association teaching it, triangle marshall arts and our instructor is mr. ken craig, an accomplished martial artist. we love the class last week and we walked away much more aware and alert so that we would not become victims. to the best of our ability. we have invited captain casanago to send a community policing officer and we invited our local residents association, safety committee, and in that way we hope to learn other initiatives that we too can support. we hope we see you there. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you, commissioners, chief, director. my name is ken craig. i appeared here a couple of times. i wanted to begin by noting that this sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of jim warrer in on the council. -- warner and i would like to invite anybody that has the time to come over to come and

visit and talk with the public there and get some chance to meet with people. and i did want to discuss some items with regard to the patrol special police which is one of the areas that i'm very interested in as far as public safety. and i know the commission is focusing a lot of interest and a lot of attention on the patrol specials which i agree with. and i am happy to see that occur. i would like to encourage the commission, though, to think about the proposal that i've sent in a couple of times and a number of other people have sent in which is a public working group. a group where a couple members of the commissioner and some sfpd officers and patrol specials can km together and have time to have and have a proper dialogue to work on some. issues that have been going on for probably over 10 years. and try and come up with some recommendations that everybody can hopefully agree on at a separate point. and this forum where we can come in and speak for three minutes is useful. but very limiting. it doesn't give us an awful lot of time to raise a lot of the

issues. and it certainly doesn't provide dialogue between the commission and the public. when we send emails in, it's very rare for us to get an actual response or to get any comment as to what the position of the commission is. so it's really very much one-sided. the one time that we did make some significant process -- i'm sorry, progress -- was when commissioner hammer and commissioner dejesus met with a small group of us and that was about two months ago. some of the items that came out were mentioned during the last meeting. and commissioner slaughter had mentioned a couple of those items. we made some significant progress toward things that could be changed. to make the patrol specials more functional. and certainly more compliant which every client wants them to be. and hopefully an asset to the city. so i would like to strongly recommend that you reconsider that option. and hopefully give us a chance for clients that are paying for those services root now to have a real impact on what's going on and to make a difference for the city of san francisco. thank you very much for your time. president mazzucco: thank you, ken.

>> i'm back again. fourth time on the patrol special issues. i have a couple of small points and then a brief discussion point he want to bring up as well. number one, they're unconstitutional. they violate the 1/4 amendment of the united states cons -- the 14th amendment of the united states constitution. they're unconstitutional and never should have existed in the first place. they should be put out of business. it's been nine months. those of us out here who don't own the specials or have them as our -- that don't work for us, we are under threat every day if we allow them to persist in this city. they're unconstitutional. they don't work. they're corrupt. they break the law on a regular basis and don't follow the rules and regulations. they should have been out of business long ago. what's taking so long? chief, i'm told you used to be at the mission station and i'm not sure if i can address him and i'm not sure what happened since you left there, sir, but that station is a den of

corruption. just so you know. and a wonderful man and that station is running circles around him and i speak of the gae community relations group under michelle gene operate by chuck lambert, gary buckner, and kate joshua to name the four most egregious offenders in that unit. finally i want to make the point when we discuss the specials, there's an assumption that they are somehow supplementary to the police. and that they actually continue to the safety and the welfare of the citizens. i have another -- an alternative narrative as the president would say that may explain why some folks like ms. grogan want them around so badly. in certain neighborhoods in this city people don't like the laws that we have. they want to establish an extra legal system where people can walk around with leashless dogs and walk around naked and walk around selling drugs, walk around whoring and doing all sorts of illegal nonsense. these patrol specials allow these community groups and

certain neighborhoods to insulate themselves from the actual law and create an alternative set of laws that they alone know, they alone understand, they alone enforce. and they alone get to live under. the rest of us are just their victims when they so choose. that is not equal protection under the law. and it's not legal. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. >> good evening. how are you this evening? >> hi. my name is paulette brown and i want to use the overhead. as you guys know, here, concerning my son, abria acusa murdered october 14, to a semiautomatic gun, 30 rounds of bullets left that gun. and since then, i'm still looking for justice. i was just left the press

conference of the tourist and her situation was just the same as my son. you know, he was an innocent bystander. he hol everyday out and he said -- hollered out and he said run and he was shot. and there's two schools by my house where children go to school. people bring their children there that work here also. and people saw it. they called in. and said they saw it. they pecked up the perpetrators and put them in jail but let them back out. the same they did with the tourist. and i don't understand why my case isn't solved. and i am glad that her case is solved. because no one needed to do that to that lady at all. i feel sorry for her family. but i want justice also. and there's mother's day coming up. and i'm still -- they say a

mother's rage, i have that. i was out in front of city hall today. and i was told to move. where am i going to put my posters? where am i going to put this -- which was given to me, the $250,000? where am i going to put it? at 850 vine on the fifth floor? we have no venue. i have no venue. the only place that i can come is here. outside in front of city hall. 850 bryant to keep my son's memory alive so maybe someone will do something. and i am trying my hardest. i know i've been told that it's been -- you're looking into it. and i'm waiting. it's been five years. it's five years, august 14. it will be five years. and i need justice. i just -- i don't know what else to say. there's other mothers and

fathers out there and i don't have their pictures. but they need help, too. but you guys always know that i'm coming here for my child. he was only 17 when he left. mother's day is coming. i should be telling him to take the garbage out. i can't. he was my only son. it's not like i can go and have another one. it will never bring him back. if i can get just a little piece of my michael -- bring those people to justice about my child. please. president mazzucco: ms. brown, you are welcome to come here he have week. it's not a problem. >> thank you. -- tom here every week. it's not a problem. >> thank you. >> that's sad when so many cases like that all over america. and so many cases. but let's be upbeat tonight. i see the officers every day on

the beat. they got a new step now. they got new pride. they got a new owner. why are you guys moving so fast? we got a new chief, clyde. who is he? what? like i didn't know. and the honor and pride in them, you can just see the transformation. nothing against former chiefs. i'm not here to demean them. but it's just the morale is like went from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds in a corvette. that's what i'm seeing, chief, sir. that's what i'm seeing. but on another note, we were told six months ago, and commissioner hamel was point on, on that d.n.a. lab, we were told it was fixed. it's fixed. it's fixed. it's not fixed. they're supposed to have 11 employees and they only have four. we're supposed to have a machine that we paid $140,000

for, that's supposed to be working. it's not working. used to, we got a problem at the crime lab. good evening. president mazzucco: thank you, clyde. any further public comment? hearing none, please call -- actually, we're going to do something out of order. we're going to go right to the commission president's report. and we have a presentation that we're going to make tonight. >> item number followed by the commissioners' report. president mazzucco: thank you. chief gaudin, could you please come up? >> i will start from here. president mazzucco: we call chief gaudin up here to show our

appreciation after chief gascon was called. he carried for all of the changes that were carried forward by chief gascon. he ran this police department in admirable fashion, as if it was his own police commission. crisis intervention teams. he went into full speed ahead and gave us support. you what the commissioners to los angeles to look and see how things were done there. he supported the commissioners in all of their efforts, and you did a terrific job.

i want to thank you on behalf of the commission and have the other commissioners speak before we provide you with this plot. -- plaque. you moved your family here. i do not want to hear that you are from the lapd. you are now a part of the san francisco police department. >> thank you. commissioner slaughter: the priorities did not change. you provided the leadership that was necessary. especially, obviously, with the team that commissioner chan has

been so involved with. you made sure that the department kept moving forward, and we had leadership at a very critical time. on behalf of them, think. president mazzucco: commissioner kingsley? commissioner kingsley: good evening, chief. you did overnight, through the weekend, unexpectedly, without hesitation, you took on a very high stress top job as a top cop, and i want to tell you that i never felt any lack of confidence. i felt our police department was

in excellend hands. you had a number of surprizes that came your way during time as chief and handled that with a great deal of intelligence and good judgment and fostered a great deal of confidence in all of us, and on top of all of that, you always have your eye on future events, too, and were planning for the world cup and other foreign events, so i want to add my thanks for a job done it excellently, and i am very pleased that you are continuing.

the other forward to working with you in the future, as well. >> thank you very much. president mazzucco: commissioner chan? commissioner chan: i saw you in the news conferences and hold up very well. what i appreciate the most about you is the response of an honest and open new word. i saw you in meetings with the cit working group. i think that was the first time before, when you joined us in the office at 8:00, and you spoke in plain english. the members were incredibly impressed by you, and that has been consistent across the board with what community members have experience in their connection with you. you also attended community meetings, forums, working on violence in the mission.

i look forward to many more it chances to work with you. >> i appreciate it. president mazzucco: on behalf of the sentence is the police commission, i want to thank you for your service. [applause] >> i appreciate all the compliments. we're short, it was my honor, and i was really proud to be put in that position and move the department forward. i could not yet been prouder to be the interim chief. most importantly, and i am going to take some of the steam from

clyde, but i am proud to be led by the other, and now, i am proud to go home. >> i probably have the most closest contact with the chief, and he asked me to speak a little bit more slowly. he has been a class at all of the way. there was an interview process going on. he has always been fair with me, and i appreciate that in the forward to working with him. >> thank you. president mazzucco: ok, now go to line-item 2-a, and we will go

back to 2-c. is there time for the crime statistic? >> we made some arrests with regard to the german tourist case. several search warrants and arrest warrants were served today. seven suspects are in custody. six search warrants, i think it was, were executed. unbelievable work done by the men and women of the police department, specifically tenderloin station, homicide, gangs task force, and the district attorney's office, particularly eric fleming, and others. there was a lot of cooperation. that is what happens -- you love it when a plan comes together. well, it did.

again, the message is if you do a crime in san francisco, and we can pull it together and get witnesses and cooperation, we make these cases, and it's got may. also, the crime report, the last 28-day cycle, crime was down about 70%. overall property crime was down 20%. this includes automotive press and burglaries. but the message has been received. it seems to carry over.

the chief, the department is in good shape as it moves forward, and now we are in the middle of this budget staffing situation, but we will get through that, too. president mazzucco: thank you, chief. before we move on, there have been some changes. u.l. year roughly eight hours after being sworn in. can you tell the commission the changes you have made during the course of this week? >> phinnaeus comebacker -- yes, all three assistant chiefs were very gracious in realizing that we were in times, setting the model from the top. same duties and responsibilities, but

demonstrating that that is the way it should be. i spoke with mickey callahan today. i know the officers gave back six furlough days. last year, i gave my six-pack last year, and i will give my four back as a cheap going into this next fiscal year in addition to the forfeiting of any in advance. we have blocked the door open . i door open commissioner chan has taken advantage of that, as has ms. porter. anyone else is welcome. when you call the office of the chief, you will get a voice and a person. i do not have an suv. there will be no more suv's.

that is a little more expensive. small things, and that the mayor's office today to discuss a draft organizational chart. we hope to have that done relatively soon. president mazzucco: great, thank you. any questions of the chief republican -- of the chief? commissioner slaughter: i think the rest of the commission will second it. you happen to get your command staff. i am not all surprised to hear that you're working on it, and afford to see what you decide. president mazzucco: commissioner chan? commissioner chan: thank you, chief, for making these changes.

i did take the advantage of the open door today, and i will report back on that later during the commission report. i also want to thank you, chief, in a quick follow up in your second week now, being so responsive to our requests, including putting forward the department bulletin and reminding officers that they keep this record. penn -- commissioner: i want to say that i really appreciate the attitude that you have taken with the new chief, and it does not work if the command staff is not with it. it was his decision, appropriately so, but you guys really showed your true colors and devotion to the department, and i want to thank you. president mazzucco: thank you.

we will go to line item 2-c. good evening. >> an update on the patrol special. some questions were asked of me. on the orders of the chief. last wednesday, i went back and make contact with all of them. i clearly explained what the situation was, and they accepted that, realizing they cannot go out on patrol until the fix the problem, which is to attend the range and to successfully qualified. what i did understand is that two out of the three had medical

issues, and they are seeking medical attention. i advised them when they are cleared by their doctor, to be the response to the range, where a report will be issued to me when and if they qualify at the range. the second issue was a liability insurance. as of today's date, only one is out of compliance. i did notify the empowering that they are in a stand down mode, and i am waiting if anything comes fourth. the information was disseminated verbally. also, written by me. and emailed to those individuals. and the last one, of the client lists, only one is out of

compliance that individual has indicated to me that he has medical issues. i have submitted this to internal affairs for investigation to determine what extent will happen after that. information that pertains specifically to the latroy specials can be given. he can individually brief the captain and read his or her associates as to what the current status is of the control specialists. and i think that i touched all the bases that you ordered me to

come back and report on. president mazzucco: i appreciate you coming back and doing that. it was extraordinary to ask you to do that. i would like to say thank you for being in compliance or being close to compliance. the reality is, you are essentially a department of public safety committee, and you have no choice. it is still not good enough for what we need. thank you for your work, and let's get to the bottom of this. anything else? item 2-b. please. secretary lt.: item 2-b, the occ

director's report. president mazzucco: good evening. director hicks: 1 less. president mazzucco: any questions for director hicks? back to the commission reports, i just want to report that on monday evening, i attended a merchant's association. they honored officer john gallagher, 41 years of service. he is retiring from no. station in july. people were expressing their concerns about crime in the neighborhood, and happens to be 9 neighborhood, -- and it happens to the my neighborhood, so i was there. it was a great event, and there is an energy in the community about the new chief.

people are quite pleased. it was well done. i want to thank john gallagher. that is what i did. i was hearing from the community about how they feel about the new chief and other items. >> i thank you for your time this morning. there is the director of the clinic, and also, director fixed -- hicks and others. we also discussed the timeline for cit. we fought through some creative ideas.