>> i was finished. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> any of the kids want to talk about the neighborhood? come forward. yes, i know that there's more children here than i have seen in any neighborhood. it is great to hear from the adults, but i want to hear from you guys. >> i do not feel like there is enough stuff we can do. they say we cannot play ball in the playground. but nowadays, -- thank you -- but nowadays, kids are growing up -- like, i play soccer. they do not let us play here. baseball -- no.

i agree with that guy that we need more playgrounds. like the recreation center on ellis. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> my name is maria, and i agree with abdullah. when i talked to this guy from city hall, he said in one neighborhood, where every five people, there is it parked -- a park. >> can i ask you a question? do you feel safe in your neighborhood with the police officers around? >> yes, i do. >> next speaker. come forward. come on.

i saw you had two pieces of pizza. you can come forward. do not be afraid. >> that is okay. that is okay. >> no. no. no. >> ok. dr. marshall has a question for you. >> we have an encore performance here. listen, the president asked if you feel safe with the officers around, and you said yes. in general, i just wonder if you feel safe period in your neighborhood. and i guess, i do, but there's a lot of dangers outside, so if one of them robs you, and you do not have a cell phone, what will

you do? >> anybody else want to speak? yes, ma'am. please come forward. >> hello. i have been here for 21 years. i live on ne and jones in a very nice building -- eddy and jones. a few years ago, i was talking to the commission. it was the police commission. i do not know if anybody remembers, but i was talking about when the soldiers come home and the sailors and the people that have been fighting this war, and i was wondering what steps were going to be taken to help the people, the

veterans who will come to this neighborhood. this is kind of the neighborhood of last resort for a lot of them, and we have had some very unfortunate incidents. i think it is because the veterans had basically not much in the way of services for them. everything is being stretched now. i was a military wife at one time. a war goes on forever. it goes on your whole life if you have someone who was hurt in a war -- in any war. what i am is saying is -- is there any service -- i mean, what is the police commission doing to help?

the returning people. they need more help than, i think, any previous generation. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. do you guys know the stuff -- the yellow stuff and orange stuff outside? i do not think the signs understand because every time i go outside, there is, like, people smoking and other stuff. i don't like -- i don't know how to say it. >> the lawyers have a sidebar. [laughter]

>> she says that, like, when people smoke, like they do not feel like stopping smoke. >> what is your name? jessica? the police chief is right here. what would you ask him for to make your neighborhood better? speaking to the microphone, honey. they want to hear you. >> doing more specific stuff. every time i pass through there, there are people -- and, yet. >> well, thank you very much, jessica. >> any further public comment? welcome back again. we do not usually let you come twice, but i will break the rules tonight for you. because you are very good.

>> i agree with jessica. my brother, he had an asthma attack yesterday because of smoking. somebody was smoking. i think there should be no smoking when kids are there and not next to any park. when there are kids there next to you. because -- how do you say this? i do not know how you say that word. am i think we got your point. we heard you. >> that is why i do not smoke. next speaker.

[applause] >> good evening, commissioners. i am a native san franciscan. because of circumstances, i am living in this neighborhood, but the problem i see -- i was a smoker, and i had to quit. i have quit now for over 10 years, but the problem is the i saw the writing on the wall 10 years ago, that the government and other entities were going after domestic tobacco, and i saw what it was doing to our neighborhood, to the people here. now, it is in front of buildings. people that are coming to this neighborhood or do not even know of the san francisco, about the rules we have passed through the health department, etc., are not being enforced.

these are quality of life issues about smoking. moving on to another quality of life is the liquor. we have a big problem with liquor establishments coming in now because we have big business, tourism, and so forth, but it has to be balanced with our neighborhood. we cannot have this place be overrun with big corporations coming into this neighborhood or surrounding this neighborhood and buying out -- selling liquor and undercutting the mom- and-pop stores to have been in the neighborhood for 20-plus years. it is a big problem. then, we have the small bars or restaurants that are after entertainment permits and so forth. we do not have the resources and we do not even get the information on these permits, so we do not even know what the proprietor -- the hours or some of the things that they have agreed upon because the commission has that information or some other entity does.

that's the should be online. the police even get out permits. we are in the 21st century now. online. those things should be -- databases. they should be accessible. i do not care. at some point -- this is what the mayor did with the cbd so he do with property owners were citywide. that was the reason why newsom started teh cbd. -- the cbd. so he would know who owns what property where. it is very hard for people to get information and know what the source is because privacy laws and so forth -- it goes back and forth. as technology changes, we have to keep up with it.

the problem is this neighborhood is low-tech. i had to say that. even though a lot of people in this room have cell phones, i do not. i cannot afford it. this is the problem. technology is moving so fast people are not able to keep up with things. that is the problem about our neighborhood, that we have all these great -- >> that is your time, sir. thank you. >> of internet -- online >> thank you so much. further public comment? public comment is now close. it is time for the commissioners to talk to the captain about some of the things -- i will start briefly. captain, this is my second time here since you have a captain. i know that you have served the station as a patrol officer, i think as a sergeant, and now as the captain. i think you have done a great

job. i think it is a very challenging district, but i have to tell you, tonight, watching your presentation and being out there, i have never seen so many children in one district. in that with michael last year, and the kids going to school there and all the kids in the neighborhood, and it has really grown. i appreciate the measures you are taking with the yellow brick road and all that to get kids to school safely, but what can we do more? these are our most precious assets, and we have to protect the children. what more can you do? then the commissioner, i want to thank everyone for coming out. a lot of family said the demographics have changed. it has changed quite a bit over the years. the neighborhood has changed. i think we are on the right path. i learned a long time ago from

my gridiron days, that you can make promises. promises are for losers. commitments are four winners. we have to make a commitment to have more officers out here. we are going to start to pick up. i think the community has to be patient. not just this district, but we need to have more more officers. we need to update the n11-9 watch. we need to have more officers in this area. we are in dense area. this is a focal point. i am not a big guy on numbers, but i look at the police report and a lot of them are walk-ins. a third of them come from the central northern because we're the only downtown's they should you could walk to. it is too far to go to the hall of justice. it is a long ways. we get a lot of watkins from

people and provide a lot of services to the small area on top of the regular crime issues we have. i think it is a credit to officers and men and women at our station that they keep the work ethic going. more officers would be better. >> i have some questions. thank you for the detailed presentation. i was particularly impressed by how well you know this district. you named all of the names by people you work with and clearly work hand-in-hand with people on a daily basis, it is impressive and certainly a model. >> i am at a little bit of a vintage. i have been here for 30 years. i have been in this area along time, so i am familiar with the saints and sinners.

it is more family-oriented. the alliance has done a good job with some of the liquor business is we have had to close. we of tried to establish more families and more schools. if you are listening out the door, we have more. >> i think you are out there walking the streets and talking to community members and attending events. it is oppressive. i will ask you just a couple of questions in a row to save time. i wanted to ask about the mental health intervention you mention of the beginning of the presentation, that there was a mental health briefed recently. i want to ask about the number of siepi officers. i know you are respected to crisis intervention and training. -- i want to ask about how many of cip officers. i would like to ask, you would

like to have at some point. you also mentioned there is a 32 percent signed up the rest are from people released from realignment. 32% increase. 11 percen.96% prior to october t year. that we are up to 32%. fei checked it today and it went down 29. it is just the volume we are dealing with. it is because the increase in that category. i wanted to ask about the liquor licenses that were brought up several times. i have heard concerns about more and more liquor stores and wanted to ask the department influence around the girl

license granted and what powers you have to deal with that, and to respond to the question about veterans and how they work with them, just my response is the police to burma has been working hand-in-hand with the veterans department with crisis intervention training to make sure officers were for people to their services so that they have plenty of services and are happy to get to veterans in the neighborhood. >> of the first question about crisis intervention team program, i was in contact with the commander, the port% -- point person on that. we have had eight officers, nine trends. i tried to get more and more. also, he deals with the stigma of the population that sometimes are homeless. i think he does a good job there.

we're trying to get more people doing that. one thing they are missing is having sergeants and first-line supervisors involved in that, not just officers. important to have officers involved. pretty good job -- we do a pretty good job because we deal with a more and more. we're up to 500 this year. the point is we would like to have everyone have that, but is important to sell the program. people were not aware of the program went for started. it has good feedback so far from officers. i think it is important to the sergeants involved in the program, too. what was the other question? suliquor stores, we work with above aul department.

they have the final say at the hall. there are a couple of programs. we get community input. i try to attend as betty meetings as i can. we look at conditions involved, and sometimes we will agree it it, thiganrant it, but it is moa ministry of. we look at the community point. we try to look at those conditions. eventually the board of supervisors will have the final say it is a question from the community of alcohol or an issue intertwined with entertainment commission. we look a book of those. officer torres will go out and inspect it to. we tried to get a little bit of everything, but the final say goes down to the alcohol liaison unit they have down there now. and the veterans -- it is tough,

because it is changing now. would you talk veterans, i think about when i first came to the police department and the chief was there and world ii. my dad was o aa world war ii vetran. it will be hit and is with the new people coming out from the afghan and the conflict in iraq to see how that will work out. that is another whole our gambae we have to address with mental health people there. i did the government will adopt, but we have to look and see at that point. still dealing with the old veterans that have all the stress-related things. we had an individual that was mental health and several buildings that cater to them. we broke to windows and pulled the fire alarm at a facility

that was another one. we have it go with the psychiatric liaison with sergeant ramsey to see if they could work with that. again, it becomes a subject -- public safety issue with some of these individuals we have to take action. it becomes an issue with kids or seniors in the area and sometimes we cannot control that. >> capt. garrity, good evening. your presentation was terrific. lots of good material in it, and i appreciated getting get ahead of time as well. a few odds and end questions, and then some more substantive ones. on the fapage where you list

this, you have the the id officer. bid officer. what is that? >> business improvement district. we have that five days a week. central has a two days a week. it encompasses the upper union square a lower union square, but we are the main focus. the sergeant helps coordinate that with the union square bid, the director is karen flood. linda jones there before. we work with them on quality of life issues and issues in that area and information with the ambassadors of there. officer does that now. he works with the area on that. we are pretty tolerant down here. intervention and prevention enforcement, but when we went with the promise month that went

in there, we had one every year and were released it, because it is aluminum and audi was the sponsor of that so everyone could enjoy it and not being overtaken by a peddler. we were struck on that because it is a safety issue. that area is very congested. the street is very narrow. they took up the parking lanes and had to make sure they got there safely. any kind of special events around union square, we tried to work through that. >> good, thank you for that. that is very instructive here yet on your crime charged, you show rates have gone up, but the numbers are 5-7, so 40%. in terms of numbers, it is two more. then of course the robberies

have gone up. on your arrest chart, you are showing three arrests and rape. and 49% jump iin a arrests and robbery. i am curious whether you are trying something new or different approach around this. >> you have to follow up on these things. sometimes i get criticized and officers do not do delegate. my feeling is you do nothing and do know -- do nothing wrong. we tried to follow up meticulously with the community. maybe video or citizens. i had questions about the shooting on monday night. the inspector called the mother and i called the guy's mother because something was not right. the one heard anything that was suspicious.

i think that is important. some of these things cannot control. the citywide problem, a lot of it is economic with the economy. we try to address that. if we try to get the buyers who are selling those things also in the area with the retail theft program. we're working with the da's office. right now we have that -- not done one in a few weeks because of staffing and other issues, but i have met with macy's and apple to get what is new and fresh. robberies are somewhat drug- related, and we're working on that. we have to be very diligent in keep our nose to the grindstone. we have to try to keep follow-up on this in keep following up here yet to g.

>> i am curious about the arrest figures. is there a person that has committed several? >> these are different ones, commissioner. there is no pattern. several of them the victims were not cooperative. there were a couple of days old or a situation like that. i will not go too much into the rapw issue because some have e issue because some of them have not been called. the sex crimes unit will follow up on that. we look at everyone. does not matter what we think or perceived, but we have to go by the facts involved, and we follow up with that with the victim. commissioner kingsley i: i

was listening to the whole problem with prescription drugs, and 60-80 percent are coming in from the outside. are there some principals or community activities so m.j. is not out there on her own doing photographs or some application around the arrest in the recovery area? >> there is a tie with the drugs and robberies. two-thirds are in the trade of narcotics. i spoke to a lady about showing me an e-mail. the lady was talking about this, and i follow up on my self on this. and we need to get more people out on the street. we cannot tie them up. and i think the pills -- the problem with the pills is a different animal altogether.

laws have not changed to address some of the problems on the pills. there is a stigma with needles now, so i think -- i will not go in that there is a plan where we will partner with the agency. i will not go into particulars now, but to address that, the pill problem. and we have done as much as we can do at our level with the vrt and narcotics level, and the liaison with the dea, but we're working on something to address the pill prescription level. the outside influences and where they're coming in from. some of them it is not the individual with the pain management programs. it is someone bringing in a lot. it is a very lucrative business. >> i understand that.

very heartening to hear there is a larger plan attacking this. the safe passage program is so impressive, and safe in general that it seems it would be terrific to get more community involvement in keeping eyes open as to who is new in the community that is coming in. and > it is a group project e a cheap getting better nation'ir the -- he makes fun of me because i have said slide in my pocket. i'm going green. it is important to realize you have to stretch these resources.