solutions amongst ourselves that suggest to the captain what we are working on. since i have been a member of that organization, and has been helpful to me, because it is important to know what is going on in the areas around our district. we talked about changing captains. that is a reality. it has helped us to have the citizen's advisory board. we have had three captains in two years. it has been a way for us as a group to help orient those new captains and work with them on what has been happening in our district, sharing our institutional knowledge of what has been happening. that has been a very good thing for us to be able to work with them as part of it. i am going to share a brief examples of the programs we have worked on as a community. the first one is related to youth. we had a lot of youth talking about getting to know the police officers.

one of the members set our schools do not feel comfortable with the police. they have started a program that started a few months ago. the police officers went into the school and invited the students into central station. since then, the students have learned more about the station. >> i am and she -- angie menkin. i am a relatively new member of the ingleside cpad, and i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you tonight. we really do need a common definition of community policing. i have kind of struggled with that.

as a new member, i have been doing some research in trying to figure out what is my role here. there are some training materials. i think there could be more. as we know, it comes from the top. having a vision statement for the police department, for each captain, that really crystallizes what community policing is, at least in san francisco or right now, i think it is a really good thing. i understand that implementation will be and should be station by station, really, and the captains and the chief need some flexibility to implement community policing. but i think the community needs to understand what is and how to define it. there really should not be 100

definition's if there are 100 people in the room. in my view, we need to encourage the real partnership between the police department and the community. youth is a huge part of it. i live in the excelsior district. we want to encourage are used to be empowered, to be safe, to be active, and have options. that is why i am participating. we have had a couple of youth forums. i think we need to do more. >> my name is marlon drump -- crump. i am with port news network. i am also with the legal advocacy network. this is related to the experts

say -- expose about cops going into people's hotel rooms. some of you already know how i feel about the issue. i was under the impression that would stop after the presentation with captain correa. i give him a manual of proposed policy beforehand. i spoke with you, that david campos. do you know what happened afterward? some of those recruits came to my presentation. but when i see this happening most recently, that tells me a lot. i really felt i was pacified a lot on the issue. all i can tell you here and now is this. if those officers are not swiftly dealt with which the to the part -- to the termination, i will sue the city for

misleading the public and pacifying me. i really did not appreciate that at all. i worked extremely hard around that issue. i spent my own time and energy going to all those police commission meetings, sitting in the front row over and over, only to see that happen again. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is susan nelson, and i am from the southern station cpab. i want to make a statement about the group that southern station and how energetic and cohesive a group we have. we have had three captains at southern station since our group formed. i feel that our focus has moved flawlessly through these

changes. it is due in much part to the open mindedness of our captains and their support, and also with the help of sf safe. last year, we addressed problems in the soma area having to do with nightclubs and car break-in areas. we developed a campaign to reach out to the community, which we are following up on by expanding that to a neighborhood group. i just wanted to comment about what a positive group we have, and how we are very, very honored to be working with our current captain. supervisor campos: thank you. ken craig, katie lidell, barbara kyle. >> my name is debbie cornelius.

i am a member of the anderson street say the alliance. i am here to complement the ingleside station and thank you for your support of our community policing efforts. there was a liquor store at 511 crescent street. that was a huge crime problem in our neighborhood. and through our work with the now five captains that have been through their since our group formed, we are very encouraged that we were able to work with the police, work with the abc, and work with lots of different neighborhood groups, including the bernal heights neighborhood center, to shut the place down and get the license revoked.

we were encouraged. we want to continue the dialogue with the station and with the captain. we are very happy about this partnership. we want to keep it going. there are example of community policing. we are encouraged and we want to keep them going. >> thank you for being here. i want to thank the police department for being here. i think it is great that are out here. i am with the lower 24 street merchant association. i was on the advisory board in 2006 under heather fong. we spent a year talking about community policing and what it is in creating the definition. some of the things that came up tonight we did discuss and some of the things are not on there. what is important is

implementation. a lot of things we talked about over the years i have not been addressed. what happened to us -- we were kind of lucky because we did have a beat officer for seven years, which created a lot of trust. we had a very good experience with the officers. it is more than just a beat officer. it is not just one thing. there are a lot of different pieces that have come together to create the community things. the most important thing is communication. i think seeing our beat officer and the communication he had with everyone created that trust, which led to collaboration. i think the cab is very important. i think we need to empower it. i also think we need the legislation to be able to continue community policing to make it work in the long term.

>> my name is david delp. i am co-chair of the advisory board at the mission police station. they have asked me to be their voice tonight. in the past, i have interviewed other cabinet members, the former chief of police, and it is clear the desire to build trust between communities by community policing is a big wish. it is begging for a solid plan, a clear definition and your advocacy. a theory -- i see the efforts everybody is putting forward, and it is awesome. our cab is an extraordinary, diverse group of people dedicated to bringing peace to our neighborhood.

yet as a group we lack of guidance, funding, and the authority to make decisions. we met only 11 hours over the course of the year. this year, we are starting to make a few rules and set a few small goals. the chance to affect a change in the community is very small. at least that is my belief. i am here today to urge you to help change that situation. the good news is you can. there is some low-hanging fruit, i think. the legislation that is in front of the board of supervisors that is being proposed is a great start at defining what community policing is. i urge you to extend it to your jurisdictions and take it seriously. you are going to put forward a recommendation for the chief and

someone focused on community policing is important. we need that leadership. the people of san francisco need that from you. this is a call to give authority to cabs. we need this help. we all share this goal. >> my name is an macgee and i am on the advisory board for the richmond district. we are lucky to work with the captain and the officers in the richmond district. in the last year, we have had some deaths of people on bicycles. we have had deaths of pedestrians in our district. our cab has worked hard to create pedestrians and traffic safety materials along with safe, to reach out to the

community, especially our schools, our children, our elderly, and the different community resources in our district to help educate more people on safety. captain korea and all the staff has been very supportive of us in doing that. we also had an armed robbery of a medicinal marijuana clinic. it was only two blocks from my house. this was kind of a topic that we discussed in our advisory board. we had the owner of the clinic come. we got his point of view. we learned a lot about the business. he learned a lot about the resources that are available for additional security. he took a lot of our suggestions under advisement. i think these are examples of how our organization has been able to solve some of our challenges. i think it would be a wonderful

thing for community policing to continue. our advisory board has seen direct impact, using these methods. i would encourage all the supervisors to continue to encourage community policing. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is billy harrison. i have been listening and i really liked the concept of community policing, because in the world community is unity. today, my family and i cannot experience that unity, because my brother, charles harrison, was murdered in the tenderloin district on january 2 of this year. i know that we can come up with all type of tactics to move on communities. we can come up with gang injunctions.

the marjah district person said that him and his people feel safe. some of the people say they do not think it should be a hundred different forms of community policing, but it is a hundred different forms. it should be a standard. if somebody gets murdered in knob hill or the sunset, the response should be the same. we do not feel the response is the same. from my experience in the black community, it is not the same. the murder, from my understanding, was caught on tape. how could you have the people of san francisco feel safe if you are going to have this big book event coming to the city? how are you going to secure these people if you have a murderer walking around in the city?

we would like our issue addressed. we think the only way you are going to have balanced community policing is if it happens in nob hill and the same way in bayview. otherwise, it is worth nothing. supervisor campos: thank you for sharing your thoughts. i am going to read a few more names. bob hopper, richard alb, dinesh desai. >> my name is karen huggins, and i am president of the holland courts resident counsel, district 9. i am part of the -- i am a candidate for the cpap in ingleside. i did want to applaud what the brothers said before me. it is very true. i believe that community

policing should be district specific to the district. each district is different. it is not a dog without teeth. it has teeth. i would like to throw out the thank you's to officer heart and officer duffin. they have been great. they have met with us. i want to throw that out. i also feel that public housing should be on the board of the cpap. they are not, and they should be represented, every public housing development in every district. i believe the philosophy of the department should be changed. where you have new officers

coming in, you should find some addendum that will uphold community policing. that should be part of the application process. in your budget, i think it should be budgeted in that ongoing training for officers that are here -- it is one thing to walk the walk. but we need to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. it is one thing to stand up when everybody is applauding and feeling good, but when all of us get back home we want to be safe. we want the officers to be safe. we want to work together. officers have to come up. supervisor campos: you said you were an applicant for the citizens' advisory board? can you say a little bit about that? is there an application process? >> a couple months ago, i picked up some documentation from the

captain. he said he would get back to me, which i am pretty sure he will at his own convenience. i have been waiting. i would like to sit on that board. >> ♪ the best policing is yet to come and what it be fine you ain't seen nothing yet that badges going to shine happy retirement to you, to mark mcdunna in a couple of weeks you have really done your time i know you have water beat so many times down the line and i want to say that you make it all turned fine and all the leaves are brown

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hope everything goes your way ♪ supervisor campos: thank you, mr. paulson. richard mcgarry, the josh man, carol holly. >> my name is ken craig. i am not as talented as the last person. i serve on the lgbt chips advisory board. i am one of the castro community patrol. i come at this from a couple of different angles. i want to say the advisory board works very well. it is a good opportunity for the police department to get different input on what is going on and what affect neighborhoods. a month to bring a perspective we do not always get a chance to

do in other forums. as far as community policing, i am from britain originally, hence the extra. there is one thing i think is important to this discussion. the community are the police and the police are the community. i think you have to recognize the two elements of community and police. i think that is a very important concept. the public has to become more involved. the youth were talking about the police being unapproachable. part of that is walking up to the officer will that are on the beat and saying hello and getting to know them. that is on the community as much as the police department, to be

approachable and to be willing to listen. i think that is all i have to say. thank you for having this. >> my name is alfredo najila iii. i am the third director of the mission to empower youth. i am also the former co-chair of the mission of peace collaborative in the first police advisory board be started last year. fundamentally, i think it is attitude in community policing. there is not one way to answer that. i am going to give some examples of community policing in the mission district. the importance of keeping these captains at their post, when they are working with the community, is important.

those are personal relationships. what we have done in the mission district, to give you some examples -- in 2005, there was a triple homicide in the mission district. all of the service providers got together and did peace marches, up one to address the mission district. they asked police officers to make sure the march was safe and everything was fine. we also had a mural, a community merrill that was there to highlight our culture and heritage. some young kids wrote graffiti on it. we decided as a community to address that. the call the police captain for his help in being able to secure the area for us, because we were

going to do a barbecue and address the importance of community murals to the youth. that was a success. during the easter egg hunt, the captain reached out to us and the public safety net work during that time. he helped us to get help. supervisor campos: i have a few more names. >> i am barbara kyle. i live in bernal heights. i am a homeowner. we have had some success with community policing. i thought i would tell you what that looked like. i think the comments people have made about the constant memory go round of captains is really important. we have had for captains in our district in a few short years. it has very completely with the

captain. it has not seem like something that came from the city would priority. it was really the training of the individual captain. i do not think that is the kind of program -- i think we can do better with that. relationships in the community -- you cannot have those relationships. it is the captain as well as other senior officers. it is different in every -- it has to be a different model in every district. there is different factors in different neighborhoods. we have a very active neighborhood center with a number of programs that work with at-risk communities. having a community policing program their means working with those kinds of organizations that actually have the kinds of

relationships and resources, and maybe case management are so far that people were talking about. where we have seen things work we have seen good communication, captains that can manage an e-mail list, that are able to get a message out to the community to take advantage and so it is not just one way communication. they can learn people when they see things happening. supervisor campos: thank you. a couple more names. next speaker, please. >> my name is paulette brown.

i come here all the time. i do support the police. if that had been going on, my son would still be alive if we had that. i am saying that because i am still looking for judgment. i am not just here for my son. i am here for other mothers and fathers that have lost their children to homicide, people of color. these are other young men in district 10 that have lost their life, and still those cases are not solved. we are putting a band-aid on it. we can talk about community policing.

if we do not solve these unsolved cases, you can do what you want, and families are still hurting. they still want justice. you can put a band-aid on it, but it is not going to work with that. you do not want mother standing over their child, grieving, like i do every day. i can still see it. this is what i have left of my son, lying on a gurney. this is what our children are going to look like if we do not do anything about it. i have to come here every day, whether it is at city hall, san quentin, or the jail to talk about this. this is my therapy, because i cannot talk to someone in an office. i am also on the police advisory board in the northern panhe.