suhr when he was here as the captain of mission and when he was the captain of the bayview and cmdr. unbelievable emphasis on prevention. and when we have a great chief and when we have great captains, and we do not always have great captains, i am sorry to say, but when we get it right, it is unbelievable what goes on in news organizations like the boys and girls club. i know that with chief suhr in place, it will be great. when we get this community policing thing right, we will get police officers that understand kids and not to engage in kit to do prevention work, it is beautiful. chief, thank you for all you do. captain, thank you for all you do. [applause] >> are there any other public speakers? one more.

>> hi. i work at community united against violence. we do lgbt violence prevention and intervention work. this definitely sounds like a great effort to continue improving our relationship with the police department. i wanted to bring a little bit of a lighter question to a concern regarding implementation, wondering if there will be indicators to make sure that the general order is being implemented in the right way, i ain't the way that the communities can be looked at as an expert -- in a way that the communities can be looked at as an expert, and make sure that with in that partnership, there's a relationship with the police being the expert, but it

is a little more mutual. we came out in june, together with other organizations in the nation, with the hate violence report. ha it is regardingte violence in the lgbt community. we found that violence from police officers continues to increase, and we just wanted to bring light to that. you can check it out at www.coop.org, which is our website. now in october, we're also going to publish the dv, must violence a version, of the same report. thank you. [applause] >> the good evening, commissioners, and chief suhr.

congratulations. when chief suhr was a captain in the mission district, he really did community policing. i am a lifelong resident of san francisco, grew up in the mission. i do not live in the mission, but i spend every day of my life in the mission. i am happy that there is community policing, but it is not about what is on the paper. it is about the respect that is given to every single community, and it is about how the policing is distributed to the captains, to every single officer, and how it is communicated to the community. i do think there is a huge disconnect between what is happening at the police station and what is happening in our community. a couple years ago, i saw a great deal of violence right outside our window. we were conducting a workshop. unfortunately, the police did not take any of our testimony and we had at least 30

witnesses. i went to david campos and i spoke to heather. i am hoping that with these violence issues that they are actually doing the correct police work and investigation and handling evidence in a way that helps them find the culprits. because, honestly, i am really tired of this. i have felt safer in the mission and i have felt in any their part of the united states that i have traveled or europe, and this has been my home. i want to feel safe. but when i tell people that i work in the mission, my family, friends are all telling you that i am crazy. and i am not yet i am not afraid to work at 10:30 p.m. at night and walked to my car, but i want to make sure that i do not have to be scared every single day of my life when i am going to my car it 10:30 p.m. at night. so i want a police department that is going to connect with a

non-profit and let us know what is going on. i do get the captain's weekly report, but that is not what i want. i do not want a list of times and to look at the prostitution. i want a list of connections. i want to know what is going on in the mission. i want to know what strategies are being enforced, what kinds of policing their doing and with which organizations, because all of the nonprofits are involved here. it is not just the people who are being violently attack. it is the people that have to come to our nonprofit to seek services. they are afraid to go out at night. it is the low-income families that did not have opportunities to have great jobs, were coming to us for training. it is the child care providers that we're helping. it is the children that we're taking care of in our organization. it is the people that want a better life, and did they have to come out to our workshops at night. i do not want to see that go away because policing is not being taken seriously and the committees are not being taken seriously, and we're not being

treated with respect by the policing. i notice today for the first time in probably years that two police officers this morning, at 8:30 a.m. and was heading to my office, on 19th and mission. there were doing community policing, and they're walking down the streets checking their cell phone. i think that is great. it is the first time i have seen it. i am sure happens more often, when i am stepped in the office. but it is not just for today and not just for tomorrow. there has to be some oversight. there has to be some communication with you folks. because it has happened a lot, and we have had some great captains at the mission station. i want to make sure that we continue to have a good relationship with the police officers. i can tell you, i am terrified of police officers. i see one behind me and i immediately walked away. i do not want to have that feeling because i have known a lot of great police officers.

but i know what it is like for women who is educated and has had a good career. i also know what it is like for poor people who cannot speak the language. i want them to be treated with respect. [applause] >> hello. i live in district 6. i come here with community and i am against the violence. i come here because, you know, the community today reminds me of chicago. you can feel culture coming from 24th street. i thought, man, i think i am home. but this is san francisco and i do not come here much. i want to thank the chief, who celebrated the 60th birthday on thursday. i am here today because as an lgbt person, i want us to take serious the hate crimes and anti-bullying. people have given up their lives. i hope this committee joined all

communities in san francisco to make us be a city and county that really makes sure that no one ever has to go through hate crimes or bullying. because it is going on, and sometimes it is not reported. but you are doing a good job with community policing, because i can feel it. makes me think of chicago, old style home. thanks for letting me be here, and i will talk with you later on about other things. but it is very serious to take injustice against anybody because of their race or sexuality. if you do not do that, there are other things that will come. that is what we have seen in san francisco with certain communities or districts. it grows. terror is not good for anyone. please join us to make san francisco hate-free and make sure that map the shepherd and -- matthew shepherd and the other memories are never forgotten. thank you. [applause]

>> if i could have a moment, there's a four-door black toyota camry parked in front of a shopping needs to be moved. if you have that car, you might want to move it. thank you. go ahead. >> i am an immigration attorney. i want to thank the police commission for the great work that it does. i really do respect the community building and prevention focus of the work and the human security that we are striving to build here with our communities. i did want to put out one question for the police commission. and that is, why is it that you will can offer to the undocumented human beings in our communities who are afraid to come forward, who are afraid to come to the police and file

reports because of federal programs that mean that this undocumented person may have to be fingerprinted did they come to the police station and that they may have to have those fingerprints sent to the fbi and the fbi share that with ice and perhaps have this person in deportation proceedings, rather than affecting more secure communities? i will leave that question out there, and i hope that that is something that perhaps, if you cannot address tonight, that it is something that is considered. thank you. >> actually, commissioner chan has that well-covered. >> i would love to -- i am is already working with this community to tackle this issue, and i would love to continue to work with the department on

this. with this program, secure committees to the it is operational in san francisco as of june of last year. there was hope that it would end at some point this year. unfortunately, it is still very much operational right now, and i think there's more that this department can do, this commission and the community can do to push back against this program. san francisco has been a leader on a national scale to push back against this program. the fear that you just described is a real fear. i know of someone who is a domestic violence victim whose store was highlighted in the " the l.a. times" who was -- who is now facing deportation and separation from her 3-year-old son. we will really focus on this another day. >> are there any more comments on the general order? hearing none, the comment is closed. commissioners, i was not here last week, and i do want to say i was reading the general order.

and i want to say for the people in the mission that we have, as a commission, struggled to get the department to talk about codifying it or putting it in actual order. this is a huge step. it is a general order that those that to the higher department, all the command staff, goes to the captain's. it is something that has to come from the head. if the chief does not support it, it does not get done. the good thing is that we have chief suhr who really believes in community policing, and he has taken the initiative to put it in the general order. that is the first-ever in terms of codifying it. the second step is implementing it. i am sure we will hear about that. i think the chief strongly supports it. actually, this is a good first step, and i hope it will continue and to see it implemented in the way it is

meant to be. >> and do we have a motion? >> i wanted to make one more comment here. some of the folks who came up to speak tonight i ask the good question about implementation. i pressed the chief about this last week. it is an ongoing question of mine. because i have seen this commission pass a general orders in the past when i was not on the commission, including the language access order that is coming up for us to talk about again. unfortunately, i have seen those general orders not fully implemented. i know what this -- and this has so much goodwill behind it and it was created in strong partnership with the committee, and that the verse section of people that spoke to that is very impressive. it has a strong possibility of success. but i want to make sure it is implemented. i mention this and i went through it again today with a fine tooth comb. there are so many lines that require a person to be assigned

to do this work in a written plan with the timeline. and a strong partnership with the community and with specific organizations within the community to get this done. some examples include the training for officers and for the community. where the training will be, who will put them together, if it is a group that does this. there's a community policing in resourced manual. who will help compile it? when will it be compiled? what will be in it? once it is compiled, it looks like it will be available the officers. but what will be done with it? is there a directive as to what to do with this? it will probably be a nice looking resourced manual. there's also community resources to be put up as a data base open to the public. when will that be up? how can we work with the committee to make sure all the appropriate resources are in there? i could go on and on. i think it is really important that there are concrete plans

and that this commission revisits the general order in six months to see where we are and ask the community to come back and see if the community is happy with what is happening and if the department is half the -- is happy with what is happening. >> cute, feel free to respond. >> making something department policy, the director will assist me in making sure there is compliance with that general order as well as all the other general orders. i can assure you that, as commissioner dejesus said, it comes from the top-down. this is a monumental first step. this is no small measure to get a community policing general order. there probably many reasons across the country why no other general order, such as the one this commission will hopefully put into practice tonight, exists. because we are accountable to our department policy and a parent -- as a paramilitary

organization. >> there have been a lot of meetings and a lot of work, and this stuff has to happen for the next steps to happen. but i just want to make sure we keep that in mind that us passing this tonight does not mean that this commission has accomplished community policing. it is just to the first step, and it lays out a lot of work that needs to be done by somebody. >> i would echo that. maybe somebody in charge of this can continue meeting with the community. do one day at a time. working on the manual in training has always been an issue. >> i have always wanted more training. i know there is training, but i want more and more. it is good advice. i really want to commend you for this first step. >> chief, would you be willing to have somebody from the department come back in three months may be, sometime in december, and give us an update

on some of the specifics? >> sure. >> you know, some of those line items and an update for the community and for us. >> yes, as often as you like, commissioner peter >> fair enough. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> is there a motion? >> i move to pass this the department general order, and i commend the chief for getting this done. >> i second. >> can we clarify if this is going to replace general order 3.11? >> the passage of a general order 1.08 will be replacing general order 3.11. >> ok, should we take a vote? >> roll-call vote.

>> on the motion to adopt g.o. 1.08. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. motion passes 5-0. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> chief, this is a wonderful accomplishment. obviously, there is enormous enthusiasm and support behind this. while we have everybody's attention, maybe you could let everybody know when the department will have this up on the website anti easiest way for people in the community to

access this on the department's web site. >> first of all, for everybody that is here in anybody watching on television, which were many that collaborated in this order, i cannot tell you how much i really, really appreciate it. it was quite a process, and it was a lot of fun, but it was a lot of work. it is huge, and thank you for coming here tonight to support it. i will work tomorrow. i am not a huge computer person, but we have people that are. so i will work as best as i can to get it up. and when it is on the web site, if you go to the sfgov website underneath police, our general orders are available online, and so will this one. >> great, thank you very much. thank you. [applause] ok, item 3. >> item 3, the captain,

commanding officer of mission station, to address police activities in the mission district. there will be an overview of the district, review of recent activities, and comments from supervisor campos earlier. >> we should move. you have a presentation. do you have a visual presentation? >> yes, ma'am. >> before i start, i would like to welcome the commission to the mission district. i would like to welcome director hicks. i would like to welcome chief suhr back to the mission. i would like to welcome the community members that are here. two years ago when i started my second tour of duty as the commanding officer of mission station, i made a commitment and i still maintain that commitment.

that commitment is that it is my intention to make every neighborhood in the mission police district safer and enhance the quality of life of every resident. i will do this with whatever resources are available. and those are the marching orders that we operate under in the mission district. i also want to mention a couple of items in our mission statement, and then i will get into the other items. our highest priority in the mission district is protecting human life. we believe that while crime prevention as our principal go, we should vigorously pursue those who commit serious crimes. we treat members of the public with respect and dignity. we maintain the highest levels of integrity and professionalism in all our actions. we recognize the department members are its greatest asset and assume responsibility to treat them professionally and

support their professional development. we are committed to solving neighborhood problems. we care about the quality of life in cities and neighborhoods and believe our services must answer their needs. we maintain open communication with all communities we serve. their input helps to determine police policies, priorities, and strategies. and we're committed to managing our resources in a careful, efficient, and effective manner. here you see the mission police district broken-down into six radio car sectors. and the beats that we have within the district are there. you will see, according to the 2010 census, population in the district is 89,000. the area is 2.7 square miles, which gives us one of the higher population density is of any of

the 10 district stations. on that chart, you'll see what our staffing is. i would like to point out a couple significant things. on the day watch, we have five school resource officers. i believe that is more resource officers than any other station, and that is because of the priority we place on safety in our schools and in dealing with the youth of the district. i would like to also point out that on d-day watch, which includes the 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. watch, we have 17 foot beat officers. we have a serious emphasis on staffing our foot beats. and we have dedicated officers that work the same beat every

day. on the swing watch, we have six more beat officers. you will see that we have serious dedication to be foot beats. among our responsibilities in the mission district, our 20 two public parks, 19 public schools, 13 private schools, 785 abc licenses, and hundreds and hundreds of other permits which we enforce. in addition to those duties, we have constant special events in the district. among those, coming up sunday is the castro street fair. i hope everybody can make it.

it will be agreed, crime free event. we have other events like him cinco de mayo, dia de los muertos, halloween -- and that is a special event. we have to make sure it is not an event. the food festival, independence day, other weekend events, numerous marches, film festivals, and demonstrations. now we will get to what a lot of people are interested in, what is going on in mission district crime. if you look in this graph, you will see this indicates violent crimes in the mission district year-to-date, and that is a two- step to 24. they are only four days old. compared to the same period last

year. you'll see that there were five homicides, the same as last year during this time. rates are down -- rapes are down. robberies are slightly up. aggravated assaults are down. we have a total decrease in violent crimes in the district, compared to the same period last year. this is another way of indicating that violent crimes -- it indicates a 6% reduction from this time last year. property crimes, we have got some work to do. we're doing well in burglaries. burglaries are down compared to the same time last year. auto thefts are slightly up. other thefts and slightly up.

arsonist just about a push -- arson is just about a push. property crimes are slightly up, but violent crimes are down 6%. we are addressing all crimes, be they property or violent crimes. but of course, violent crimes our first priority. and this increase in property crimes, i attribute it to to the fact that we're educating the public about the cop logic, the online reporting of crimes. we're getting a heck of a lot of automobile bregenz being reported which historically were not reported. but now that the public knows they can make a report online, we're getting a lot more crimes reported. you'll see a rests.

robbery arrests are up 38% this year, as opposed to the same time last year. the officers are doing a great job. they are out there every night. and our investigators are assigned to the station are doing a great job. and the result is this huge increase in robbery arrests. traffic citations, we emphasize traffic safety in the mission district. last year, we led all 10 stations cahow and in writing moving violations. this year, we motivated some of these stations to knock us off. at this time right now, we're only in their place out of 10 stations for moving violations. but we will catch them by the end of the year.

compared to the same time last year, we are at 33% down in fatal accidents. 42% down in injury accidents. 39% down in property damage accidents. [applause] and to the right, you will see that mission district leads all other district stations in dui arrests. we take very seriously the menace of someone intoxicated getting behind the wheel of a car, and we have been very diligent in enforcing that. now, those statistics were year to date. of course, we all know that a month ago, we had three homicides in in the course of less than a week.