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taking the roll-call of commissioners. [roll call] we have the director of occ and chief of police. commissioner marshall: welcome to the regular meeting, as you can see, we have a quorum. we are all that business in due time. >>-number one is general public comment, addressing the commission on items that are not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction. speakers shall address the

commission as a whole, but not specific commissioners or personnel. either the police or the occ personnel are not required to respond, but may provide a brief response. public comment is set at three minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. thank you for being here. thank you. first of all, i want to thank you for existing and allowing all of us to be able to hear from the public. especially when, yet again, i have nothing but good things to say about the police department.

i am appreciative of the fact that we have dedicated people that protect the public. and he's wonderful, these people are perfect -- you're not excused. every time i have seen them, they have been polite. we want to be safe. we want our criminals safe. the cops are safe. i am safe. i like that.

they actually watch the show. secondly, there needs to be something done differently where fulsom street is coming up. there is a request for the chief of police -- where the law can be enforced and citizens are safe. and we don't have to put up with skulduggery. last but not least. a couple of shout-outs. i they know who they are because i can't say their names. we like the drug task force guys.

keep up the good work. we also like the extras. i'm going to bequeath my 14 minutes to you guys to have a shorter meeting. >> next speaker, please. >> neighbors emergency. we have an invitation for you to come to our panel -- annual meeting. you have just been chosen as chief, we would love for you to be our guest speaker if the all possible. we will let all of the politicians come and give the spiel. thank you very much.

>> the location? >> good evening. i'm jim salinas, sr. born and raised in the mission district. i want to say that given the fact that we have other native san franciscan that is also raised in the district. commissioners chan, hammer, for coming done in the mission district, during the chief selection process. it made a huge difference. opinions are important to hear.

i understand you don't get that they the paycheck -- that big a paycheck. i want to say that we are proud of the fact that you are on the mission district. we have already, during the time in this department, you are going to be around for many years. we truly in sincerely believe that you will be around for many years to continue to make that same difference. you have a great deal of trust you have built up in both of those communities. and because you work hard. you listen. you have an open-door policy and

it has made a difference. we thank you for that and as i have said, we expect some big things from you. i hope you get home in a timely fashion. stay well. >> commissioners, good evening. one of the candidates for mayor , i am all of the concern here because i think they are doing a hell of a job. i am not for a police officers association that seems to be out of control in terms of enforcing the escalating tensions of police officers in the city and county of san francisco.

i hope of preventing his name properly, he opposed to the city and county $650,000. the city and county was paying them. he has yet to contribute that money back to the city and county. they are going to basically -- reading today in the paper, the salaries and pensions of the police officers association for the police department, it takes pensions and salaries to $500

million plus. counting that 9% a year. i don't think this county [unintelligible] look into why the funds have not been returned. and advicse the police officers association to stay out of county fairs by putting on shows for the public when they only invite candidates that they feel are favorable. ed lee was not a candidate at that time, so he was not invited. i think we are looking at serious stuff here. it amounts to hundreds of

millions of dollars. not because i am against tazers, we could not get any accountability after sending three letters and never getting a reply. commissioner marshall: any additional public comment? public comment is closed. >> reports and announcements. item a is the chief's report. commissioner marshall: good evening, chief, sir. >> with regard to crime statistics, again, no dramatic changes in citywide. violent crime remains about 7% down, other crimes are up just a

click. part one climbs -- crimes are flat. homicides are running roughly like they have been the last couple years, a 30-year low. we hav beee been enjoying a peae dividend of some sorts, and that is why we are trying to keep so busy with the young people before a bad choices he made later on and we get an uptick in violence again. some of the activities of this week, a collaboration between the sheriff's office in the police department to get kids into jobs. it was a great project, they worked hard from about 7:00 in the morning on.

the opening, the community youth center on third street, it was barely a year ago that we have the unfortunate tragedy of being thrown from the platform. they were incurred about a month earlier and in the same area. we welcome all youth. it shows how the community really came together on that. just yesterday, an event that is almost in this city, we can find

out what the police department is about. there are several other agencies and selected by the states. at the international association of chiefs of police. the other media interests are rounded. it is merely a consolidation of all of them.

they maintain a standard case load during the daytime. they will park at the station closer to the beach and if we have made of them down town, they will come down town. this is actually why they were born 35 years ago. half the complement is downtown, it really comes in handy during the summer. again, it's about locating there if we have need for violent suppression versus having them

travel after the travel time. and we're working towards getting our special victims in a together with his a -- which is an efficiency plan recommendation. it appears we have found one on the fifth floor, and to be on the floor. it is a bit of a sanctuary. that concludes my report. commissioner kingsley: good evening, chief.

thank you for your report. i like to go back to the horror regarding drunken-driving. i was not quite sure what we gave to america and the award. how can you expand on that elevator? >> we were first in the state, so the office of traffic safety awards grants for various enforcement project. in this particular grant, who we were charged with trying to get 24 media hits as far as people refraining from the driving and one of our federal partners said that the public information was that the point where they decided to stay home on new year's eve.

media coverage is outstanding, and doesn't cut the above, we have less accidents and 10% less alcohol-related fatal injury since the grant was in play. commissioner kingsley: that is fabulous. how is the grant going to impact our program? >> we will apply it again and we will do it again. >> thank you for your help full and thorough report. i wanted to ask you about the department bulletin. i understand it is just another day of another fiprior card.

they are all quality of life, but i want to make sure that all of that, along with the reference guide, the officers focus on the low level of quality of life issues in the enforcement way rather than focus on prevention. >> please tell have the outreach teams and we try to get resources or a ford resources, -- afford resources. last night, they were talking about brother ohood way. we will go in for three days of with public health and see what services we can get folks to excess of four we go and clean of the encampment. about 75% compliance, people decide to allow us to help them

into resources, or they relocated on their own. everybody else is either in the middle of moving in to help with a big mess to clean up. commissioner marshall: thank you very much, chief. >> the director's report, review of recent activities and reports of the statistical report and monthly comprehensive report for july 31, 2011. >> commissioners, members of the audience. i will discuss highlight from the second quarter statistical report. they opened 418 complaints for police misconduct or failure to perform the duty. we also needed the 33

complaints. the cases that we open during the first six months of 2011 represented a decrease in cases open during the first six months of 2010. while we are stature torelli mandated by the charter to have an investigator for every 150 police officers that would equal 15 investigators, they closed in the second quarter with only 13 journey level investigators. we will have three new investigators on staff in september. we were fortunate cannot have lost any provisions in the u.s. the budget. in spite of these challenges, the investigators managed to avoid a large backlog of old cases during the second quarter by closing 203 cases compared to the 230 new cases that we

received during the same time. we resolved some of our -- a percentage of our cases in nine months. in spite of our challenges, staff did show and a determination for investigating civilian complaints of police misconduct or neglect of duty promptly, fairly, and impartially. cases continue to increase over previous years. in the second quarter of 2011, and% of the cases were sustained. which is higher than the historical average of 9%. and higher than the sustained rate of 2010. of the 20 cases sustained, and of them were for unnecessary

force or conduct which is generally a more serious allegation. none of the sustained cases were commissioned of all cases. zero were for neglect of duty. seven were for failure to collect traffic data and the other complaint was sustained for contacting emigrations had customs enforcement about the complaint on an administrative warrant in violation of refuge ordinance. allegation was also sustained and another complaint for failure to issue a certificate of release. for failure to properly processed properlty. the investigator caseload shows an increase over 2010. the average caseload was 28 cases per investigator.

that is double the best practices caseload of the investigators the investigating police misconduct complaints. as of june 30, 2010, the average was 26 cases. the caseloads are increasing and that is really due to the shortage of investigators that we hope to remedy in the fall. the chief investigator who is in the audience in the senior investigator took a very active role in monthly case reviews and assuming investigative responsibility in select cases. in the area of mediation, 15 cases were mediated during the second corps with a total of 33 cases he did during the first half of 2011.

these are the equivalent of the investigator's caseload. the participation rate for san francisco police officers is the highest in the country compared to other mediation programs from seattle, denver, chicago, and new york. it is through the continued cooperation of the board and the san francisco bar association that our mediation program continues to thrive. we were active in the presentation. the women of color collective reception, the police academy

and a 7 it is city college in juvenile procedures cast. and an instituto familiar. we also staff booths at community events in the bayview district. and that the resource fair. in the area, our policy analyst attorney continued the policy work with the police department has a member of the crisis intervention teams. she also continued to meet with the police department on implementing provisions of the department's juvenile protocols. that concludes my report. commissioner marshall: anything

for the director? commissioner chan: you have also been very busy doing community work which i always appreciate. i wanted to ask about the sustained case about contacting customs enforcement. can you let us know if there is any policy or training recommendations that would be developed? is that being contemplated and down the line? >> in can be complemented -- it can be contemplated for the down the line. it is a training issue. it has to do with the minister of warrants and when an officer should or should not contact ice. commissioner chan: and for the

administrator of warrants that are criminal in nature, that may not be something that we want to focus on. >> that is prohibited. commissioner marshall: anything else? >> also on the agenda, which is part of your packet, the monthly comprehensive statistical report for january 1, 2011 but unless you have questions, i don't have a report. commissioner marshall: good work as always. >> first, the commission's president report. commissioner marshall: the

commission president can't report. commissioners, the have anything? >> i think commissioner chan and i have the same thing on our minds at the moment. we completed the training earlier this week. i t as a post program. commissioner marshall: i won't ask what your spurs were -- scores were. >> we did get valuable feedback and we recommended that all commissioners attend this training. we found it very valuable. one of the main aspects of this, when we are looking at policy issues or revealing discipline cases, it helps