community to have more officers, patrolling outside of their cars and i know that we had a class just graduate and we expect to have two more classes graduate. i know that you are looking at statistics and you are looking at what is happening in all of the neighborhoods and we are the most needed and i want to make sure that we are looking at the areas especially where there have been some games made in terms of helping to curve a lot of the violence, but more importantly, of course, we all know that having more police officers on the street means that we will have less crime because that in itself is a deterrent and so i am just here to advocate for those particular areas and i'm hoping to really push to staff up the police department especially with the numbers that we need to really effectively impact the entire city. because we know how important it is for public safety and i just wanted to stop by and say hello and express my interest

in getting more folks out in the district especially in the areas where we need it the most and thank you very much for this community. >> thank you, supervisor, also a native and she graduated from uc davis and came back and she served at the african american cultural center as the director and it is great to have her on the board of supervisors because she is a true san franciscoan and her district is in the northern district along with the park district and so she deals with the captain all of the time. we need to look at oakland with the crime rate skyrocketing because they are laying off police officers and we are hiring police officers that is because the board of supervisors have decided that the public safety is their first concern and mayor lee has made the same commitment and we have two academy classs in there now and for that we thank you. >> yes, thank you. [ applause ]

>> so what we would like to do is we will move to our agenda and first thing we will do is simple things of adoption of our minutes from the prior meetings while we could report from the acting police chief tonight denise smith and we will go through the quick reports and the main event which they are trying to prepare is the presentation by captain mceachern. could you call line item one? >> item one, adoption of minutes, action. for the meetings of january 9, 23, 30 excuse me, and february 6, 2013. commissioners, you have in your packets, the minutes from the prior meetings. and i want to thank commission second monroe for putting these together and do you have any additions or corrections? >> no. >> okay. >> a public comment regarding these matters, hearing none, do we have a motion? >> i move to adopt? >> all in favor >> aye. >> please call number two.

>> line item two, reports to the commission, discussion, chief's report, review of recent activities. >> acting chief is on the way up to the podium and the chief is in washington, d.c. this evening and so his number two in command is going to make the presentation >> number two, that is good. i promised the captain that i would talk long enough to get that working program. i am praying for good technological. >> thank you very much there president, and commissioners and director hicks and supervisors it is good to see you. and members of the public. thank you father for being here tonight and it is always a pleasure. i was born and raised in another district, but i did go to a school over the hill, st. rose academy which is no longer there. but the church next door is still there. the president mentioned that the chief of police is away.

he is in washington, d.c., he is honored to have him attorney the former district attorney harris, very, very tough financial times and this is a critical week for funding not just on the city level, we have been struggling, but federally we are struggling with decision and friday is going to be a big day and the attorney organized a contingency to go back and meet to the caucus and bring to the attention of the ways that we use the federal funds to combat violence and property crimes. it has been discussed here, the armed and prohibited person's list which is a tool that we use to get the firearms of the street. we have been effective with reducing the number of firearms on the street. using that is funded by the federal funds. we have used it to improve the technology and hire the officers, and make us more

efficient that is federal funding. burn grants which are also hiring grants, all of these, this is the week to really make sure that is on the front burner for the members of congress as they make their decisions which i would not trade jobs with them this week for decision making just for the fact that i am sitting in the chief's office for two days. any way we use these moneys for violence, reduction, but saturation patrols, narcotics enforcement and things like this, the chief is the only sitting chief of police that has gone with the attorney general to make the case for the federal level. that being said, they should be done and he will be back in town on thursday and since it is not football season or baseball season and there is no rugby team that i know of in washington, d.c., i hope that he will be back on thursday and i can go back to my usual job which is the deputy chief of special operations bureau. the special operations bureau over sees the tactical division, the motorcycle division, the hondas and the mounted as well as the

department operation's center which is sort of a 24/7 nerve center for the police department and that is what i call it. and we serve as the conduit for the officers and the resources that they need any time of day or night and so we bring in the investigators or the crime scenes units and things about it. every unit that i see is small but powerful. expectly the tact people, very powerful. i am aufully nice to them, that is why i am here in stead of greg, who i know enjoys being with the commission on wednesday night. and he likes to be in the community meetings but he was bumbed to miss that. >> on his agenda for the chief's report, highlights of the week. we did have three sort of significant many things that happened throughout the city in the week. crimes to speak of, we had a stabbing on the 25th at 2:15 in

the morning altercation in the central district. the victim was in an alter indication and collapsed and a security guard intervened and the suspect fled. it was discovered that the victim had number views stab wounds to the upper torso. he was identified as a local but was discovered with a passport but he had keys. he had no wallet and we don't have an account that this was a robbery. bebelieve that it was an, altercation, the he is in better condition now. >> the suspect was a white man with long hair in in his 20s. >> on the 22nd we had a homicide occur, a young man was playing basketball at the ward rec center which is over in the omi section of the teravel

district out by where 280 hits. he had been playing basketball for about two hours, he left the rec center and was discovered shortly after 7:00 p.m. in the courtyard with suffering from the gun shot wounds. two suspects with ski masks were seen running from the area. paramedics were called but the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. the victim had the gun shot wounds to the upper body and we have no suspects in custody and that investigation continues. in the paper this week, on january 28th an assault at 11 a.m. and 77-year-old male was smoking cigarette in front of 600 market street when an unknown suspect picked him up and threw him to the ground. the victim was transported to the hospital for a fracture and succumbed to his injuries and there is no suspect in custody

and that remains under investigation. >> we do have arrests i know that you did not meet last week but we had major arrests that i wanted to draw to your attention. february 11th, the cia unit arrested three suspects 34, 20, and 18, all from san francisco, involved in a violent robbery series. and also found in their position during their arrest were loaded firearm and ski masks. these suspects were identified and two more robberies in san francisco and as you know, robberies, you know, none of our most difficult violent crimes that we are addressing, so it is a significant event when you get a work that is working in concert together and you can tie this many robberies it is a great event. >> february, 11th also, bay view officers conducted a traffic stop in oak dale and led to the arrest of a suspect after found several rounds of ammunitions and a gun. and was involved in a incident on february 10th where he fired

shots to the victim using a silver hand gun. >> one of the things that we do and all of the officers do in the daily basis and the traffic stops, frequently, they end with just a ticket and a warning, but they often times yield much greater price. on the events of significance that the command staff and the rest of the department participated in. i know that commissioner loftus has well as director hicks was able to be with us on february 20th where we held a ceremony for 56 of the members these people were promoted to the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, captain and even two deputy chiefs. ats an infrequent occurrence when we get to this these celebrations, but it is a real chance to for the people who get promoted but it is the chance for the families to get to celebrate all of the hard work that come out of that. and i thank you commissioner and i thought that you spoke

nicely and it was nice to sit next to you and make small jokes. that was february 20th. >> the chief attended a panel on tracysingal age and partnership and described our relationship of working with the youth. we have collaborated and continues to build a relationship with agencies. others on the panel were the district attorney, chief probation officers, wendy seal and jeff danace and the mayor's office. >> on february 20th, to the 22nd, the wilderness program, provided a backpacking trip to angel island, 11 students, two teachers and one very over worked officer, spent the three days camping out in the

wilderness, at angel island park. on february 23rd, very busy day for the command staff and the police department. some of the members of the command staff in the morning and other officers participated in what is called the polar plunge, at the park which is a benefit for the special olympics and the members of the public were there and you go straight to the park and you go outside in the water and you plunge around to raise money for the special olympics and it is a lot of fun but i missed it this time but i have done it twice, that is great. there were several members of that and later in the evening, along with many in the family, the command staff and others including the officer's association participated in the chinese new year parade to welcome the year of the snake which happens to be my birth year. it is great and it is going to be a good year for me. >> and that is pretty much all that i have for the chief's report. other than to say that obviously, i know that along

with everyone here, probably, the police department with all law enforcement mourns the loss of the two officers in santa cruise, it is always in our minds somewhere that these can come but the horrible tragedy that occurred down there was two veteran officers and their lives being taken senselessly while they are just doing their job to help the public. and i know that you all share in our just sense of loss for them. and obviously we have extended every, you know, effort of condolence and support and we will be there for the fellow law enforcement officers to get through and that a very difficult time for them. >> we are going to adjourn the meeting tonight in honor of the two fallen officers, and there is a brethren and a sisterhood and we are going to adjourn in honor of laren bufp baker and

elizabeth butler who left extensive families and some of you may know sergeant butler played football and we will adjourn the meeting in their honor tonight and that is why the chief is wearing a black band over her badge this evening. >> any questions for the chief? >> thanks for the report. >> thanks very much, chief. >> call line item two b. >> occ director's report, review the recent activities. on joyce hicks the director of occ. >> good evening, director hicks. >> good evening, president, mazzucco. members of the commission. supervisor breed, deputy chief smith, and captain mceachern and members of the audience. i am joyce hicks the director of office of citizen's complaints and in addition we

have here this evening, very investigator dennis max from the office of citizen's complaints. it is a pleasure to be here, and we are also known as the occ. the occ is the third largest civilian oversight of law enforcement agency in the united states. only surpassed in size by new york, and chicago. the office was created by a board of supervisors sponsored charter amendment in 1982 and game operational in 1983. we are 30 years old. it was originally an office in the san francisco police department but later placed under the direct supervision of the san francisco police

department as an independent commission. >> the function is to assist the police department in building trust with the community by being a bridge between the public and the police in matters of police misconduct and police policy. to that end, the office of citizen complaints has a mission to insure police accountability by conducting fair, full-timely and unbias recommendations. >> and finally conducting medations between the sits sens and the complaints. >> we investigate the xlaipts against the san francisco officers and make policy recommendations on the san francisco police department policy. in california, law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. in san francisco, the office of citizen complaints serves that purpose. the diverse group of civilians who have never been san

francisco officers, staff our office. the occ has a 33 member staff, currently have two vacant investigator positions, which we are in the process of filling. the majority of our staff does consist of investigators in the balance of staff consists of attorneys and support staff. our main purpose is to conduct investigations to find out what happened, we followed the evidence by interviewing the person who brought the complaint. also, interviewing the involved officers and civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to compel testimony and obtain evidence. we obtain evidence from the police department and form a police department and other documentation that the department generates. we also visit the site of the alleged occurrence and may take photographs of places or persons and also analyze cameras that may be at that

location. we aim to complete our investigations in nine months and with limited exceptions we must complete the investigation within a year. once we complete an investigation, we make a finding of whether or not the complaint of misconduct occurred that are an officer violated in police department rules or local state or federal laws. we have a standard of proof that is the preponderance of the evidence. which means that the complaint of conduct the likelihood is greater or the probability is greater than 50 percent. if after the investigation we do find that an officer violated a rule we forward a report to chief sir for further action. he may impose discipline up to a ten-day suspension. this is the violation is more serious than as president mazzucco mentioned earlier, the police commission has

jurisdiction over those case and we prosecute those cases before the police commission and that could be the places where the discipline could be greater than ten-day's inspection. >> in addition to conducting investigation we provide medation service. it is an alternative to discipline. last year the occ mediated 62 cases. those 62 cases that the occ mediated report the work of one investigator it was 8 percent of the cases that we closed last year. it allows them to resolve the issues with the accused officer in person in a dispute resolution format. it goal is to bring the parties together in an effort to

achieve mutual understanding and we have a partnership with the bar association who provide us with neutral mediators for the program. we have conducted medations in languages other than english through interpreters. our medation program is voluntary, both the complainant and the officers have to agree to mediate pi am proud to report that in 2012, eligible officers participated at a 90 percent rate in our medation program. in addition, the office of citizen complaints the member of the community boards 2012 excellence in adr practices award. now, i would like to share a few statistics with you about the cases that the occ received. in 2012. and how we resolved them. in 2012, the occ received 746

complaints. this is a 6 percent reduction in complaints they received in 2011 when we received 784 complaints. last year we sustained allegations in 60 percent of the cases we closed. we found proper conduct in 31 percent of the allegations we investigated and we found that 4 percent of the allegations were unfounded or not true. the largest percentage of allegations we received were for unwanted action, 33 percent of the allegations followed by the conduct reflecting discredit. 29 percent of the allegations. unnecessary force comprised only 3 percent of the allegations we received and last year we did not sustain any of the allegations of a necessary force. in 2012, approximately 26 percent of the complainants were african americans,

cacasions and other percentage declined to state their rates. additionally, asian americans at 7 percent, latinos at 12 percent, native americans and pacific islanders at 1 percent and 3 percent other. the occ is located on the 7th floor on the corner of sanes and marcus. we are usually accessible by public transportation and we receive walk in complainants from the public between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. monday through friday, in non-open hours we receive the complaints by an answering service. we also received the complaints by television, e-mail, mail and fax. you may also file a complaint at your local police station and station personnel will forward it to us. our staff speaks several languages including can toe

knees, man da raoen and spanish, two of the investigators are bi lingual speakers and that is important because the largest number of our non-english interviews are conducted in spanish. for languages other than the ones that i previously mentioned, we will obtain the interpretation services, last year we conducted 14 intakes in spanish, and five intakes in can toe knees, one in russian and one in american sign language. we have a website, which is www.sfgov.org/occ. and if any of you would like additional information on the occ, this evening, in your investigation dennis max um is in the back of the room there and we also have brochures available on the table. and that concludes my remarks. thank you. >> thank you very much director hicks. any questions for director hicks from the commission. >> just want to tell you a little bit about the medation

and it is a real helpful process. when the people interact with the police the officer use the person's voice as the first level of force, they need to protect themselves. they don't understand when you sit in a room and you understand that is why i did it. and the officer said that really upset me. so it works really well in the medations and the officers are participating and i wanted to thank director hicks and it has lessened the caseload, thank you. >> i sat in on a medation and a comment that the officer made at the end of the medation, and the officer had not answered a question of the complainant because the officer was very busy, and what the officer said what he learned from the medation, even though he had not violated any policies that if he had taken a moment to speak with the complainant and he would not have been there at

the medation. so i think that it was a very positive works both ways for communication. >> thank you very much, director hicks. >> you are welcome. >> please call line item two, c >> excuse me. commission reports, commission president's report and commissioners report. >> just briefly i attended for the break the officers of justice for which the secretary john monroe is the president of and we celebrated several former san francisco officers and one that worked in this parish for the role in the civil rights advocates in the 60s and 70s raising the rights of the officers. and you probably know that san francisco is the most diverse police department in the country and it is because of the work of these men who received the awards and put in the hall of fame because their hard work that we have the police department that we have today that was a great ceremony and that is all that i have to report and commissioners, anything to report? >> i would like to report that the coffee was delicious.

i am sorry guys. >> it has been a long day. >> i wanted to report that it was a fantastic promotion ceremony, some great family and i just wanted to echo the points that the deputy chief made is that our job is to be critical and hold the police officers accountable every day and we do that well in san francisco and it is also nice to celebrate some people who worked really hard to become leaders in the department at a time when there is so much transition and so many young officers. and these leaders are going to teach these young officers how to be and their families were there at a day when we are mourning what happened in santa cruz. how grateful we are for their service and i just wanted to under score that. >> call line item two d. >> commission announcement and scheduling of items identified for consideration at a future commission meetings. >> any announcements? >> well, on march 6th, we will be back at city hall in room 400 at 5:30 p.m. and that will

be the next meeting and after that it will be march 13 at city hall also, the third wednesday we are dark there is no meeting and we try to do a community meeting on the last wednesday of every month. >> thank you, commissioners, any announcements that you would like to make? >> commissioner chan? >> i wanted to ask about the department general office, 5.05. the driving and i know that that was continued and i wonder if there is a date for when we are going to set it for the department general orders anything that we have ready to go is it gets put in front of the commission. >> excuse me, when the chief returns i will speak with him and we can set up a date. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> this should belong in the commissioner reports and i did not get a chance to see and you would intend to be good bye and thank you for the chief investigationer who spent a lot of time with the office of citizen complaints and contributed a lot to the department and also the occ. we will be honoring the chief

investigation from the occ and it was a great ceremony yesterday and he is a goodman and we have lost a good, man. >> we will move the public comment to the end because now is the main event. forget the commissioners and the command staff, it is time for the captain to talk about his district. call item 3. >> everybody in the audience just perked up. >> we know who the star of the show is. >> line item three, cap pain agreeing mceachern commanding officers in the northern station to address the commission of police activities in the northern district >> good evening, everybody, thank you very much for coming out tonight. i want to tell you a little bit about myself for just a moment, and there is quite a few of you that have talked about being born and raised and i too was born and raised in san francisco. i grew up in the richmond district as well and i spent quite a bit of time out there as well as in the north beach and went to school here in san francisco and including college and i'm very proud to say that

i'm a second generation police officer here in san francisco. on both my father and my brother are in the department. and it is something that i am very proud of. before i begin the presentation, there are a few people that i want to thank for coming out. first of all the commissioners for coming out here tonight and setting up this in the neighborhood i think that it is a fantastic thing that we get to do once a month and the fact that it is in the northern district at this time, it is great because just coming here, two months ago gives me an opportunity to see that many more of the community members and so i want to thank the commission for that. i saw father canter earlier, there he is back there. thank you very much for allowing us to use the perish hall and the school, it is a great benefit to us in the district and i want to make sure that we thank you and all of the members for allowing us to be here tonight. >> and most importantly, i want to thank all of you