>> of the united states of america, one nation under god, indivisible. secretary falvey: thank you. and i will be taking a roll call of the commissioners. commission president, thomas mazzucco, commission vice president dr. marshall. commissioner carol kinsley. commissioner slaughter is an excuse. we have a deputy chief with us. it president mazzucco: thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

welcome to the wednesday, may 25, 2 cells 11, meeting of the police commission. could you please call item no. 1? secretary falvey: this is the approval of minutes for the following meetings, january 19, 26, february 2, 9, 16, and 23, and march 2, 16, 23, and 30, and april 6, 2011. president mazzucco: now that we have had a chance to review them, are there any changes the commissioners would like to make? commissioner: only a thank you to tom for putting all of these together. president mazzucco: and i agree with the thank you. we have have a lot going on with the police commission. we have. i share my appreciation for these minutes, and i know it takes a lot of minutes -- time.

i know you are watching the meetings to make sure you get your nose accurate, so may i have a motion? commissioner: i move. president mazzucco: all in favor? any public comment in regard to the minutes? let's move on to the consent calendar, line item number two. secretary falvey: i number two is a request to accept a gift of $150 from ms. leslie martin of wells fargo bank to be placed into the mounted unit floral fund in memory of charles t. ellis, #1748, and the fourth quarter 2010 document protocol report. president mazzucco: does someone want to move this? to what have a second?

and we will a public comment before go into the next line item. the protocol report, commissioners, that is in your packet. have you had a chance to review that? any questions or concerns? commissioner: no. commissioner: kazakhstan two or both? president mazzucco: -- is this on two or both? president mazzucco: we will have public comment. secretary falvey: on item two. president mazzucco: line item two. >> really quickly, last year, i requested an account of a donation that was made anonymously to the mounted patrol approximately 15 years ago of over $1 million. i requested an audit of where that money went at the sfpd.

i never got a copy of what happened. with the mounted police, in terms of a report of $10,000 apiece, but they do not have 17 new suttles at the mounted police at golden gate park -- they do not have 17 new saddles. coming back, i think when you come down to assignments of money, i think there should be an audit trail of the sfpuc, regardless of how immediate the funds are or how huge the funds are, so even related to this $150 gift, it should be able to be accounted for 10 years, 15 years from now about where it went, just like the $1.50 million at golden gate park that was given by an anonymous donor that as far as i know has never been accounted for in terms of what happened to the money. that is all i will say. thank you for your time on that,

and are we going to a public comment on either number one or not? president mazzucco: -- on item number one, or not? president mazzucco: the approval of the minutes? go ahead. >> there was absolutely no way here to make it public comment, and -- -- there was absolutely no one here to make a public comment. president mazzucco: any other public comment? hey, how are you? >> i see some new faces, in my name is as, and i am on the case, and i do not normally -- and my name is a.c. -- ace. president mazzucco: can you say this for line item number three, general public comment? >> oh, this is not line item

public comment? president mazzucco: thank you, ace. will someone move? may i have a second? now we move onto line item number 3. come on up. secretary falvey: line item number three is a general public comment. >> my name is ace washington, and i have been here over 20 years basically as an advocate and reporter. right now, i am here, working in a capacity of problems with the police department which i experienced, in which the racial disparity has raised its ugly head. now, some of you may know, two years ago, i came to this commission because i was arrested at the jazz festival, and this officer right here, in

my opinion, i think he went way beyond his duty as a police officer and was used as a security person for the festival that comes down in the fillmore. now, i was charged with five charges, all felony charges. i was charged with extortion, battery, stalking, and all of that, which were serious charges, which were all dropped, because it was false, but the officer had the attitude to go to the judge overnight, and they kept me in jail. they kept me overnight because of these charges, and he went and filed for an order. now, i in here to show you a parallel, because the next person who is going to get up and speak is going to show you something on the flip side. five charges, all drugs, and then there was an order to keep me out of my own the community. now, vote -- five charges, all

dropped. there was no justice for him, just like there was no justice for me. i did not come back last year to complete because my family came for a reunion, but i am going to be here this year to see if i can get this order dropped because it is frivolous. this guy here use the no. station to say that i taunted him. -- this guy a year said i used the no. station to say i taunted him -- this guy here. i had to go through the indignity of saying that i am restricted from my own community, so i'm going to have this gentleman came up, and i will have him start off and tell about what happened. i want to show him that he does have a way.

the next process. thank you very much. president mazzucco: thank you, ace. good evening. how are you doing? >> good evening. i felt there was an injustice done towards me, and i feel that when i called the officers, when i called 911 and the police came, they minimize the situation, and the situation to me was not minimized. i was in a situation where a lady spit in my face, and this it got in my mouth, and i proceeded to think that that was like a battery or assault, you know, and what happened is that nothing truly happened to the lady, even though the officers came, about five or six of them. i had about 10 witnesses who told the officer what happened, that someone came and spit in my face. i am a single parent.

i have a son. i would just say this. i am a son, and me and him, if i drink a soda, and he asks for some, i give it to him, because he is my blood. but i do not know about this projected onto the. i went and got tested. there are no results yet. but i also went down to court, in she was supposed to go to court yesterday, and when i went down there, i was told the situation was dropped. i did not drop any charges, and it was dropped before she went to court, so i do not know if it was the police to drop the case or the d.a. dropped the case. -- if it was the police who dropped the case. i in here to get some justice. i felt if it had been me, i would have had to be going to

court -- i am here to get some justice. ok, just to be honest, there was some racial thing going on because the lady was a different ethnic. she was caucasian, and i am black, and here on the report, which i've only got 53 seconds. i need to know what i have to do to go to to get some justice because it was dropped. i do not know if it was the d.a. i do not know if it was the officers. they told me it was the d.a. >> also in the narrative, if you look at it, it was mentioned "wise" four times. -- "white" four times. president mazzucco: he is doing a good job speaking for himself. i will explain, though we do not normally do this.

the office of the deal makes a decision on whether or not to pursue a case. it is not the police department or the police commission. it is the voters. >> ok, so it is the voters. there is no one i can go to about it being dropped. president mazzucco: you can go to the assistant d.a. who does misdemeanor intake, and the general number for that office is 55 3-1752, and ask for the misdemeanor into a. they will tell you what happens with the case, sir -- and ask for misdemeanor intake. next speaker. >> good evening. my name is eric king. i came before this commission on april 27, and last week, -- president mazzucco: clyde, hold

it down. i am sorry. clyde, clyde. >> i came before the commission on april 27, and last week, may 18, tried to get clarification on the findings of the note occ -- findings of the occ with the filings. i claimed that the ss pd tried to run me out of town because i knew the identity of one of their confidential informants -- i claimed that bss p d tried to run made up of down. -- bss pps note -- the sfpd tried to run me out of town. i know the directory of the occ was present. i am kind of wondering what i need to be to get clarification on the matter is starting to get

a little fishy to me. president mazzucco: that was a federal case, correct? >> yes. president mazzucco: 70 to talk to the people of the fbi, and the number -- so you need to talk to the police -- to the fbi, and the number is -- and you need to talk to the d.c. circuit. you can continue to talk about this. -- you need to talk to the duty officer. >> my next step would be to go to the inspector general's office. this is a law enforcement organization, and they were involved in the case, so i am taking it one step at a time. president mazzucco: i agree. >> so what i would like to do his equivocation on the occ findings, and i gave you all the details prior to the meeting, so --

commissioner: we are aware of the germans issues and have dealt with them as best as we can. we have responded to them, and there is nothing else we can do at this time for him, but we are well aware of the issues that he brings. >> you are an investigative body, and you have to issue findings that makes sense. the person who filed the complaint cannot walk away scratching the said, wondering, what did they mean by this finding? information only note is a general smoky finding that can mean one thing, and it can mean something else, it 180 degrees opposite direction -- a 180 degrees opposite direction, so you need to be specific on your

findings. president mazzucco: i think the best device is for you to contact the fbi. -- the best advice is free to contact the fbi. -- is for you to contact the fbi. i think you need to talk to the duty agent and find some closure. that is where you need to go. i am sort of stepping over the line a little bit because you have been here, and i have some concerns about what is going on, but i think you need to talk about the -- to the fbi. the duty agent, the case agent that handel did for the -- that handled it. that is what i think you should do. that is my advice. >> but i still would like clarification on the findings of the occ. what do you mean by information on it? it can mean one thing or

something else. i am entitled to know that. president mazzucco: we will let you know next meeting, or we will get you some sort of definition. we cannot do that right now. >> well, that is fine. so should i stop by the occ sometime between now and next week? president mazzucco: yes, that would be my advice. it sounds like to have already done that, mr. king. >> in my opinion, they would have handled it if i received a letter that explains their findings. if you can just say "information only," and that is that, that is not good. president mazzucco: ok. thank you. >> ok, i will stop by again anyway. president mazzucco: thank you, sir. next speaker. >> my name is tom, and i have

been here before about the patrol specialist. president mazzucco: how are you? >> i am 5. you have an officer. i do not want to comment on this case anymore -- i am fine. it should have never been on your agenda. they are unconstitutional. you were given a report 10 months ago i believe, or nine months ago. you have done nothing. patrol specialists continue to operate wallace lee and on behalf of their clients, they're paying clients -- to operate law leslie -- lawlessly and and be caught -- and on behalf of their clients, their paying clients, et and this is your last meeting before that date. what is taking so long? i want to point out that some of the biggest factors of the

control specialists have been supervisor wiener and another. there was an article in a and "the times," and the article discussed a thames -- there was an article in "the times." the article discussed the thames -- the tempest -- attempts. there is no mention of the san francisco police department responsibility that it is to enforce the law. instead, there are comments about people talking to their friends, singing of their friends will do what they want to do instead of having law enforcement -- saying their friends will do what they want to do. stop treating us as if we are special, second-class citizens. the law should be applied in all neighborhoods, or there should be something placed by each of

you ordinance with a footnote that says "it does not apply in the castro," and if the "supervisor wiener" thinks so. they may get less safe. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. hello, clyde. >> let's focus on the positive. a lot of good things going on. we have a new chief. we have new ideas. we have new frontiers. we have new ideas. i heard the chief this weekend. i had never heard the 8:30 a.m. or 8:30 p.m., and he discussed everything. he was candid, ford, and open. what a change.

-- he was candid, forward, and open. that is why you and mayor lee appointed him. we have problems in the police department. we have had disagreements over the years. the deputy chief sat here, and we had disagreements, no problem. no disrespect. like this morning. hey, i will sit down. we will sit down and we will not diss each other. we will work it out. we do not have to insult each other. we as people can solve problems. kevin is going to do with as the new operations chief.

the key matter is let's solve problems. quit the demeaning conduct about each other. let's go forward, solve problems. solutions come with yes. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. >> commissioners, once again, my name is emile lawrence. it was a little confusing about whether i spoke the first time for another comment, but i wanted to bring up something i saw on the television air a few weeks ago when the imf banker was arrested in new york city, that relates to san francisco at large. seeing a speeding taxi. if you look at the 10 most wanted in this city on a weekly list, you will find that many of them get in and out of taxis on

a weekly basis. new york city is known for having the taxi drivers identify many criminals. we have 1500 taxis circulating in the city on a 24-hour basis. that is 1500 to 2500 drivers. if you read a 10 most wanted list, and a driver can benefit from identify one of these people -- if you have a 10 most wanted list, he should have a list on a weekly basis of who these people are. i have never seen one in the 13 years i have been in the business, a most wanted list anywhere, even though i identified one rapist and possible killer in my taxi. from a tv show, not from a poster. i think that the s f p d, if they would like to implement some program, where a taxi drivers would have a digital print ads, a copy print of the

most wanted list, i think they could help the city reduce the crime rate. we have just had two african- americans being apprehended on the sfpd on various charges. part of the problem in the city is that the murder rate relates almost exclusively to african- americans, whether they came from other parts of the county, i do not know. but it is a problem. to have killers on the loose in the city and not being identified or have people committing crimes in the city and not being identified. i know on the "10 most wanted," on the tv show, they were will shocked at the number of people who identify criminals. i think for the small county, this city, this program would be worth between the tax community and -- the taxi community and the sfpd to identify criminals,

many of whom use taxis to come and go as they wish on a regular basis. and one other thing to bring up, i think we should change the clearance back to what they are. get rid of this kind of useless language called clearance and put it back to murder an unsolved murder so the public can do that. i thank you for your time. president mazzucco: next speaker. anymore public comment? seeing none, line item number four, please. secretary falvey: line item number four, reports and announcements, with the chief's report, a report on crime statistics and a review of recent activities. >> we had our meeting, discussing certain crime issues that have been out in the last 28-day extraction period, and the good news is that crime is down 9%. in particular, a property crime

is down 12%. a lot of this has been driven by drops in automotive theft in burglaries. they are down 13% in 20% respectively. another continues to remain down coat -- and 20% respectively. this is less violent crimes today. considering all part-one crimes, we are slightly ahead of last year with a net increase in burglary part-one crimes, an increase of 3.1%. overall, the homicide comparisons from this year to last year, and everyone is fixated on this for good reason, it is 24 homicides year-to-date compared to 21 last year. obviously, 24 is many, but compared to standards, too high nonetheless. that pretty much concludes my crime report. president mazzucco: any

questions for the chief regarding crime statistics? >> thank you. president mazzucco: thank you, chief. line item four b. secretary falvey: line item four b, the occ director's report. >> i have no report. president mazzucco: thank you. next item. secretary falvey: item number of full noir -- item4 number -- item number 4 c, the commission reports. president mazzucco: it was good to hear about their perceptions, and good to work with the human rights commission. people with great backgrounds that are interested in making

sure san francisco is safe but also that we protect everyone's constitutional rights, and i want to congratulate the commissioners for being there, and i also want to state chief -- i want to thank the chief. our officers to follow our general orders, and explain some issues about identification, so i think you, chief, for getting way ahead of these issues -- i thank you. that delicate balance between constitutional rights and protection of the community, so that was great. i think that our commission and the human rights commission and directors sparks -- i think our commission. i -- thank our commission.