Common use of Outcome Assessments Clause in Contracts

Outcome Assessments. ‌ 72. The City will conduct Outcome Assessments on an annual basis, as specified by this section of the Agreement, to measure whether VPPD’s revised practices and procedures are achieving the purposes of this Agreement and are having an overall beneficial effect on policing in Ville Platte. Outcome Assessments should be conducted in a reliable, cost-effective manner based on accepted and trustworthy means and methods. Any statistical analysis used as part of an Outcome Assessment must conform to statistical techniques that are accepted in the relevant field. The City will provide DOJ with the underlying data, analysis, methods, and sources relied upon in the Assessments. 73. The City will develop a plan and protocol within 270 days of the Effective Date to conduct these assessments. The plan and protocol will be subject to the approval of DOJ, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 74. The outcome assessments will include analysis: a. To determine whether VPPD is conducting stops consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which stops uncover criminal activity; b. To determine whether arrests are consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which arrests are found to lack probable cause or otherwise violate the Fourth Amendment, the number of probable cause affidavits rejected by supervisors or the criminal courts, and a qualitative analysis of the sufficiency of probable cause affidavits and other documentation supporting arrests; c. To determine whether VPPD officers are providing adequate Miranda warnings and conducting interrogations consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, an analysis of data related to the length and frequency of interrogations and documentation of Miranda warnings and waivers, and an analysis of the rate at which motions to exclude confessions are granted by the criminal courts; d. To assess whether VPPD officers receive sufficient training on the Fourth Amendment and proper interrogation techniques, an analysis of the rate of completed trainings, performance evaluations from field trainings, and qualitative analysis of the content, structure, adequacy, and efficacy of trainings provided under this Agreement; and e. To determine that all detentions are appropriately documented and supported by probable cause, audit data of all investigative files and jail detention files to ensure there is a file on each person detained by VPPD and that files contain adequate documentation in support of the detention. 75. The City will include the results of all outcome assessments in its status reports and in its annual report published pursuant to Paragraph 69, above.

Outcome Assessments. ‌ 7274. The City Sheriff will conduct Outcome Assessments on an annual basis, as specified by this section of the Agreement, to measure whether VPPDEPSO’s revised practices and procedures are achieving the purposes of this Agreement and are having an overall beneficial effect on policing in Ville Platte. Outcome Assessments should be conducted in a reliable, cost-effective manner based on accepted and trustworthy means and methods. Any statistical analysis used as part of an Outcome Assessment must conform to statistical techniques that are accepted in the relevant field. The City Sheriff will provide DOJ with the underlying data, analysis, methods, and sources relied upon in the Assessments. 7375. The City Sheriff will develop a plan and protocol within 270 365 days of the Effective Date to conduct these assessments. The plan and protocol will be subject to the approval of DOJ, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 7476. The outcome assessments will include analysis: a. To determine whether VPPD EPSO is conducting stops consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which stops uncover criminal activity; b. To determine whether arrests are consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which arrests are found to lack probable cause or otherwise violate the Fourth Amendment, ; the number of probable cause affidavits rejected by supervisors or the criminal courts, ; and a qualitative analysis of the sufficiency of probable cause affidavits and other documentation supporting arrests; c. To determine whether VPPD EPSO officers are providing adequate Miranda warnings and conducting interrogations consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, an analysis of data related to the length and frequency of interrogations and documentation of Miranda warnings and waivers, ; and an analysis of the rate at which motions to exclude confessions are granted by the criminal courts; d. To assess whether VPPD EPSO officers receive sufficient training on the Fourth Amendment and proper interrogation techniques, an analysis of the rate of completed trainings, performance evaluations from field trainings, and qualitative analysis of the content, structure, adequacy, and efficacy of trainings provided under this Agreement; and e. To determine that all detentions are appropriately documented and supported by probable cause, audit data of all investigative files and jail detention files to ensure there is a file on each person detained by VPPD EPSO and that files contain adequate documentation in support of the detention. 7577. The City Sheriff will include the results of all outcome assessments in its status reports and in its annual report published pursuant to Paragraph 6971, above.

Outcome Assessments. ‌ 7274. The City Sheriff will conduct Outcome Assessments on an annual basis, as specified by this section of the Agreement, to measure whether VPPDEPSO’s revised practices and procedures are achieving the purposes of this Agreement and are having an overall beneficial effect on policing in Ville Platte. Outcome Assessments should be conducted in a reliable, cost-effective manner based on accepted and trustworthy means and methods. Any statistical analysis used as part of an Outcome Assessment must conform to statistical techniques that are accepted in the relevant field. The City Sheriff will provide DOJ with the underlying data, analysis, methods, and sources relied upon in the Assessments. 7375. The City Sheriff will develop a plan and protocol within 270 365 days of the Effective Date to conduct these assessments. The plan and protocol will be subject to the approval of DOJ, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 7476. The outcome assessments will include analysis: a. To determine whether VPPD EPSO is conducting stops consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which stops uncover criminal activity; b. To determine whether arrests are consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, analysis of the rate at which arrests are found to lack probable cause or otherwise violate the Fourth Amendment, ; the number of probable cause affidavits rejected by supervisors or the criminal courts, ; and a qualitative analysis of the sufficiency of probable cause affidavits and other documentation supporting arrests; c. To determine whether VPPD EPSO officers are providing adequate Miranda warnings and conducting interrogations consistent with the Constitution and this Agreement, an analysis of data related to the length and frequency of interrogations and documentation of Miranda warnings and waivers, ; and an analysis of the rate at which motions to exclude confessions are granted by the criminal courts; d. To assess whether VPPD EPSO officers receive sufficient training on the Fourth Amendment and proper interrogation techniques, an analysis of the rate of completed trainings, performance evaluations from field trainings, and qualitative analysis of the content, structure, adequacy, and efficacy of trainings provided under this Agreement; and e. To determine that all detentions are appropriately documented and supported by probable cause, audit data of all investigative files and jail detention files to ensure there is a file on each person detained by VPPD EPSO and that files contain adequate documentation in support of the detention. 7577. The City Sheriff will include the results of all outcome assessments in its status reports and in its annual report published pursuant to Paragraph 6971, above.