2008 Ombudsman Recommendations

Recommendation:

Design and implement a simple tracking system to document all citizen contacts made by BPD officers at the airport that are based on some form of behavioral observation and screening.  This will allow BPD to monitor any emerging trends and respond quickly and accurately to any requests for information regarding such contacts.

BPD Response:  Adopted

Recommendation:

Require that any person who is given access to questions to be used in any BPD hiring and/or selection test sign a confidentiality agreement clearly stating that all test materials and content are not to be disclosed to any person outside of the actual administration of the test itself.

BPD Response:  Adopted (in part)

Recommendation:

Redesign process for the development and security of oral board test questions so that specific questions are not repeated from one cadre of applicants to another.

BPD Response:  Adopted

Recommendation:

Review issue of officers indicating that refusal to answer an officer's questions delays the officer's investigation and is a violation of Idaho Code $18-705 and initiate any training needed to help officers understand those acts which are criminalized under ID Code $18-705 and those which are not.

BPD Response:  Adopted