partially, i would like to hear about all that has been accomplished. i know a lot has happened. you made a lot of changes in personnel and command staff and a lot of things, but you have also had to deal with things you did not know about. obviously, the ~ with things of major importance -- crime lab and the brady policy. but i would like to continue with those things you do want to be changed. it is important for us to know this is where you would like to go. these are things still on your radar. i think it is very important, and i do not know how to fit that in. i would like to know those things. the things you feel still have to be -- we talked about you making this, and we talk about moving the apartment to the 21st

century -- i have heard you talk about working smarter. i would like at some point to hear all those things you still feel need to be done in this department to move it to where you would like to see it go. i think it is important for you to tell all of us, and i certainly have some i would like to hear. >> it would be a pleasure, obviously. there are several areas where we are working on the technology and trying to do -- >> you do not have to do it now. just some time in the future. >> i understand, but we can talk about the technology, hiring civilians. a lot of it would be with the union, but we are hoping we can get that result. we were supposed to have civilian investigators start training this month, and that has been held back as a result of some concerns that were raised by the union.

we were hoping we could resolve that. but the tally, we have been asked to take another 10% reduction %budgetarily. and we did so through one-time savings. we also, as i think everyone in the room probably is aware -- we were granted the america's cup event. that is going to have a significant impact on public safety. we will go to our interim mayor. it is a discussion of the creation of the america's cup planning group. to put this into context, i have been involved in someone's major events previously. the lapd, when they got the 2000 democratic convention, there was a planning group to work for

years for the process. i personally spoke with the chief of vancouver, the host city for the winter olympics, and that planning group was in place for six years. we are looking at 2013. we are going to have to move very quickly. america's cup is the third largest international sporting event, only after the olympics and the world cup. in san francisco, it will be the first time in the history of the event we would be an event that people can see from the shore. traditionally, you either have to either rent a boat or get an airplane, so it limits the participation of the audience significantly. the san francisco experience will be quite different, and it will be great. anyone will be able to walk up to the marina or embarcadero and actually see the event unfolding, but this event is anticipated it will bring in some of the peak days as many as 500,000 people on top of our

regular visiting crowd. it will be in the summertime. generally, competitions will be from 1:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon, so you can see are around 5:00, as people of getting off work, you will have all these other folks that will also be in our city. again, this is a really good plan. i think it will be a tremendous event for the city. is to make the city the olympic village, if you will. by comparison, in valencia, the event was all built around a commercial area that was very lightly used, and when you look at the winter olympics, the actual events were outside of vancouver. it is very cold, so it is not like people are walking around the streets of vancouver getting drunk. people will be getting drunk and walking around our streets. and we have to be prepared for that. >> if i may -- commissiioner marshall: if i may, i did not

want the full report tonight. i was hoping to get the report at a future meeting or lay this out on paper so the commission would have this out on paper so we could see your vision. that was my thought, so i want to relieve you of your burden this evening. >> ok, thank you very much. we will put that together for you. i would like to decouple the taser from this. i think that needs to be addressed soon and as a stand- alone item. what i would like to do is bring to a proposed policy that would basically be best practices, looking research forum and others others have talked about. i would like to book that we ask for a request for proposal because the process itself will take about six months. and then, the process we are trying to identify a vendor, we can start talking about training policies and rollouts. i think even in the best case scenario, we are looking at nine months or 12 months before this actually would be out peer

friendly, i do not think in good conscience we can continue to wait. >> i agree that we do need to look at this, and people get very passionate about the issue, as we saw in the last presentation. i would like to schedule this matter it possible for it to be on our calendar the first wednesday of february to have brought before the commission for an action item a determination as to whether or not the police apartment should implement the use of tasters and the proper training involved in that. the word and we had last time, with maybe a little tinkering. i think you are correct. something i was going to add was that in light of recent events in the last week, we need to look at this closely and look at it again, to reeducate the commission and the new commissioners. again, i just ask that it be -- again, people are very passionate about this issue. some people are passionate who are not professionals not ordinarily involved in this issue.

i'm hoping to have a presentation from the professionals, not an anecdotal back an organization disagrees with this. i think last time, and i will be candid with you, your presentation was well done. we had a presentation on the opposite side that was flawed. i hope that this commission will look at this, have an adequate preparation and presentations. i want. occ to take a very active role in this. but you are right -- it has to be sooner rather than later. i was open the february 2 would give the commissioners time to get ready. >> if i may, i want to be here for the presentation, and i will be speaking in new york on a symposium concerning the cost of policing on that week, so if we could do it either before or after -- >> commissioners, how you -- >> i would request after. when the time for a community-

based organization to weigh in on the spirits of schedule and action item quickly i think would be fair to the group. >> what may be helpful, which might address this as well, is it we break this down into two meetings. one, where we can hear the presentation or proposal, hear from groups, and then go away and think about it a bit and then come back with questions -- any questions that need to be answered on the night that we vote, so that we back into this and have a preliminary presentation earlier than the night that we are scheduling a vote. for some of us, this is a new issue, and we want to make sure that we have adequate time to really understand it and to hear everybody and make sure

everybody feels heard in the community and so on. does that make sense? commissioner hammer: i would suggest perhaps the chief had mentioned before or after, february 2, he is going to be gone, but february 9 is still relatively soon. if that is agreeable, i would suggest that. some of us continue to have conversations about this and ideas about it, that i think it would be good to set aside an evening to do this so that a credible varying aside can be brought before this. my personal opinion is that dragging it down two weeks and weeks is a mistake, but that is my opinion, and if i'm overruled, that is fine as well, but that we set aside time to do this in an intelligent way. again, that is my suggestion. commissioner slaughter: i have to echo what commissioner hammer said. i would be in favor of doing it

either on the 26 or the ninth. i also agree that we ought to do it -- i think that the commissioners are all at least vaguely familiar and can educate themselves more, but i agree that we ought to set aside a significant amount of time at a single meeting to hear all sides of the issues that have that be the time that we could then vote on. i'm concerned about unduly pushing this further. if we were going to split into two separate meetings, i would prefer to have that first meeting be the 26 and come back on the ninth for a vote, but if we are going to do it as one, let's do february 9. because i do think it is important that you be here, chief. >> i agree. i think what we should do is add this to calendar for january 26, for the full blown presentations, and then we can

move this to february 9 for the vote. as much as i think we really should address this issue as soon as reasonably possible, while giving the community input, and while hearing from individuals, their stakeholders, to have an understanding of what they are dealing with. so let's do this -- >> if i could be heard, please. many of us have been through this before. i think what is most helpful, because there's so much material, the most important thing is to get the commissioners' hands before the meeting. the presentation is frankly using a recitation of what is in this article's of literature. i would urge my colleagues and the president to give us time for the chief to put together what he thinks is the best material, best presentations to get it to us a week in advance so the commissioner could study that material in quiet and reflect that. but also give time for any other commissioner who wanted to bring what they might think is credible varying information.

it is an important decision. it is still relatively fast, and that would give time to have these materials in commissioners' hands. we could talk about it, and you could perhaps a vote that night. again, that is my suggestion. >> we had previously discussed there might be a significant discipline matter brought forth that night that could take a couple of hours. we were talking of a january 26. there is a significant discipline case that will consume most of the evening. >> that is mine, and it will take all of us hours and hours, i predict. >> chief, do you feel comfortable with february 9? you are the one dealin basis, ai want to get to this asset as possible. let's calendar this for february 9. that gives everyone adequate time to prepare. frankly, i think you probably should put it on that evening for an action item.

>> i agree with that. >> if we think we need more time, at that time, i suggest we ask for one week continuance and no more to make a decision, but this is something that we cannot be seen as dragging our feet on this issue. it is a life-and-death issue, and we need to move forward as soon as possible. >> what have a deadline do we want to have in terms of having material to us from everybody? community groups, the department, and so on, so that the commissioners can have adequate time to be prepared on this? >> i would ask that we have all the documents to the commission by february 2, the prior wednesday. we have that delivered in our package for some time around that date. >> very good. thank you. >> i have a question on a different issue. we had talked a few weeks back about hopefully bringing a proposed new proposal to us for

discussion and hopefully approval. in this wondering if we are on track on that now? i know there have been a lot of delays with vetting by attorneys and what not. >> i believe that the city attorney has agreed that will be ready later this month. we have the holidays in between, and i believe -- i know that we had an agreement about mid- january, the city attorney would be ready. >> [inaudible] >> february 2, was tentative. i just want to know if we are still on track. >> yes, i have not heard otherwise. >> ok. >> -- commissioner mazzucco: 90. any public comment? -- thank you. please call item five please. >> item 5 is public comment on all matters pertaining to closed session, which is item seven on the agenda. commissioner mazzucco: these matters are privileged and

confidential. employment and disciplinary related matters, so we go into closed session. we do seek public comment, if anyone has any concerns or questions regarding that. we will give you an opportunity to speak. otherwise, we will look onto line item 6, and vote as to whether or not to have the closed session. >> i have worked with 27 captains through my tenure, and i try very hard to work with the captain at the district, and i want you to know that i'm trying very hard. i have been on the streets so much, and i know what is happening. i would like you guys to start listening to the public more about our concerns because right now, a lot of things have happened that we were concerned about that we are trying to have a meeting with the captain to

address, and we hope to have one with a. she did not show up at the last one. commissioner mazzucco: thank you. further public comment? hearing none, please call item 6. >> item 6 is a vote on whether to hold a closed session. an action item. >> i have a question, one of order, before we vote. we do not have the city attorney here tonight, do we? so, perhaps, chief, if you can, one of the items we are going to consider in closed session is to the public, we get these in a closed session regularly, an officer-involved shooting. there is a presentation, a professional one of the preliminary investigation going on within the department. because there's so many questions about these that the public really wants to know, beyond the mere press conference, i would like to explore the idea -- is there a way beyond the closed session items we do in your mind, that we could have a full presentation about these things, so the public could hear perhaps

as questions from us? i think it would help dispel the question people sometimes have about these shootings. is it simply a city attorney question? >> i think we probably need to have the city attorney weigh in on this. if it is a personnel matter, the press conference i have held in cases where based on my experience and comments that i hear from the community, we feel it is really important to go out in front, and we did so with the shooting that commissioner chan mentioned, and we did it yesterday with the incident, but we have the video because we recognized quickly that the video could be made public, which it was going to be made public, without context. it was going to lead to a lot of confusion and concerns, so we wanted to make sure that we disseminated the video, but we did so also with the material

that explains how -- the by mechanics of how human beings react to stimulus and also some scientific studies about the reaction time from a police officer when he or she perceives danger, how quickly they can react to it, and how quickly they can react to the perception that a danger is no longer there. with that, we felt it important that beyond that, we have to look at the personnel issues. i think it would have to be based on what the city attorney recommends. >> again, i do not need to put you on the spot. because of your experience in los angeles police department, i think it would be helpful for us to explore going forward, whether or not there could be an explanation to the public. we see these in closed sessions, incredibly detailed, step-by- step, second by second, recounting what goes on, professional independent police officers taking a good look, and i would like to talk about exploring that, not tonight, but moving forward. >> i would be open to whatever

the city attorney thinks is appropriate. >> the second motion to move into closed session? then a second. >> all in favor? >> we are now >> we have a quorum. four commissioners are present. and if we could now have a call of line item 8, to elect whether or not to disclose all the items held in closed session. we have a motion to not disclosed. >> second year of them all in favor? it is moved in. then, line item 9. adjournment. we have a motion. >> so moved. >> thank you very much. appreciate. we are adjourned.

>> please welcome the hon. gavin newsom and larry ellison, team owner, oracle racing.

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♪ >> please welcome are masters of ceremony, johnnie moseley. [applause] >> mayor newsom, distinguished guests, welcome. you might be wondering what i'm doing up here, but i did sail as a kid. at some point, i thought i could be a world class sailer. and then i got last place and i figured out skiing was for me. i would like to be involved. i'm honored to be here. i would like to be actually sailing, but this is the gig

that i have got. thank you very much. these are incredible. i think that's what is bringing a lot of excitement to the america's cup that is coming to the city. it is amazing. they are fast. i may freestyle skiier. when i watch them, it is exciting. it reminds me of an extreme sport. it's going to bring a lot of excitement to this city. i've been to a lot of events that are big. i saw what the olympics did for salt lake city, and what it is still doing, all the youth programs, and the ski jumps. 2010 ended with the news we had all been hoping for, that the 2013 america's cup would come to san francisco, and, indeed, it has. are really pleased with that. [applause] today is really a celebration.

today is really a celebration to honor the people who have done so much hard work to bring it to this city. mayor gavin newsom. [applause] richard worth and fred thompson of the america's cup event authority. board of supervisors president david chiu. [applause] oracle racing team owner, larry ellison. [applause] we also have representatives of two of the teams that will be competing. from oracle, john.

[applause] and paul. [applause] so let's start with the man who made this all possible, under his watch, america's cup and a world series, san francisco's mayor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you. welcome, everybody. this is a day many people did not think was going to happen. i could not been more proud of that so many of you took the time to be here to truly celebrate and reflect on an extraordinary moment in san francisco's history. this is a big deal. i will confess, though at my own peril, that i did not understand what a big deal this was when we started down this path and we walked down the steps, larry, about a year or so ago in

february 2010. i've always loved sailing. as a vestige of my youth, i remember becoming more aggressively engaged in the defense of the america's cup as it was held in san diego and back east. i truly never understood how transform give a could be to a city into a region and to a state, and to this country. how many people came up to us, people i never imagines were so support of an enthusiastic, and engaged. it really represented the diversity of our great city and our state. i just want to say on behalf of each and every one of you, those that came together, those that fought so hard, those that organized so courageously around this effort -- you deserve all the credit. to all the community groups, the co