>> reports and announcements. we have the report on crime statistics, review of recent activities, a special compliance, and more. >> is time to get to work. >> i am happy to report the crime is still trending down. that is significant. it is over 20%. this was driven by drops in auto thefts and auto burglaries. this has been driven by drops in auto thefts and auto burglaries which are down 26% and 28% respectively. i can tell you we were getting creamed with auto burglaries and

deaths. they were also trending down significantly. while we were still doing the thing where we were getting a handle on the violent crime, it is paramount. it appears to be now correcting itself. 9% fewer violent crimes, we were considering that we were slightly ahead of where we were last year. with a net increase of three and 14 crimes which is less than 3%. , comparisons are 20 vs 17. putting that in perspective who was the second best year since i think of was in sixth grade. the next best after that was the year before. the clearance rates are over

65%. where were about 80% year to date which is a huge improvement over prior years. last year, you can't arrest. it was all partnership anyway. shootings are just about flat. the 74 vs 73. that will be a real bellwether. nobody ever shoot anybody that doesn't have the intent to do serious injury or death. those are the numbers that we try to keep a bid on. >> any questions for the chief regarding crime statistics? a >> of the next line item, regarding patrol special officers and a presentation for that this evening?

>> i will introduce the lieutenant. >> how are you? >> congratulations, by the way. last week, i did a presentation on the patrol specials. i left last week with some questions that i was to address this week and have come here with those facts. i want to tell you a good thing that transpired. there was a release of the bulletin as of today, and they built 11 of 9. the regulations for patrol this is a remake of a bulletin that was issued. i believe it was issued in 2008. what it does is it refreshes the election of the patrol division.

very quickly, i will go through what it does. that lets them know that there are rules in existence for control specialists. and tell them what uniforms and equipment that we wear. it also tells them what information from computer query's that they're able to use, they are sensitive. the procedures for reporting on and off duty, there are not allowed to alter their vehicles in any way. they are not allowed to use emergency lighting and equipment or sirens. they are not allowed to issue citations. they are not allowed to be in vehicle pursuit. that describes the the commission has directed the, the department will follow the interim rules and procedures of

the patrol special officers and their assistants. in the event that they are to find any violations, they are to memorialize that violation through the chain of command. and or forward that to the department's internal affairs division. they also make a paragraph, there are located at all of the district police stations. they describe also the commission posy of full procedures. in the event that they need assistance, my name was place in this memo that i'm available to them on and off duty 24 hours a day through the department unit. that is the informational after hours dissemination of information. it will close any gaps that we have given that we have such a big influx of new people. they are assigned to the patrol

division. in reference to the question about exactly how many patrol specials we have, i had an opportunity to dissect all of the records and interviewed by associates that have taken this assignment prior to me being here. we have a total of 42 patrol special officers. of the 42, we have 15 that are inactive. they have 27 active control specialists. of those 27, where we have nine other owners. the question was posed to me last week, how many beats do we have in san francisco. we have a total of 67 in san francisco. to which only 28 are actively worked.

the essence are either abandoned her, not serviced by an owner, there has been a death or retirement or a separation from the organization. the proof of insurance, liability insurance those proposed last week, the commission to the president had advised the control specialists that they had to have the proof of insurance in by 5:00 last friday. a report that as of now, of the nine owners, three are not in compliance. with either the workers comp or the vehicle insurance. or the client list. i was just given 1 this evening. my actions will be to forward

that information. to the internal affairs division and the chief's office. also additional records indicate the of the 27 actual officers, 10 failed to issue the informational sheets. addresses, phone numbers, date of birth. what cards you have registered to you. additionally, three of those 27 were out of compliance for the range qualification and those were forwarded last week to management control division. it was response to the question posed regarding and background investigations. the information i received are

how many applications are currently in the background to it? they show one file. it was received in the background of your a twenty first. it was hand carried by myself. what is the anticipated turnaround time to be completed by the patrol special? one month. the question in backgrounds for conduct the investigation, there appears to be no files or correspondence in the background division. i said that our records indicated e-mail's. they submitted an application in 2010, and we have no applications or correspondence. a final statement regarding the grounds, they are reviewed for

compliance. using a the police officer standardize trading post. the guidelines are currently under review. also what was posed to me was historical information with regards to management control complaints. how many complaints were historical received. in 2006, we had nine complaints. in 2007, we had five complaints. this is specifically control specialists or assistant patrol specialists. three complaints. in 2009, 29 complaints. in 2010, nine complaints.

i hope that i have satisfied the requirements that the commission has directed me. >> i think this commission, we are dismayed by the lack of compliance. it was the theme last weekend. in this very unique situation, especially after the recommended that they be disbanded, in order for them to operate, they would be in compliance for public safety issues involving training and involvement with other officers. and the murkiness of the uniforms looking like the police department, they're using our radios and operating out of our station. i think the message is pretty clear.

i was put in a spot last week. the police commission is responsible. once i heard that we were responsible and we put these interim rules in place after significant work with others, we would be december of 2008. there is concern. the basic concern is proof of insurance. >> there has to be proved insurance act with in damnation cause for the city. i think we cannot allow people to be operating without insurance. my concern was to find out who submitted insurance. six of the nine the control specialists had issued insurance. that is a third.

what do we do? what is the next step? we want to avoid liability for the city. i find out now that we have had 10 patrol specialists failed to comply with information 3 >> we have control specialists have not qualified at the range. how to thank you for giving the numbers that we did not yet clear last week. there were active patrol specials, we know who is an active. we're getting our hands around this problem. what do we do next? how do we handle it this evening when we have potentially three control specialists operating lease without insurance? without proof of insurance? we have three patrol specialists out there tonight. they're not qualified with firearms. what do we do? >> we spoke about this.

he told me your role as hot dry air and cleaner is that you have to write of the memo. and you will forward that to management control and it will come back to you for an investigation. my concern is, in the interim, what do we do? what if something happens with an unqualified user of firearm? i don't know the answer to that question. i think it falls within the hands of the police commission. i know what we need to do tonight. that falls into your lap, chief. i will let commissioner slaughter speak. while they are speaking, we need to discuss what we can do this evening about those. >> we can make recommendations. >> i won a footnote. i want to thank the officer for truly attempting on your

direction to somewhat organized the men and women. they will comply with my necessity of supplying this information. what that on record that he did call me several times, wanted to know who he needed to pinch to get information. >> on the issue before us, this is a discussion item. these are rules that are in effect since 2008. have a clear which of told us, the individuals are in violation of those rules. how do we handle it? their conversations have you learned. they needed emergency lights to go from one end of the city to

another to respond to a call. and remind them to take a look at the departmental bulletin. you're not peace officers. but also be an issue. how to turn it over now to commissioner slaughter to express his concerns. >> thank you for your presentation today. i had real frustrations last week and i took it out mostly on the patrol specialists. i think to a large degree, the department for some time has fallen down on its responsibility to monitor the situation. in the last week, you have made great strides in via -- identifying the issues. i think the allies on both v patrol specials and on the department. the work you have done needs to continue. we need systems to retract what is going on and have consequences. we have a system where we can

identify that a third of the owners are not complying. unfortunately, i am not sufficiently familiar with our 2008 rules, but if there is not a way that somebody is suspended, who immediately from their beats, which might have to be looking at our rules again. one specific question for you, just following up on the third, be no how many seats are represented by those three that are not in compliance? and where those are? the commercial district really love the patrol specials and value them. we want to do what we can to support them, but we have to do

it in such a way that is in compliance with our rules. so we know what is going on. are we talking about a majority of the beets? the have that information now? >> i thought i had my mouth with me, and i'd done. i know that by looking at the list, i can see one is a predominantly said the industrial area. the other to are very urban. and not surprising given the popularity of the control specialists for those types of district. i would encourage you to continue the work you have done over the last week, and monitoring of the patrol specials is not a one-week job. understand you have many duties. you need to develop the system

so that it is sort of automatic , and ongoing process. if the commission needs to look at the rules, you can get ways to have funds -- the immediate consequences for noncompliance with those rules. we have to do that quickly. a killing what commissioner marshall -- echoing what commissioner mazzucco said, we will be behind you. we will be doing what we can to support the program. >> starting last week was the

first time that we cut through the fog a little bit. now we have some numbers. the picture that works for me is that there are still some good compliance officers that provide services to people it doesn't replace cops, but we are feeling safe around the neighborhood. not yet helped pave the picture for us about the compliance, when do we do about that? in my view, there are too class's of violations. they should follow all the rules, but they are really important. they ought to be off the streets. we do that with the parole officer. under the current rules, perhaps on the most serious violations, someone who isn't qualified on time, the reason on the insurance issue, the city is on the vote for it.

the city is indemnified. you can report a month or so what are some of the serious violators. perhaps the commission should take action against those. and the viability of the program, i think that is not fair. for the good of the patrol specialist, who perhaps you can talk with the president and identify who you think the most serious ones are. perhaps bring those back home if possible within the rules. and whoever is in compliance so far, you only get so many second chances. not everyone is in support. i am. we are all somewhat critical of them. the ones who are not compliant, if they don't do it right away, they will lose their chance to do that kind of work and

endanger the entire program. >> one of the issues that was posed to me, the client lists. i went into detail. your list was not kept in my office it is kept in the police commission secretary's office. nobody else has access to that. i also want to thank the lieutenant and our past associates who is retired now. they're given us both backgrounds and have been very hopeful. >> i don't have a strong opinion on that issue. i have a strong opinion on insurance, training, who

qualified with a firearm. the sum was not qualified, that is an easy one for me. if they are not indemnifying san francisco, they should be off of the street and they should be shut down. you can take away the ones that are complying with the rules. they are not all bad. that is not true. and that is not fair. we should bring them physically in front of the commission and if we have the power to say you are forbidden to practice your beat. will be taking -- taken away. the commission should have to take it away from those people. that is my thought. the commission is going to have -- i don't know if the city attorney has ever asked. the issue is that they called them trade secrets last meeting.

is there a way legally for the control specialists to give these client lists and the rates charged to the commission? we can look at them because they are certainly monopolistic. they should have a monopoly, we have to make sure that those rates are fair. can they view those in a way that did not -- >> those documents are confidential. we are aware that there has been at least one request for those records. they want to release them on the grounds that they are confidential. >> a lot of other patrol specialists as well, i really urge every patrol special immediately to turn those over. and consistent with these rules, i think in light of that

opinion, there is no defense to turn those over. i call on everybody to comply with the request for the rules. >> i also wanted to just quickly note that we can bring those matters for the commission. there is also a process in cases involving allegations of serious misconduct for public safety that require that the chief of temporarily suspend the ordinance. >> to make clear what i was suggesting, i think we need to air this a very specifically. everyone is on notice at this point. they can come back and publicly report on the noncompliance. they really go to public safety.

those are two different tracks. >> there is an immediate investigation as to why they failed to qualify. >> thank you very much for the additional information. just a follow-up, the city attorney and legal options i understand that we can't take action tonight.

>> is a complicated area under the city charter. for what actions may be warranted or appropriate. there is at least one process in place. although it would be a very tight timeline. >> maybe there is something in the rules to allow them to take immediate action.

>> i did not want to be the person that suggested that, which is why move the commission towards that. commissioner dejesus is next, but before she speaks, i would feel more comfortable if there are patrol special officers. i would feel more comfortable if they were not working tonight. we are in this interesting situation here where we told the commissioner, we need to do something. i can't sit back tonight.

the emergency measure, i hope those that are not in compliance are not on the street. commissioner dejesus: of like to thank you for your report. you can shoot me an e-mail or something. those are really important figures. i know they will change. i also support the control specialists. i agree that they follow the rules. i want to thank allen for working with you, and i want to point out that this is not all of the patrol specialists. there are many that are not, but i believe that they should follow the rules. commissioner marshall: i