department-wide list we maintain. this is what i am referring to. in 2009, we had 130 officers. 2010, we're down to 100. these are patrol officers. we have been given investigators, which we did not have in 2009. it does not account for the sergeants, lieutenants, and myself. what that is showing is, again, the numbers. we have lost some to retirement, reassignment, promotion. what is remarkable about the numbers is that we have seen a dramatic crime droppe in spite f the number of officers assigned to the district. this will show you. down 2% in aggravated assault. homicide is the only crime that went up, unfortunately. robberies were down 14%.

rapes were down 19%. auto burglaries were down 32%. 30% down auto theft. arson down 42%. it is a remarkable thing when you realize the decrease in staff we of pat, we have still been able to maintain these great numbers. that is my presentation. what i did last year at the end of the presentation, recognized the great work of a sergeant, who was out there are wresting the bad guys. he knows them all. sorry. put you on the spot. the housing units get to know these guys. you have great officers assigned to the northern district. they know the criminals. they are out there every day.

the chief made me captain in 2009. thank you, chief. he said that now we would decentralize the investigations bureau. we all went, ok. i was a new captain. they told me that a lieutenant would be in charge of station investigation. we looked at each other. neither of us have a lot of experience in conventional investigation. i did not tell tim i would do this, or he would not have come. i will tell you, he came into the department in 1984. he was promoted to lieutenant in 2008. he has served in just about every station. he worked vice and narcotics. he is an expert in the detection, surveillance, and the rest of auto burglary. he can pick them out.

he has trained many officers on that. getting back to station investigation, when it first rolled out, we were overwhelmed. we were given some very veteran inspectors, which was nice. when i for started, we would create policy daily, and then realize it may be was not the best thing to do. we would recreate policy. today, we have one of the most cohesive units in the city. that is evidenced by our refiling rates, which routinely lead as far as the numbers being high. i want to bring to him up. i have an award. i want to recognize him and his excellence. he enjoys nothing more than arresting criminals. i want to recognize him and his abilities in front of all of you. thank you very much, tim.

[applause] >> thank you very much. i am honored. i did not expect this. it is kind of funny and appear. everyone is talking about third- generation san francisco. i played a couple of football games. i was a guest. i grew up in sunset. i love working in the area. i love the job i have right now. it was something we had to create. i have a great team of seven investigators. use of the numbers. i have the best team in the city. i have fun and look forward to coming to work everyday and serving you. thank you very much. [applause] >> you can follow was on twitter at no.

station. shoot me your e-mail and i will put you on our newsletter list. i write for the brand of times every month. contact me through e-mail. that is all i have. questions? president mazzucco: we usually turn it over to commissioners, but let's turn it over to public comment. i want to say, before we move to public comment, it is set for 3 minutes related to what the chief for commission or the occ director has spoken about. captain mannix is a former basketball player at lmu down in los angeles. she is a gifted basketball player. with reference to sergeant laylor and the lieutenant, they're excellent officers. we're lucky to have them here. we have done many subpoenas.

they would follow a car seat for four hours and wait until it was broken into. they were always very solid. they don't give up. we are glad to have them here. let's move into public comment. lineup. three minutes. make your way to the podium there. >> commissioners. i am an attorney with the aclu of northern california. i'm the new police practices director at that office. thank you. it's a pleasure to me to. i am here to express some concerns the aclu has about these recent shootings. two apparently mentally ill folks were killed in the space of a week. i saw the video posted online

about the most recent shooting. i don't have access to all the details that you have about exactly what happened. i can tell you that we are concerned that, rather than the appropriate focus on what might have been the breakdowns in appropriate procedure with regard to dealing with folks with mental illnesses, the conversation has moved very quickly to tasers. i am very encouraged to hear about the subcommittee. that is exactly the kind of action that i think is appropriate, that the aclu would like to see taken, focus on more appropriate ways of doing training to help equip the officers on the street with the tools they need, and the assistance they need from mental health professionals who are not police officers in responding to situations. months ago, when the police

commission considered and rejected the request for tasteers, the aclu pan -- pointed out they are not a panacea. they're shown to pose a risk of significant injuries and even death, as you have the knowledge. they cannot be relied upon because they're not always effective. people with mental health issues are the most often the folks who new weapons are deployed against and the most at-risk to be injured because of medications they are taking for illnesses. we are concerned there has not been a detailed response from the department to the aclu's concerns and to this commission's concerns that were raised at that time regarding adequate training for officers and improvements in the oversight and accountability systems. we believe that rather than asking for new weapons right now, and perhaps diverting

attention away from a focus on what went wrong in these instances, that we would hope the chief would be redoubling efforts to ensure that officers have the training they need and deserve to keep themselves and the community safe, especially in situations involving persons with mental health issues. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners, achieved gascon, members of the public. my name is cindy. i'm the executive director of san francisco safe, a crime prevention organization that works with the police department and the community to increase public safety. one of our services is a neighborhood watch. most of you know what that is. i wanted to thank captain mannix and her team at no. station for supporting and promoting neighborhood watch croute -- drop the district. neighborhood watches a great way

for members to get to know each other, to learn about ways to reduce crime, and to effectively communicate with the police department to help them solve crimes. i am hoping it helps lead to the reduction in crime we saw earlier. thank you for that. we appreciate that. i wanted to commend captain mannix for her work on the police advisory board. our organization is lucky enough to see the different captains work with their community advisory boards. the work that captain mannix is doing with community members has been excellent. it is comparable to maybe one other district. they are doing a great job. i think the project she mentioned earlier about involving the use in educating the public on auto boosting has been really great. i'm looking forward to seeing those come out soon. the other thing i wanted to mention is captain mannix and her ability to think creatively

and innovatively when it comes to crime prevention. it is not just about reacting to crimes we see happening citywide, but her communication with our office and the community we work with has been about different ways to prevent the crimes that may or may not happen, but to educate the public and get them involved in ways they can prevent crimes. i wanted to thank captain mannix and her team for release support in crime prevention and working with the public in doing that. thank you. >> good evening. >> how are you? partner in the law firm. [laughter] i would like to say thanks to captain mannix. she could work stevenson and

sixth street like a pro. she knew everyone on that block. we appreciate it. good luck. you deserve what you get. on another topic, we had 50 homicides. la had 241. a 40-year low. am i correct? out of 50, we only saw 20. that is appalling -- we only sold 20. that is appalling. we have to get involved, people. the police cannot solve crime. they will take a picture broke with an officer slap somebody.

they want to the picture of their best friend shoots him. i saw joe and he said, it has been a bad week. i said, what is your plan? he says, you are my plan, the people. that is what we are. the people. we are the plan to solve crime. thank you. [applause] >> are you going to talk? ok. i am not sure i can do this in three minutes. i'm patricia. we have several issues. number one is our homeless are the worst we've ever had in 20 years. many of them have moved back into the motel and we have problems. as i called three days ago, there were two homeless people coming down with clubs, hitting

on trees, turning over a sandwich boards, and i was afraid someone was going to get it. i had to argue with her for five minutes to send somebody out. i said these guys have clubs. someone is going to get hurt. that hurts your time of response. this is not the first time this has happened in this area. i think you should look into some of this. the neighborhood has been aligned on the subject. this is the edward oto. i want you to know, 25 at-risk use in the two worst blocks to the tenderloin but we have in this neighborhood. we have prostitution within these two blocks. we have high crime rates.

we have another massage parlor. it is not getting better. we want to find homes for at- risk youth. 25 kids at night with one person overseeing them is not fair to the children. whether they are young adults or whether they are used, you need to have some direction. we are working on a plan now, an alternative plan, to this site, to possibly set up smaller groups in the area, where they are not so confined and in a better residential life style, which would be much better for them. i don't know if we could do it in time. we're working on it. number five, bosses. -- buses. we have google, oracle, all doing in our neighborhoods --

picking up their people, going through the neighborhood every day, 10 times a day, never getting sighted. -- cited. max behind me as an exemption that was just given by the mta for nine months concerning buses that are legally for children to go to the exploratorium. they have a tour bus route that you go around lumbar. you can eventually turn around. they want it in a residential neighborhood. they say pollees will do enforcement. we have a problem on our hands. it will be a big one.

we say come up with a placard up. i must put a giant sign, dates and times with where they're going, we will have a problem with enforcement. thank you very much. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners, chief, captain, and officers, public. my name is max. i am a resident of lyon st.. i have been in the marina for the past 40 years, san francisco all my life. to pick up on what patricia mentioned, as of yesterday, the mta adopted a resolution to allow buses to go through restricted streets for the

purpose of taking schoolchildren to theexploratorium. no problem with that. it is a fine gesture. the buses will be going through restricted streets. we do not object to that. the issue that did come off as to how do you prevent a non- school children-carrying bus, how do restrict them from using the streets? we were told the police department would do that. i don't know of any of you have heard of this. how will you achieve something like that when you see a bous going through a residential street and is an officer going

to look inside and say, are you carrying schoolchildren? are you carrying visitors from napa county or whatever? it is a challenge. it is a challenge. you are going to get complaints on this issue because, basically, we are fed up with that. especially in the northeastern corner, northwestern corner of the marina, lyon, richardson, we have been playing out with those rides, the building of the letterman complex, and it has been year after year after year that the residents are just getting ihit. we are asking for your assistance in resolving this.

you will be notified, i am sure, by maybe bon yi or someone else from the mta. you will be asked to do this. maybe it is a heads up. that is all i can say. thank you for your time. >> good evening, commissioners. i am allen from the marine a community association. i would like to welcome you to the marina. it is good that you come out and meet in the neighborhoods. we have a better idea of what you do rather than just a few insomniacs like me who watch channel 26. i can promise you you will have not as many colorful speakers here as when you are downtown. i did want to say that we really appreciate the corporation --

cooperation we are getting from captain mannix and the of the people who work with her -- and the other people who work with her. these are people that we get to deal with everyday. i think the relationship between northern station and the people who live in the marina, in my experience, is better than it was a year or two ago. i feel it might have something to do with the fact that we have a new resident might be twisting a few arms. there is one thing i do want to ask you about, and that is in the homicide statistics, we have one on november 1 in the marina. it was at a nightclub. that club is now i believe closed and in the process of

being sold, but it raised an issue i would like to ask you to think about, and that is whether the licensing of entertainment licenses for nightclubs should stay with the entertainment commission or should come back to the police department where i think it is going to be viewed with a little bit more skepticism than it is by the entertainment commission. and that murder or homicide took place about half of block from the king edward ii hotel that patricia was talking about. anyhow, thank you very much for being here, and thank you to all being here, and thank you to all the

>> but my walk-through of the bridge but tell -- i was not impressed, but it was not as low as the level as it was described to me. as far as the tour bus, that matter is so complicated. it is not really funny. it is complicated. one block to the next, the rules change, so a bus can drive down one block but not go to the next block. i think that in the effort to exclude the area from tour buses, we have not quite gotten there. also, i'm told that the mta will grant date passes or day trip passes to tour buses to come into the marina. again, it is a complicated matter. i do not have enough of an understanding about it.

i do not know if sergeant martin has enough of an understanding that he could answer the questions, but we are looking to the complexities. as far as the homicide that occurred, we have worked with the old owners, and i think we have a fast track it for a new owner to come in. generally speaking, when a bar is not doing as well, if they have an entertainment license, they do what they can to make money. they were having outside promoters come in, and on one night, it was more problematic than the rest of the week. this promoter was not so responsible, and as a result, the homicide did occur, but the old owners wanted out. a new owner wanted in. i do not know if it is completed today, but in the very near future, there will be a new owner in there. as far as the hotel sro for

transitional use, i'm very impressed by the liken street group. they have a great reputation. they do good work. you all know what happens along lombard street, in that area, especially during off-peak season. again, it's like and is involved, have a lot of confidence the program can be successful. what other questions can i answer? -- again, if larkin is involved. i want to thank my staff. thank you all for being here. [applause] >> line item four, please. >> item four is routine administrative business, discussion and possible action. 4a is commission announcements. commissioner mazzucco: any

announcements from the commission? >> at this time, if you want to go over future agendas, we can. commissioner mazzucco: just so members of the audience know, the police commission oversees cases regarding special officers. later on, we will go into closed session to review the officer walsh shooting, to review disciplinary matters. those are confidential and privileged matters. we will move into closed session to handle those matters. that is what we will be doing after we assign one case involving a patrol special officer and involving future assignments, so we start with the assignment of the case. >> assignment of disciplinary charges filed against officer robert ortega. an individual commissioner for the taking of evidence on a date to be determined by the commissioner. commissioner mazzucco: an order

to receive that assignment? i see the special officer is present. who shall we send that to? >> commissioner hammer, i believe is up next. commissioner hammer: i will be happy to take that. commissioner mazzucco: mr. ortega, if you could have your counsel get in contact with the secretary's office. >> item 4b, scheduling of items identified for consideration of future commission meetings. commissioner mazzucco: i had asked earlier in the day a reminder of a breakdown for what is on our calendar for the future month or so. obviously, we will have to work some into that. >> coming up next week, tentatively is a secured communities report. a report from the training division. that might be pushed back a little bit. discussion regarding commission priorities. an update for matters that were

discussed at the retreat back in october. the week after that, there is a consent item, the occ document protocol reward executive order 2010. that report will be brought up on the 19th as well. and then, fdrb and oas quarterly reports. firearms discharge review board. the week after that, consent items. the occ's quarterly report. the sparks report, also tentatively set for february 2. revised use of firearms discussion and possible reduction and budget update. that is february 2, 2011. >> thank you. >> the 16th of february, we were tentatively scheduling updates

as well. the third wednesday of the month, the week of the month we try to reserve mostly for discipline. >> dr. marshall, you have an item you would like to add? commissiioner marshall: yes, how do i want to put this? chief, when you first got here, one of the things we did was we got, i guess, 60-day reports, 90-day reports on what you felt you had achieved and wanted to achieve. i think you told me -- how long have you been here now? >> a year-and-a-half. commissiioner marshall: 18 months. i think a lot has been accomplished. i know what we said in interviews was you had a vision for this department. you hit the ground running.