in skandaal dat late ta it ûndersyk fan it ministearje fan Justysje fan dy organisaasje, en úteinlik de LAPD's ynstimming mei in federale tastimmingsbeslút. Tidens har amtstermyn by de LAPD liedde frou Lewis de nij oanmakke Audit Unit, dy't mandaat waard troch it tastimmingsbeslút. Frou Lewis en har personiel krigen auditoplieding fan it team fan 'e Independent Monitor oer hoe't om formele kontrôlewurkplannen te ûntwikkeljen basearre op beheardoelen, belied en prosedueres, en jildende steats- en federale wetten om konformiteit te garandearjen en problemen foar risikobehear te identifisearjen. Yn de Audit Unit, sy tafersjoch op sawol beëdige en sivile personiel by it foltôgjen fan oanhâldende audits ûntwurpen om te bepalen it nivo fan de ôfdieling fan neilibjen fan tastimming Beslút mandates. mar noch wichtiger, oanbefellings te ferhelpen barriêres foar súkses. Op syn minst foar in part as gefolch fan har wurk op dit mêd hat LAPD de fereaske herfoarmings mei súkses útfierd en it tastimmingsbeslút waard beskôge as in klinkend súkses. Sûnt it pinsjoen fan LAPD, foar hast seis jier, begjinnend yn 2003, wie frou Lewis lid fan it Independent Monitoring-team fan 'e Detroit Police Department (DPD) wêr't se DPD de Technyske Assistinsje joech om har ynterne kontrôle-ienheid op te stean._cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Neist it oplieden fan it DPD-kontrôlepersoniel, hat frou Lewis ek beoardielingen dien foar neilibjen fan DPD's ferskate herfoarmingspogingen, ynklusyf bêste praktiken en jildende noarmen foar ûndersiken, gebrûk fan geweld, training, selfoarsjenningen hâlde en beoardieling fan de audits foltôge troch DPD. Frou Lewis hat ferskate plysje-ôfdielingen holpen, wêrûnder de Los Angeles Airport Police Department en de San Jose Police Departments by it oprjochtsjen en ynstitúsjonalisearjen fan 'e ynterne kontrôlefunksje, ynklusyf de ûntwikkeling fan' e nedige kontrôleprotokollen, belied, prosedueres om te helpen by it behearen fan de protte risiko's ferbûn mei aktiviteiten foar wet hanthavenjen. Dêrneist hat se training jûn oan plysje-ôfdielingen oer de evaluaasje fan belied en prosedueres yn ferbân mei gebrûk fan geweld, arrestaasje en detinsje. Meast resint tsjinne frou Lewis as plakferfangend monitor fan 'e University of Cincinnati's Police Department (UCPD) tidens har frijwillige kontrôle dy't resultearre út in fatale offisier belutsen sjitten. Nei dat barren ûndergie de UCPD in wiidweidige resinsje en dêrnei ôfpraat om 276 oanbefellings út te fieren oer in perioade fan trije jier. Troch de resolúsje en bepaling fan 'e ôfdieling, en mei de bystân en ekspertize fan it monitoaringteam, koe de UCPD yn mar twa jier neilibjen berikke troch mei súkses te foldwaan oan alle oanbefellings.
John Thomas
John Thomas, in lânseigen fan Súd-sintraal Los Angeles, hat sûnt 2013 de posysje fan 'e Chief of Police oan' e Universiteit fan Súd-Kalifornje (USC) Department of Public Safety (DPS). Chief Thomas hat hast fjouwer desennia trochbrocht yn rjochtshanthavening, ynklusyf ienentweintich jier as lid fan 'e Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), wêr't hy yn desimber 2005 mei pensjoen gie op 'e rang fan luitenant en in posysje naam as plakferfangend haad fan plysje foar de Universiteit fan it District of Columbia Department of Public Safety & Emergency Management yn Washington DC Hy tsjinnet op it stuit as lid fan it Independent Consent Decree Monitoring Team foar de City of Aurora (CO).
As lid fan 'e Los Angeles Police Department wurke Chief Thomas patrol opdrachten foaral yn Súd Los Angeles yn Wilshire, 77th Street, Southwest, Newton Street en Pacific Divisions. Hy waard ek tawiisd oan de ôfdieling fan 'e ôfdieling Gang Enforcement Detail yn Súd Los Angeles en wurke undercover narkotyske hanthavenjen as lid fan 'e ôfdieling FALCON (Focused Attack Linking Community Organizations and Neighborhoods) Unit. Wylst er tawiisd waard oan de FALCON fan Los Angeles' City Angel Award foar treflike ferbettering fan 'e mienskip en de Meritorious Unit Citation fan' e ôfdieling. Miskien it meast opmerklik, Chief Thomas tsjinne as adjudant fan fjouwer LAPD-plysjesjefs, wêrûnder twa interim-haaden en Chief William Parks en Chief William Parks Bratton. Nettsjinsteande in pensjonearre Los Angeles Plysjeluitenant, bliuwt hy de minsken fan Los Angeles "beskermje en tsjinje" as in LAPD Line Reserve Officer dy't patrol en oare opdrachten yn 'e stêd wurket.
Chief Thomas hat west yn 'e ried fan direkteuren foar The Challenger's Boys & Girl's Club yn Súd LA en hat west yn' e ried fan bestjoer foar Los Angeles Police Historical Society sûnt 1999. Hy is publisearre en hat wiidweidich ûndersocht en skreaun oer de Early Black History fan LAPD en Los Angeles. Hy sit ek yn 'e ried fan direkteuren foar de Feriening fan Plysjeoffisieren fan Los Angeles County (POALAC) en tsjinnet yn' e Ried fan Adviseurs foar it Safe Communities Institute fan 'e USC Price School. Hy is lid fan 'e International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), it Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), de International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), de Nasjonale Organisaasje fan Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Pac 12 Campus Chiefs' Association, Campus Safety Magazine Advisory Board, California College & University Police Chiefs Association, en de FBI National Academy Associates.
Chief Thomas studearre ôf oan Crenshaw High School foardat hy studearre oan UCLA. Hy hat in BA yn Liberale Keunsten en in Master's Degree yn Executive Leadership fan 'e USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.
Dayna Schock
Mikail Ali recently retired from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) with over 30 years of service retiring at the rank of Deputy Chief. During his time with SFPD Mikail developed expertise in Community Policing Strategies, Crime Prevention, Criminal and Administrative Investigations, Police Accountability and Oversight, Education and Training of Police Officers, Policy Development, Emerging Technologies and Officer Wellness and Safety. This expertise derives from being an innovative and pioneering Public Safety Leader with over 15 years of management experience. Mikail served as the Chief of three separate bureaus in the SFPD: Administrative Services, Special Operations and the Airport Bureau. Some of his accomplishments while serving as Bureau Chief include, leading the effort to enculturate Crisis Intervention Training and policing in collaboration with the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) and in partnership with other San Francisco mental health providers, for both recruit and tenured officers. Mikail also drove a comprehensive effort in the recertification of the SFPD Crime Laboratory from the American Society of Crime Lab Directors (ASCLB). Mikail enhanced readiness for natural disasters and emergency response at the San Francisco International Airport through the pioneering creation of Incident Response Training and team building for officers assigned to the airport. In 2016, the SFPD entered into an agreement with the United States Department of Justice in a Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI), whereas the Chief of Police designated Mikail as an internal sponsor of two of the five areas of reform: “Accountability” and “Recruit, Hiring and Personnel Practices.” Mikail’s extensive experience in criminal and administrative investigations has positioned him to personally conduct or directly lead over 1,000 investigations of allegations of misconduct of sworn and non-sworn members of the SFPD. Mikail earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco, is a graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute and a graduate of Major Cities Chiefs Association’s Police Executive Leadership Institute. Mikail also has extensive experience in the disciplinary process as he has been a Skelley Hearing Officer over 300 times.
Dominic M. Celaya
Dominic M. Celaya is a retired Police Captain from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), where he served for over three decades. After his official retirement, he continued to contribute as a Reserve Officer in the Mounted Unit and is currently an Investigator in the Cold Case Homicide Unit. Dominic's extensive background in investigations, including use of force and 4th Amendment issues, equips him well for the responsibilities of case reviews in his current role.
Dominic began his career as a Patrol Officer, progressing through various roles including Police Inspector and Sergeant, where he worked in the Pawn Detail, Parolee at Large Program, Homicide Detail, and Vice Detail. As a Lieutenant, he served in several stations as Patrol Lieutenant and Watch Commander, and later as Officer in Charge of the General Work Detail in the Investigations Bureau. In 2009, Dominic was promoted to Captain, where he held key positions such as Commanding Officer of the Tenderloin Station, Tactical Division, and divisions within the Airport Bureau. He also served as the Night Supervising Patrol Captain, overseeing all patrol operations during evening hours and acting as the operational commander for critical incidents.
Dominic holds a B.A. in Government from the University of San Francisco, graduating Cum Laude. He has completed numerous specialized training courses throughout his career, enhancing his expertise in areas such as interview and interrogation, vice crimes, homicide investigations, and leadership.
Dominic's skills include a deep expertise in investigations, particularly in cases involving homicides and officer-involved shootings. He has been responsible for investigating officer use of force and 4th Amendment violations and has provided instruction at the Police Academy and in promotional classes. Additionally, he formulated an Active Shooter Seminar for San Francisco Airport stakeholders and is focused on investigating homicide cold cases, requiring detailed analysis and strategic investigative techniques.
Dominic's career is marked by his dedication to public safety and his ability to handle complex and high-profile cases with professionalism and integrity. His commitment to the SFPD and the community it serves is reflected in his exemplary service record, with minimal citizen complaints and no sustained complaints or department discipline.