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City of Palo Alto (ID # 14148)
City Council Staff Report
Meeting Date: 3/14/2022 Report Type: Action Items
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Title: Item 11 Supplemental Report: City Council Discussion with the
Independent Police Auditor and Possible Approval of a Performance Review
on Recruitment and Hiring
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Manager
Supplemental Report
As the City Council considers a special topic for the Independent Police Auditor (IPA) to review
for 2022, staff is providing the draft scope of work below. This scope of work was coordinated
between OIR and City staff, and completed after the initial staff report was issued for this item.
If the City Council generally agrees with the scope of work, staff can execute the Task Order per
the contract. Staff also lists two other potential process review items for future years.
Proposed Process Review Scope of Work (March 9, 2022)
Recruitment and Hiring Process Review
IPA would conduct a review of PAPD's Recruitment and Hiring Processes to assess the extent to
which the PAPD recruiting and hiring strategy and standards reflect contemporary thinking
about candidate eligibility, suitability, and potential, including contemporary practices from a
diversity and inclusion lens. The report will reference the PAPD demographic information
included in the City’s Race and Equity work. The IPA recruitment and hiring process review will
cover the following areas:
• Recruiting efforts (including job posting/advertising venues, and job fairs)
• Review of application process and interview process and questions
• Review of background investigations
Deliverable: a public report with a presentation to the City Council.
IPA believes that this review could be conducted within the budgetary bounds of the existing
contract. IPA could complete the review within 90-120 days of receipt of assignment.
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An example of a report from another jurisdiction (Madison, Wisconsin) where the IPA studied
many things including recruitment and hiring can be found online here:
https://www.oirgroup.com/_files/ugd/d85a96_75f806fb3bb74266819b6a9bb6a4b281.pdf
Other future review topic areas (not included in the scope above):
• Review of Field Training (FTO) / Probation process
• Review of the performance review process