someone else coming along? what could we do with $4 billion in the bay area. >> that concludes members of the comment that wanted to comment. our next item? >> yes, please. >> item 12, to approve the fy2018-19 budget. >> good morning, directors. sara. the capital budget and operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year before you. the capital budget is largely unchanged since the presentation of the draft, the main difference is a slight increase, $165 million to $169 million and that's all for phase 2 work, the environmental work that dr. ram was just discussing for the pennsylvania alignment. that is planned to be -- the

difference in the budget is shown as funded with a prop k allocation which director chang and her staff will beringin next month or later this summer. the operating budget, we did consider the board's feedback and are bringing a reduced budget to you. we presented two proposals last month, $40 million that included a contribution to the operating and maintenance reserve and $35 million without a con try -- contribution to the reserve. marta and the lincoln team was able to reduce the property management numbers so there's a net reduction of $1.7 million on the operating cost side. we looked at other transit operating agencies. the lowest that we found, golden gate bridge district has a goal of funding and operating reserve

at 7.5% of their operating budget. you certainly wouldn't recommend making changes to our policy, our over all policy of having a goal of 25%. understanding the difficulties that the primary tenants face, that's the amount that we have put in the operating budget before you. so we propose to you the 75% -- actually, a little more than 75% of the existing reserve about $6.9 million. that cuts the contributions that would be necessary from ac transit and san francisco mta inralf from that $35 million budget that we showed you last month. it would be about $2.8 million for ac transit, not included contributions or lease payments they will get back. i have a slide that demonstrates

that. so the existing $8.9 million reserves is the delta between revenues andense of $11 million. using almost $7 million of the re a opera operator contributions. the reserve balance at the end of the year would be $2 million. i do -- next slide. attachments, i do want to be clear that using reserves this year does simply push out until next year a higher contribution. this gives us a year to plan but they are significantly higher next year if there are no other changes. if there are not huge jumps in revenue or large cuts in expenses which i'm not sure why we would see either of those in

the first or second year. we can hope to fast track somehow. i wanted to touch briefly also on our m3. regionaoesea include operating funds. unfortunately theo notlow the way our regional measure 2 operating grant does. there will be over next year. the rm3 is 16% of total bridge total collected for operations and within that 8% for the transit center. so mtc staff has provided some calculations and asked that we not include them in our budget at this time but their estimate is 812,000 could be available next fiscal year. if that is in fact available starting after january 1st that could be used to add to the

reserve, to your ending reserve balance so that would be $2.8 million or to further reduce operator contribution. with that i'm happy to answer any questions. >> do we have any sb1 money coming in? theoretical theoretically. >> we would like to apply but that would be capital. >> but there's nothing that is in the bill that gives us anything for phase 2, capital. >> capital. >> it's just an open ended fund that we can apply for. i got it. it need not be considered here. >> we applied and we were not successful. if you don't have anymore questions for sara i do want to emphasize that by using our reserve this year we are at risk for next year and the year after

as the operator and that's for obligations. sara promised she could come back and remind us all next year. >> i want to thank you for taking into cannaccount the feek from the last meeting and for all of your work here. i think this is the right approach. >> [roll call] >> item 12 approved. call your next item? >> yes, please.

>> item 13. >> i'm going to recuse myself from this item. i'm going to step away in an abundance of caution and just go sit in the back and do e-mails until the closed items are taken care of. >> thank you. >> we also have a closed session later on that we can respond to questions. >> okay. >> no questions? a first? >> approval. >> a first and a second. vice chair, recusin recusing hi. >> [roll call]

>> the item is approved sglchs -- approved. >> call the next item. >> item number 14 presentation of the digital sign. program by pearl media. >> pearl media is in challenge of the platform led by lincoln. this is an exciting presentation. >> good morning. thank you directors for your time today. my name is joshua cone -- joshua cohn. it's been a long time coming. we are even more excited to see those screens on dennis's presentation coming alive and being installed. we are the promotional partner. we are in charge of developing,

deploying e cuting all band engagements throughout the center. we are extremely bullish that upon a steady state which means retail being open and all infrastructure in place that the sales force transit center will be an opportunity for advertisers to engage with this y.mmu when we look at -- is this working? okay. so when we look at venues and we work with various venues there's four three attributes that we dive into. num one the consumer experience. this is a screen in one of our venues in downtown manhattan. the consumer experience is all about creating the juourney for

the consumer. it's about creating an exciting atmosphere and being present while not being present. the idea here is not to turn the center into time squ but t provide an opportunity to communicate to consumers while providing an opportunity for brands to engage that. you'll see that we've done this here with very pleasing signsn chelsea market. we look for premium end v -- inventory. our inventory needs to match up. this is an example of a piece of inventory we just installed about brookville place that's a very high end retail center in downtown manhattan. this is a 32 by 13 screen that sits above a luxury corridor and great advertiser, american express. next another opportunity that i want to share with you is cutting edge technology. one of the reasons that i believe that we are here is

because of our vast knowledge of technology. not just in screens and harare but understanding how we communicate technology to consumers. how we communicate their journey and ultimately create brand engagement, which at the end of the day or job is to montize these assets through brands. here's an opportunity. here's something that we did in san francisco. we did this across the country. this is for the -- tequila. we work with local art owe -- art coalitions and ask them to create their vision of what is perfect, which at the time was the tagline. at the end of the campaign we gathered all thert pieces and auctioned that back. all revenue went back to the local art coalitions.

we raised over $25,000. we believe and through the work that we've seen and what is happening at the center that the sales force transit center will become a hub for great events and activation. not just with national brands but with local attractions, f l community events to engage the community in one of the most dynamic and exciting comnities in the entire country. what i'm going to do is now is pass the mic to some of my other colleagues because i think it's very important to learn of the work that we've been doing over the past year to independetegra this information, this technology, these screens. i'm going to talk about the t technical expertise and how we plan on moving forward and how we plan on optimizing these assets through revenue generating opportunities and how we are going to ramp that revenue up as the center becomes

more populated. so without further adieu i want to introduce our senior vice president of production, dan. >> good morning, chair. good morning, directors. excited to be here presenting to you this morni. as josh mentioned i'm daniel odom, the senior vice president of production at peer -- pearl media. we are responsible for the kaek -- technical expertise and the voice calls. we are on the ground working in the kiosks making sure that the pieces you have purchased are coming together in the way that we cte them. the first and most important thing i think we are doing is bringing transit into the digital age. using full color high resolution and we are enhancing the transit experience. that's the most imrtant thing, to enhance the experience of the entire center. as you can is no

easy feet. we get information from many and multiple and various sources. mainly and first the most important the transit operators. we have been s ain lot of time on our tuesday meetings with the transit operators. every tuesday for the last eight or nine months determiningt is tos information to share with the consumers and the riders. nformation, where the information is coming from and who needs to see it. we are also working closely with our partners at 511 and mtc to make sure that we are using the right creative visualization has been worked on so hard to make sure that it's the right color scheme and communicating the right information. also with our partners at colliers to make sure that we are talking about new tenants, new restaurants, new events that we want to introduce the public to. we are working with third party advertisers to bring ads. we take all of this iormation and we integrate into our content management system or our

cms. that cms schedules, koe lates and then displaying that information as a massive digital system. i want tooint o the's a direct line to the emergency system. aust direct line is there the emergency messaging system at any point in time can take over a portion or the entire digital infrastructure to communicate emergency messaging, both to our consumers, tenants and anybody passing through the building. so we are working closely with sydney's team and the g4s team to make sure the emergency system has that prioripriority. these are a couple of examples of the transit information that we have been working on. the one on the left is an sm1. this is the 2 by 2 screen. this is fours.c the go left screenre currently showing the information, electric transit information. that's at the temporary terminal. we've been working with the 511

team. the red created and the green yette created, this is what we are displaying. these are real demos. these are samples that we are workiith w today. i want to point out a couple of important things about these examples. the top section is alerts, that's communicating realtime television -- information to our consumers. the middle section is scheduled departures. we are talking about the transit they are awaiting for. the bottom section is more evergreen information, routes, fairs, schedules, things like that. it's very important ormion, more evergreen information. the reason why i think this is it's can is because our transit operators, our organizations have come together to agree to this format so there's continuity in the center, so our riders, whether

they are going to any of the other lines have the same order of communication as a continuity and creative throughout the center. this is really important. we've been working months with your teams too get here and they have been doing an outstanding job working with us. >> can i ask a question about those? >> sure. >> with the exception of a very small logo on the bottom of the ac transit there's nothing that identifies the operator. >> sir, so these -- the one that is green is on the bus deck level specifically. this screen that you will see is the main screen. there's a screen above that calls out the operators so all of the bus deck pylons will have operator screens. on the bus plaza level is a vinyl graphic. so we are doing that indication on the very top of the pylon. another way we are enhancing the consumer experience is creating an interactivay finding system. there are approximately 40 screens throughout the center

that are touch activated. this will run transit and advertising information. when a consumer walks up and touches that screen it will be like launching an app or visiting an internet browser. it will drive me to a page that will give me information about all of the upcoming e -- vents. the transit button would take me to a list of current transit providers. i have an ability to drill down into that information to find out more about fares, schedule information and any other details that the transit operators would like to provide. we are opening a section in here that we are calling about the center. i really like this section. it's the third piece that you see here, center information. we have the abilityalk t bou the past, the last 10 or more years that we have been working on this program, the present where we are today and the future, the next 10 years and where the center is going. this is an opportunity for us to communicate that future forward image to the consumers who are passing through the center on a daily basis.

as i said, this is a massive system. it's 27 4 digital screens and that does not include the 99 screen video wall. it's literally end to end to give advertising to commuters. there's 100 total placements or units and 115 of those placements are available for revenue generating advertising which is the third tier that you saw in the first slide. i'll bring up my colleague to speak about it more. >> if i could just interject. does the san francisco sign ordnance apply to us? my lawyer is about to answer me. >> the tjpa as an independent public entity authorized by state law with the design management and operation of the

transit center is not bound to comply with the land use regulations of the city and county of san francisco and then the less the tjpa is coordinated with the city all along to make sure that the city determines that our sign age effort was consistent with the city's vision for signage. >> just checking. >> thank you, daniel. i'm anthony, the chief revenue officer of pearl media. i'm going to talk about generating revenue and some activity. you will see in our portfolio about how we do, how we create inclusive activity that's free to the public and brand supported. the foundation of the revenue generated at the center is steep in this digital media platform that daniel just spoke about. we are going to generate ads through a variety of formats as

big as the grand hall display board down to all the kiosks and pylons. this is a great example of how this c ate ad will o cocoa -- coexist. those can as needed. we also have a pretty deep portfolio in brand activation. that things that create energy and fun engagement for people visiting the center. you can see on the top left that's samsung. we helped to turn the high line into a walking aarium through projection. daniel and his team actually pulled off one of the first ever out door live holographic projections. down on the bottom right you will see her shey's activation

into that media platform. throughout the center we've identified a few areas where these activations can take place. in the grand hall, work being our partners at brv on some areas around the park. we will charge daily and weekly fees. speaking of the rv, we are working very closely about their programming. they are doing a tremendous amount of work and we are giving brands the opportunities to subsidize some of that program. the other t we e doing is talking to a variety of brands across a variety of categories to create a more comprehensive and constant presence throughout the center during a year or multiple years. that incorporates a lot of these touch points and digs in.

helps us lets brands step into the center, engage with the people, generate revenue and generate the type of activity that's going to enhance the cons experience. this gives you a sense of the revenue. it's going to start in q4 this year, be mostly media and then some of the more integrated solutions will start to ramp up into next year. you'll see our revenue grow for the next couple of years into 2021 where we believe we will be at a study state of saturation and it will grow from there. these are some of the timelines that get you from where we are today to what we just spoke about. >> i just want to address the board. for two of these timelines here, i wanted to note the reason they are listed as ogon ing, those are on going because we see these as building relationships. this transit center will be evolving the way the commuters move through the center will

constantly be evolving. so we do not believe that it's something that will stop. it will likely continue throughout our relationship at the center. the same goes with cms testing and optimization. there are always ways to optimize it and understand if there are certain deficiencies or ways that we can optimize the cms. so these two things will be something that we are constantly maintaining and moving forward with. >> any questions for the board? >> thank you for the presentation. it was great. i had a question about the ada features or design considerations. will there be for visually and hearing impaired interacting usage of these signs or static for some of those folks? >> we have been -- we are working on the push to talk

functionality for the hearing impaired. based on our interactive finding way systems we use an ada compliant structure. when you touch the wheelly man all of your controls drop to the bottom of the screen so any meal chair assisted consumers can -- wheelchair assisted consumers can use it. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> okay. that does conclude your regular calendar for now and at this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. i believe kim -- tim patrick wanted to comment on item 18. you're good? you good? >> okay. so members of the public have an

opportunity to address you on items scheduled in closed session. we have none so we can clear the room. >> i will be recusining myselfn closed session from items number 18 and 19 because i didn't get a chance to do my >> all right the tjpa board is back in session. and there is nothing to report from closed session. the meeting is now adjourned. >> the meeting is now closed.

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please call the mayor's office on disability for further information or to request accommodations at 1-415-554-6789, voice, or e-mail us. a reminder to all of our guests to speak slowly into the microphone. to assist our captioners and interpreters. we thank you for joining us. >> co-chair blacksten: so let's have the reading of the roll call. co-chair denise senhaux? absent. co-chair blacksten?

>> here. council member tna kostanian? absent. council member tatiana kostanian. >> present. council member sally coghlan mcdonald. >> present. counsel member orkid sassouni? absent. council member helen smolinski? absent. council member kate williams? absent. >> co-chair blacksten: all right, i think there is supposed to one or two of the council members who may be joining us by the bridge line a little later on. so we will proceed. i don't believe in this is a quorum but we'll proceed with the meeting. second action item is reading and of the agenda.

>> item number 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item, reading and approval of the agenda. item 3. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment peods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond your comments following the meeting if you princess diana your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, available in the front of the room. approach the microphone during public comment or call our bridge line at 1-415-554-9632, where a staff person will handle requests to speaks at the appropriate time. item 4, information item. co-chair report. item 5, information item, report

from the mayor's office on disability. please note that the director's reports can be found in the what's new section of mod's website. item 6, information item. an overview of the san francisco police department crisis intervention team and mobile crisis unit. cit is a partnership between sfpd, department of public health and mental health service providers. present by lt. mario molina coordinator, behavioral service unit, san francisco police department. public comment is welcome. item 7, information item. behavioral health treatment in the criminal justice system. this presentation will provide an overview of the provision of mental health treatment with the county jail including the specific treatment modalities

utilized, how correctional mental health treat differs from community treatment and the challenges of providing treatment in a correctional setting. the presentation will also cover the importance of re-entr planning and how collaboration with behavioral health court facilitators this. presentation by tanya mera. public comment is welcome. break. the council will take a 15-minute break. item 8, information item. mental health and criminal justice em this presentation will talk about people with mental health disabilities and the intersection and navigation of the criminal justice system. presentation by jorge mestayer, peer counselor. public comment is welcome. item 9. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three

minutes. please approach the microphone or give your comment card to the mod staff. item 10, information item, correspondence. item 11, discussion item, council member comments and announcements. item 12, adjourned. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you very much. i have just been informed that council member kate williams has made her appearance. and is here. >> council member williams: thank you. >> co-chair blacksten: so we have four out of eight here today. all right, let's go to item number 3, which is public comment. items not on today's agenda, i understand we have a speaker's card. >> we have two, the first one is zack.

>> good afternoon. thank you for giving me the opportunity for speak here today and all the wonderful work you and your staff do. i appreciate mod very much. i want to talk about a discriminatory hearing i had at my hearing at the sfmta office. getting on buss in a wheelchair is very difficult, a lot of drivers don't want to pick us up and a driver told me to catch the next one. i had to argue with him to get on the bus, i was able to, too full. a made a complaint, but it was ignored for a month. i had to argue with staff to get an ada hearing. when that happened, i found out they had lost half of the video footage from the incident,

including a portion of the video footage where the driver complained that wheelchair users always want to get on the bus when it's full. but the crux of this has been my experience with theed neutra hearing officer who badgered, bullied me during the was se of the hearing. very difficult experience for me. and not one that i wish to repeat. i really hope there can be neutral hearing officers that don't work for sfmta, mr. henry epstein still found against me, and found the driver did nothing wrong. he was not going to let me make a statement until i had to specifically request it and during that statement, even after agreeing not to interrupt me, he did interrupt me during

the statement and was speaking over me multiple times. i have to recorded an would love to show this to mod staff, to talk about the incident in more detail. lastly, there was a union representative there, both the driver and the union representative were much nicer to me than the neutral hearing officer. and i've been askingta if ther is a way to have a disability representative. because i think having a disability representative that is not affiliated with sfmta is an important part of disability people having a voice and help in the meetings. even with my cognitive ability, it was still difficult, so i worry about people making ada complaints that do not have the abilito speak as clearly or have cognitive of mental health disabilities, because that was

very, very difficult for me. thank you for your time. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you for your comment. who is the second card? >> winship hillier? >> thank you. i would just like to say that i tried to find the minutes on the website before i came here last night and they weren't there. i like to see the minutes ahead of time when i attend the meeting. so if you could put them up at least the day before, i would appreciate it. i wish to speak today about involuntary psychiatric treatment. i have been subject to this treatment for over ten years in this city. it is being done using -- first of all, horrible disabilities are being imposed on people far

worse than any mental health issues they might have had before hand. it's basically, people are disabled and there could be -- it's unknown what the objectives ar becse the treatment is being administered in absentia. and the confidential laws in the state are being used to conceal the identity of the treater, not the patient. so the patient has no recourse. they can't file a court case. they can't get evidence because of institution code section 5328 and they're helpless. and moreover, they're denied recognition of their disability. in april of 2010, psycho surgery was performed on me, which is against the law in this state.

penal code 2670, welfare and institutions code section 5326.6, and i cannot even get a recognion re i anything wrong with my brain. i've paid 4 grand for an mri scan that showed my ventricle was 50% larger than my right, which is extremely unusual. it's way past three standard deviations from the mean. and ucsf would not acknowledge anything was abnormal with my brain morphology, even after i requested they change their interpretation. this appears to be funded -- this appears to be carried out using classified technology, including intelligence surveillance illegally used. and -- >> co-chair blacksten: you've got 30 seconds.

>> yes, there is a timer here, i'm aware of how much time i have. i'm not sure how to wrap this up, but it appears to be involuntary treatment funded by the city, they get well over a million dollars a week to do assertive community treatment. chair. >> co-chair blacksten: we appreciate your comment, thank you very much. all right, so i think we've got those two comments. let's move on to item number 4. which is the co-chair report. and i will make my report brief today. i just want to let all of you know that we really do appreciate you coming. without you being out there in the seats to participate, we really wouldn't have a meeting at all.

we're going through a transition herte in san francisco, a new mayor will be coming onboard. we're looking forward to working the new mayor. and we want to have develop a mutually rewarding working relationship and have every confidence that will happen. i think you'll find today's meeting to be rather interesting. i want you to know that after following every meeting in the next week, the council gets together with mod staff and we very carefully and deliberately plan our upcoming meetings for the next three months. so today, we put some subject matter out there. they're all really related items. they're interrelated. and i think you'll find them to be interesting and compelling. all of the speakers are important, but i think the third one is of note.

and you'll find out what he comes to present. so i want you all to enjoy our presentations. feel free to give us more speakers' cards toward the end of the meeting. or after any presentation. ok. that is my report for now. i'm going to ask my colleague, the director of mod nicole bohn -- what? oh, nicole is not here. oh, now i find out. joanna, i take it you're on. >> thank you, co-chair blacksten. i am the deputy director of the mayor's office on disability. on behalf of director bohn who is sorry to not be here in

person, she would like to ask you to recommend action to items related to any part of this presentation, or other items discussed in this report as a follow-up to today's public hearing. since the may 2018 meeting and some important upcoming opportunities for public engagement by san francisco bay area residents with disabilities. number one, is accessible bike-sharing. the oakland mayor's commission on people with disabilities, you're counterpart, will be discussing accessible bike-share programs monday, june 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. p.m. at oakland city hall. the mayor's disability council may consider partnering with

this effort and try to bring that effort also in san francisco. accessible building entrance ordinance or abe, with the support of district 4, supervisor tang, the department of building inspections abe program compliance deadlines is extended by six months, effective june 1, 2018. community education workshops about how to make primary entrances or public accommodations accessible continue. for the most up-toe information about the a.b.e., please visit, sfdbi.org. next, is an update on the golden

gate park healthy saturday program. mod had conversations this month with both theireceation and parks department and the san francisco bicycle coalition about the accessibility of golden gate park during healthy saturday partial street closures. this is a topic that the mdc has been particularly interested in. the bicycle coalition is offering to host a a tound feedback session during a healthy saturday in july. that is before your meeting, on july 14. or july 28. an invitation will be sent to the mod and posted on the website when the details finalize. not only the mayor's disability council, but members of the disability community are welcome to come and participate. finally, state and federal

legislative update. mdc and members of the public are encouraged to engage with the following, particularly of interest to people with disabilities. proposed transportation network company, otnc legislation, sb 1376 introduced by senator hill in addressing tnc über lift accessibility plans, especially for those with wheelchair and mobility devices. it's the first one of its kind and has passed the california state senate, but will be heard in extended form in an assembly meeting on wednesday, june 20. that's next wednesday, june 20. the voices of the disability community, especially those of us who are using wheelchairs and

other mobility devices, needing on demand transportation are needed to speak on that effort. please contact myself or nicole as soon as possible for more information, or if you're dering participating in this important meeting. our e-mail addresses are joan joanna.fraguli @ sfgov.org. and the director website is

nicole.bohn @ sf gov.org, or you can go through our webte a send an e-mail and it will find its way to myself or nicole. finally, the next legislative update is on the ada education and reform act. as mentioned over the last everal months, hr 620 has been received in the state in the senate. and the state senators have committed to oppose this bill. so it's also an opportunity to engage and support this effort. this report that i just read is posted to the mod home page following the meeting, usually

by monday, or tuesday at the latest. for questions or comments, to get involved or to provide feedback on any of these items, please contact our office. the mayor's officen disability at 1-415-554-6789 or send us an e-mail. to stay current on opportunities, events, perta pertaining to people with disabilities, please subscribe to our e-list. thank you for your attention. >> co-chair blacksten: thank you, joanna. you did quite well. let's go on to item number 6.

which will be our first speaker. the presentation will be by lt. mario molina. who is the cit coordinator, behavioral science unit, san francisco police department. >> good afternoon, council. i want to thank you for having me back on behalf, thank you for allowing one of the members to be one of our trainers. we appreciate her work. and her dedication to the program. next to me is dr. lewis, who is part of the work group for the oic/cit program, he just walked in and is here to support the program and speak on the program if needed. let me give you a brief overview of whathe program is. i'm in charge of the program. i have three sergeants, two that

are assigned to the training. one sergeant is assigned to the psyche liaison unit and tw officers that are the street unit. i'm going to talk about the training. the training is two sections. we have the 40-hour training, composed of the memphis model, that talks about overview of mental health issues. we also talk about the escalation and we -- de-escalation, we do this through a lecture and scenarios, interactive scenarios with police officers and role players. that is half of the day. the other half is composed of policies and procedures. we also talk about police practices. we looked at different media from oerepartments and other agencies that have engaged in

officer-involved shootings and we divide our officers and discuss these videos to see whether anything else could have soe learn from watching others responding to crisis. and then in seond part of the lectures, we talk about de-escalation. we put our officers through crisis calls. we emphasize importance of taking leadership during crisis and informing a team, which is at the department has. throughout the last 18 months or so, we've been training our officers on forming teams respondent to a person in crisis as probably everybody that is here police videos when officers

respond to scenarios, there is a person holding a weapon, like a baseball bat, it's a metal stick and you continue to hear officers say drop the weapon, drop the weapon, drop the weapon, that's how we train. we train to give a command and make sure everyone knows what the officer is asking a person to do. but because of mental illness or substance abuse or whatever is going on in this person's brain, they're not able to understand what is going on. there are people with voices in their head. so we're teaching our officers to create time and distance, and only one person talking, giving directions. and to make sure that he or she is talking to the person, and try to get the person's understanding. for example a person hearing voices in their head, we say, hey, can you hear me?

and wait to see if that person acknowledges that. if the person acknowledges that, ok. then can you distinguish my voice with the other voices on your head? and continue to do that in tandem with the person. and with doing that, will give the officer a better understanding of what is going on with the person. and would also allow us to get other resources to the scene that we can manage better. and try to avoid the use of force. and we teach them sometimes the use of force might be necessary to prevent a person from hurting themselves or hurting others. so there is always a chance that de-escalation might not work. so we have a specific scenario where that is the goal. where the officer will try to de-escalate the person, but the person at one point or another, seems to be compliant, but then

he or she becomes aggressive. so sometimes you have to use force to prevent him or her from hurting themselves or somebody else. so we give 100% view of what is going on with the person. this program is supported by the leadership of the police commission, the command staff and also by you, council. thank you for your support. the public defenders office. the police accountability department and the mental health board. and other agents throughout, providers, advocates in the mental health system. so in the last 2-3 years, we're getting feedback from the officers, having that tactical training that i just described to you. so we created a follow-up training to the 40 hours. we call thi