"The hiring process is a comprehensive, thorough procedure which can take from 60 to 120 days depending on circumstances. RPD generally conducts 2-3 Basic Recruit Classes each year with each Class running approximately 32 weeks."
"Use of Force trainings in 2020 were cancelled due to the pandemic and have since resumed in 2021... The academy was unable to locate 2 forms from one officer who completed 2 make-up training dates. The training was completed, however the roster could not be located. The roster was recreated and signed and filed accordingly. In the future, the academy will ensure that all classes include rosters and that the documents are maintained in compliance with the law. ..
We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge ensure documents are maintained in compliance with GS-29 of the Library of Virginia. We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge establish and implement a process to document the hours related to Legal and Cultural Diversity in service hours and what material is covered to meet that criteria."
This document, created with Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer was obtained from the Richmond Police. It lists "use of force" events as reported by RPD officers as line items with select details for each (date, time, victim/officer race and gender, sector where event took place, type of force used). The process by which these incidents are logged, tracked, and reported is otherwise largely unclear.
This document, created with Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer, was obtained from the Richmond Police. It lists dates of use of force incidents during its reporting period, along with time, officer gender, sector location, and other demographic data for each incident. This report is dated October 1, 2022.
These sketches of proposed improvements to the Richmond Police Fourth Precinct facility were posted on eVA, Virginia's vendor procurement portal, in 2023.
This document from the City of Richmond's vendor procurement process details some specifications of the Axon body camera equipment sought for purchase by the Richmond Police Department. It requests the system offer integration with electronic weapon systems, livestreaming capabilities, and many more high-end features.
"This directive change requires that Officers share all videos containing evidence of an arrest with the Richmond Commonwealth Attorney’s Office within seven (7) days of that arrest using the prescribed method of sharing cases containing video evidence covered in BWC training. Finally, it changes the retention period for non-evidentiary recordings from 90 days to 60 days."
This Operating Manual for the Richmond Police Metro Aviation Unit, a tri-county alliance between Richmond, Chesterfield, and Henrico Police, was obtained in 2012. The MAU is responsible for the notoriously loud "police plane" known for circling at low altitudes over public areas in Richmond. The Operating Manual reads: "The Metro Aviation Unit will provide aerial observation and support to all elements of the Police Department... The aircraft should not circle a location over long periods of time."
"The Richmond Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving over 222,071 people within 62.5 square miles of jurisdiction within the city of Richmond, Virginia. By adopting City Code § 27-131, the City has established a traffic signal enforcement program pursuant to the authority granted to the City by Virginia Code § 15.2-968.1.
Pursuant to this traffic signal enforcement program, the City has the authority to issue civil penalties for red light violations captured on photo
monitoring system... The City intends to monitor up to 22 intersections using the Photo Monitoring Systems, and the City may require each intersection to have from one to six approaches monitored."
On August 2, 2022, a Notice of Sole Source Award was posted on the City of Richmond eVA Procurement website following a request for proposal. The document stated that it had awarded a contract to ComSonics, Inc. for the Genetec Auto Vu License Plate Recognition (LLPR) System. License plate readers are a controversial technology used by law enforcement agencies such as the City of Richmond Police.
OpenOversightVA was the first to post this document outlining policy violations by several Richmond Police officers during the 2020 period of civil unrest, one of whom left while the investigation into his conduct was ongoing and took a job with the Virginia State Police, where he killed Xzavier Hill just a few months later.