Court-Appointed Monitoring Team, Oakland Police Department

On January 22, 2003, the City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department (OPD) entered into a Negotiated Settlement Agreement resolving allegations of police misconduct raised by private plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit, Delphine Allen, et al., v. City of Oakland, et al.

On August 28, 2003, Judge Thelton Henderson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved the appointment of Rachel Burgess, Kelli Evans, Charles Gruber, and Christy Lopez to serve as the Independent Monitoring Team (IMT).

The IMT is charged with monitoring compliance with the Negotiated Settlement Agreement.  For more information about the status of OPD’s compliance with the Negotiated Settlement Agreement, we invite you to read our status reports.