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>> please rise for the pledge of allegiance
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commissioner president loftus earl please do. >> commissioner president loftus councilmember sherman is in route commissioner marshall in route commissioner de jesus commissioner mazzucco is excused commissioner president fong and commissioner melara commissioner president loftus you will have is quorum also the police chief chief suhr and joyce hicks good evening, everyone here at city hall and welcome to the wednesday, september 9, 2015, police commission meeting sergeant next item. >> the presentation of certifies of appreciation
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(calling names). >> if those folks with with us, please come up to the front. (clapping.) we're getting a call applause before we even start we want to make sure we see your faces on sfgovtv in the one side of bar (laughter) this is a failure of my directions not your. >> you're the leader we want to see your faces welcome chief colleagues and members of the public you are all sure that the police department went through a redistricting with the support of partners before us today at the controller's office this is a lengthy process for over a year involves careful analysis looking at data, and not just
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looking at data but bringing it to communicated members, commissioners, engaging in conversation compromising and changing things working with the department with captains and neighbors and members of the board of supervisors we saw randy and another person on a regular basis but i'm glad the entire team it here for the heartfelt work it was extraordinary at this time i called your boss and felt this team exemplifies the best of public service really a team effort on behalf of myself and the commission we wanted to recognize you for the incredible amount of work and from this department chief.
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>> chief. >> so i've been at the intersection this for the long time and somebody said there are two things police officers can't abide things that stay the same and change so (laughter) this was you know officers they know what they know they know where they're going and trust so much in my new to get us where we need to go and do it safely
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and then when you change the boundaries that the amount of change that the officers have to contemplate this was although there was all kinds of paddling under the water on top of the water was seamless in no due part to those behind us this is in place the general order has changed around thanks to the good lieutenants captain beg your pardon i'll read this in recognition of our outstanding work in preparation in the successful i'm blind to say transition of the district boundary on behalf of the san francisco police department their hereby awarded this this was no small feat this was a such a capable group as you said
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but with the amount of humility of what they did it is crazy when you think of now those boundaries as we were stood for 15 years i think 20 years for a a long time so we wanted to get it right. i think we did a lot of consideration and tremendous patience on the parts ever everybody behind us a heart and soul felt that's correct i wish we had more but the plaques are enough. >> i forgot to that's correct captain watching and randy a new father 12 days ago you're taking time off of the maternity. >> it's been an exhaust 12 days. >> you look great. >> i wanted to mention a couple of names early on in the scoping process caring rene manager in
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my office helped to scope that with others before france is on a vacation currently in the middle east would have loved to be here he'll get his plaque when we comes back and with the captain very much so throughout the real the first year of that project and then the expert consultant from boston who this much of the analytical work in getting everything though the commission in a way they can make decisions so thank you very much to everyone on this team and worked with us throughout the process we appreciate that. >> thank you very much okay. i think that is time for a picture of some sort did someone bring a camera of that fine group (clapping.) good job is it a live tweet at
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this moment all right. >> (laughter). >> it's okay. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> thank you and congratulations again you're welcome to stay for the
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whole meeting (laughter) i got a lot of police commission any public comment on the fantastic certifies of appreciation marry hearing none public comment is closed. sergeant next item. >> item two consent calendar receive and file request the chief financial officer to accept a enlist of $200 from mr. peter for the sfpd and status report on general orders policy second quarter 2015. >> colleagues you have in our packets two items for the consent calendar do i have a motion? motion to accept >> second. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? that item passes sergeant next item i'm sorry any public comment on the consent calendar? >> hearing then public comment is closed.
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sergeant. >> item 3 general public comment commission on items of interest injured address the commission will be afforded with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded and not to individual commissioners under robert's rules of order neither the police or commissioners that required to provide a response individual commissioners and occ should refrain from discussions with speakers during public comment please limit our comment to 3 minutes. >> good evening and welcome. >> welcome i mean thank you very much commissioners and listening audience this is my first appearance as the supervisors recess let me say this i plan to say i won't say i had a bar conversation with the
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chief that is very much supportive of the issues i'll not rely that issue tonight thanks to the chief that says a lot of the partnership with the chief and done it for a number of years i was the first african-american on frank gordon's campaign so how far i go back about the law enforcement issue here peri ace on the case am officially coming back to city hall backed bipolar demand any company is washington post california one of the first projects i want to have a round table on law enforcement it was very weak situation i know all 4 of the london breed law enforcement police chief and officer in my community used to be the supervisor and jeff i've
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known and chief massachusetts con in the prosecutor so all 4 along with the city attorney i think that time for a round table decision around city hall to talk about the law enforcement people extraneous about the law enforcement against them but dog it it here we've got problems amongst the departments the paper is full of that i won't have the controversial on the table what's the problem with that department and that department that's not what we're talking about the law enforcement here in san francisco must be addressed specifically with african-american to i'm saying about that i'm with the immigration that's an constitution that will continue on the african-american studies of the drilling see right now ladies and gentlemen, the
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population of blacks we're obsolete we're not being here 5 years but all this housing we'll not be around i'm trying to put together and mechanism to make sure there are black african-americans here in 2025 so this is one the reasons i wanted to talk though the police chief and all the law enforcement to find out and put something together a mechanism a study to put together 5 hundred black families studying and put in in part of the infrastructure that is happening that's long-range it starts here that was the biggest study of immigration where the blacks have a relationship with the blood alcohol i gather we don't have this all over the country that's because we're the city that knows how we'll continue to be the city that knows how.
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>> thank you mr. washington. >> any further public comment? >> good evening and welcome ms. brown. >> hello. >> my name is paulette brown i'm here commissioner moran my son eyebrow that was murdered august 13th to a semiautomatic gun i'd like to use the overhead this is my son august 14th was the ninth year of his death it's been 9 years next year it will be having been a decade i've been out here for many, many years and nothing has changed
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i'm still grieving i'm still in pain and i don't think it will ever, ever ever end the perpetrators are walker the street that murdered my son one of them is getting out next year in august the month he murdered my son that is the most he is going to get out his name a paris moffett and he would be getting out in august of next year who's to say that another child won't get murdered who's to say that she's not looking for revenge and as a mother i can't give up whether he's getting out or staying in i know he'll see me
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if i die i die for my kids my son didn't deserve to be killed my sons life matters i'll never give up those are all the prerlts permeates that shot my son. >> this is all i have of my son this is what they've done to my son i don't want this to hit nona melkonian door if i catch another motto go through this pain i will i ask for justice and closer i haven't any and next year will have been a decade for me so i guess i'll be doing this for the rest of my life i shouldn't have to do this i
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should be taking care of my grandchildren and doing things but i'm in too much pain and i'm scared for them when necessary get his age so i'm trying to keep them out of trouble their babies looking for justice that's it. >> thank you ms. brown if anyone's wavrp with this investigation the anonymous is (415) 575-4444 is that; right? chief. >> yes. >> thank you ms. brown. >> next speaker. >> good evening and welcome. >> good evening. >> my name is lagging on i'm a sole survivor in world war ii and i was faced by this
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fascist police chief and his people 6 people came in like they were the gestapo or the kgb 6 police came in 12 clock at night and took me naked in underwear and put me in jail for completely nothing for the beginning to the end nothing will change not with that woman even i not supposed to be 85 years old i was even in commission by way of today let's talk about the
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commission you are seeing what is going on in the street and the police kill black young people because you don't do anything i was in the commission on van ness 25 and after that they told me we abduct and the police officer came and our corrupt judge it is completely fascist yeah, and the united states is more and more became fascist country what we are doing what they did and killed 5 millions indians and now smaller black and you don't do anything. >> what i'm talking about basically your time and my time
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you have a good day. >> thank you. is there any further public comment? >> good evening and welcome complooid. >> hey good evening it's been a long time brother we've fought when you were the captain yeah. maddox him and i argued in northern when she was the captain let's bring up real facts i heard today in donald trumpet he trashed black life matters he trashed that is crap i started to think wait a minute clyde he has a point, of course, black life matters every life her life her life all of them
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but trump came across i hear what you're saying brother he's not black like the black community didn't want to preacher themselves now you expect us you and san francisco, new york wait a minute police our own house we've been pub recognized baltimore and cincinnati and for another clean shoe the cop had every justification wait a minute clean your own house and then look at the police we've had incidents in san francisco not so much i got do give you credit all of you the racial tension in san francisco is kind of cool new york not see i read a report from the commissions office of new york
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with the new video technology the reports substantiated by occ this is the same thing they don't call it that 21 percent because what everyone's got a cell phone everyone can report it commissioners blasting even had to fire 3 cops filming that wait a minute it's not beginning the law no, it's not not in san francisco, not in new york commissioner that's it they did you wrong so you retaliate bye >> thanks clyde is there any additional public comment hearing none public comment is closed. >> item 4 reports and engagements 4a chiefs report and
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discussion and review of recent activities and presentation of the quarterly fiscal report for the commission and save streets for may 7, 2014. >> good evening chief. >> commissioners and director hicks i'll be as quick as i go i want to get to the presentation for safe streets things have been busy the officers made substantial arrests hive mentioned a couple on august 28th we worked with the 41 for a search warrant in organ our in network against children's that suspect in into custody on several charges this is about a yearlong investigation it is great to get suspects against children camp mather children in several states on friday night at
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critical mass a much publicized woman in a jip cards on the boulevards we interviewed the bicyclists and then into custody and booked for felony and false prifrment and vandalism and willingly throwing things from the vehicle and more of late over the weekend we had a hate criminal in the importantly tally district in the 13 hundred block of silver and one hundred of brussel and in an abandoned grocery store someone spray-painted the words, no more chinese web worked the neighborhood and found assistance video and had a picture of a truck officer
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hernandez a beat cop recognized the car and suspect has been taken into custody he lives on bayshore and booked for 5 counts of hate crimes and 5 counts of felony malice mischievous it's been hot in the southeast section from the double rock area the officers concentrated on that area and over this weekend recovered 8 firearms and made 9 arrests without anyone else being hurt last thursday night night a homicide in the housing complex i'm sorry a shooting that the person was shot in the car was actually shot by the person who is the more gravel injured shot by a
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third party or maybe self-inflexibility we'll wait for the ballistics but found in the get away car abandoned we're working that case, i want to let you know two people randomly shot and good video of the video shooting the person seated in the car and shot in the both of them are alive but the shooter is in grateful condition on a much higher note the city is busy right now we really into the 9-1-1 weekend and today, the nfl is rolling in for tonight and tonight nights kickoff for the super bowl 50 they're doing live shots to help to showcase san francisco we've providing security and the big salesforce conference moves in on the 10 and goes for 10 days
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and, of course, we have events across town how friday memorializi memorializing 9/11 and this will bring the comba embassy they acy saw things differently and wanted to join the cadet program and today and tomorrow a world renown experts focusing on ways to minimum listing - that outcome effect the outcome of looter process is giving a class with the friends of the division also known as at crime lab on forensics we've invited the district attorney's office and
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the prosecutor's office and crime lab personnel as well as any bill clinton a she recognized the doctor in the first place and hope to have every year training to have our crime lab on behalf of board i'm proud their accredited to the high standard a difficult accreditation to achieve as well as clearing the backlog completely sexual as a result so a lot of great work by director sanchez with that, i'll yield. >> before that do folks have questions for the chief. >> you found in our packet on friday, a draft report with regards to the 21st century
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policing direction e director hicks can you get our comments back to us over the weekend so maybe by 3 o'clock on friday that will be appreciated. >> chief maybe an upcoming meeting we have a packed agenda maybe go over in terms of violate crime and property crime i'm reading will the property crime maybe a presentation with a a little bit of information that would be hey or helpful the u.s. department of justice we have a policy requiring federal agents to get a search warrant when they use frirntsdz is that the policy of this department and follow the leads on that. >> we don't have the that it is standing policy for someplace if
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we bore one to make use of that and we'll get a search warrant prior to that. >> also property crime is up 20 percent i'll make a more detailed presentation. >> a tourist who's rental car somehow about got a cell phone call the officer took the time to pick up clothes and bring it to the person and this person like i didn't know there were police officer like this i don't think how the police officers were but those guys made someone's day so okay perfect segue for safe streets. >> dr. joe. >> clarification on the report on 21st century policing you'd
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like to us go through it and feedback what's going to happen. >> once the report is a final document posted on the website you'll find the one tinge that won't change the fact we're in compliance with pretty much every recommendation support any recommendation that is really more of a more have to another agency how they support law enforcement the one recommendations that is contra to the new school district everyone in district didn't want the police involved in the discipline of children in the school. >> director hicks. >> thank you as chief of police can do did occ just received the departments response to the present condition on 21st
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century policing simply unable to go through a 45 package report i spoke with our policy attorney sandra and it would be a stretch for us but we will be able to provide comments by next friday which is the 18. >> okay got it. >> well, i'll leave that to you guys to sort out and certainly a lot of good meat on the bone and a lot to read we'll lord it that colleagues the safe streets was passed in 2014 the good commander part of resolution was to keep at the forefront of our minds the commitments we made around how we were going going to make.
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>> streets safe the enrollment education the department committed to and our partners from the walk sf and bicyclist coalition the idea to continue to have stories antidotes and various actors that use mediums to get around good and bad but how to measure if we're going towards vision zero so this i'm proud to say we're continuing to be very careful about the magics to make sure we're on track as we sort through the tougher things that were discussed by the chief so commander. >> that's correct commissioner president loftus tonight i'll present the second quarter for 2015 and also here to presents will be captain of the traffic company and director susan of the technology division we worked collaboratively with
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president lufz and the advocates to design the presentation we'll give you tonight that's why i brought in the technology aspect they asked for an i can't want of the certifications so 2016-2017 as you can see 22 people were killed while walker their bikes year to date 2015, 15 killed while walking and biking 3 pedestrians and two bicyclists we are focusing on the 5 as a reminder speeds red lights and failure to yield to pedestrians and such we've tab lads those specifically and as we work with safer streets the a long time goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2024
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we've partnered with every burritos in the city and in fact, with the steering connecting committee with representatives us and fire department, mta the vocalists and general members of the public and on to listen to give input and meet to achieve the goals and vision zero meeting yesterday kind of cool about 5 representatives from the city of santa fe embarking on their requests impressed and as far as they're trying to on the goals of zero traffic fatalities so that's what we're do in general what we do every day to captain in the traffic companies and the stations we focus again on the 5
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preliminary collision factors by the way, we also focused on the 5 most dangerous intersections and mostly as i told you the last report every district captain comes up with an information and target the top corridor everyone knows where things are occurring they direction their resources in addition the traffic company predominantly works downtown but we'll go out to the section for circumstances to add enforcement along the corridors like geary and fulton so that said the traffic company are focusing on the 5 but have detail chores they have to go out and psychiatrist for blocking the
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block and the on ramps to they'll go out and do transit only lane enforcement we have now the new safer market street no right turns on to market in enforcement but the signs are confusing again to show you that on a daily focus on the 5 they have chores if you want to call them that we're continuing on the special law enforcement operations the captain will talk about that and the senior stares our most vulnerable population and blocking the box and the decoys and the ever popular bicycle operations we've done one that was as you read in the park district our lighter will be booming up we're work with mta we've objected a grabbed
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we'll be purchasing radar cabins and officer will be out in mass doing speed enrollment we've received the equipment within the next come up of months in 2016 we'll start to do the enforcement and a lot of operations with the chp what we are doing differently when he go out and do on probation we invite the media out we don't just want those that are receiving this and drying by to get the education we want to educate a broader mass we invite the media out and the last category the community during which driven operations we've gotten complaints about skateboarders and pedestrians and cars when we can we go out and do those added special
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enforcements so continued education outreach the captain will talk about specifically what we are dissolution in regards to senior centers i think i got ahead of my flag senior centers and childcare services. >> commissioners with the draft company our specialized housing enforcements for the second quarter of 2015 we carbon dioxide 34 total operations 20 were conducted in school donates and others in senior housing areas in addition to the total for general enforcements in those areas 16 hundred and 15 violations were issued in school zones during that time 9 hundred and 90 violations issued in senior housing during that period of no other educational
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convenes for the ot s grant with golden gate to attend that last week that was a good experience to be able to engage people in a non-law enforcement setting i've not had an opportunity to go to the schools but the officers target 3, 4 and 5 graders in heros as man and on the inning side in the terryville and sunset elementary school all the lermdz third, fourth and 5th graders got a bicycle and pedestrian safety we'll be doing more with the ot s in the grant cycle some of the money was diverted. >> captain you might go not
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know that what schools you've focused enforcement the 20 schools enforcements were focused on. >> i can tell you i've not got all the schools but back to school weeks ago it will come up later we focused on speed violations this past i guess august 17th though the 31st we partnered with sfmta they asked for law enforcement the majority of citations were the motor risks for speed betsey carmichael, kidnap academy and the chapter school george washington high school and notre dame east son charter and james lick and west portal so they're regulated in san francisco and the vehicle code where you can
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administer light air this is radar that is a company name we use those particular schools can be located that's why we choose those. >> anecdotally i walk my children to school i founds microfilm screaming at cars going fast around the schools so it is important that we are doing the education and enforcement in areas people are vulnerable thank you for doing that. >> thanks captain. >> okay oh, according guard we're working with the supervisor and have 6 more schools on board not the old conventional crossing guards by the way, we pay adults to do that now
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it is more of a greeting kind of educational for both patterns and kids and the officers interact with the kids so bringing 6 more schools on board going forward continue the education that the captain spoke about and continue the enforcement commissioner president loftus you'll name the school. >> i've never tell. >> again great partnerships with the chp we're doing more acts and continue what we're doing i think that is positive the interaction that the city bureaucrats have in objecting vision zero is great i think the advocates if they had a chance to come up would agree i'm speaking for them let's go the to the data it is all good news we are on par to write as many
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citations as last year total wise and wrote more last year than we ever have what is most for the captains it is really getting down to the officer on the street we're focusing on the 5 collision factors i see that f from 24 to 34 percent citywide i see the substantial within the year and if you look those totals if you back ousted the special operations that the transfer company does they're up 60 percent i have data it shows we didn't include on this slide and the southern station but remember the traffic companies primary for the southern district we're getting feedback. >> just kidding i think that is
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better. >> we'll have time for questions at the end. >> and then we get into the next slide the mode and a change here slight change, of course, we're focusing on the most dangerous mode of transportation that is cars you can see hugely 98 percent, 96 percent last year earlier and 3 percent of pedestrians we're at 98, 2 and 1. >> okay. again, by mode as you can see the change january to june of 15 and then the previous slide was the second quarter and page 8 citywide traffic
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violations as you can see the not onlyly up one percent and again last year, it is hard to beat last year, we wrote more citations in the history of the department as you can see so folks on the 5 pretty much up red light cameras down we took them down because of the construction they'll go back up after the construction and mta said the timing was changed on the light and staff find a bored of the top 5 there is other violations that could fall into the 5 in some districts it is pedestrian violations but so you see a drop there but everything is up sunsetly. >> commander it is not just splitting out the pedestrians and bicyclists and cars by district but by violations to
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our point the focus on the 5 violations can be focused on the modes of vision we're dlaerg to know what the violations are within the sectors all right. >> we'll include that in the next report. >> we'll challenged by the data it is a work in process. >> exactly. >> so citywide by category this is a graph showing the great improvements again drooild and focusing on what the preliminarily reason people are colliding and 34 perseveres 26 percent this is an actual change and then here by station everyone is up number 7 is primarily covered by the high the traffic companies how much they've increased the focus on the 5 breakdown central at 21
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percent and bayview 33 and mission you want me to keep going. >> you can fourth from the previous slide and again, if we back out the special operations the traffic company handling they're to 60 percent focusing on the 5 and then. >> your pie chart showing pretty much the same thing the real focus on speed and it will be increasing we'll see substantial in the next year abag because of the lights enforcements we'll train the officers in the use of equipment i think that mta really went after the grant to gain those because automatic speed enforcement is not yet legal in the state so there's another way
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of capturing the most disruptive if you want to call it the mode of collisions and finally for my slides the fatalities by mode the vehicles are no vehicles this year during this reporting period i'm sorry modifies motorcyclists one more and bicyclists static and bicyclists down one we're down 13 percent year to day as of this reporting. >> so i'm not going to answer our questions bring you up our can i i o susan to talk about the citations this is interesting. >> okay welcome. >> thank you. >> merit. >> good evening, commissioners chief suhr and director hicks just an did you want on the east side citations that's the east side citations it is the writing
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of a citation on a smart phone so today for the most part 75 percent of the citations are given to you on a pipers in the future the police will be writing the citation on a smart phone printing a copy of the citation on a thermal on the truck of their car looks at like a safe way recipe and the information will populated not only the crime data and the court and everyone that needs the day we'll have instantly available detailed trackable information contracting that to the process some of you might not know the process it is 60 years old the sergeant retired in 1980 basically the officer
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writs writes the citations and takes the copies to the record keeper they read the citations and stacks them in piles and then kick marks because remember they're on piece of paper what the citations are and gathers the citations and drives to the records room and puts them in the record box the courts pick up the citations they sends them to india where key intra operators. >> come on. >> they enter the citations and into the database. >> this is no joke unfortunately and it gets into the court management system and so this is why calendar mann index and chief suhr i like thaerg their hair out this is such an old collect i didn't process so we're leaping ahead
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to do this on the phone and as i said we'll have constant access to the information we've made progress on the back end instead of waiting for the hand count wear i told the people in i understand type the citations but we now have those in justice we're pulling the information from justice to electronically record and capture about 90 percent the citations so we'll be able to stop the hand counting process that's on the back end but the front end having the information available to take it the reason you you know we haven't been able to find another law enforcement agency in the country that do citations on a smart phone we think there are a couple that do parking
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sites but it is fairly new territory the reason we are competent we're already doing our incident reports on the smart phone those are updated and the same thing we've got to print it out in a certain forefront we're confident we're doing that as our own project we're using our own technology the plans we have we had a funding of 6 hundred thousand dollars he within the printer for the vehicles will be 2 hundred and 50 and some assistance we'll have agriculture and (2) 500-0000 for training and prelims we have to have a pilot up and running by the end of the fiscal year. >> june great yes. >> and my understanding is that the board of supervisors and the mayor allocated some funding for
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this project in particular 8 citations in the last budget. >> of a hundred thousand yes. >> i can our partners from walk sf and the bicyclist coalition joined us this come up in january of 2014 when we were at board and supervisor wiener said why in the realtime data where the citations are you know that takes time but to have an actual plan in place. >> we've had a great process with the advocacy group and the court documents we'll select the gender dictated we're going to collect timing is very good another this project. >> commissioner turman has a question. >> this this is now to be applied to traffic stops. >> we already have traffic stop data this will give you the information. >> i mean to the technology so
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it could be recorded simultaneously. >> yes. it will yes. >> yeah. i mean not all of the information is on the printed so i guess but we select it and print whatever and send whatever we need from the other data. >> exciting thank you for the update. >> uh-huh. >> and director you'll be able to e-mail the citations right. >> that's pretty cool you don't have to get a paper copy. >> you have to get a paper copy by law. >> my bad. >> a good option to have. >> i like the e-mails i always lose them. >> but chief our deep
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requirements of the california joke code is amazing. >> overall questions colleagues. >> commissioner melara. >> i understood most of presentation but was not sure i understand the fatalities by mode how did the pedestrians cross of the fatality or they died. >> they died. >> the mode is what the person who is deceased was going by the pedestrians were killed bicyclists were killed or cars in this case is that clear? >> so they were walking. >> so the pedestrians were walking. >> the pedestrians were walking. >> who killed them. >> hit by a car. >> when you talk about the vehicle. >> right during this time none
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died by a vehicle. >> and this was pedestrians. >> no drivers were killed. >> okay. >> commissioners wong is there a partner that tracks what happened after the citations are issued what happens to them in the traffic courts is there a higher demands on the sfpd when we go to travel court do we have the partners monitoring what happens at the back end after the citation. >> in general or at a scene of a collision. >> if we have an increase in the citation and the focus on the 5 are folks getting the lesson doerd. >> if you have evidence the ticket you pay the fine i know that i would probably learn a lesson but not everyone this is
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speculation on my part. >> do we know is there an increase in the folks paying fines or warranties i'm curious do we know. >> i don't have that information can we get that. >> we'll check with the courts. >> i think another way of saying that last year 54 percent of increase in citations so the citation is not where it ends it has to go through the process do we know anything about how this is going. >> we'll find out from the court but we're instead in our daily soigsz for blocking the box so none it learning a lesson. >> i'm sure they're watching tonight that will change. >> commissioner de jesus. >> that is impressive and just a job well done i'm glad we got
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together with the bicyclist coalition to put this together and hopefully, we'll go past it thank you very much. >> my question commander is it seems like a number of captains have stepped forward their citations focused on in the 40 percent range we've not seen it quarterly i paid attention to the numbers i don't know if there are particular shout out but looks like captain at northern and captain silverman is a steady champion of 5 and inside at 40 and captain schmidt. >> in favor thank you i'm sorry my station too captain in the terryville i don't know if there was is particular recognize of folks that obviously they're getting great results anyone else to be recognized for in
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their efforts. >> the traffic folks. >> it is so handy you're here thank you for your great work. >> no, but i will pass along our compliments to those specific captains and you know that we're now studying the traffic it will come up for those who are professionalism well and those not performing well. >> it is important for them to know as those things are presented to us there is a note of increase and all the things are happening it is just a great, great to see the stations and everyone is doing the same with different challenges to get to the numbers it is good to see the increases here. >> anything else. >> do we want to invite. >> partners from walk sf and
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bicyclist coalition to add i'll say i did take a ride with captain stanford and the bicyclist coalition through the wiggle and got on a bicyclist and rode the wiggle so thank you for that i recommend it all my fellow commissioners that issue is important you can't understood it until you walk in someone's shoes we with the mode of transportation we rode and get in cars i rode on the bicycle and survived. >> good evening, commissioners i'm thrilling the policy decoration at the bicycle coalition and congratulations to the excessive on this recent new newly married bliss after the presentation on the citation process we can take a deep breath and thank you to a
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captain maddox we were very excited to support that budget request this year and help to push it through i'm excited to see the results that is implemented we're excited about that and along the lines of giving the recognition to the captains and who are making great process on fiscal focus on the 5 and great progress and impressive results in a lot of the stations and in particular i want to highlight captain silverman he put in his weekly article in the richmond paper a piece couple of months ago on why focus on the matters for his neighborhood and communities and it is a really wonderful articulation of why focus on is an important part of policing and keeping our communities save i highly romanced recommend it
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i also want to try to be brief but highlight the beginning of captain madding indexes presentation she talked about santa fe they're taking the san francisco model with with the 5 approach that is important for you for your us to see we're the leaders this is scary and trespasser first degree we're figuring out this out but other people are watching us this is what they want to do this is exciting for all of us and hopefully, we'll take that honor and responsibility going to finish two things we're excited to, work with captain sanford and finding ways to build that partnering and keep good lines of communication open between the telephone to 18
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hundred people that bike the wiggle everyday in his officers out on the street and working with that pleased to see the bike board is upcoming e up and running and happily take any of you on a bike ride commissioner president loftus had a great time and love to take anyone else out there send me an e-mail and finally want to reiterate i think this is actually, the biggest increase on the focus on the 5 citations we've seen in wore quarter since the resolution passed we have a lot to do to keep people save this is a great moment and progress happening thank you. >> thank you tyler and nicole. >> good evening, commissioners my name is nicole with the walk san francisco i want to echo lots of things that tyler said how fantastic for the 56 numbers
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are up drastically so thank you to command mann index for really taking ownership over that and that goal and you know modeling that with the rest of the police force and thank you to the excessive as well for making sure that is part of your mobile status meeting i had the pleased of attending one it is great to see the leadership and captains and their saerlts on focus on the 5 and traffic safety and how you know sharing best practices this is what richmond is doing it is working have you thought of that that sort of thing i hope that is part of the reason it is contributing to that there's a the commitment for your staff i appreciate that i also wanted to share you know
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commander mann index talked about the vision zero task force and another that meeting the trauma surgeons presented data on traffic injuries in san francisco what we sue 50 percent of trauma center patients are people that have been in traffic related injuries in san francisco this is really, really rack and shocking and scary we also saw about hundred and 50 percent more severe injuries than getting captured in police data not a fault of the police department we are you know people have injuries that don't necessarily get recorded even the magnitude we're capturing that assemblies so large with 3 people hit by cars everyday is just a fraction and this continues to be one of those preventable public health crisis
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that impacts all the people in the community and impacts parents who deciding whether or not they wanted to walk to school with their kids and bicycle to kids top reasons parents don't walk or bike to school so our walk sf and sf b.c. and the department of public health and sfpd courage the kids could walk and bike to school we have bike to school on october 7th hope to see you guys out and about and commissioner president loftus we'll be walking with our kids as you usually do on that note great to coordinate any school outreach for sure we have staff in the schools you're working in so let's make sure we are connected on it and last but not least i'm
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really, really excited that to have susan here to talk about the collision or is citation data and the app that becoming a proprietor for sfpd having that cat is so important you know as we get more and more information on where citations are happening we can start to hone in on the 5 but the 5 most dangerous corridors and district and take into account the law enforcement at the task force meeting yesterday sfmta and sf dpw recorded the impacts of save streets as best campaign that includes education on 4 high injury corridors the enrollment has the biggest impacts on drivers yielding to pedestrians it is working and law enforcement is a really, really important piece of that as much
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to continue to monitor where our crashes are happening and making sure our enforcement is directed at those places and at those behaviors we'll continue to make an impact on the big numbers. >> thank you. >> thank you nicole. >> can i say something. >> commissioner marshall. >> how far are we into this i remember the meeting with the public safety meeting is it 2024. >> yes. 20 years from 2014 i did the math. >> how far. >> a year and a half. >> not very long. >> i'll say i believe that the police department was one of the first adapters of vision zero and not just people that adapted
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it in theory but puts action behind that so a year after that resolution or vision zero candidate that was 44 percent in all sizing but anyway. >> my thought that was probably that is why i wanted to get perimeters on the time maybe too soon but a number of factors that cited as hopefully being able to get to the zero looked like the department is moving steady in its efforts of citation but again my question is prematurely but how we're how those when we convene and look at the first stage maybe 3 or something like that so, yeah not just the citations but i mean
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the overall efforts to year and a half is too early but early indicators how things are hoping to get to the zero number which is obviously a lot to go but found out early on those are parts you'll hope to get there and you know not year 8 i haven't looked it that's my only thought. >> that's right dr. marshall. >> okay. >> so what tyler said from the gallery a two year action plan and dr. joe wants to make sure we get it in the maybe the first
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quarter of next year after 2016. >> so commissioner melara. >> i'm wondering was there a reason why one of the traffic violations to focus on was not included using the technology. >> yeah. we get it request a lot it is cypresses you're talking about cell phones distractions. >> the pedestrians almost get rotunda over using the technology. >> it is very high but when you're out there at the scene not many people witnesses a person with cell phone or reading a book or doing something other than driving we focused on the top 57 speed or running relies or stop signs it is again hard to prove the fatality on third we've gone
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after the cell phone the cell phones was based on the approximate and his state but generally don't have that does that answer your question. >> okay. >> yeah. >> anything else i want to thank commander mann index and captain and traffic absolutely the reason we spend so much time because of the prevention and the public safety model we can do more to prevent those tragedies that have happened so excellent work thank you all what exists me the most it the fact we have community partners engaged not only when it is going well and keeping the lines of confusion open i really think this is what cities look at how to work would the culture
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crashes i congratulate everyone for continuing to work through this and look forward to hearing from you guys at the next meeting. >> thanks chief. >> that concludes my report. >> chief i neglected to enlightenment the captain and the accreditation and the bias training sings e since we're giving out congratulations thank you to captain conley as well. >> he did a lot of work. >> sergeant next item. >> the director's report review the recent activities and the presentation of occ second quarter report and the presentation of the occ statistical report and the summary of cases in 2015 and the mediation of compliments e exclaims in 2015 the sustained complaint in august 2015 and the
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companion reports. >> good evening director hicks. >> good evening commissioner president loftus and executive branch and members of the public the occ has recent activities to report i will address the second quarter 2015 statical report you have before you our second quarter statistical report some of the statistics are similar to the quarter of 2013-2014 in each the occ received a little bit there 4 hundred and 13 containments the ones in 2013 and 2014 is the this quarter we took approximately three weeks longer than to close our cases and there are more pending cases, however, the second
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quarter of 2015 the occ sustained more cases in the first six months of 2015 and the occ sustained more case than 2013-2014. >> in the second quarter the occ received a total of hundred and 64 complaints and closed hundred and 62 the sustained allegations are failure to take action in 19 complaints against san francisco police officers that is a 12 percent sustained rate we mediation 8 and combining the first and second quarters the jauftdz total of complaints received 3 hundred and 39 and the total number of complamentsdz is 321 so there is
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a 18 case difference between opened and closed cases and the total sustained case in those first quarters of 2015 is 27 total mediation is 29. >> in looking like it the sustained month is 8 percent and the mediation is 12 percent my mediation rates looking at our staffing in the first 6 months of this year to struggle with not view investigators by the cross of second close 16 line investigators but only 13 of them had full cased loads the two permanent line investigators were acting as senior investigators and one of them continued to fill the vacates when a senior was
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promoted to deputy director other investigator acted as a senior investigator while a senior investigator was on a long time leaf i'm happy to report the senior investigator has returned by the close of the second quarter two investigator vacancies and two line investigators one senior investigator our budget provide for 17 line investigators, 3 senior investigators and a deputy director and by the close of the quarter 18 employees staffed at 21 investigator positions we were down 3 the charter provides 4 for investigator for every hundred and 50 police officers 2 hundred and 76 sworn members and the second quarter was 15 line investigators in looking at technology the occ and other
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city departments continued to transition to new services mississippi soft office 365 and our information continues to trouble shoot the issues working on the next generation. item complete and installations for the laptops and conducted audits into the fiscal year purposes and continued to assist the investigators with technology issues i'm happy to report he's unaware away for two weeks getting married and the occ continues to operate it's training plan for staff and investigators with the budget and this is old news we're reporting on what happened in the second quarter i testified to the two board of supervisors public safety
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committee meeting and board of supervisors how the budget electricities to increasing public trust in the san francisco police department during the first quarter the occ had proposed budget enhancements rather than reductions to include 4.25 ftes in addition staffing the proposed staff included one 81 journal level investigators and system assistants and an attorney. >> additionally, the occ requested a partial release from the adjustments the promoted enhancement totaled over $600,000 for 2015-2016 and ongoing costs in 2016 is 17
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totally nearly a million dollars on april 30th mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors london breed and other supervisors announced a proposed package to implement the police or more for accelerated hire and more training for officers in deploying officers on the street mayor ed lee announcements included the occs budget request to fund 4.25 positions and this announcement also included the president lufz and cheri chief suhr at the context the budget & finance committee forwarded the proposed budget to the board of
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supervisors in the two year budget that included the occ proposed budget enhancement moefb to the investigation of cases with only 13 investigators assigned during this period compared to 16 investigators assigned for full caseloads in 2014 were higher than the best practices but actually in both years the 2016 was that 3 cases per investigator versus 23 in the second quarter of 2014 it increased from a hundred 70 to hundred and 90 and our goal to conclude within 1 hundred and 70 days we concluded 71 percent during that time period. >> moving on to case that the
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occ found neglect of duty or misconduct the number of cases that the occ sustained in the second quarter 19 is 3 more than the sustained cases second quarter of 2014 it's a 12 percent sustained rate in the second quarter of 2014, 8 were closer to 9 months similar to the closed rate in 2014 when we combined those the sustained rate as i said earlier was 8 percent compared to 7 percent the first half of the 2014 during the second quarter the sustained allegations were mainly neglect of duty 17 of the 19 sustained complaints had a neglect of duty sustained allegation or 89 percent of
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those this 7 of the complaints were sustained in whole or part for neglect of duty for failure to collect the traffic stop data the second largely from the first quarter of 2015 when no sustained allegations for failure to collect the neglect of duty data the occ is continuing to investigate several high profilers they're serious cases two of them are officer involved shooting and two involved sro and one involved the san francisco police department crime lab an officer involved one case resulting in a woman's death
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another one is the wheelchair incident involving an alleged mistreatment of a disabled man in a wheelchair there is a case involving a public defender who was arrested at the haumsz. >> we have a baby bicycle incident where a father has complained that san francisco police department officer was wrongful arrested him and took his 10 month-old baby he was riding the bike with a child in the baby basket and another case the was a complaint a man questioned by the fbi and a member of the san francisco
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police department regarding the freedom of information allegations the violations of the code and prohibition and finally on the last complaint of note a complaint filed by a san francisco department head against a lieutenant for an alleged battery committed during a meeting and the mediation the second quarter 17 cases compared to 13 in 2014 by the end of the quarter 29 cases compared to thirty bind of the 2013 an increase in officer participation during the first half of 2015 two officers or 5 percent declined to meet the first half of 2014, 5 officers or 5 percent refused to meet they continue to document the
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reasons why officers decline to meet and the officers response is are generally around the circumstances of a particular case rather than the officer not willing to do mediation and our mediation coordinator did a grant for the national community recommendations services in looking at the occs outreach activities the second quarter was full of occ outreach i testified at two board of supervisors safety meetings and beginning in january and continuing through the second quarter attorney and i met monthly as members of the bar association for the san francisco criminal justice task
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force manny and i serve on the civilian oversight task force and he serves on the day collection subcommittee on april 17th i was on trophies and the deputy director an acting sherry had a class of cadets at the san francisco academy in may investigators sarah and casey green participate in a fair for youth sponsored by mo' magic and the sfpd and the correspond donna met with the community organizations rewarding the upcoming organization for the fall and attend a function on improving safety in the communities she and the staff were at the table on the june festival it was a fun events and
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ms. salazar and others attend for the reform and the district attorney for the justice and in may the occ sandra talked about the reduction of trauma to parents she gave that to the law enforcement and the social services agencies during a conference hosted by the alameda county of parents for partnership. >> in june, i presented to you our flaunl report in june deputy director balthazar policy attorney and i met with the delegation of 25 islander government officials attending the school of government policy for summer session in june ms.
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marion had a program for the community restriction before the police interaction with people with mental illness and attend the resilience as alcatraz and featured a performance art by youth impacted by their parents incarceration she participated in a round table discussion on ending violence against women and girls supported by the status on women network. >> another major event that occurred for the eject was that we had our informational mediation and youth know your rights brochures trailed into braille and continue to provides
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our brochures to various organizations and entities as well as district police station and moving to the policy analysis as i've stated many times before the policy work is an essential component of the work that is occ does and that by charter we're required to present quarterly recommendations regarding the departments policy to practices that enhance the police community restrictions while insuring effective services with the san marion meets the occ policy work some of the work she did during the quarter continues to be in the area of language access and ms. marion meets monthly with the sexual violence advocates and with the police department so the practice of
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the occ nishtdz 3 years ago. >> we recommended that the department the second quarter establish a written procedure for timely translation of limited english witnesses and suspects and we're working with the police department to issue a priority a blunder on the topic the occ worked with the police department on a survey for general order 5.20 to have the officers evaluate the language services and the training video that was development by the workshop ms. marion present the occ policy work on children of arrested parents over and over on two webinars on june 3rd and joined chief suhr on the urban constitute webinar for pro tem an initiative practices for
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parents arrested through p prear it was including representatives from the media and social services and community organizations and academic also with this webinar the urban constitute released the report on children of incarcerated parents framework documents pro tem practices and recommendations for the field and this culminates the study they this on san francisco bay area and two on the studies that the report includes the occs roll in establishing sfpd parents arrested protocol and the urban constitute released the urban arrest policy that
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includes the occ initiated to establish sfpd parents arrest policy two more things about ms. marion on june 15th the presenter on the webinar entitled developing a policy to protect the children of incarcerating parents and the was the host collaboratively with the bureau of office and the u.s. department of justice and ms. marion joins chief suhr and also in the web mar was melbourne at the scene the co-founder of the children of incarcerated partnership and youth from project what and discussed the approach to implementing an arrest policy and finally ms. marion wrote an article entitled the bridge builders collaboratively with the police
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to develop the trauma reducing procedures and published in the national association of civilian oversight of law enforcement in the in that case hole of summer 2015 review and not spiritually ms. marion i was saying that ms. marion was nominated to receive an award and recognize for the work she's down or done in the policy area so with that, that concludes my report. >> thank you cross-examination questions for director hicks and commissioner wong. >> thank you for your report i had a different question if i could so there was a press release today a lawsuit by aclu for the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones and other electronic devices are prohibited. involving use of force against a
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man named travis hall i saw a comment i think his mom said there was a complaint to oak and the occ did nothing a hurtful comment because of the outreach in terms of trying to get folks to file if can you examine that was a report that was received is it being investigated? >> commissioner wong i've not seen the press erase i'm not fall familiar with the comment the mother made. >> an incident of april 2015 i don't know if she filed it for the young man detained by 4 officers and released afterward i'll send you a copy of the press release i that that that is a damaging effort to the occ
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to build trusted from the community. >> commissioner wong it is i certainly concur with you that when people say that the occ has done nothing it isn't good press but that's not the end of the story the occ receives complaints we investigate those complaints and when we receive the complaint we go through a process and contact from the complaint is not a walk in or phone call in we're contracting the complainant to take that complaints statement to conduct an interview that is recorded and we investigate and i believe i heard you say that the incident occurred in april. >> right. >> we're only in august so the
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occ would not refuse to take the complaint so i would have to investigate and i looked at the audience of acting senior investigator sherry fleischer and we're not at this time prepared to comment but she'll certainly a lot into this. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> colleagues so thank you for your report director hicks i do want to emphasis the importance this commission and the mayor and the board of supervisors in providing the additional lawyer for your policy team i nodded you said there may be a delay and ms. marion has a lot on her plate so looking forward to having another attorney to look at this for recommendations for the policy adaptations i can in the future we'll get more
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workshops on the progress and that process there are many policy initiative that are important we look forward to hear more about that and congratulations to ms. marion on her effort we wish her the best. >> thank you very much one last report i'll be brief the occs august 2015 fiscal report and you have the detailed reports in our packet i'll highlight that the occ mediated 7 cases in rug 2015 four more in august 2014 up to august 2014 and 37 occ complaints were mediated between january 1st and - almost the
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same as last year 36 complaints were mediated and finally the chief concurred with one occ case that was jaurtd in august that was a neglect of duty complaint or neglect of duty findings failure to collect traffic stop data and the officers get admonishment and retraining that concludes my report. >> any last questions on that. >> thank you director hicks. >> at this time i'm going to exercise produce discretion to see if there is plic comment on items 4 ab. >> the monitor. >> yes. public comment on ab the chief did report regarding the homicide so welcome and good
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evening. >> my name is monique i retired (inaudible). >> i'm sorry is here mike on we want to make sure everyone here's you. >> i'm tomato e i retired contributing teaching in the san francisco unified school district we are this is a - this is with weapons to the regarded triple homicide one young man was my grandson whom i was supposed to retire last year when i spoke to him he said wait until the end of the year to do so i talked to him and my family before his demise and stated the date at harvey milk academy and
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finished at the first school i worked at george washington and elementary school in the bayview so those are the four young men four men young men that passed this happened 8 months ago january 9th is young man, i'm sure i came across every school in the san francisco unified school district from pre k to high school one young man over at the left i knew him since birth this is his mother and my grandson it is third one from the left and that's him. >> one young man at uc high school i had the pleasure pleasure of being called the mid
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wife and two years later his brother we want to know what's going on with our youth all youth i consider mine this young lady her she's been advocating for the youth with the murder of san franciscans for many years and it is hitting home for her and myself and a couple of young mothers who were unable to come out and my daughter being one they were born and rated in san francisco and dr. marshall i had the opportunity to be near my son and my son looked up to him these young men were murdered in hayes valley no two blocks up the street from home that was purchased by my
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aunt the year i was born if 1949. >> i'm the mother of u long time. >> make sure yes see if that mike works i'm sorry there is technical difficulty. >> okay. and on january 9th as my sister spoken quadriplegic homicide those boys were a.m. bushdz foreclose to months no arrests there are suspects, however, no and i also know the with regard put on those boys not one dime the city didn't have the money at this time when i spoej spoke to london breeds they made a phone call to chief
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suhr she was disappointed and very kind to call me and let me know she was skill inquiry we'v
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leads. >> across the street from the police station and people are been shot and the police at northern station didn't do anything i'll go to the future ace on the case and i'm taking it from a to b i have to be careful because some of the people know me walk on the streets i'm not stooped but sensitive but in my community i'm a finger but i'm letting you know people are walking around as murderers what is going on
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we're going to try to put together a community called community policing if we find out we'll help the police so they can get arrested i feel sympathetic so the chief are will work you with. >> anyone that has any information murder find four young men in hayes valley the anonymous tipline (415) 575-4444 sergeant next item. >> item 4 c the reports reports and that concludes my report the only thing to report next week we'll have our first community meeting when the body cameras and in terms of the presentation we will get not just for us it is also for members of the public to come and learn what we've learned we'll get a
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similar presentation from commander mosser and and that will highlight the issues for the members of the public i ask the command to track the issues that were addressed and continue to trafficking where we are that will be your meeting next week and that's the plan for that. >> if i may. >> dr. joe. >> i hope that maybe i'll say that maybe we'll be on before the meeting this is not a typical community meeting you go to you know you do a meeting at a but to hear about body cameras and i want them to understand this is not limited to a district but the public to i believe that's it that's correct for the body cameras so i remember a similar meeting about
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redistricting and no one want the folks to know you can come from anywhere we want to hear from you from the public will body cameras we're into the hearing from the public. >> that's right thank you, dr. joe. >> colleagues, any reports this evening? >> okay sergeant please call next item and commissioners announcements and items for the future committee meeting for future action. >> for scheduled for fire chief meeting anything we haven't discuses any public comment on 4 c and d? as are are hearing public comment is closed. >> item 5 adjournment. >> action item. >> colleagues do i have a motion to adjourn. >>
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>> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? motion passes we're adjourned thank you, everyone to
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resources services because of the agriculture we're laid-back with a professional mindset although human resources is a challenge we're light a hearted started as a intern guided through the process eventually one day a a deputy director or staying with the puc is where i love week. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the san francisco. the reporter: has many opportunities to get out and placing play a 4 thousand acres of play rec and park has a place win the high sincerely the place to remove user from the upper life and transform into one of
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mother nachdz place go into the rec and park camp mather located one hundred and 80 square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facility is outings outside the gate of yosemite park it dates back before the area became is a popular vacation it i sites it was home to indians who made the camp where the coral now stands up and artifacts are found sometimes arrest this was the tree that the native people calm
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for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up prosecute the foothills and were recipe the same as the people that came to camp camp is celebrating it's 90th year and the indians were up here for 4 thousand we see every day of them in the grinding rocks around the camp we have about 15 grinding sites in came so it was a major summer report area for the 92 hawks. >> through there are signs that prosperity were in the area it was not until the early part of
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the century with the 76 began the construction of damn in helpfully a say mill was billed open the left hand of the math for the construction by which lake was used to float logs needed for the project at the same time the yosemite park and company used the other side of the camp to house tourists interesting in seeing the national park and the constructions of damn when the u son damn was completed many of the facilities were not needed then the city of san francisco donated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the
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giants inventories first name if our title is camp means there's going to be dirt and bugs and so long as you can get past that part this place it pretty awesome i see i see. >> with a little taste of freedom from the city life you can soak up the country life with swimming and volley ball and swimming and horseback riding there you go buddy. >> we do offer and really good
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amount of programming and give a sample p of san francisco rec and park department has to offer hopefully we've been here 90 years my camp name is falcon i'm a recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes arts and crafts a lot of our guests have been coming for many years and have almost glutin up, up here he activity or children activity or parent activity here at camp mather you are experiencing as a family without having to get
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into a car and drive somewhere fill your day with with what can to back fun at the majestic life the essence of camp mather one thing a that's been interesting i think as it evolves there's no representation here oh, there's no representation so all the adults are engine i you know
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disconnected so there's more connection the adults and parents are really friendly but i think in our modern culture i you know everyone's is used to be on their phones and people are eager to engagement and talk they don't have their social media so here they are at camp mather how are i doing. >> how are you doing it has over one hundred hundred cabins those rustic structures gives camp mather the old atmosphere that enhances the total wilderness experience and old woolen dressers and poaches and rug i do lay out people want to decorate the front of thaifr
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their cabins and front poefrnz their living room is outside in this awesome environment they're not inviting their guests inside where the berms are people get creative with the latin-american and the bull frogs start the trees grow and camp mather is seen in a different light we're approaching dinner time in the construction of the hetch hetchy damn the yosemite park built jackson diane hauling hall to serve the guests it does was it dbe does best service s serve the food. >> i'm the executive chef i served over 15 hundred meals a
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day for the camp mather folks breakfasts are pancakes and french toast and skranld eggs and hash brown's our meal formulate is we have roost lion it's reflecting of the audience we have people love our meals and love the idea they can pick up a meal and do worry about doing the dishes can have a great time at camp mather after camp people indulge themselves everyone racks go in
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a place that's crisis that i air after the crackinging of a campfire a campfire. >> the evening is kept up with a tenant show a longed tradition it features music i tried this trick and - this talent show is famous for traditional things but we have new things ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the first 7, 8, 9 being on stage and being embarrassed and doing
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random things >> unlike my anothers twinkling stars are an unforcible memory ♪ ♪ ♪ admission to camp mather is through a lottery it includes meals and camp programs remember all applicant registration on line into a lottery and have a rec and park department family account to register registration typically begins the first week of january and ends the first week in february this hey sierra oasis is a great place to enjoy lifeiest outside of the hustle and bustle and kickback and enjoy and a half
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>> everything is so huge and beautiful. >> the children grew up her playing around and riding their bites e bicycles it's a great place to let the children see what's outside of the city common experience is a this unique camp when you get lost in the high sierra wilderness camp mather is waiting and we look forward to city manager's office you here soon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm lawrence corn field. welcome to building san francisco. we have a special series, stay safe. we're looking at earthquake issues. and today we're going to be talking with a residential building owner about what residential building owners and tenants can and should do before earthquakes and after earthquakes.
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♪ ♪ >> we're here at this wonderful spur exhibit on mission street in san francisco and i have with me today my good friend george. thanks for joining me, george. and george has for a long time owned residential property here in san francisco. and we want to talk about apartment buildings and what the owner's responsibilities might be and what they expect their tenants to do. and let's start by talking a little bit about what owners can do before an earthquake and then maybe after an earthquake. >> well, the first thing, lawrence, would be to get together with your tenants and see if they have earthquake insurance or any renters insurance in place because that's going to be key to protecting them in the event of a quake.
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>> and renters insurance, there are two kinds of insurance. renters insurance coffers damage to goods and content and so forth. earthquake insurance is a separate policy you get after you get renters insurance through the california earthquake authority, very inexpensive. and it helps owners and it helps tenants because it gives relocation costs and it pays their rent. this is a huge impact on building owners. >> it's huge, it really is. you know, a lot of owners don't realize that, you know, when there is an earthquake, their money flow is going to stop. how are they going to pay their mortgages, how are they going to pay their other bills, how are they going to live? >> what else can property owners do in residential rental housing before an earthquake? >> well, the first thing you want to do is get your property assessed. find out what the geology is at your site. get an expert in to look at structural and nonstructural losses. the structural losses, a lot of times, aren't going to be that bad if you prepare. an ounce of prevention is worth
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a pound of cure. get in there and get your property assessed and figure it out. >> so, what is a nonstructural issue that might cause losses? >> well, you know, pipes, for instance. pipes will whip around during an earthquake. and if they're anchored in more numerous locations, that whipping won't cause a breakage that will cause a flood. >> i've heard water damage is a major, major problem after earthquakes actually. >> it is. that's one of the big things. a lot of things falling over, ceilings collapsing. but all of this can be prevented by an expert coming in and assessing where those problem areas and often the fixes are really, really cheap. >> who do you call when you want to have that kind of assessment or evaluation done? >> the structural engineering community is great. we have the structural engineers association of northern california right here in san francisco. they're a wealth of information and resources. >> what kinds of things might
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you encourage tenants to do besides simply get tenants renters insurance and earthquake insurance, what else do you think tenants should do? >> i think it's really important to know if they happen to be in the building where is the safest place for them to go when the shaking starts. if they're out of the building, whats' their continuity plan for connecting with family? they should give their emergency contact information to their resident manager so that the resident manager knows how to get in touch. and have emergency supplies on hand. the tenants should be responsible to have their extra water and flashlights and bandages and know how to use a toilet when there's no sewage and water flows down. and the owners of the building should be proactive in that regard as well. >> so, george, thank you so much for joining us. that was really great. and thanks to spur for hosting us here in this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for joining us
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>> all right. good morning, everyone. and welcome to the board of supervisors budget & finance committee meeting for wednesday, september 9, 2015, my name is mark farrell i'm joined by supervisor tang and supervisor mar i want to congratulate 2345ik jim smith and jessie larson and ms. linda wong madam clerk, any announcements? yee completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the