including long-term care, assisted living. there safety issues there. the ombudsman is currently working with law enforcement proposed legislation to have ombudsmen and the law enforcement respond to receive mandated reports of victimization in nursing homes and assisted living. we look forward to an improved legal enforcement remedy but we are the first responders to this reported abuse. like individuals in nursing homes, often the ombudsman themselves are not physical until needed. i do have a written transcript of what i just said for the record.

>> good afternoon, supervisors. we are with san francisco unified school district. it wanted to talk this afternoon about how the school district is looking to begin addressing family and teenager dating violence through intervention and prevention services. we are with the student support services department within the san francisco unified school district. a few of the programs that fall within our department include crisis response, foster youth support services, high school well as centers, comprehensive health education programs, as well as support services for lgbt youth. >> i wanted to share with you today some of the data that we have collected. we have been collecting data for the past 20 years through the cdc pause risk youth behavior

survey. it is weighted for all of our students. sixth grade to 12th grade data regarding teenager in dating violence. the first is on intimate partner violence. around 8% of high-school students have been the victim of intimate partner violence. particularly, a hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend in the past 12 months. we can put it on slides if you would like to as well. supervisor cohen: you want to put it on the overhead nextdoor? >> thank you. 8% of high-school students have reported being victims of pilots. 7% for middle school students. when we break that down by

sexual orientation, our gay and lesbian students are at a much higher risk for partner violence. particularly mail gay and bisexual boys are four times more likely to be victims of violence. lesbian and bisexual the mills are three times more likely to be victims of violence. supervisor cohen: i wonder if there was a correlation as to why the numbers are higher for the young boys. >> the gay and -- supervisor cohen: yes. >> there are many factors. the stress that students have from not being out. within their own relationships, some time that can cause the violence to happen, as well as not having a lot of role models for healthy relationships.

again, the stress that occurs with not being able to be out at school or with their families. the next slide is the percentage of students that have been forced to have sex in their lifetime. that is around 6%. we asked this question just at the high-school level. the last slide we are sharing is exposure to community violence. in the past 12 months, how often was their violence in your neighborhood? fights, shootings, muggings. we have broken down by race and ethnicity. a couple of the way that we begin to address both teen dating violence and children witnesses of domestic violence is through training. we have a student support

service team at various schools and they can include school district's nurses, counselors, learned support professionals, wellness coordinator, parent liaisons, school counselors, community outreach workers, and started advisers. all of these folks have been offered training around teen dating violence as well as child and with this, part of violence, domestic violence. a lot of the trading also includes much will they can implement at the school site for counseling. so usually, social workers and will the score knitters and nurses offer counseling for children and adolescents. the biggest thing we wanted to talk about is how this impacts school performance and behavior. as you know, when students are looking at conflict within the home, within their dating relationship, they are unable to study, pay attention in class as well as other spirits

sometimes withdrawn and becoming a perfectionist. one of the things that we were looking to ask from the board of supervisors, but safety committee, was to publicly support the efforts of sfufc regarding teen violence through our staff trainings at school sites, as well as encouraging community-based organizations to reach out to local schools and neighborhoods to provide training free of charge to our staff. that way, they can better address domestic bylaws that they might see in the schools. a lot of times, other members have mentioned people coming into their agencies. there are a lot of families that do not reach out, so they're coming into the schools. our parent liaisons are sometimes the first responders to these families and they may not be very well trained. our job is going out and training our mental health professionals, but the teachers are also the part that we need

to get out to. if we could have more community-based organizations participating in that training. currently, we have no money at the elementary school level to provide violence prevention, through curriculum or training of staff. that is correct for this fiscal year as well as next year. our secondary schooling has minimal funding for that. this year, we did do a violence prevention week where all schools were addressing violence within the schools. it was based on the obama presentation that he had done for bullying on lgbtq youth. supervisor cohen: a follow-up

question for you. supervisor campos: through the chair, i wonder if you could expand the law but more on what, additionally, it is being done around the lgbt students? we saw a district -- we saw a disproportionate numbers for the population. i wonder, in light of those numbers, if anything, is being done. thank you. >> we have a program dedicated to lgbt you. we have liaisons at every middle school and high school, so that is a designated teacher, counselor, social worker that is paid a stipend to be the point person. posters around and have their name on it. typically, the gsa adviser. when we try to do is create a safe space -- space for our gay and lesbian students so they

know what teachers to go to and who can be of assistance if they have any questions. social workers and nurses also do coming out groups at high schools. basically, a lot of violence prevention work as well as through media campaigns, which happens in january. april is gay pride month for the district where we do many events to reach out to all of our students. supervisor campos: thank you. >> i am the acting director of community services specialized division at the adult probation department. thank you, vice chair cohen and member campos for allowing the adult probation department to provide testimony today.

my supervisor asked me to rent -- then these proceedings. the adult prevention department fully supports the plan and appreciates being in with to provide input into the design. this is long overdue for adult probation because along with the support of the board of supervisors and family violence council, we will implement a supervision model that will not only apd into compliance with california law but also which provides supervision to individuals that have committed crimes against members of our community. apd currently supervises 54 elder abuse cases, four child abuse cases, 23 stalking cases. as of january 1, 1997, individuals granted probation

after being convicted of child abuse under sections 273a and 273d of the california penal code should be ordered to successfully complete no less than one year of a child abuser treatment program. standard for those programs are specified in section 273.1 of the penal code. a bill provision being in compliance with the penal code is an important component of the chief possible of being one of the first probation departments in the united states to implement a comprehensive family-focused supervision model that she has created. our sentencing reports will have the family impact statements as part of the new evidence-based probation investigation compass report that is currently being implemented this is the first milestone. implementation of a family

violence council report recommendation will be the second. san francisco adult probation is breaking new ground that will help counties and states improve their supervision services and outcomes for probationers and their families. thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of this plan. >> good afternoon, i am from the district attorney's office. i _ to make a few comments regarding family violence. basically, one of the things the comprehensive report shows is that there is an increasing trend in family violence crimes. it really highlights the need for greater attention and more resources for these particular crimes. i would note, even in the 911 calls, there is a 10% increase in the fiscal year of 2007, 2008, 2009. a 29% increase in stocking 911

calls between fiscal year 2008 and 2009. with these increases, calls for assistance, there had been an impact in the number of cases presented to the district attorney's office. in fiscal year 2009, in terms of family violence, which includes domestic drought -- violence, elder abuse, and other physical abuse, financial abuse, and stalking, we have had over 2000 cases presented to us. the number of caseloads have increased over the years. in the fiscal year 2009, our family violence units are handling over 600 cases. even in our victims' services areas, in number of victims being helped and assisted have increased over 30%. so now we have -- the numbers showed in fiscal year 2009, 1519

survivors of family violence being assisted by our office. so this report shows there is an increase in the cases presented. shows us there is an increase in the number of victims being -- that were coming to us needing services. so i just want to point out the district attorney's office is committed, has been committed, and will be committed to family violence prosecution as. having that priority in mind, i want to know, we have vertical prosecution for domestic violence for elder abuse and child abuse. we have a victim's service unit that assists the victims, whether or not the crimes are actually charged. they help our victims, even in and charged cases. we have a specialized stalking deputy who only prosecute stalking cases and we have

expanding -- expanded our unit this year. we have specialized attorney that handle elderly physical abuse as well as financial abuse. we have actually now separated those two units out. we have an elder physical d a, and an elder financial d a. we have been working on training for first responders for the police departments, and we are working collectively with the police department, with local agencies, the advocates, and even with aps and the institute on aging. that trading is geared toward elder abuse and for domestic violence. public awareness is also one of the things that is important in getting the word out there. there was a public awareness campaign launched in march. i believe that was actually discussed earlier. raising awareness of the general public on the subject of elder abuse.

so with the increase in public awareness and more crimes being reported, comes the increasing need for more resources and attention to this particular area. all these areas and run the gamut between needing more attorneys, advocates, more programs, funding, more shelters. all of these are essential tools to families. supervisor campos: if i may, thank you for your presentation. i just wanted to ask a book -- a couple of follow ups. we heard earlier from one of the advocates about the numbers, in terms of cases -- i guess these are cases that are often put off calendar. i assume these are domestic

violence cases. 45% of the cases for fiscal year 09-10 were put off calendar. i wonder what strategy or strategies the d.a. office has to ensure putting a case of calendar where you essentially -- you have the victim dropping a case for certain reasons. what is your strategy to make sure that that does not happen? that you minimize that and that there are not so as to economic, cultural reasons why that happens? i wonder if you have any thoughts on that? >> in terms of man is being taken off calendar, i can only speak to the criminal side. in terms of criminal prosecutions, there are not so many cases taken off calendar, but cases that were in

discharge, never made it to a court room for agreement. what we do for those victims, we call every victim, in terms of whether or not we would charge a case or not charge a case. if we will not charge the case, we informed that -- then that a case will be discharged and opera and services, so we refer them to our victims' services unit who will help them in whatever means they are asking for, whether it be for relocation new visa, some assistance getting restraining orders. i know i have, myself, advocated victim to call for these as well. we try to make contact with our victims and make sure they get the proper services they are asking for. supervisor campos: let me approach it differently. one of the issues mentioned --

and i can see it being a legitimate concern -- depending on what a victim's immigration status may be, they may be afraid to come forward for fear, or to pursue, a case reported for fear that that action will be reported to immigration, the whole implementation of scom communities makes that even more problematic. that is why we welcome the efforts of the sheriff to provide the implementation of scom. the d.a.'s office has taken a different approach. what are you doing to ensure people are not walking away from these cases because of the issue of immigration? >> it is a very difficult

question to answer. osupervisor campos: speaking to your mic. >> it is very difficult to answer your question. there are victims who do not come forward or what the case dropped. the six guards we have in place , -- safeguards we have in place, we have the dvru police unit and they go through every possible sarah they can, in terms of what occurred. if they are able to find additional property evidence, it is a case that we would proceed on, with or without the victim. that is something that we have routinely done. the domestic violence response unit is an essential tool, and they are very specialized in getting that kind of evidence. supervisor campos: does the dea

provide any guarantee to the victim that if they pursue a case that they will not end up being reported to immigration? >> what we provide to them is a new visa. when it is a crime of domestic violence, we give them all the information -- supervisor campos: i see. >> information to apply for a new visa. supervisor campos: i would applaud that effort to apply for a new visa. i wonder if there is any indication being provided by the d.a.'s office so that members of the community, that they do not have a reason to fear pursuing a case? >> one of the grants we have is the limited proficient in english grant appeared we have one d.a. threw prosecute all

domestic violence crimes where the victim is limited in english. with that, there is training, training for the communities, in terms of how to better assist these victims, especially with the language barriers. supervisor campos: i am not asking about the actual prosecution. are you doing any effort to educate the public about the fact that they should not be afraid to come forward with these types of cases? not what happened in the courtroom, handling of individual cases, but in terms of the d a's office doing outreach to these communities so that these people understand they have nothing to be afraid of? >> outreach in terms of the victims, i would say the domestic violence consortium would be better able to answer that. in terms of our office, i know that we work collaborative way with the dbc to get information

out there, but there is nothing in place, in terms of our office, able to do that. supervisor campos: i would ask that the d.a.'s office think about creating additional out rich. i think it is wonderful you are working with the out reach, and the contortions as great work, but i do think one of the things that sometimes gets in the way is this fear of authority, fear of the government official. so to hear directly from your office, directly from the prosecutors, i think, can go a long way in addressing those fears. so i would urge you to see what else you and the d.a.'s office can do to improve outreach.

>> i will do that. i think that is a great idea. supervisor campos: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is susan, the chief information officer for the san francisco police department. i have been with the department for seven months. prior to that, i was in private industry doing i.t. work for the last 25 years. i would like to thank the doctor for including me today. i see some great work on the family violence council. happy to be a part of that. i think i was invited here today to talk about technology and the police department because it is such a critical vehicle for us, and i think there are improvements that need to be made. i will talk about that today. i thought i would give you a brief high level overview of the current status of technology at

the police department. it is a much longer conversation and i would welcome the opportunity to have that conversation in another meeting here this one is going to be very short perio. then i will talk about our approach and road map and then answer questions. the current status of technology at the police department, first of all, it is still today primarily paper-based. when i started in the police department at the hall of justice, my first day on the job, i saw a wooden in box and outbox. it was the hall of justice, so i thought it was some retro office decorations, but it was not. it was the primary way that the police department communicated. half of the department has e- mail. many of them still do not use it. where that becomes important is, and the incident reports that police officers take at the scene of a crime are still also paper-based.

so that becomes a problem, in that, if a police officer later want to go back to look at the report, they have to go to the hall of justice to check out the incident report, which is on paper. we scanned the police reports, but it is just an on-line version of the paper-based report. so what that means is, until recently, we did not have the ability to search crime information. if we have an information, a family violence situation, and the suspect has a hard-shaped tattoo on their net, you would think that we could search for that. police officers, when they take reports, are diligent about putting that information, but we do not because it is not searchable. that is an important law that we are working to address. we have other challenges which i do not have time to get into, but some things like ability to

identify a suspect in the field, much shots in police cars -- mug shots in police cars, those are the sorts of things we need to implement. we have processes in terms of officers having 20-plus system any to access for criminal history, entering reports, arrests, etc. that is just too many passwords for an officer to remember. on my team, i have developed my vision of what the organization needs to look like, which is 94 people. we are supporting 10 district police stations, the crime lab, the training academy, the gun range, the brick operations center. we simply do not have the resources. as for supervisor mirkarimi's earlier comment, consider this

my kickoff of advocating for better technology be sourcing for the police department. we have a strategy in place to address these issues. we have a chief who is a big technology advocate. his first comment to me was that we have to rollout e-mail to the department and by the end of next week, everyone in the department will have e-mailed. and then we will see it paperwork can change with the department using e-mail. the approach we are taking is essentially to sunset all the projects except for two to five strategic ones. i will talk about one of those in a moment. focus on building leadership teams within the technology department and basically utilizing existing assets. when i came in, we had oracle in place. we had the beginnings of a database. we are now turning that into a data warehouse. we had city personnel eager to learn more, and they have done so. we sort of use what we had to try to build and moved from there as opposed to trying to

change everything all at once. the strategic project i want to talk about that is relevant to the conversation we are having today is called our crime data warehouse. we are in the first stages. basically, this is a very simple project, and it is the automation of the crime records or the incident reports so that today, where a police officer sits down, the typed out a report, but they will be typing the report into a data warehouse. so that will allow us to search data, count data, and the great news about not having a data warehouse currently is that we are able to leapfrog ahead of other major cities, and the technology we are implementing is really tremendous. it will allow us to do searching on all kinds of different factors. i was reading this morning about the blue to the bandit who is ge