to hear about that program. >> thank you, captain. commission, chief, director, supervisor. i am a surgeon at bayview station. i have been there four years. i am in charge of some beat officers, and i am also a day, watch street sgt. we have six offices on the foot beat on third street. the ride on a bicycle and control on foot. i have another of his a that is currently there during the daytime hours. two officers on san bruno avenue, bicycle trade and on foot. one is spanish speaking in the other is cantonese speaking. part of the function is to meet these corridors save packages. working with a couple different groups. the ambassador program that the captain touched on earlier has spent around. they do travel on both corridors. some of the issues we have is

direct dealing come -- and drug dealing, loitering, drinking. there is some of violence to touch on. the captain also touched on san bruno avenue. tomorrow night there is an outreach community meeting. there was a series of robberies going after people and robbing them, obviously. a certain group. we want to educate people. we will see to focus on how to be safe and not be a victim and explain the kind of things we're doing to cut down on crime over there. one of the things we worked on, my former boss, chief suhr, was a captain there and gave you. he started the weekly meeting with the plain clothes people that you will hear from, housing, and the station investigation team. we get together and pass around information on crime stories. any trends going on in the district. that way people are aware of it. the captain said patrol is a big

issue. they do a lot of work collectively as a group. violence has diminished on the third street corridor. crime is down. that is nice. we have to keep working at it. being a beat officer, i have been on control -- control for 15 years after the bitter fishing the radio is fun, but getting out and talking to the people is how you solve things. the officers immediately make it a point of shaking people's hands. the merchants association is very strong in the baby. and getting out to the kids. it is about getting out and knowing people. i am not just some guy you cannot talk to. this is how beat officers should be. it has been a lot of fun. it is a lot of hard work. the officers did a very good job. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. [applause] >> as i said, lieutenant julian hill is not here. julian grew up in the bayview.

he was promoted to lieutenant and came to the bayview and worked in patrol. now he is in charge of our station investigation team. we have investigators at the district stations. that program is working very well because of the blend between patrol and investigations. so in lieutenant hell's absence, sgt cunningham will give you an overview of the -- in lieutenant hill's absence, sgt cunningham will give you an overview. >> i am also a native san franciscan, born and raised in the sunset district. i have been at bayview station for the last year. i am one of seven investigators assigned to the station at this time. and we handle most of the criminal cases dealing with reid bookings at the district attorney's office. we write to the search warrants and arrest warrants. we talked with the victims. we speak with suspects.

and we were also with gang task force, homicide, robbery. we also do missing persons as well. we have picked that up. the good thing about the team is we're a good resource. whatever started in the department, we did not really have too many people to go to be about patrol officers can come into our office and speak to us. we are a resource for them but we give them hansen said sun had to do things, how to conduct investigations. while we are at this station, we also respond to hot calls. if there is a shooting or burglary or hot prowl, we will get out to the scene as well. we collaborate with other agencies outside the police department. we work for the san francisco shares department. we recently worked weucpd. i am sure you heard about the pirate caper. i was involved in that at hunters point shipyard.

it turned out really well in the end. on a daily basis, one of our inspectors will go to the lineups. they speak with the officers. we showed them wanted posters. i have reviewed callous security fetish. i will show it at lineups and ask if anybody knows who that guy is. that has helped us close a lot of cases and identified a lot of people involved in suspects. we need with the victims. in the past, i think victims are a little scared about going down the hall of justice. there's no parking. now they come to the bayview station in meet with us on a daily basis. the good thing is we can go to their house as well. recently our officers, we also respond out -- a couple of our investigators were driving around the district and saw a

row robbery in progress. a guy had a stun gun and some that it was about to rob him. the investigators were able to get out and stop it before the man was seriously injured or more. that is all i have. any questions? always welcome to come to the station and ask for any of us. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> i do not know if you could tell, but i drafted him to come up and speak today. it was not his first choice for this evening's activities. that he is a humble man. he and sergeant griffin are the ones that made that armed robbery arrest. our investigators did not sit behind a desk and a just shuffle paper. they were driving down a silver avenue and saw the robbery taking place in made the arrest. those of you to get the newsletters, and i could go on and on with, stories, but if you get the newsletters you see some of the great work that is being done here, particularly by the

station investigation team. burglaries' on potrero hill. gun arrests, robbery arrests, agreed follow-up, traditional police work, ethical, thorough, efficient police work. our last two presenters are surgeon hart -- sgt hart and sgt o'connor. they will be becoming lieutenant said sen. we will be sorry to see them go. they had up a team of multi- ethnic officers at work in plain clothes. they are retreating most of the fire arms on the street. they will give you a dog and pony show about what they do. >> good evening. nice to be in front of the commission again. i cannot be more excited. one of the things that you do not hear about in terms of staffing, commissioner dejesus,

what quantity is great, we're blessed that bayview station has a quality. there is such excitement go to work every day and to do great work. being a sergeant, i never have to tell my officers to get out of the car and do something. i am always trying to hold them back. they come out and say we have five search warrants and of this project and that project, i actually have to slow them down. let's prioritize. as if i have such a great influence over them but that love to work, and is infectious. i hope this show is that we love being here. i am in charge of the ceasefire team. we work with city kids. we love coming to work every day. i have 12 officers that work for us. two of the officers are here today. the reason i brought these two officers is that one has well over 10 years in the department and the other is a new officer. we have partnered up experience

with a new fire and excitement. these two officers said in a great job. they have seized a fire arms and seized narcotics and a daily basis. there was an article regarding these two officers who made a call regarding a stolen bicycle that was listed on craigslist. they posed as purchasers of the bicycle and went out and made the arrest. the recovered a stolen vehicle, numerous stolen items, methamphetamines, and the suspects had numerous felonies. we mix it up a lot, too. we do a lot of outreach. you will see us playing basketball with the kids, often comparing our shoes and things that are going on. we also do enforcement. one of the things that is great that we do is, thank god for the work of the people in uniform, handling the calls for service because it gives us that extra time to get out of the car into walk-throughs. contract with the community in

enforcement manners. you would not believe. you start at one end of the griffin housing project and a walking through the area, sometimes you turn the corner and find a kid holding a gun. that is the sort of value we do. we're there for immediate prevention. then we do outreach do the program. slam poetry, cities and now, and all those programs. we're really on side and on the scene. we're not undercover but sfgtv does not have to blur our faces. we have been in the community for years. the people recognize as. we're here at bayview station that you need anything. here is sgt o'connor. [applause] >> good evening, everyone, thank you for having me. thank you for your time. i would like to expand a little bit upon what sgt hart said. i'd like to talk about some of the things that plain clothes do on a daily basis, some of the

duties they perform. we work closely with our team at bayview station. our officers are right across the hall from each other. we communicate on a daily basis. it there's a suspect outstanding in some crime incident and there is surveillance, oftentimes they will come to us for assistance in identifying suspects. and that is because the officers in the plain clothes unit has agreed deal of experience out here in the bay view, communicating with people in the public and consensual encounters with folks. just a history of knowledge of the people in the district. i also work closely with narcotics, the violence protection team, ciu, domestic violence unit, homicide, and the gang task force. with all these units. but specifically with gang task force. there is a lot of collaboration and communication. the field interviews and

consensual and counters that plainclothes officers conduct on a daily basis often prove to be valuable in investigations in gang-related incidents, shootings, such things. with homicide recently, one of our officers was instrumental in providing information actually as to the identity of a suspect in homicide which led to that suspect's arrester. additionally, they are well- versed in the oakdale gang of injection and the subjects of that injunction. they are out there regularly enforcing that. as well as other validated gang members in the district, they keep track of the validated gang members and keep a current board of the gang members in the district so that all the patrol officers are aware of those things. some of the investigative tools

that the officers used, oftentimes the investigations that they conduct our long-term investigations. they use many tools, some being search warrants and arrest warrants. and we try to have an a to z approach. they're all very educated and experienced in conducting search and arrest warrants right from the beginning, from gathering intelligence, conducting surveillance, conferencing with the district attorney, presenting the warrant to the judge, and finally serving the warrant, leading to many arrests out here in the bayview. one of the most important things that bayview plain clothes provides is an option and opportunity for civilians to report crime discretely, something i see on a regular basis and year on a regular basis is that folks may not want to approach someone in uniform with information. i see it regularly being out on

the street where people can come to us kocher, pulled -- come to us, plus side, and make us aware of incidents in problem areas that we need to be aware of. that is all i have. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> did a few more comments. first, i would like to think two command staff. the chief of staff is in the bayview all the time, whether for a ceremonial event, a personnel matter. whatever it may be or some issue where it might be important to have a staff member, the commander is always there. my immediate boss was a street cop for many years, knows his way around the bayview, grew up around here. he is always available to come to the station when i asked him if we're having a collaborative a meeting and we want him to attend, when he is coming as

part of his duties for inspection, he is always available. i talked to him on the phone or text four, five, six, 10 times a day. we're vitiate the commander being available. as to the lieutenant, a couple words on a lieutenant johnson. spent many years at the airport. he hit the ground running at the night watch at the baby. tremendous majority, very efficient, respected by all of the officers at the station. he is a great contributor to the bayview ever. the lieutenants and sergeants are crucial at the station because they keep the officers following the directives of the department. they get the resources they need. they provide leadership and motivation for the productivity that is off the charts at the bayview station. without good sergeants and lieutenants, we would be in real trouble. lieutenant michael redmond at the end here is high on the captain's list. he will be a captain at some point soon. he was the liaison this past

year at candlestick park. that institution is in the bayview and requires a liaison that is competent. and lieutenant redmond and sgt hart have been very virtuous for what they do and their relationship between the police department and the san francisco 49ers. lastly is lieutenant sullivan. next up on the captain's list. lieutenant o'sullivan is also well-respected. he has prior administration experience and has also been in control for many years. he is the de watch in qr. in my absence, you runs the station. -- he is the day watch anchor. he gets it. he talks to community groups. he is the complete community policing package. i am gratified to have commissioned officers who work

for me of that caliber. the second model is finished. thank you for listening to my report. as jack said, we are excited to be san francisco police officers. we are excited to work for chief suhr, and we are excited that you came out to the bayview to visit. hopefully we will not hear too many brick back from the community. but we will listen and act upon their concern. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, captain chignell. it is not up for public comment. first, then you might notice a trend that a lot of these officers are next to be promoted. you have some of the finest officers serving in the bayview station. they want to be here and they are real cops. sgt hart before he leaves, he is a licensed attorney. he used to work with the u.s. attorney's office on cases.

he'd tell me he cannot wait to get back out on the street in bayview instead of practicing law. you have a lot of great calls out here but you should be proud. now, public comment. sir, your first. >> chief suhr, commissioners, captain, supervisor cohen, my name is nathan apple, also a native san franciscan. moved here to the bayview in 1988. started a metal fabrication business. over the years, i have seen at the bayview change a lot. and along with one of those changes was a new police department, which was needed.

without further ado, i would like to present this plaque that i built to captain paul chignell. [applause] >> wow. you must like the captain. >> this was not choreographed. thank you very much. it is very heavy, too. >> thank you very much. >> there is a little story behind this plaque. i have been in the bayview for

24 years, lived there for 15 years. so i have seen a lot over the last 24 years. a few years ago i brought a new foreman on board in my shot, and six months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. and he went under some heavy chemotherapy. he is a real creative guy and i wanted to give him something to vent his creativity into. and that is when i came up with the idea to make this plaque and keep him a busy over the last four or five months. and i know it is not easy being a police officer in the bayview. it must have its challenges. i could only imagine.

and i just really appreciate the good job that all you guys do, and this is a token of our appreciation. so, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> next speaker. >> good evening. my first comment is congratulations to the captain. i moved into the portola district about six months ago, and i have never seen anybody go through a powerpoint so fast. if i could hire him to do that, i would be expressed. clearly, i am not a san francisco native, if you can tell from my accent. i do not know if this is the right forum to ask a few questions.

i am mainly a communications guy, building technologies and web sites. when i moved to the portola, i did not see anything about communication around the neighborhood. there were a couple of sites that provided information on activities going on, information about things you're doing and the parks being renovated. i wanted to be here tonight to figure out what the police are doing around here. who is that i should be communicating with to be able to talk about the projects you spoke about tonight, put them on our website and on our blog and having a light to use technology to communicate to our neighborhood? i do not need a response immediately. but that is one of my questions. the second one, i move to very recently to this area. i was quite alarmed over the past two weeks that there were three robberies on the streets. i think you are addressing that

at community outreach tomorrow. is that an increase in activity in this area? is that normal to this area? and do not know if this is the right forum to ask that question. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> ok. right. [unintelligible] offline? ok, i will have a chat with them. >> thank you. welcome to the city. next, mr. da costa. how are you? >> commissioners, officers, i would like to welcome you to the bayview. i would like to thank you all personally for what you do. i myself worked for the u.s. police, so i appreciate the hard work that you do. i have a good with the group,

practically daily i provide them with some necessary information about what goes on and is greatly -- in this great city and county of san francisco. i would like to take a holistic view of everything that happens in our community. therefore, when i see a gentleman like the community response network debut a lot of work, what i'd do with them from time to time as it out of them around and give them a holistic view. just like i used to do at one time.

it is not only police work, it is other work. all of you come from communities. for a teacher, it is not easy. for an attorney, it is not easy. for over 35 years, i followed him through thick and thin and stood by him. i like him more because he loves rugby. i love running the players. as you try to discuss and resolve ha what goes on in our city of 811,000.

right here, 25% of the young people come from this area. that is where we need to figure out what you know and read about. it is called restorative justice. in my travels to australia, i am always talking to the police. i am always talking to organizations. when i go there, they are very kind to me. [beeping] this is an area where they have addressed height recommendation s. commissioners, welcome to the public. the bay view is a great place and it has contributed a lot to

the great city. [applause] >> hello, i'm with san francisco community empowerment center. thank you for taking the time to come to our district. i like to take this opportunity to thank the supervisor, with her leadership. today, i would love to take this opportunity holes of. and i would like to thank the bay view police stations. i like to thank the sgt. the reason why he is at the

center, we have a lot of issues that citizens want to be more powerful. so they can reach out. we have a tour with the class's. the sergeant was so nice, he was spending an hour to talk and show everything. this is something that i would really appreciate. and also the police department can work together as a team. and i would like to take this opportunity to thank the advocate for us, a lot. thank you so much. we're going to have community

meetings tomorrow at 6:00. >> first of all, congratulations. we miss you out here. thank you for coming out. my experience with the police department has been nothing but great. anytime i have a concern, we have no problems. as a community leader, i am here to speak on other people's voices. my hat's off the each officer. also, one of the officers a good church with, i watched them work in this community. he needs to be recognized