>> supervisor campos: i wasn't sure who the resolution was referring to with respect to that issue. but as an attorney, i do know that -- >> [laughter.] >> supervisor campos: that some of your worst clients can be attorneys. so -- and you have six of the 11 here. and i just want to take this opportunity to say that i think you have handled yourself brilliantly. i think that the very tough and complicated issues that come your way, and quite frankly in the last couple of years, we've had some pretty interesting and unique matters that have come before the board of supervisors. and i think that you have always, you know, approached it very professionally and very objectively, and have had the patience to deal with each and every one of us. so it's greatly appreciated.

and i know that the trial team is lucky to have you. and we look forward to continuing to interact with you, and of course having john join the team, it's exciting. sheryl, as a colleague, as a friend, it's been a pleasure, and best of luck to you. >> president chiu: thank you, supervisor campos. i will quibble with one thing. you said there are seven attorneys, there are six. supervisor elsbernd. >> supervisor elsbernd: in 2005 when you came i think there were a lot of folks who thought there is no way anybody could replace ted lakey. i think we all knew within a couple of months you were the perfect person for this job, and that was a different time, but what has always remained consistent is your professionalism and your work. you've been fantastic. and what i will say to john, you have a very difficult person to

follow. and when it comes to me, admittedly, you have a very short time left with me but one of sheryl's great skills i'm not sure everybody here is aware of, with me, whether i was sitting in supervisor kim's chair or sitting here, i have a tendency to be sarcastic every now and then and lose my temper. sheryl would have ability with just a look to let me know i was going over the edge. she and monique have a special place in that regard. john, you've got to find a way to communicate that to me. sheryl, thank you for keeping me in check on those times when you were able to. >> president chiu: supervisor avalos. >> supervisor avalos: thank you. i worked with you as a legislative aide and a supervisor. it's been really great to know you, outside of the office as well, your interests in that. and i just really appreciate your work over the years.

i just hope that the trime team, that they -- trial team that they like gid tars, and music. if they haven't, you'll be very happy. john, welcome, and i look forward to working with you. we worked together great and i think you will be a great asset for the board. >> president chiu: supervisor farrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. i want to echo what i said earlier and to say thank you. someone who has been here a year and a half and new to the political system in san francisco, you have been an incredible guide. from my perspective, and, you know, you talk about professionalism, but you have really helped a ton. i mean that very personally. i want to thank you for that. i don't think anyone else could have done that. so many things -- i don't know what supervisor campos or wiener said, whether something is material or not, and having you on speed dial that is true for me. you are such a great person.

our loss is their gain at the trial team but thank you for everything. john you have big shoes to fill but i love working with you already and love working with you in the future. sheryl, thanks a ton. >> president chiu: supervisor chu. >> supervisor chu: a lot has been said about how smart sheryl is and the decorum she has and how wonderful she is. i wanted to thank you because i remember when i was first appointed in 2007 as a supervisor, i had to come to you to ask you a really dumb question, a question as simple how to divide a file and what does that mean. i want you to know, no matter how stupid or dumb the question was you always answered it very nicely. also, i just always relate to there was never a question that was too silly, or never a question that reshouldn't ask. so i always wanted to thank you for that because it means a lot for us to have someone that we can always ask all of our most simple questions to. i want to thank you, wish you the best of luck.

luckily for us you're not going away so you might find yourself here again and hope you will be back with us at some point. >> president chiu: one more person the clerk of the board. >> sheryl adams, thank you for holding my hand when i became the clerk. you were one of the handful of individuals who helped me acclimate to the job. i want to express the deep gratitude from my office and all the help that you've given us over the years. as supervisor campos said there were several high profile issues that occurred over the last five to six years. and it was because of your guidance, and your calm demeanor, and problem-solving skills that we were able to get through them. and i just want everyone to know that you were a great part of our success in each and every single one of those incidents. so thank you very much. we will miss you. and john, welcome. we're grateful that you're going to come on board and take her place but of course nobody can take sheryl adams place.

as we've missed ted lakey but we quickly became acclimated for you and were grateful for you're assistance and will be grateful to you too, john. thank you. >> president chiu: deputy city attorney add himsel adams, any s or counsel you want to provide us? >> i'm very touched. thank you so much. and it's really been my pleasure, privilege, and honor to serve as your counsel. you're just a remarkable group of individuals from everyone sitting in this board, to your staff, to my friends in the clerk's office. this group is great. i mean it's every -- it's touching, it's cutting edge work. and everyone's got their finger on the pulse of really great new social policy. and that's just been an exciting thing to be able to be a part of. so i thank you. and really, this means a lot to me. i appreciate it very much.

thanks. >> [applause.] >> president chiu: and with that, i think we're at the end of the agenda. madam clerk, could you read the memorial yams. >> the clerk: today's meeting will be adjourne adjourned on te following individuals, for president chiu for the late nancy blair, on behalf of supervisor elsbernd and supervisor chu for the late caghts lien backari, julian lowe also on behalf of supervisor carmen chu. >> president chiu: do we have any more business in front of this board? >> the clerk: that concludes the business for today. >> president chiu: colleagues that concludes our business for today. thank you.

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>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands on one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> i would like to call roll- call. [roll call]

>> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, it will come to the august 29 at san francisco police commission meeting. this is our monthly meeting we held the last wednesday of the month in that community. we rotate these meetings through various district stations and tonight is the turn of captain tom in central station. i would like to welcome you. as the commissioner, this is one of the best parts of being on the commission, going out to the community once a month and the meeting at different communities and hearing from you what your concerns are. i see we are setting up with the

interpreters, maybe i should slow down a bit. let me know when you are ready. what we usually do at the meeting is have the commissioners introduce themselves and tell us what they do during that day job. the police commission job is allegedly a part-time job, but it is far from a part-time job, but it is a very rewarding. we will start to my left and tell you about what we do during the day. >> hello, everyone. a little bit about myself -- i am a native san franciscan and the newest member of the police

commission. i was born in san francisco and this is where i raised my three daughters with my husband, tom, in case you are watching. during my day job, i run a building center in the southeast sector of our city that is addressing the, and stress that use faced with that community violence they face in that part of the city. we're trying to do some innovative and interesting things to get those kids on track. i am a former prosecutor and i was the public safety adviser to kamela harris. >> my name is carol kinsley and i was like to think captain tom and the elementary school for hosting us. i have again on the police commission for two years and has our president indicated, it is a very rewarding job and very enjoyable job and made more enjoyable by being out in the

community and seeing folks like you show up and provide us with your input. thank you for being here tonight. i have been an attorney working in the financial district of san francisco for about 30 years. presently, my day job is as a business contract mediator. i have one son and he was born and raised in san francisco. , but aside from the police commission-related activities i do in my spare time, i serve on the board of directors and as an officer in the law center to prevent gun violence, a nonprofit organization founded around 20 years ago aimed at a national effort to reduce gun violence. thank you. >> [speaking cantonese]

i'm a staff attorney at the asian law caucus just down the street, a nonprofit civil rights organization that provides legal services in a number of areas and i worked on criminal justice and juvenile issues. that is my day job. i also live in the sunset district of san francisco, which i think we have for chinatown's -- it's one of our other chinatowns in san francisco. my parents are immigrants from china and owned a chinese restaurant for a long time in portland, oregon. a couple of other things i want to get across -- my interest in terms of the commission includes language access, cultural competency, a juvenile issues and immigrant rights.

thank you for coming tonight. >> i am also a native san franciscan. my wife and i have raised their two children here. they are native san franciscan, as is my wife. my day job is i am an attorney but prior to that i was an assistant district attorney in san francisco. for nine years, i was an assistant night -- an assistant united states attorney assigned to the organized crime unit. i'm on this commission because i love this city and i take our police department is a special part of the city. without further ado, i would like you to call line-item number-one. >> the chief's report -- a review of recent activities with chief gregory, sir. >> >> these chairs are hard to

get out of. i apologize for having my back to the commission. it's always fun for me to come back to the central district. i came in about 31 years ago. my first time was in october, i had a some of my best times as a police officer we are a little bigger and a little bolder but we love our time in the central. recent reports in san francisco -- property crime is up a bit, but not a lot. violent crime continues to be down in san francisco, although homicides are up.

that is attributable to a spike in gun violence in and of the homicides that occurred back in march, where five people were killed in a single residence, otherwise it, gun violence is down by about 5% and violent crime is down from where it was last year. one particular crime of note effecting the asian community are these crimes perpetrated by groups going into asian women suggesting they can get rid of evil spirits in exchange for money. i was speaking with commander be also oversees the downtown stations where the suspects told a woman to take out a certain amount of money and that was to be placed under a mattress until

the end of august. this happened a while ago. in the amount of time this woman believes germany was under her mattress, is suspect made -- believed her money was under her mattress, the suspect made good her escape. in exchange for you doing something in money, they can get rid of the evil spirits -- please contact the police department immediately so we can take action. it is not a legitimate exercise of evil spirits. cahow recent activities of note -- a big one this weekend was america's cup. we had somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 people over four days a visit to the marina. some of the best sailors in the world raced around the bay and the practice round. the next day will be hugely busy weekend here in the central district as it is the second

weekend in october which will be america's cup fleet week, the blue angels, the italian heritage club parade, the 49ers, the giants, hardly strictly but bluegrass in golden gate park. the san francisco police department will be fully deployed in the second weekend and hopefully it is going to be a great day nationally for the whole country to see it and we can get that many more people wanting to come and visit. today is the 45th anniversary of sgt -- passing of sergeant john d. young. we continue to keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers. i will do for the rest of my time to captain tom, your brand new and native son capt. here in the district.

>> thank you. please call line item 1b. >> that will be done by many forts. >> a good evening president and commissioners. my name is manny forts. i'm with the city office of complaints and san francisco. also here is the senior investigator, edward mcmahon who is standing in the rear. i am pleased to be here to speak with you about the function of office of citizen complaints. it is the third largest civilian oversight of law enforcement in the united states. only behind the city of new york and chicago.

the office was created by the board of supervisors in 1982. it was put into place in 1983. we are nearly 30 years old. we were originally in the san francisco police department, but was later placed under the direct supervision of the police commission and is an independent agency. it is separate from the police department and the police commission is also a civilian body. we conduct investigations to find out what happened. if we follow the evidence by interviewing the person who brought the complaint, the involved police officers, and other 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 police department. we also visit the site of

alleged occurrences and may take photographs of the places and persons. our goal is to complete investigations in nine months. it was limited exceptions, we must complete investigations in one year. once we complete an investigation, we make a finding of whether or not the complaint officer violated any police department rules or local, state, or federal laws. the standard of proof is the preponderance of evidence which means the probability of a complaint of conduct occurred is more likely than not. the probability is greater than 50%. if after an investigation, we find an officer violated rules, we for do report to the chief for further action. the chief can impose discipline up to a 10-day suspension. the police commission has jurisdiction over cases where

the recommended discipline is greater than 10 days. the occ provides a mediation. this represents 7% of the cases we closed last year. our mediation program allows complainants to resolve issues with the accused officer in person in a dispute resolution format. the goal is to bring involved parties together to achieve mutual understanding. through our partnership with community boards and the bar association of san francisco, we are able to provide a neutral mediators. our mediations can be conducted in languages other than english and