>> would you please stand for the pledge of allegiance? thank you. we will be taking roll call of commissioners at this time. thomas mazzucco. >> present. commissioner marshall: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner chan: present

commissioner kingsley: present. commissioner slaughter: here. >> michael sweet? >> here. >> commissioner chung? >> here. >> commissioner lee? commissioner davis? >> here. >> commissioner peer? commissioner ruiz? also joining us this evening, we have theresa sparks, the human

rights commission, gregory suhr, zoey polk from human rights commission. >> thank you, and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the san francisco police commission for wednesday, may 18, 2011. tonight is a special meeting. it is a first. it is a joint meeting between the police commission and the human rights commission. it is a really big event to have them come together. they will discuss an important issue that we will discuss this evening. before we move to the regular agenda, i would like to take this opportunity, in light of the fact that this is a police commission hearing, we have had a development in the police department this week, the appointment of a new command

staff. i spoke to mr. sweet. he will allow chief suhr to start off with an introduction to the new staff. chief? >> thank you, commissioners. that phone has been troubled ever since i was appointed. i would like to introduce the new command staff, if i could get them to stand up. i will introduce them. they're not helping. we have commander tong, deputy

chief schmidt, commander militello, commander lee, commander beale, deputy chief of dudley, deputy chief cashman, commander correa, deputy chief shin, and commander tomioko. they are very experienced group. i look forward very much to working with them. i don't think we have had this much diversity your seniority on the command staff may be ever. at the same time, we were able to realize a $1 million-plus savings off the top echelon of

the police department in the assembly of the staff and the reorganization of other non- sworn personnel. we look very much forward to working with the commission and moving with the san francisco police department for. >> thank you, chief. we want to welcome you. as i said yesterday, you do represent san francisco. i am proud of the staff. you represent the city in every aspect. the staff is incredible. there's a couple hundred years worth of experience here. >> when you think of how old a couple of the mark, we may get over that. >> like i said yesterday, there is a collegiality in that back room. please don't lose that. thank you very much. commissioners, is there anything you would like to add? >> thanks for your hard work. i know you spent a lot of time

and thought into putting it together. this reflects san francisco and the best in the department. i would like to congratulate everyone. >> i was out of town, but i did read about it. thank you, chief. i would like to congratulate everybody. commissioner marshall: i set mine yesterday. commissioner kingsley: congratulations to each and everyone of you. i look forward to working with you. >> thank you. >> thank you and welcome aboard. [applause] president mazzucco: could you call line item 1? >> if i may reach before we began, i have to do this. i know we will have a great meeting tonight. i have the knowledge that the vice chair of the human rights commission is the former police

commissioner, doug chan. the executive director of the human rights commission is the former president of the police commission, theresa sparks. we're going to have a great meeting. >> thank you. president mazzucco: please call item one. >> general public comment. the public is welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission of a whole and not to individual commissioners. commissioners harlem not required to respond, but may provide a brief response. commissioners and personnel should refrain from entering into any debate or discussion with speakers during public comment.

president mazzucco: this is for general public comment regarding the work of the police department. good evening. how are you? >> ray hart. i have been attending the police commission meeting since last september. any meeting i did not attend, i have watched it on sfgtv. 40 years ago today, i stood in an examining station in florida. i raised my right hand and swore to protect and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic. i swore to their allegiance to the same. there are additional things about following order in the uniform court of military justice. i ended with "so help me god." the members know me all ready and i am sure they have gotten some impressions as to what they think i am after, what my

objectives are. i have a funny feeling most of those are not positive. i have never had conversations with you directly. how they form their opinions, i don't know. i am really concerned about the fact that i have seen over the last six months on numerous occasions people being denied the right to publicly comment. i had one determination finding this body in violation of the sunshine ordinance for stopping me making public comments and i observed them do it to other people. i have also watch them manipulate their agenda so they could skip public items, go into closed session, and then come back after the members of the public had left. it was easy to get through the rest of the agenda because they did not have to deal with the pesky public comment. it is very easy to get up before people and say "we support open government, we support the

people coming before us, we value their ideas." the proof of the pudding is in the eating. the results come intended or not come is to force people to not have their day at the microphone. that is a violation of the constitution of the united states and the california constitution, the brown act, and our sunshine ordinance. i have several determinations' finding the police department in violation for various things in the ordinance. on your own agenda, it says "know your rights under sunshine." when someone doesn't know their rights, and does go to the sunshine ordinance task force to enforce those, the commission does not bother to show up, expect to send someone who is not a member of the commission, the secretary, and put them in the awkward position of trying to defend someone else's action,

actions which they themselves are unwilling to take responsibility for. president mazzucco: next speaker? >> commissioners, good evening. my name is emile and i have been a resident for 41 years. i am not going to address any specific commission tonight, but maybe both of you. i have lived in this city for 41 years. in the past six straight months, i have looked at the most wanted list in the city and county of san francisco. we live in a city with great diversity, which also creates the -- create diversity in numbers, names, and pictures on the most wanted list. they are no longer caucasian americans. most of the most wanted, nine out of 10, have different ethnic

backgrounds from different races. the police department has a tough enough job as it is trying to solve various crimes in the city, particularly murders. the murder rate in san francisco is running double what it was in 2010. the and the crimes and murders are attributed to one race, where the majority are. it creates a problem for the sfpd as well when there profiling one given race by numbers, and not getting into the background or reasons why the death rate and murder rate is off the wall or on the charts. i think if you look at race related to san francisco, if you look at profiling, if you look at some of the most wanted lists, pictures on the most wanted, you will only see one