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CITY OF OAKLAND
1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA ۰ 3RD
FLOOR ۰ OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612
Office of the Mayor (510) 238-3141
Libby Schaaf FAX: (510) 238-4731
TDD: (510) 238-3254
Executive Directive
October 14, 2015
Through this Executive Directive, I hereby direct City Administrator Sabrina Landreth to
prioritize the development of the following components of the City of Oakland’s
Ceasefire strategy and related violence and crime reduction programs and activities
within the Police and Human Services Departments, consistent with all existing relevant
policies. The departments shall follow existing requirements in establishing such
priorities, including those delineated in Measure Z that address Ceasefire and the
reduction of homicides, non-fatal injury shootings as well as robberies.
1. Task (1): Assemble and maintain an Oakland Police Department (OPD) Ceasefire
Management Team (CMT) that reports directly to the Chief of Police to oversee
Ceasefire planning and implementation through April 30, 2017. This team will
include the currently assigned Ceasefire coordinator, Captain and Lieutenants. OPD
shall make every effort to maintain the CMT without changes in membership through
April 30, 2017 and confer with the City Administrator and Mayor in the event any
changes are needed. In addition,
a. Within existing guidelines, OPD will prioritize full and stable staffing of the
units under the direction of the CMT, including all specialized and area CRTs.
b. OPD will institute weekly meetings of the CMT with the Chief of Police to
review its plans and the action steps in support of efforts to reduce group-
related gun violence. These meetings may also include senior police
management and representatives from the Mayor’s Office.
2. Task (2): In order to support management of the City’s Ceasefire violence reduction
strategy, the Ceasefire Coordinator shall be temporarily jointly detailed to the
Mayor’s Office where she will serve as the interim deputy public safety director for
violence reduction and Ceasefire project director through April 30, 2017. In this role,
the coordinator will report directly and jointly to the Mayor and Chief of Police and
will coordinate related Ceasefire efforts at OPD and HSD. Unless otherwise
specified, the coordinator will return to her current assignment on April 30, 2017.
3. Task (3): HSD will be tasked with developing a citywide Outreach and Support
Program that reduces the risk of violence consistent with Measure Z guidelines for
reducing shootings and robberies and with the analysis of risk described in

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“Understanding Serious Violence in Oakland: A Problem and Opportunity Analysis”
submitted to the Mayor and Council on February 25, 2014 (which is to be updated in
2016). Among other things, this plan will include the following components:
a. The continued development of the existing HSD Shooting Reviews and Case
Conferences, as well as the adoption and ongoing development of Safety
Plans that systematically increase the focus of case management on the goal of
reducing the risk of violence. As appropriate, these Safety Plans will also
integrate conventional case management activities and outcomes such as
employment and education.
b. How the Measure Z Ceasefire case managers, Leadership Advisory Council
and related program elements will be integrated across multiple agencies into
a cohesive program under the overall Ceasefire initiative.
i. This program model will incorporate best practices, including those
described in the memorandum submitted to HSD by the California
Partnership for Safe Communities (CPSC) as part of the Measure Z
planning process in February 2015.
ii. A program goal of central importance is to build lasting relationships
with individuals at the highest risk of violence in order to support their
progress toward positive outcomes and to monitor their risk of
violence over the long term.
c. HSD will provide a plan summary – no more than six pages – to me by
December 31, 2015, regarding the above measures.
4. Task (4). In the light of current service gaps for individuals at highest risk of violence
and current high levels of violence, HSD will immediately prioritize the following
outreach and service capacities.
a. HSD shall prioritize expansion of case management capacity beyond the 20
service slots it has indicated are available through the end of the year. This
plan can include measures such as prioritizing cases based on risk of violence,
accelerating the hire of new case managers, and working with existing
contractors to create additional slots.
b. HSD shall prioritize an agreed upon referral process for outreach and support
for individuals receiving custom notifications.
5. Task (5): Recognizing the need for increased analytic capacity at OPD pertaining to
the Measure Z citywide outcomes of reducing gun violence and robbery, OPD shall
work with CPSC and the Ceasefire coordinator to build such basic capacities no later
than December 31, 2016. The specific capacities and timetable shall include the
following:
a. A dedicated OPD Ceasefire crime analyst shall be in place no later than April
1, 2016.

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b. A contract for a rigorous academic evaluation of Ceasefire as funded under
Measure Z shall be in place no later than May 1, 2016.
c. A problem analysis focused on robbery that ensures the City’s limited
resources are invested in a robbery strategy based on a detailed and
comprehensive understanding of the problem shall be in place no later than
July 1, 2016
d. The capacity for social network analysis sufficient to guide joint strategic
effort shall be in place no later than August 1, 2016.
6. Task (6): Recognizing that only those cities in which Ceasefire is institutionalized are
reductions sustained over time – OPD and HSD shall work with the Ceasefire
coordinator and CPSC to develop comprehensive and detailed plans regarding
Ceasefire institutionalization and sustainability by September 1, 2016.
7. Task (7): Recognizing the critical role of community-police trustbuilding and police
legitimacy in violence reduction efforts, OPD will be tasked to work with the
Ceasefire coordinator and CPSC to develop comprehensive and detailed plans that
build on current departmental procedural justice and implicit bias efforts as follows:
a. A detailed strategy and timeline for institutionalizing and expanding
procedural justice principles and implicit bias at OPD.
b. An updated PSN grant budget and program plan that: (1) describes how these
efforts will be managed; and (2) whether and why such efforts are successful
based on a rigorous evaluation model.
The City Administrator shall provide a brief plan to me by November 1, 2015, for how
these departments plan to operationalize this directive. This directive takes effect
immediately and remains in place until rescinded by future written communication.