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>> ladies and gentlemen, the chairs called the meeting to order. please turn off your cell phones, so as not to interfere with the electronic equipment. may we please rise for the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> [roll call]

you have a quorum, mr. president. also with us here tonight is the chief of police and the director of the office of citizen complaints. >> thank you very much, inspector monroe. i may turn over the microphone to dr. marshall if i lose my voice, but welcome to the wednesday, april 21, 2012, san francisco police commission meeting. this is our last wednesday of the month, so we are out in the community. we actually promised this -- i spoke at the pine lake neighborhood association. as when we were coming back out. i said within our next two meetings. we are here. we like to go out to the community, hear from you about what is going on in your community. we can hear from you where you feel more comfortable.

we like to tell you when we go out to the community about our day jobs. >> good evening. thank you for coming out tonight. my name is angela chan, and i have been with the police commission for the last two years or so. my day job as i manage our criminal justice reform program. i am happy to be here tonight because this is our first time in the district since i have been on the commission and actually a resident of. i live over in 16th and irving, so like walking around the neighborhood, having meals, and enjoying my time in the sunset. you're so excited to learn about your concerns and questions. >> good evening. dr. joe marshall, then on the commission forever.

when i was an employee of the school district, i ran a few summer schools out of here. if i get up and run, it is only because i have not scratch that. great to be here. thank you. >> i have been on the commission now four years and six months. i had just been nominated for another term by a mayor lee, so i'm honored by that. it is great to come out here and be in the neighborhood. i spent a lot of time out here for four years. >> good evening. thank you for being here. thank you for hosting us. i have been living in san francisco, working in san francisco for over 30 years. i raised my son here, and my day

job is as a mediator. i immediate business contract disputes. another part time passion, in addition to working with the san francisco police commission, is working with a non-profit organization legal community against violence, which works to reduce gun violence in our communities and throughout the country. again, it is a pleasure to be here, and thank you for coming out. >> by the way, my day job is i'm a lawyer. prior to that, for 19 years, i was both a federal and state prosecutor. without further ado, please call line item 1, the consent calendar. >> line item 1, consent calendar. receive and file action, request from the chief of police to accept a donation of $300 from the police officers association for use by the sfpd. >> commissioners, you have this

document in your packet. is there any objection to the police officers association donating to our wilderness program? >> i just want to move that we accept it. they do a lot of great charity work. >> [inaudible] >> great, and thank you very much for doing this. do we have a public comment? seeing none, do we have a motion? >> i will move approval. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> thank you. please call line item two. >> chief's report, review of recent activities. >> commissioners, residents, neighbors -- i'm a resident myself. born and raised. went to st. brands. i went to school next door, been here my whole life.

i apologize that i stopped by the house on my way here and left my tie. my report tonight is just the week in review. mission station is a spanish- language station we have been doing a monthly appearance on, just raising questions and issues of concern to the mission district. the wilderness program is continuing to coordinate day hikes. our pio's met with city-wide for community relations, and it was a good time. we were lucky that we gaap to the cherry blossom festival on sunday because it was about 200 degrees on saturday, and we were melting as it was, but it was

well attended, lots of young people. it was fun. yesterday was -- there was an occupy demonstration at the wells fargo shareholder meeting. i think it was cooperative, but it was peaceful. there was destruction, but it was reasonable, and i think that the officers on the ground and the plan that was in place was a good one. there were arrests -- 24 in total -- but again, they were largely arranged and cooperative and went without incident. i will let captain lawrence speak to crime, particularly and specifically to the terrible district, but citywide, crime remains static -- to the teravel district. i know mayer brown is working with the board of supervisors to try to find glasses and is

getting tremendous emerging from the commission and myself to get that done so we do not lose the ground game on the reduction in violence we have enjoyed the last few years. i know commissioner kingsley speaks to the reduction and priority of reducing gun violence. it is down 46%, so we have made tremendous in-roads, and although the homicide victim total is about the same, incidence of homicide are down 20%. the reason they are as high as they are is because sadly, we did suffer the housing street trenton where we lost by people at one residents in one day in one incident. that is it for my report. i will defer the rest of my time. unless there are any questions. >> i'm pretty sure we held the funeral today in western addition. as far as we know, no problems. >> it went without incident.

we believe we know the reason, if you will, on why that particular crime took place. the young man from the west addition was in the bayview. although there are some gang implications, we do not believe it was motivated by a gang situation, that it was actually a dispute involving several kids. >> i knew the young man, so i just wanted to make sure there was nothing today. that is good. >> very quiet today. >> before we move on to the occ director's report, i want everyone to know we have cami blackstone from carmen chu's office. if you have concerns, she is here to reporters. please call the next item. >> line item b, occ director's

report. >> good evening. i am the director of the office of citizen complaints. also here is our senior investigator. it is a pleasure to be here this evening to speak with all of you about the functions of the office of citizen complaints. we are often known as the occ. we are the third largest civilian law enforcement agency in the united states, only surpassed by new york city and chicago's civilian oversight agencies. the occ was created by a charter amendment in 1982 and became operational in 1983. we are nearly 30 years old. we will be 30 years old in november. it was originally an office in the san francisco police department, but we are placed

under direct supervision of the police commission. as an independent agency, separate and apart from san francisco police department. the police commission is also a civilian body. the function of the office of citizen complaints is to assist the police department in building trust with the community by being the bridge between the public and the police in matters of police misconduct and police practices. to that end, the occ's mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased investigations of police misconduct allegations, making recommendations on police policies and practices, and also conducting mediation between the complainant and the police. the investigation of complaints, and we make policy recommendations on police the power of policy. law-enforcement agencies must

have a procedure to receive complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the occ serves that purpose for the san francisco police department. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. currently, the occ has 35 employees. the majority our investigators. we conduct investigations to find out what happens. we follow the evidence by interviewing the person who has brought the complaint, the involved police officers, and also civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to compel testimony and obtain evidence. we obtain additional evidence from the police department in the form of police reports and other documentation generated by the department. when we conduct an investigation, we visit the site of the alleged occurrence and

may take photographs of places or persons. we conduct investigations with the aim of completing them within nine months. with limited exceptions, we must complete the investigation within a year. when we complete an investigation, we make a finding of whether the officers violated any police department rules or state, local, or federal laws. our standard of proof is a provider of the evidence. that means the complaint of conduct, to prove that it occurred, we must show that it is more likely than not that it did, that the probability is greater than 50%. if after an investigation, the occ finds that an officer violated rules, we forward the report to the chief for further action. he can impose discipline up to extensions. police commission has jurisdiction over the most serious misconduct complaints were disciplined could be

greater than 10 days of suspension. one of the additional services we provide is mediation, an alternative to discipline. last year in 2011, the occ facilitated 61 mediations, 7% of the 846 cases we closed last year, approximately the same rate of cases that we sustain. when we have a mediation, it allows complainants to resolve issues with the accused officer in person in a dispute resolution format. the goal of a mediation is to bring the parties together in an effort to achieve mutual understanding between the parties. we have a partnership with community boards and the san francisco bar association to provide neutral mediators for the program. the mediation can be and has been conducted in languages other than english. the mediation program is

voluntary, meaning both the officer and complain that must agree to the mediation. i am proud to report that eligible officer participation in our mediation program is over 90%. mediation by dissipation rate of san francisco police officers is the highest per capita in similar mediation programs in the nation. i am also happy to announce this evening that i just learned today that the occ is the winner of community board's 2012 excellence in alternative dispute resolution practices. i would also this evening like to share a few statistics with you about complaints the occ received last year and how we resolve them. in 2011, we received 784 complaints, representing an 8% reduction in complaints we have received over 2009 when we received 854 complaints. last year, we sustained

allegations in 7% of the cases we close. we found proper conduct in 25% of the allegations investigated, and we found that 4% were not true or unfounded. the largest percentage of allegations we received were from -- were for i wanted accents, and unlawful search or arrest, followed by his credit, and allegations of unnecessary force. in 2011, approximately 20% of complainants were african- americans. caucasians were another 35%. another 18% declined to state their race. asian-americans included about 5%. latinos, 13%. native americans and pacific islanders, 1%. complainants had declined to state their race comprised 17% of complainants in 2011. we are located at 25 than ness

avenue near the corner of market and van ness. we are accessible by public transportation and receive what deaf in complaints monday through friday between 8:00 and 5:00. we also received complaints by telephone, e-mail, mail, and facts, and the police department will accept complaints and forward them to the office of citizen complaints. for after-hours complaints, we have an answering service. our office staff speaks several languages including cantonese, mandarin, burmese, tagalog and spanish. a large number of non-english language interviews are conducted in spanish. four languages other than the ones i just mentioned, we obtain interpretation services. last year, we conducted 28 case intakes in spanish.

five in cantonese, and one in mandarin. if you would like additional information, ed mcmann is available then answer questions. >> thank you very much. a big congratulations. this mediation, so the audience knows -- they bring the officers and complainants together to explain what happened, why the officers did what they did, why individual feels that it was improper or upsetting, and it is a real success. thank you for your leadership. congratulations. >> you are welcome. i was going to mention that attorney salazar runs our mediation and outreach programs, and she started with the office of citizen complaints in 2007, and in five short years, she nearly doubled the number of

mediations that are conducted, you. -- the number of mediations conducted, so thank you. >> thank you very much, commissioner kingsley. >> i would like to introduce commissioner turmin, who has arrived. line item 2c, commission reports. >> the only report i have this week is that i did check the status on the bitoccupy -- on the occupy protest at wells fargo. it was very smooth. it was amazing the relationship between our officers and protesters. it was very professional. it was really impressive. i reiterate what i said last week. i was on a panel at the

university of san francisco with the cheap. first american -- lawyers and national lawyers guild. they wanted to talk about the occupied movement and about the issues they are having. a man it perfectly clear that san francisco is not a problem. our officers know how to do it. we are the model, and are very complimentary about the chief. they were concerned about oakland, davis, and berkeley, but the good news is they see us as a model. nobody looks stressed out, and it was very professional, said thank you to the officers actually doing their job. i was very well appreciated. >> commissioners, just want to let you know the youth commission will be on my radio show this sunday. on 106 kmel. the youth commission will be on

at about 8:30. we will talk about the commission, its mandate. really want to talk about why they are commissioners. and then we will talk about our joint meeting, the police commission joint meeting with the youth commission, and what came out of it, so i think that will be great. we will send out a message because the last thing on the mine will be it is a radio program. you are all about it tonight. >> if anybody has not listened to the show, it is incredible. he had me in stitches last week here they talk about issues, and one of the issues was at berkeley high school with the kids are fixing their attendance record, and dr. marshall said all those kids should be sent right to wall street. they should go right to wall street, become white collar criminals and go to prison. he sums it up for low.

call item 2d please. >> commission announcements and items added by for future commission meetings. >> are there any items you would like to schedule for future meetings? i know our agenda is pretty full. we are moving into some changes, but is there anything you would like to do or discuss? sounds like there's nothing tonight. at this point, and now calling for public comment. it is and gentlemen, we're glad to hear public comment regarding these items, but the bulk of public comment is usually saved for after the captain's report, which will take place next. i feel like to go ahead, it is all yours. >> commissioners, chief of police, police officers,

residents of the city and county of san francisco, briefly, i would like to speak on one item. i know there's a big turnout tonight, probably one of the biggest ones i have been too, but if the police commission advertise more of these meetings more freely, so you would get attendance of 100 or 150 people. that is what i would like to see. as long as i attempt to help the police commission, maybe some of you as well, i think the muni in terms of turning out a greater audience advertisers on the muni buses, maybe we get the police commission advertising and some of the newspapers, so you get a bigger bomb -- bump in the population. i would like to see 500 to 800 people here. i thank you for your time. >> thank you.

further public comment? hearing none, public comment is now close. for the highlight of tonight's hearing -- and a public comment on this item? ok. >> [inaudible] i'm not sure -- this is my first time coming to a meeting like this. native san consistent. that was most recently mentioned. all my life. i'm not sure if this is the right topic. i'm not really follow the agenda much as far as knowing what is appropriate or not, so you can stop me, but my concern is all the burglaries' going on. is that a topic right now? >> we are going to hear about that during the captain's report.

>> basically, i just would like to know -- the real bottom line is -- what can we as a neighborhood -- and i plan to do something to bring us together and unify us to make the sunset district what it was, what it can be, and what it should be, and i would like to have police officers do that, tell us what is right to do and not to appear not vigilante and some, but let those criminals know that we are not going to let this continue to happen. it is not just all on the police officers. it has to be on us, too. i wanted to know we are watching and looking, and that is what i would like help with. how to do that right. immigrate. thank you very much. >> line item 3, captain's report. >> commanding officer, the

commission on police activities. and a good evening, president, commissioners, chief. ladies and gentlemen. i am the commanding officer, and i will be giving a short presentation on an overview of the district. lights, please. testing. this is the police district. it is the largest police district in san francisco. the boundaries arlington avenue, great highway, the san mateo border, and up here is to 80 ocean -- 280 ocean.

it is 10.8 square miles, over 1/4 of the city. mostly residential with some commercial corridors. some of the neighborhoods are sunset, our sunset, in a sunset, bourbon street, west portal, lake view, parkmerced. we have major vehicle traffic corridors. lincoln ave. slow. also sunset boulevard. our commercial areas are curving street, noriega, taravel street , west portal, and ocean avenue. there are four supervisory districts. district four, supervisor chu,

district 5, supervisor olague, districts 7, supervisor elsbernd, district 11, a supervisor avalos. teh taravel has about 160,000 people, about 19% of the city. about 67% are 18 to 64. 65 and over -- about 16%. the racial makeup of the district -- asians are the largest groups here next biggest are white at 35%. staffing -- there is myself