>> i pledge allegiance to the flag to the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> would you call the roll. >> please do.

president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president marshall -- excuse me vice president. >> present. >> commissioner marshall. >> present. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner dejesus is in route. commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> and commissioner loftus is excused. you have a quorum and also with us is the chief of police gregory suhr and joyce hicks. >> thank you very much inspector monroe and welcome to a special night at the police commission tonight. we have one quick agenda item which is the consent calendar and we will move into what i and the other commissioners consider a special presentation to four members of the san francisco police department who are san francisco's finest and heroes

and with their work on the aircraft accident and please call item one. >> disciplinary action for the this time. >> commissioners you have a resolution for your review. are there any questions or concerns about the report? hearing none any public comment regarding this report? hearing none public comment is closed. can i have a motion? >> i move. >> second. >> thank you very much. it's unanimous. please call item two. >> line item two certificate of appreciation. officer james cunningham lieutenant gaetano caltagirone officer antonette valenzuela officer derrick lee. >> thank you very much inspector monroe and i will -- why don't

you please come forward officers, all four of you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, we invited these officers here tonight. ordinarily there will be another ceremony but the commission wanted to see these officers as soon as possible to recognize here hereoism and present them with a certificate of appreciation. it takes time to go through the medal of valor process and we felt this was strongly to do for the members of the community to realize what these officers did and july 6 they went to san francisco international airport for a day watch watch nice clear day, not expecting much to go on. these

were officers patrolling the streets of san francisco and now they're at the airport and do homeland security with other functions and these officers went to work and not expecting what happened that day and at 11:00 a.m. flight 214, a triple seven was landing coming in from korea and the plane crashed. there were 307 people aboard that flight that day with three fatalities. it could have been literally 100% worse. our officers were the first on the scene. our officers didn't have protective uniforms and i heard officer cunningham had a short sleeve

shirt on and they went to the scene and instead of watching they ran into a burning aircraft and i am going to start with officer jim cunningham. officer jim cunningham joined the san francisco police department -- he was a aid in 1988 and became a police officer in 1997. we have lieutenant gaetano caltagirone which i have known since we were five years old. he is a native san franciscan and entered the police department in 1995 and became sergeant and rank of lieutenant in 2010 and served in many of the district stations and then we have officer antonette also known as annie valenzuela and she's the lead of the san francisco police honor guard. officer valenzuela entered the

police department 1988 and served in various assignments including the academy and officer derrick lee who joined the police department in 1998. he too served in many of the district stations and these officers have gone to the airport for a different assignment but they went there for a reason that day to save live and what we were told starting with officer cunningham that when firefighters went up to fight the fire he was on the plane and was pulling off. lieutenant caltagirone arrived and he with the other officers were throwing knives up so passengers could cut themselves out of the seat belts and he went on the plane. officer valenzuela getting people off on of the plane and pulling them from the scene and officer lee

doing the same thing. we don't really train our officer dos that, do we chief? but they did it and i will turn it over to the chief. >> i want to bring up one more person. i think deputy smith is missing and caltagirone was the original commander and the chief showed up and everyone did what they do and they train to board airplanes i don't think anybody planned it's going to happen the time it does and i couldn't be more proud of the actions and the other folks not at the airport that day and it was unbelievable and seconds only to the fact that jim was in short sleeves the whole time and people were asking about protective gear, and what can't go across is the smell of the

gasoline and the fire and damage you can see, but if anybody has been around the smell of strong gasoline you don't want to see fire and they saw it and they stayed and because of their actions none of the firefighters and the kree and many of the passengers it wasn't worse and god bless you for the action you took that day and the leadership to get it done. >> so on behalf of the san francisco police commission you are true heroes. i can't thank you enough. commissioners. commissioner truman. >> well, i join both the chief and president mazzucco in my thanks. your actions speak more than anything that anyone up here could say. thank you so much for your service. officer

cunningham, officer caltagirone, officer valenzuela, officer lee and of course my dear friend deputy chief smid td you are the shiny example you showed on that day and this day. thank you very much. >> thank you. commissioner kingsley. >> i would like also to add another deep thanks of gratitude for your heroism. we spoke a little bit out in the hallway but i'm also very happy to see you all standing here and able to continue doing your job that you are safe as a result of this and we're all grateful for that as well. that you did go in. you did your job in a you supurlative heroic manner but

you also did it in a manner where you came away okay as well and that is very important to the people of san francisco as well and thank you very much. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you officers, lieutenant, and chief for your bravery, your heroism, your selflessness and i was flying out of sfo that weekend and reading about what was happening there and i couldn't have been more proud of our department and what you did that day and helping so many people and it was sad that we had the casualties and it could have been worse and you saved people of people you don't know and a huge thanks to your family for letting you do that and supporting you as you put your lives on the line for perfect strangers and people from

abroad coming here and families and children and think about all the lives that you touched and they're going on because of what you did and i am extremely proud and grateful for your service and not just that day but everyday you're with the department. >> dr. marshall. >> great job. thank you. you must feel great. you have to feel great about what you did, and i know people on the plane were like wow -- i am sure they were glad to see you. i know i would have been. >> we're going to present you certificates. we're very proud of you and i see your family members and i want to thank your family members and friends for sharing them with us and the san francisco police department and to all of you and the retired officers present and the current officers i can't thank you all enough for what you do. you're here here heroes and we have supervisor to say a few words.

>> hello everyone. good evening commissioners, chief suhr and all the officers standing here. i wanted to thank you for all of your work and not just what happened at the airport and everything that you do and on behalf of the board of supervisors we wanted to thank you for that as a token of our appreciation we have signed by all members of the board a certificate of honor for you so thank you very much. [applause] >> officers chief suhr is going to appreciate you with the certificate of appreciation. >> so while that is being passed out i want to thank you very much, the commission, the supervisor for really getting on this right a way. it means a

lot to the people. the airport is a very special place to work and all these people standing behind me i've had the privilege of working with before in different capacities and some as fellow officers in radio cars and there were one lieutenant and sergeant and 14 officers working and another service aides working and supervisor working and that was it for the airport for the pd: i was notified of the event within two minutes of the occurrence much the airport was modified as it was happening by san francisco police officers. there was so much that happened that day that we could point to pride and the steps these four took and it amazed me as i arrived in the air field and amazed me for the

next 12 years as they kept control of the airport and as the moving through the week and the stories came out and it's a privilege to be in front of you with these people and they did a tremendous job and i thank you for honoring them. >> thank you very much chief. [applause] now with recipients we would like to hear from you starting with you officer lee. you're the first or do you want to defer to the lieutenant. you make the call. >> [inaudible] >> lieutenant caltagirone will talk. >> speaking on behalf of the troops. if it wasn't for the troops that day i don't think we could have accomplished that goal. i had a great team. it was wonderful. everyone was doing their job. i didn't have to tell them anything to do. i

looked around and everyone was doing what they were supposed to do without me barking out orders. my main concern is when do i say this is enough because the plane was engulfed in smoke and fire and pull out and the last thing i wanted to see is my officers get hurt. fortunately the fire department kept throwing foam on the fire and gave us more time to fight the battle to get people out and we won and we won as a team and you can't ask for a better team than my officers that are standing behind me and the officers out on the field including also the joint efforts of the fire department, the psa's, the airport safety officers out on the runway helping us out, the joint agencies that came and help. we didn't need a radio

to communicate. everyone just worked and did an amazing job and people say we're heroes but we do what we do and that's our job and now we're proud to do it and we're proud to be san francisco police officers. >> thank you lieutenant. >> well said. [applause] >> don't be shy jimmy. i know you're not shy. come on. jimmy comes from a long line of police officers. his brothers are in the department. >> thank you for the awards here. i am honored, but a lot of other people did a lot of good work that day and it's kind of hard to remember everybody but i was proud of everybody we work with and everybody worked together without telling anybody what to do and i told one of the people from the korean

consulate and we had a thing and it was an honor to help them and it was our job and not writing tickets and there to help people and one of the opportunities to really help people and make a difference in their lives and especially people from another country coming here. a lot of people didn't speak english and i knew how they felt being on an airplane and i think we all knew that and everyone did a good job and i used to be a sheriff's deputy and transferred to the airport and an officer there and i only had a few more lives until i retire and it was an mazing day and there were a lot of bad things that happened but a lot of good things too and i think everyone could be proud of the police department and the fire department and all the others that participated and what people are like under stress to come and help other people. i don't know what else

to say. >> thank you very much. [applause] annie. >> [inaudible] >> i know. >>i just want to say thank you for recognizing us and i am proud to serve with the officers behind me as well as all of the officers there that day and all the agencies that helped out. i was transferred a week and a half before the event happened. the first week was training and orientation around the airport trying to find your bearings and that was my fourth day of patrol and right before the accident happened i was voicing my frustrating how i was getting lost and someone said "don't worry, you will get it" and five minutes later i got it and that was my welcome and thank you very much. i preerngt the certificate. >> thank you for your service.

[applause] >> thank you police commission for the certificate in honoring us. i really do appreciate it. we have a great leadership from lieutenant caltagirone. he did a great job out there with fire and public safety and all the other officers that responded to the scene. it was pretty chaotic but he kept things calm and he made a big difference on the scene and our commander and chief and everybody that was out there they really did make a difference and support us, and we do appreciate it and we're very grateful, and thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. [applause] >> it's time for the photo opportunity with the chief.

>> great thank you very much everybody. thank you. [applause] >> please call line item number three please. >> line item three general public comment of the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. the speakers shall address the comments to the commission as a whole and no one in particular and under the rules of order

during public comment neither police or occ personnel nor commissioners are required to provide to questions but can provide a brief response and commissioners and occ personnel should refrain from entering into debates with speakers in public comment and please limit the speakers to three minutes. >> good evening. how are you? >> how are you? i would like to use the overhead. i am here concerning my son again who was murdered august 14, 2006. this month will be his anniversary and i still have no closure and i have been out there on the battlefield fighting for my son for years. it will be seven years on the 14th. it will be seven years since his death and i still have no closure. i

have been out there just not blaming anyone but i do want justice for my child. i put up my son's posters all the time and my own neighbors take them down and call the posters graffiti and it's not graffiti. it says here -- it was in the chronicle and it says "i know who killed your son, mayor gavin newsom said thursday and the da know who killed your son and the police know." this is in the article right here and it was told to me. these names are the guys that killed my son. i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are on my son's case down at

bryant in his folder and these guys -- they know who shot my son. here are the names. i was given these names so how do you not know who killed my son? i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are the names of the guys and you have one of them and thomas hannibal is out there being a comedian out there and still living and i hear he's one of the guys that pull the trigger on my child and shot him 30 times. these are the names. why can't we do something? these guys are still running the street. i'm not here lying to you. go look at his folder. these are the perpetrators that killed my child. how long am i going to suffer? how long am i going to do