out of control. it is pretty normal to have some normal -- level of anxiety or depression. most do not recognize it trade can see them walking around in that mode. it is the cumulative stress i am concerned about. >> thank you for conducting that survey. commissioner chan: i look forward to hearing a summary about that. commissioner terman: i join my fellow commissioners in thinking you for your hard work and i want to express my thanks to commissioner chan and mazzucco. the question, how do you view things from the officers' perspective. i would like to get a better sense of some of the resources to offer and discuss in the training. the actual resources.

that is a longer discussion we could have offline and i would like to request a copy of the book. >> we could give you the book we give in our advanced officers training, it covers all the resources and we could have -- let you guys have a copy of it. president mazzucco: dr. marshall? vice president marshall: it si veris very good. it is a really good buck -- it is really a good book. i wanted to say that. i would like to have one. >> we will get it for you. >> when we get these complaints, they were rude,

raising their voices and the officer explains i have to do that because i am on guard. it is officer safety. we expect officers to be on guard in the build up this defense mechanism. that is why you talk to me, that is what you raised your voice. it gives the example that police officers think differently. you show a scout leader, the officer thinks pedophile. we need to stay on top of this. they recommend better scheduling, more time with their family. less time with other officers. it is an easy read but it is

good. we have a great police department. the conclusion is we have talked to the chief about these issues and i think he agrees. he is extremely supportive. commissioner terman: the health care an officer is, the better off the community. -- healthier an officer is, the better off the committee. you cannot extrapolate to everyone. 11 officers to be as healthy as possible. -- you want officers to be healthy as possible. there are all kinds of books out there. i wanted to recommend this. president mazzucco: anything you would like to add? >> we have known each other for years and they are unbelievable. we have talked about having you report to the chief's office again as you used to be. >> great. president mazzucco: as a

commission, we would need to do this. mandate about checking in with -- about ptsd. what we like to mandate they have three mandatory visit stacks -- three mandatory visits? >> we will make it a direct report and we will figure out how long this goes in including the other suggestions and we will give you a final report. >> we were talking about this offline. something you have to mandate, we can touch 1111 but these are great ideas. the chief said he would do what he can to mandate each and everyone. it is important for the officers

and we appreciate that. >> is the idea to combat -- come back, what will look like? if we put these into action? >> we will look at the existing policies. if there is any and we will modify its to see what has been discussed tonight. >> the existing policies outside the department? >> right now there is an officer involved shooting policy that mandates one visit. we will amend that policy. we have what we call all hands meetings, quarterly meetings for all the tenants. we have -- could have one of these dedicated so they get their annual training there. i do not think this is the forum to do it. we will sit down and figure it out. >> as long as we have a time like this, is this something that commission is prioritizing?

what would be a good time to come back with a report on what action steps you would suggest? >> before we get further, steve johnson from the poa is here. is there anything you would like to add? >> thank you, commissioner. this is one of the most important items, helping the members out. they do a tremendous amount of work and we try to work with them. any support you can give them would be greatly appreciated. thank you. president mazzucco: thank you. is there any public comment regarding this presentation?

>> >> we brought of the suicide rate and the unauthorized use by a policeman. correct me if i'm wrong. i always call them officers. is this information available to all policemen of all ranks which was clear that it was not. i saw that it was not clear whether the suicide rate was related to a police officer in combat or a police officer that had fired his weapon or not fired his weapon. this is an interesting topic.

in afghanistan, they were running 30 suicides a month. it is not clear where we are on this. i think this is a great topic to be discussed and it should be available to every police officer in the city and county of san francisco. i am aware that at the -- center, my father was in the u.s. military and intelligence. they had an anonymous hot line that you could call. i will leave it at that. >> any further public comment? hearing none -- >> it looks like at about

october 12th or so, we will get a report back. >> thank you for being amenable to this. >> item number6 is all matters pertaining to item 8 below. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is asking for public comment it involving confidential matters. is there any public comment? >> item number7, a vote on whether to hold item 8 in closed session. >> i move that we move into closed session. >> second, all in favor. >> >> we're back in open session. we have a quorum.

>> thank you. do i have a motion on whether or not we should disclose matters held in closed session? all in favor? the next line. >> item 10, adjournment. president mazzucco: so moved. all in favor? thank you very much.

>> thank you, everyone, for being here this morning. i have indicated to our new chief and i will be an active

participant in comstat. of course, this is only one of many ways that we measure our effectiveness in the community policing in the city. i have been fond of looking at data and making sure we compare ourselves to previous years, look at trends and specific categories, crime to property, homicides, violent crime to aurora's, and other areas. various local captains of all the stations know that the chief and i, command staff, and police commission, are working together to make sure that we work our best and keep our positive trends going. we are now enjoying, year to date, a 6% improvement over last year on all categories of violent crimes. we are still down in homicides

since 1960, continuing a trend that was very strong last year and continues to this year. all of this as a result of the men and women of the police department working closely with command staff, sharing information, and doing all the things that account for best practices. one of the most important thing that the chief and i talked about, and we knew that we would measure ourselves in the first 100 days, is that we would do and a fine community policing in every possible respect that we could. as you hear this morning, collaboration with other departments, the support that the chief has given to other departments to do their jobs while the police department does theirs, and also, a focus effort on improving the situation while we work with less resources. in these first 100 days, the

chief has showed his leadership. i am amazed that he can go out there with his 30 years of experience and ask for officers to come in on the weekends or nights. that is when most of the crime happens. to get a response has he does, getting "volunteers" -- we want to get to a better situation. the reality i have, i am looking at what is occurring all around the bay area. i know there are bad situations. we need to be focused on our situation, here in san francisco. i am committed to that. we also need to make sure to continue a detailed review, whether it is stolen bikes or property -- that sort of small stuff can lead to bigger things. that is something that mayor

willie brown taught me. we allow our communications to get through and people will get through to us. i also want to give my appreciation to the police chief being out there tackling those things, even if there are communities that do not understand what we are doing, trying to get to a level of communication that is comfortable for everyone, so that we get good information. as i said earlier, working with our public safety adviser and his staff to promote as much prevention as we can. it is not always going to be the police stopping everything. it will be other programs that prevent and change people's lives. that has to work in concert with our police department and all the things they do, but it begins with a good presence. the police chief has shown that through a number of things he has done, making sure there are

great communications while we ask our police officers, has with our other public officers, to contribute to the deficit, making sure that our funding gap is closed. this is one of the most difficult years we have had financially, and everyone is stepping up. even the command staff is looking beyond their own self- interest. this is one of the most selfless organizations we have in the city. congratulations and let us keep on working together. we want to continue that faith that people have, the confidence in the things that we are doing well. thank you. >> i want to thank the mayor again for his support and eco

what he was saying about the spirit of cooperation from the police department, other agencies, community. we cannot arrest our way out of crime. if you look at these numbers, violent crime arrests are actually down. partnership with other agencies, the spirit of collegiality, really, an atmosphere of cooperation. when i asked 60% of officers to move to weekend and night, they were willing to do that. we work out a contract negotiation that would help to close a $12 million budget gap, the corporation was there. everyone understands how serious things are right now with diminishing resources. we have about 4% mustaf than last year but we continue to have crime lows. that is because the her using

the force multiplier of goodwill within the city department, police department, and the community. and i cannot say this enough. it is all about the young people in san francisco. if we engage kids, give them positive choices, there is no reason why this cannot become the new normal in san francisco where we are just a safer city. again, i appreciate the mayor's support, going forward. >> [inaudible] are we not facing a crisis of a loss of officers? >> i do not think it is lost on anybody. the mayor and i talk about all the time. we have had a 4% decrease in staffing, but staffing is up in other areas.

the 35 officers that were not working nights and weekends are now. that is akin to an academy class. more efficient and one of the resources we have will hopefully get us to the point where we are hiring more academy classes as the senior officers retire. that will bring new ideas and greater efficiency and a safer san francisco going forward. >> i would also say, the police officers to police work. when the chief graduated one of the largest cadet class is in recent history, we are talking about civilians doing the civilian work while the police are out there giving the police work. we are identifying those activities within the police department that should not be done by uniformed officers, and assigning those to the right people. so we are just approaching resources the smartest way we can while we try to get more

police academy classis. -- classes. >> you talked about a game can? -- gang camp? [inaudible] >> about three months ago, i walked through the mission district with jane kim and david campos. this was after that shooting in the mission. we were walking along with officers in the district, just watching the streets, -- walking the streets, talking to merchants. we got an eyeful and an earful of these kids hanging out on the corners with nothing to do. people said the city has come out to come up with better programs to track these youth. they are listening to the people on the streets trying to recruit

them. we know that they are interested player from getting in ties into these gangs. we particularly listened to the community response network, the people that are in touch with these gangs. we have a program where they are helping police officers get information on what is going on. they recommended that we create an annual camp, where for free, about 50 kids -- and we may increase down the road -- will get a full camp experience. kids across whole arena of san francisco get these weeks where they go to camp and have a wonderful time. some kids do not get a chance because they cannot afford it, no one is enticing them. they see that and a bang, that is not my life.

my life is on the street. we need to integrate this live with them till ginsberg went out there to work with us. our friends at the family and children youth center that got the funding together. it begins at the end of the month for one week. we are recruiting literally those individuals -- we cannot get to the hard-core gangs, but we can get to those that are about to make a decision. they are true, on the edge with their grades, and we again be back. they can give as name referrals of kids that we can talk to. that we will be leadership development week at the camp. expos them to some fun. they may see some other people that may even be recruited by gangs that they do not like, groups of people they do not like.

to be able to experience them on a first name basis, i got to know you before, you are a cool person. we did some things together that is positive. experience what normal kids get to do everyday, except that they do not have it because of economics or cultural difference walls, or the wall themselves off because they are being recruited by other efforts. we are experimenting with this for the first time. we think we are going to receive a lot of excess -- success from this. >> quickly, as the mayor said, we are claiming -- it is not a game camp. we are claiming the skin before they enter a gang. we are claiming them first to give them a positive choice. >> [inaudible] >> with regard to the metal

death, this is an epidemic nationally. this is something that i dealt with at the puc. and it is dangerous. a lot of these folks, as they go for that copper, it is charged copper. it is a safety thing. it is a miracle that nobody has been hurt or killed. i met with members of the puc last week. we spoke to the acting director of the dpw who is affected by this, corporate security from pg&e. we will be assembling a task force within the next 30 days to attack this going forward. people are taking out manhole covers and leaving by whole -- the hole. i know that one school was affected over the summer months. i know when the east bay terminal came down, that was

scavenged. we will be working with the district attorney's office to gain successful prosecution. ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is

and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with the majority of votes. more than 50% without the need for a second runoff election. in san francisco, ranked choice

of voting is for the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sharon, just -- district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, this is a recorder, and public defender. ranked joyce voting does not apply to elections for local school and community college board members. number the election of state or federal officials. ranked choice of voting does not affect the adoption ballot measures. when voters received their ballot, either at a polling place or an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards with contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state propositions and local ballot measures. for ranked choice voting contest, voters will receive a separate ranked choice ballot card. it will have instructions to rank three choices, which is

new. the ranked choice ballot is designed in the side by side column format that lists the names of all candidates in each of the three columns. when marking the ranked choice ballot, voters elect their first choice in the first column by completing the aero pointing to their choice. for their second choice, voters selected different wind by completing the arab pointing to their choice in the second column. for their third choice, voters elect a different candidate by completing the arrow pointing to their choice. voters wishing to vote for qualified write-in candidate can write it in on the line provided. and they must complete the arrow pointing to their choice. keep in mind, it voters should select a different candidate for each of the three columns of the ranked choice ballot card. if the voters elect the same candidate in more than one column, his or her vote for that

candidate will count only once. also, a voter's second choice will be counted only if his or her first choice candidate has been eliminated. and a voter's third choice will be counted only if both his or her first and second choice candidates have been eliminated. we have talked about how to mark the ranked choice ballot. now let's look at how ranked choice of voting works. initially, every first choice vote is a candidate. any candidate that receives a majority, more than 50% of the first chce to vote, is determined to be the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the first choice votes, a process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes begins. first, the candidate who received the fewest numbers of first choice votes is eliminated from the race. second,