"This review was conducted by the Civilian Review Board Subcommittee following an in-custody death involving members of the Richmond Police Department. The purpose of the review was to evaluate the circumstances surrounding the police response, transport, and subsequent medical incident that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old female who was being transported for mental health evaluation pursuant to an Emergency Custody Order."
"This Agreement is entered into by and between the City of Richmond (“City”) and the Richmond Coalition of Police (“RCOP” or “Union”) and has as its purposes establishing terms and conditions of employment for bargaining unit employees, establishing a procedure for resolving disputes of contractual interpretation, and promoting harmonious labor relations between the parties so that officers and police department management can focus their efforts on providing high quality services to the City.... Effective From July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027."
"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."