Federal Monitor Finds Antioch PD Improved Body Camera Compliance — Use of Force Data Still Missing

<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong><br>July 8, 2026<br>Contact: newsroom@dismalfreedompress.org</p><p>The court-appointed federal monitor overseeing Antioch Police Department's consent decree compliance released its second quarterly report on July 7, rating 14 of 23 reform benchmarks as compliant — an improvement from 12 in the first report — but finding the department still deficient on use-of-force data reporting and supervisor accountability documentation.</p><p>The monitor's report notes that body-worn camera review compliance improved from 42% to 71% of required reviews completed on time in the quarter. However, for the second consecutive quarter, APD failed to produce use-of-force incident data in the format required by the court order, submitting instead a summary report that the monitor's office determined did not meet the specificity requirements.</p><p>The monitor extended the corrective action deadline for use-of-force data to September 15, 2026. Failure to achieve compliance by that date will trigger a formal show-cause filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.</p><p>DFP has submitted CPRA requests for the use-of-force data APD submitted to the monitor and for all internal communications regarding the data formatting requirement.</p><p>###</p>