we really appreciate and acknowledged and respect and honor the history of chinatown, of our city, and by celebrating the installation of this wrap today, a big step forward in the progress of this project. we are honoring that. we are keeping the site looking good in the process. we're doing our part to keep chinatown as strong and vibrant as it has been for 100 years. this is a transformational historic project. we are honored to be able to participate in it and bring this great change to chinatown and to san francisco. with that, and we are concluded. there's more information on our web site. i want to thank you all and are dignitaries for joining us today

>> may we please all rise for the pledge of allegiance? [pledge of allegiance] mr. president, i will conduct will call. -- roll call. [roll call]

president, you have a quorum. president mazzucco: ladies and the moment, welcome to the wednesday, march 28, 2012 police commission meeting. as we do the last wednesday in every month, we are out in the community. in each district station, we have gone on rotation. instead of going to city hall, we come to you. this is the most fun the commission has. we will tell you a little bit about what we do in our day jobs. and we'll tell you a little bit about ourselves, how we got to the commission, and we want to hear from you. you will hear briefly from the chief tonight, the occ

director. in the center of attention is your district captain. as he said yesterday, he wants to hear the good things and the bad things. what we can do to make things better in your neighborhood. i will start by having commissioners lauder introduced himself. commissioner slaughter: in my day job, i'm an attorney representing individuals and companies and mostly business litigation. i have been on the commission for two years. the most rewarding part of the service is getting to the community, meeting folks, and seeing people here.

commissioner chan: thank you for coming to this. i'm angela chan, a staff attorney at the asian law caucus. also, i wanted to recognize the community members that are out to buy, and also to the empowerment center. i have been on the commission for about two years now and live in the sense that community. -- sunset community. commisssioner marshall: officers in the bayview, district 10, is a third appointment to the commission.

we love the community meetings, love to hear what you have to say and we are ready to go once again. president mazzucco: i'm tom mazzucco, a native san franciscan. my father actually served as a police officer at the bayview station. in my day job, i am also an attorney. dr. marshall is the only one that is not an attorney. i was in the gang violence in it, and for nine years, i served as an assistant united states attorney in the organized crime drug enforcement task force. a largest case of work, which took of the big games. -- we took out the big gangs. this is the best part of the

java air-conditioner, thank you for having us here tonight. commissioner dejesus: i love coming to the community, i am an attorney. i work with people that have been injured in the workplace. i have been on the commission for over 5.5 years now. inky for coming. commissioner kingsley: i want to thank the captain and everybody, all of the officers at the bayview district for hosting us tonight. and thank you to those in the community that have come here tonight. we're very interested to hear what you have to say. i have been on the commission for almost two years. by day, i am a business contract mediator. i also served on the legal

community that contains and produces gun violence in communities and in that country. in a policing district, i have worked in five of them, but not on the bayview. i've got a very good introduction overview from a safety standpoint, a community standpoint of the district. i think that is about it, thank you for being here tonight. commissioner turman: i have been on the commission since june of 2011. i have a former assistant united states attorney on the coast.

now i am in private practice in a law firm here. i am very familiar with the area and i am glad to be here with you tonight to hear with the community has to say. >> i noticed that our supervisor, malia cohen is here. supervisor cohen: thank you for coming out tonight. i am also a native san franciscan, live in the neighborhood, crew of taking public transportation. grew up as a beneficiary of all the great things the city has to offer. the plans and the shrubbery, it looked good. i am happy to see the community meeting members here.

i would like to see who more so in your squad cars at doing policing. but thank you for your commitment to the neighborhood into the residence. we don't just leave the to the responsibility of the police officers, thank you for your commitment as well. we have an open-door policy in city hall. our office is here to serve. we're here to serve all san franciscans. >> would you please call item no. 1? >> report to the commission, achieves report. -- chief's report. >> good evening, commissioners.

public. officers of bayview station, my favorite cops int he w -- in the world. i have to echo what supervisor cohen said, the southeast facility looked great. on march 22, the officer is to be a marine unit -- assisted the marine unit. on friday, in the afternoon of march 23, we did a press around the blue bar and burglar, responsible for as many as six daytime burglaries'. the victims' are continuing to identify mostly on line.

there was an asian-pacific islander fund-raiser held in the imperial palace on saturday. today, the community relations division along with commissioenr cha -- commissioner chan for coordinating training. mock tragedy to get high schoolers to be aware of the seriousness of drunken-driving. the future graduates program will try to get more kids off of high-school. the department will be at -- but what parker we going to on saturday? the egg-stravaganza from park

and rec. the class will be graduating from the police academy to better train officers with people in crisis. we start with our first round of budget hearings this week. we suffered the most serious mass murder in a residential area: 1 residents. officers responded immediately. i can't tell you how much collaboration when. csi, homicice, de, violence repsonssponse team. we caught a couple of breaks along the way.

the officers basically flat for 48 hours. the person we believe responsible was arrested early sunday morning. we believe that a great case was put together, strong evidence was brought to the district attorney's office and the suspect was charged with five coutns of -- counts of murder. we have every confidence and to make that case and make sure this person never get out again, as it should be. please keep the disease in your thoughts and prayers. president mazzucco: i was part of the briefing with the chief at the 5:00 press conference and we should keep the family members and our thoughts and prayers. i want to congratulate and

thank the police officers, they solve this crime within 48 hours. it was a significant work product of many different parts of the police department and other parts of the city family. you could not help but be very impressed with the professionalism and diligence of the police officers. we lost five members of the community, but we have solved this crime. what to think the chief, the command staff, the men and women that the surveillance, investigators that did everything they needed. i want to thank you for your hard work. >> i want to echo what commissioner mazzucco has said. >> the department of public health and of their canvassing of the neighborhood to offer whatever solace, we are having a special session for the officers

involved because it was a difficult scene. >> thank you, chief. director hicks. >> good evening, president mazzucco, commissioners, supervisor cohen, chief sir, members of the baby district community. also here this evening from the occ is the chief investigator out here in the audience. it is a pleasure to be here this evening to speak with you about the office of citizen complaints. we're the third largest civilian oversight law enforcement agency in the united states, only to pass by new york and chicago.

in 1982, dthen the occ became operational in 1983. we were later placed under the direct supervision of the san francisco police commission. capt., i appreciated hearing you in your interview yesterday on kqed forum on building trust between the police department and the community. to assist the police department and building trust by being the bridge between the public and the matters of policy. a have a mission to ensure police accountability, making recommendations on police

policies and practices, and conducting mediation between citizens and the police. in california, law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to a investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. we have served the purpose for the san francisco police department. we are staffed by eight avers group of civilians that have never been san francisco police officers. a majority of staff are investigators and the balance consists of an attorney and support staff. we conduct investigations to find out what happened and we follow the evidence. by interviewing the person, the involved police officers, and civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to the

obtained evidence. we obtained evidence in the form of police reports and other documentation that is generated by the department. the also visit the site of the alleged occurrence and we may take photographs of places or persons. we have a goal to complete investigations within nine months had with limited exception, which must complete the investigations within a year. we make a finding on whether or not the complaint of the officers violated any police department rules for local, state, or federal law. our standard of proof is the performance of the evidence. the probability that it occurred is more likely than not are greater than 50%. if we find an officer violated a rule, we for the report to chief

sir for action. he can issue a suspension of the to 10 days. one very important service that we provide is mediation, an alternative to discipline. last year we facilitated 61 mediations which represents 7% of the hundred 46 cases we closed last year. it allows the complainants to resolve issues with the accused officer in person in a dispute- resolution format. the goal of mediation is to bring involved parties together to achieve mutual understanding. through the partnership with community boards into the bar association, we are able to provide a neutral mediators for the program. mediations have been conducted

in languages other than english. our mediation program is voluntary. the complaint at the officer must both agreed to mediate for it to go forward. the mediation participation rate of san francisco police officers is the highest in the nation. we would like to share a few other statistics and heavy occ resovles pending -- resolves pending complaints. we had a reduction in complaints. last year, we sustained allegations and 7% of the caissons and found improper conduct in 25%.

4% of the allegations were not true. the largest percentage was for unwarranted action followed by conduct reflecting discredit. allegations of the unnecessary force were a small percentage, only 10%. 27% or african-american, 35% were caucasian. 18% decline the to state their race. native american and pacific islanders were 1%. 3% identified themselves as the other. those that declined had comprised 17% in 2011. the occ is located on the seventh floor, the corner of vaniss and market. we receive watkins between 8:00

at 5:00. complaints can be made anytime, 24 hours a day, as we have an answering service. you also file a complaint that your district station and the personnel will forward it to us. the staff speak cantonese, mandarin, burmese, and spanish among others. bilingual spanish speakers are important because a large number of interviews are in spanish. for languages other than the one we previously mentioned, we obtained interpretation services. we conducted twenty eighth case in takes in spanish, 1 and mandarin. if you want information about the occ, he can answer questions you may have.

there are also brochures about the occ, that concludes my remarks. any questions from the commission? president mazzucco: you heard her say this mediation we do we are at the forefront of that in the country. they will bring the officers at the complaint adds to the table. they get a chance to explain why they reacted the way they did. why they used a voice command as part of training, they are not necessarily being unfriendly, it is just how the situation develops. it is good for the officers to hear that you did not make me feel too comfortable. at the end of the day, they generally walk away feeling pretty good about the situation. lead to commend direct hicks and donna salazar the list together

these recommendations -- deviations. -- these mediations. i want to commend them, thank you. anything further for director hicks? inspector monroe, line item 1c. >> commission reports, the president goes a report. president mazzucco: as i stated earlier, it was -- commissioners, do you have anything you would like to add? >> i want to talk about the crisis intervention training. i want to give my solace to the families from last weekend. i was relieved to know that the department caught who we think

dick. it was such a time in a lot of d work around the clock. a lot of language access for the primarily asian neighborhood. i am glad to hear that committee members were responsive in sharing what they knew about what happened. in terms of crisis intervention training, we have been working on the now for over a year. i mean over 1000 community-based organizations, the department, with the leadership of chief suhr in rolling out crisis intervention training, focused on in the escalating mental health crisis incidence to reduce any chances -- focused on deescalating mental health crisis incidents. the department has already engaged in two training. we're at the second training now. a 40-hour training. each class has got 25 to 30 officers. we're finishing our second week now. tomorrow at his last published

tomorrow is elastic and i think the class includes four part officers. i went to the class yesterday. it was amazing to watch. there were role plays there were engaging in the one involving a veterans in spare existing issues. one involving a homeless juvenile who might have been armed. it is very interactive. it was amazing to watch that combined with some of the technical knowledge being taught. i was invited at the last minute. i invite you to come tomorrow to check out the training. i believe the graduation ceremony should be from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the academy. if you need details, let me know. but it is just exciting to see it work, and i think the chief for your of leadership and commitment. i think we have six or seven more trainings to go, but it will happen, and i think it will all be worth it. >> thank you. commissioners, anything further to report. hearing none, let's move into line item 1d. >> commission announcements and

scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commitments -- commission meetings. commissioner mazzucco: any announcements? >> yes cover the next commission meeting will be room 400 at city hall at 5:30 p.m., wednesday, april 4. some of the items on the agenda will be a presentation by the commander, a presentation of certification. also, captain paris will follow- up to the u.s. commission recommendations. n lieutenant durante's protocol report. commissioner mazzucco: thank you. commissioners, any announcements you like to make? with reference to the agenda, we did have for the first time ever, the police commission had a joint meeting with the youth commission. that was very interesting. we heard from the kids, basically what they think about the police. the police provided all the programs they have available to

kids in the city, which are quite a few. we learn that the top programs are the wilderness program, were the police department takes young kids who have never left the city into the woods to go hiking. probably the most successful program besides football, basketball, and baseball, the fishing program. the salmon fishing program was a hit. a lot of different things. the cadet program we have. i think we had the largest number of cadets than we have had in the past 20 years. so the police department is out there. we will look at some of the recommendations that the commission has made and will chad of about them briefly on the floor. what we usually do now that we're done is we have public comment about line items 1a, b, c, or d. >> isn't that part of the agenda? commissioner dejesus: i thought it was on future engine the items. that is the section here. what i would like to do is the budget is coming up and one of

the things we talk about is the occ budget and the department's budget. in terms of the department's budget, we keep talking about attrition. we're losing police officers. they are retiring. they are going. and we do not have classes in the make. i know we're trying to work with the mayor's office bit of luck to have a meeting with somebody from the department, myself and perhaps.. we can talk about -- and perhaps commissioner slaughter. the planning department since information to the police department, and they plan for utilities, parking, traffic in new areas. the question i have is, do they plan for safety? do they plan for the increase in safety in these areas were the high rises are coming up? if anyone saw the news recently, i think we're number two for