we look forward to your presentation. >> thank you. good morning. i oversee the mental health services act program for san francisco. to give a brief overview of the updates, i put together a powerpoint presentation. the mental health services act as a state program. it was created in 2005. it is designed to support the transformation of the mental health system to address needs and is based on community collaboration. i know we are required to provide an update to the plan and for this annual update, we have seen 18 community firms and individuals who participated in them.

we held a public hearing of the mental health board. currently we are seeking approval from this body to approve a resolution authorizing the adduction of the mental health services act 18-19 update this slide shows a summary of the revenue and expenditures over time. this is a 12 year span. blue is the revenues and purple is the expenditures. as you can see, the revenue is very volatile. we have been able to expend violent -- volatility of the revenue. it sets limits for the amount you can have an end an economic downturn. that amount is approximately $7.7 million. as of june of 2018, we are able to admit to that mark. >> supervisor cohen: just to interrupt, i want to make sure i

heard you correctly pick the legislator took a vote that passed that said putting a limit on how much we can save. >> correct. >> supervisor cohen: ok. do you know how they came to the figure 7 million? >> on the next slide, the formula that was designed for that senate bill was that 33% of the five-year revenue of the community services of supports should be the max we can have. so the community services of supports 33% of the five-year revenue from that component is the max we can have and that amount is approximately $7.7 million. that is how i came up with that amount. >> supervisor cohen: do you know who carried this legislation? >> i want to say bill but i need to get back to you on that. >> supervisor cohen: no thank

you -- no problem. thank you. go on. >> we are looking at the risk and we are required by law to distribute our revenues across the five components of percentages. some of our revenue goes to that component and 19% goes to prevention and early prevention and five% goes to innovation. the other two components we can move up to 20% of our five year average and to the other two components which is workforce education and training and facilities and technology needs. each of these components have a revision. for innovation, they have to spend the funds within three years. and for the other two, we have a revision period of ten years. currently in san francisco, we have approximately five programs

that we funds that range from an array of services that include prevention, early intervention, outpace student housing and intensive treatment. just to highlight some other parts of our program, it is a program that provides wraparound services for serious mental illness. over time we set -- we have seen an 80% decrease in mental health and substance use emergencies. one of our focus programs, african-american program, we saw a 98% reported an increase in the social connections. and for prep, which is an early psychosis program, 81% of clients demonstrated a decrease. finally, we have the san francisco unified school district and 95% of students reported coping with stress as a result of therapy.

looking forward 418-19, we are expanding our transitional youth program for youth 16-24 to add a mobile treatment of service which is a treatment that moves around the city. and also to develop population specific programs about how to improve the underserved, like the asian community, african-american, lgbtq, just to name a few. we have three innovation projects that we are developing. one is around technology and mental health. it is a program that provides psychoeducational lines to help reduce isolation and increase social connectedness. there is a proposition on the ballot. it is a two billion-dollar housing bond that helps develop housing for individuals who are homeless with serious mental

illness. this is a state program. the reason why we are keeping an eye on this program because at a state level, we will be paying back the bond. to have an impact on the local revenue over time. lastly, for quality improvements , we commit to an outgoing evaluation of all programs and projected revenue for 18-19 is around $35 million in our projected expenditure is $33.3 million. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your presentation. supervisor stephanie has a few questions to be three i do have a few questions. are we holding onto any funds because of the ongoing lawsuit at the state? are you familiar with the lawsuit? >> which one? >> supervisor stefani: it is a lawsuit that was filed after the 2 million-dollar bond was passed

basically saying that housing wasn't a legal use of the ballot measure fund. i know that there are some funds that we are not able to spend because of this ongoing lawsuit and i'm wondering if you know the status of that lawsuit. >> when it did, initially this program was supposed to be a housing program and was meant to be for 2016. after the lawsuit was put forth, the implementation didn't go through. it did not affect us locally. it was put in the november ballot. if it passes, it speeds up the pallet -- the process and we can keep an eye on the impact because the board has repaid back the program. >> supervisor cohen: ok. thank you. how much do we receive from the state for all of this programming? >> can you please put back the slide? thank you.

our revenue is very volatile. it varies. on average, our average revenue is about $30 million for five years. >> supervisor cohen: how can we smooth out the volatility of the revenue? >> we cannot smooth it out. we have -- >> supervisor cohen: based on the wet? the number of billionaires? >> it is a one% tax on individuals who are making million dollars or more. we have to have a reserve and put a limit on it. we also have a little unspent funds that we could use to help us during an economic downturn. >> supervisor cohen: is that the only -- revenue source? >> yes. we are under the beaver health services which is under the department of public health. it is a mix mixup of less than

ten% of the overall revenue. in some cases, they can help support programs that we fund. >> supervisor cohen: so then i would say that 100% of the money that we receive comes from the state. >> correct. this is a state program. >> supervisor cohen: ok. another question. what is the demographic breakdown of services across these five funding areas? in your presentation you highlighted asian american, african-american -- >> there are prevention element components and that we are one of the five companies. we have what we call population focused programs that use community-based evidence to help address the needs of various cultural and specific communities. with that, we expend about five%

of our budget with this population. however, we still have the old community serving programs that have a good percentage of various ethnic and various cultural communities. >> supervisor cohen: ok. do you have an idea or a statistic you could share with us about the breakdown between the sexes? between the number of women that are served versus the number of men served? >> overall, no. everything is broken up by component. each component has a rule as to which type of services can be provided under this component. this report i'm giving you has a breakdown for demographically gender, age and sexual orientation and things like that is all broken down by various components. >> supervisor cohen: thank you i appreciate that. all right. i have no other questions. we should go to public comments. thank you, very much. does i don't want to comment on

item number 13? seeing none, public comment is closed. i will make a motion to approve this with a positive recommendation. if i can take that without objection? this motion is moving forward with a positive recommendation. thank you. madam clerk. before we close out, i would like to make a motion to rescind the vote on item five and i would like to weight until i get an answer about the five g versus four g question that i raised earlier when we were dealing with item five. may i get a motion to rescind the vote for item five? thank you. thank you. i would like to continue item five to the next meeting on october 25th. just as a point of clarification , do i need to take a public comment? thank you. i would like to move that we hear item five on the agenda for october 25th. thank you, very much. without objection.

is there any business before this body? >> there is no further business scheme on -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you we are adjourned.

♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work.

that's what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued

to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be

achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco.

but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number

one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit

sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ ♪ (clapping) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ celebrating the wow. turnout this is our third annual to celebrate pride we notice we didn't have community event for pride. we actual had 19 we had godzilla and are you ball weird names i think its unique we're able to

have special event we're all women that relax and have fun you know everything is friendly and kind we're all equal i'm happy that ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, the chair has called the meeting to order. can you please turn off your electronic devices, as they tend to interfere with the equipment in the room, and can you please rise for the pledge of allegiance? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

commissioner mazzucco, i'd like to call roll. >> please do. [ roll call ] also with us tonight, commissioner, is the chief of police william scott and the department of police accountability paul henderson. >> thanks very much, sergeant kilshaw. and ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our october 17th, 2018, san francisco police commission meeting, and it's great to see we have a big crowd here. good job, captain yick. just to give you a little background, we as a police commission meet at city hall every wednesday night at 5:30, and we deal with the same crowd of folks that show up. i think some people live outside city hall and they come in for

our meetings, but once a year for each district station, there's ten, we go out to that district and we meet with their community to see what's going on in their community and give their captain an opportunity to make a presentation and talk about what's happening and hear from you, the community members. what are your concerns in the taraval police district? so it was taraval's turn on the wheel here, so takes a lot of work to bring the television station here for everybody, and all the commissioners, i have to tell you, from my perspective as a commissioner, this is the best part of the commission, because we go to ten different districts during the course of the year, and you really learn a lot at those meetings, so we expect to hear from you, what you're concerned about in the district, in the taraval, but we also do things a little differently, too. ordinarily we just go into our meeting, but when we're out in the community, we have the commissioners introduce themselves and tell you a little bit about what we do in our day jobs.

this is allegedly a part-time job, and the term allegedly is a big job. we like to give the community background about what we've done in our careers and what we do. and being we have so many new commissioners, there's four new commissioners tonight who have their first neighborhood meeting. i ordinarily start at the end, but i'll start with myself and then move to commissioner dejesus, and they'll give us an idea what we do. >> had to throw that in. >> vice president mazzucco: so i'm commissioner mazzucco. i'm uncomfortable tonight, because i'm in complete enemy territory. however, i will say my son, thomas mazzucco jr., is a graduate of st. ignatius, he's a wildcat and now an attorney in san francisco, so i do have some st. ignatius connections. i'm born and raised here in san francisco. i raised our two children here. my wife is a native san

franciscan. careerwise i served as an assistant district attorney like you for ten years in the san francisco's d.a.'s office and after that an assistant united states attorney in the united states attorney office, recruited by bob mueller, kind of a popular guy right now, i served under him. and i served under kevin ryan, a graduate of st. ignatius high school, who is u.s. attorney. in addition to being police commissioner, i'm a partner in a law firm, so it's a honor to be here and i'll turn it over to commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner dejesus: okay, that's a tough act to follow. i'm also a native san franciscan, i'm not a wildcat, but my son is a wildcat. i forget how big this school is. and i live in the mission, i'm an attorney, i was in the public defender's office for ten years. i do -- i do -- now i do -- i'm trying to think about it,

workers' rights, workers who are dying from cancer, caused usually from their employment, so that's what i do now. that's it. i got the longest tenure on the commission, is what he was trying to say. >> vice president mazzucco: commissioner hamasaki. >> good evening. i joined in june of this year. i am not a native of san francisco, but i've been here for 24 years, so i get a little bit of a hometown credit at this point. i think i've earned it, slowly. in my life, i'm a criminal defense attorney, primarily private practice. i work in san francisco and practice throughout the bay area, and i'm also really

involved in our local legal bar associations. i'm the president-elect of the barristers club of the bar association of san francisco, and also serve as the treasurer of the asian-american bar association of san francisco. i have a 4 year old that i hope to follow in petra's footsteps and send them to this lovely institution some day. beautiful school. >> vice president mazzucco: thanks, commissioner hamasaki. commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: i actually go by d.j., d.j. brookter, currently the deputy director of a nonprofit organization, where we design programs to help folks in uninsured communities get back to work and sustainable careers, and we also dabble in education to help folks further their education. i actually got the opportunity today, i was at john o'connell high school all day today and

got the opportunity to speak to young folks who are juniors and seniors in high school about college and actually about workforce development. been on the commission now for about two months, so probably we're the definitely the most junior on the commission, but it's definitely been a lot of fun. i live out in baby hunters point, originally from fresno, california, and moved here in 2010, so been in the city roughly eight years and doing work in community, around community, and for community for those past eight years, and really i want to say thank you for allowing us to be here today. >> vice president mazzucco: thank you. commissioner taylor. >> commissioner taylor: the most junior and the latest. hi. my name is damali taylor. my day job is i'm an attorney. i'm a white collar attorney at a law firm here in the city, and if none of you know what that means, most people don't.

so i spend about almost ten years as a prosecutor here in san francisco, both first at the d.a.'s office and then at the u.s. attorney's office as a federal prosecutor and then i rejoined my firm last year until what i do now is helping businesses and individuals who are in trouble or not in trouble, but just want advice on criminal, legal, regulatory issues. so that's what i do for a living, but i love this city, and have worked and served the city for a long time, and i'm excited to be able to do it as a commissioner. >> vice president mazzucco: thank you, commissioner taylor. commissioner elias? >> commissioner elias: i'm not a native san franciscan, i grew up in lettuce and broccoli fields, first came to the area when i was accepted at uc berkeley and have been here ever since. currently i work in the labor division's office, enforcement division, so what i do is i

basically go after employers who do bad things to their employees, by not paying their wages, cheating them out of money that they have rightfully earned, when they are not able to take sick time because they are sick or the employer doesn't have a policy, the labor commissioner comes in and forces certain labor laws, well, various labor laws, to make sure employees are treated correctly and with respect. so that's what i do during the day. prior to joining the labor commissioners office, i was a public defender for nearly 11 years at the san francisco public defender's office, and i think that's all i have for being a lawyer. in addition to joining the labor commissioners office about eight months ago, i also recently got married, so there's a lot of new, fresh things that are happening. so i'm trying to figure out what to do in a new job and a new marriage, so any pointers or

advice is probably greatly appreciated, so i am happy to be here tonight and look forward to meeting you individually and listening to you. >> vice president mazzucco: commissioner? >> commissioner hirsch: my name is bob hirsh, i'm also a lawyer. that makes six out of seven. we have one regular person on the commission. i grew up in new york city, but i came out here to go to law school many, many years ago, and i've been in san francisco for about 40 years. i've been a lawyer here for 39 years. i was a labor lawyer for many years representing unions. i then became the general counsel of an investment firm in san francisco for many years, and for the last 11 or 12 years i've been an arbitrator and mediator, which means i'm on my own. i function as a private judge or a mediator in labor disputes, in commercial disputes, securities matters, depending on what it is, and i've been active in law enforcement matters for many years and joined the police

commission a year and a half ago. the late mayor ed lee appointed me, and i miss him. >> vice president mazzucco: thank you, commissioner hirsh. so, especially for the members of the criminal justice class, you'll see that we as a police commission are the liaison between the community and the police department. our responsibility is for the department general orders, their policies, their procedures, we deal with discipline when officers are in trouble. we sit in a judicial capacity like a judge, and there's hearings as to whether or not the officers have committed the offense they've been charged with. you'll hear from the dpa director, who's a st. ignatius grad. it's like a courtroom setting, so we're in charge of determining whether the officer should be suspended or terminating. we're responsible from hearing from the chief, who you'll hear from later. those are some of the roles we have in the commission. there's a very diverse background. we have public defenders and

former prosecutors all on the same commission, and that gives us the opportunity to look at things from many different perspectives, and that's how we function as a commission, we understand the criminal justice system. it's a very hard job for the new commissioners. they are starting to realize that, but it's worth it. we're here to hear from you, the community. without further adieu, we'll move on to our first line item. and again, the difference between this meeting is tonight you're going to hear from the police chief about recent activities, you're going to hear from captain yick, and then there will be a lot of questions and we expect to hear some questions from you. sergeant kilshaw, by the way, sergeant kilshaw's son is also a graduate of st. ignatius high school and she's a graduate of mercy high school and i think her husband is in the audience and connor is now working in washington, d.c. yes, and also the anniversary -- sergeant ware, who is here, his son -- you're also a graduate of st. ignatius, and his children graduated from st. ignatius high

school. >> sergeant ware's anniversary, too. >> vice president mazzucco: wedding day. [ applause ] they sent their daughters to sacred heart cathedral. very smart people. you'll also notice our officers are wearing pink patches like this. it's for cancer awareness month. in the san francisco police department, many members have chosen to change their patches to represent that, so you'll see a lot of our officers with pink patches. and just to tell you how we work as a commission, that took the full commission to meet to determine to change the uniform regulation just for one month. it required public comment, it required input. the police officers association was involved, the uniform makers were involved, so that's just one of the small things that we do. so that's why you'll see the officers wearing pink tonight. so now let's get into our meeting. >> secretary: commissioner, items 1, reports to the

commission, 1-a, chief's report. weekly crime trends, provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. significant incidents. chief's report will be limited to a brief description of significant incidents. commission discussion will be limited to determine whether to calendar any of the incidents the chief describes for a future commission meeting. >> thank you, and good evening, chief. >> podium just for you. >> good evening. commissioner mazzucco, commission, director henderson. i will -- actually, can i start with a brief -- >> vice president mazzucco: please, do. >> so, it's a pleasure to be here. thank you guys for hosting us. i just wanted to give a brief introduction of myself. oftentimes you probably read about the police department and maybe see me on the news from time to time, but it's really important to know who your chief is, and i'll introduce a couple of our key people that are here, as well. so my name is william scott, or

bill as i've been called since i was a child. i have been the police chief here since january of 2017. before me moving to san francisco, before i moved here, i was in the los angeles police department for 27 years and about three months, where i ended there as a deputy chief in the lapd, so spent 27 here and really applied, i think, 61 people to be the chief here applied with me, and very competitive process, and i was very, very fortunate, blessed, and happy that i was selected to be the chief of the san francisco police department. so, it's really a pleasure to be here and serve you as your chief of police. i wanted to introduce and my right-hand man, i'm going to give an overview of the police department, but sitting next to me over there is our chiefs of staff, hector, who is also a native san franciscan.

and the way the police department is structured, just like any large organization, you really have to have somebody that's got their eye on the ball and the business at all times, and i am responsible for that and accountable for that, but i am in meetings from the time i get to work, to the time i get home, so while i'm in the meetings and doing the community meetings, and meeting with the mayor and city hall and all the things i have to do, somebody's got to really be paying attention and getting the work done and driving the things happening in the department and coordinating. and really the chief of staff is one of the main people that actually helps me as a chief get that done. we also have another assistant chief, tony chaplain, who's not here tonight, but he coordinates our operational side of the department, which is over half of the department. he has the airport bureau, the still operations bureau and special operations bureau, so if you see the s.w.a.t. officers or are flying out of the san francisco international airport, that's all under our operations

side of the house. we also have five now deputy chiefs, we'll have six shortly. five deputy chiefs, and we have a deputy chief in each of our bureaus. so operations bureau, special operations bureau, airport bureau, the administration bureau, the professional standards and principle policing bureau. am i missing one? no, five, there's five. i'm sorry, five. hopefully, six one day, but five for right now. so those are all the bureaus that take care of all the business in the department, and we have roughly 2,300 sworn employees and about over 300 non-sworn employees, so everybody that works under the sfpd umbrella works in one of those bureaus that i mentioned. it's a very large organization with a lot of moving parts, takes a lot of coordination. and in the operations burro comes the real heart of the

department, which is district stations. we have ten district stations, you, this school, and most of you that live in this area belong to the taraval station, which captain robert yick is here, and he's going to talk about what taraval is doing to keep the community safe, and he is one of ten district stations. and really that is the life blood of our organization. with any police department. we always say the patrol officer, the patrol sergeant, the lieutenants and the captains are the backbone of the organization. and i truly believe that to be the case. not to minimize the administrative part of what had to be done, the investigations and all the other things that have to be done, but when you call 911, you're going to see a patrol officer. when you call 311, you're going to likely see a patrol officer, so that's really where the work gets done and it's the biggest part of our operation. so that's an overview of the san francisco police department, and i will start out my report with just an overview of the citywide crime trends, and then captain yick is going to talk about

taraval on a more granular scale about what's going on in taraval. so, citywide, i actually come to report good news. we -- and i'll break it down in violent crimes and property crimes, because the way our crimes are reported, for those of you that are interested in criminal justice, what we call part one crimes, those are all the serious crimes, and every law enforcement agency in the nation has a report to the fbi what their crime statistics are at the end of every year, and those are the part one crimes that you see, the chronicle does a story on how san francisco is tracking, it's usually going to be on those end-of-year crime statistics. so those crimes are murder or homicides, rape, robberies, assault, burglaries, motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, or theft. overall, our city, we're down in violent crimes and total crimes, and property crimes. so our total crimes, we have had

50,060 for the year, which is a large number, but we're down -- sorry, that was this time last year. we're down to 46,280 crimes year to date, which is about a 7.5% decrease in crime. now, that's the difference of about just short of 4,000 or right around 4,000 crimes. when i stand up here and talk about statistics, it's really important that everybody really understands we're talking about people and people being victimized, and sometimes when we talk statistics and percentages and we're down by 100 or down by 500, it's easy to lose really the point of this, is that these are people that have been victims of crime, so i don't want that to be lost on anybody. so when they talk about numbers, think of people. think of your friends. some of you have been victims of crime, so it's really important that we do keep an eye on what our crime statistics are, because that really drives how

we patrol, where we put our officers, how many officers do we get. so these numbers represent people. overall we're down. so in terms of our violent crime, our homicides this time last year, we had 52. right now year to date we have 39, which is a 25% decrease in homicides. our rates are down. we had 341 this time last year, we had 322 year to date. our robberies are down. we had 2,607 last year. year to date, 2018, we have 2 2,496. and our assaults are down to 2,118 this year. where we're up in crime is human trafficking, which, fortunately for us, is a small number, but still an unfortunate number, because again we're talking about people that suffer some very, very serious crimes in terms of being human trafficking victims. we had 97 year to date as opposed to 51 this time last year. so that's something that we

definitely want to get a handle on, but we're definitely up in human trafficking. our overall property crime, we are actually up in burglaries by almost 500 burglaries, so that's not good news. we have 4,002 this time last year, we have 4,501 year to date. motor vehicle theft down to 3,437, reported arsons are down from 210 to 188 this year. and our larceny thefts are down from 36,522 last year to 33,172 year to date. now, we always break out when we report our larceny. we break out car burglaries. car break-ins. that's a huge issue in the city, and really it's a huge issue in this region. and i don't know how many people here have been either suffered

car burglary or you know somebody that did, but it's a huge problem for us. and the big scheme of things, a lot more people get burglarized and victimized on that particular crime, so we have been really focused on reducing that number and bringing those that we catch to justice over this past year. last year we were up. it was almost a record. it was a record year for us. 31,000 car burglaries, which was about a 25 -- over a 25% increase from the previous year. so from 2016 to 2017, we have put together several strategies and measures in place to try to curb that number, and one of the main things that we wanted to do was really get in front of it and try to prevent these crimes from happening. one of the primary roles of law enforcement is crime prevention, and when we aren't successful at preventing crime, then our next priority is to apprehend those that actually commit these

crimes. car burglaries are very difficult crimes to catch. citywide, the numbers of people we catch are low in the grand scheme of things, 2.3%, which is a big number, however, what we know and what we've seen and our experiences and the people that we have caught, there are very few, we believe, amount of people. and some of them do this for a living, they commit a lot of crimes. so we try to focus on those individuals that are prolific and we've had a lot of success doing that. being strategic with our plain clothes operations under cover and focusing on the crews we believe going from community and community and victimizing people. and we've had a lot of success with that. so we're being very strategic and surgical, and as a result of our crime prevention, if you guys haven't seen it, you probably will see either a poster or on the back of an mta bus a placard that says "park

smart." and what we are asking the public to do is to don't make yourself an easy victim when it comes to car burglaries. oftentimes, you know, we get lax and don't think it's going to happen to us. we leave our purse, computer, backpack in the car and that is a crook's delight. that's who they want to go after, so people that make it easy for them, because they don't like to work for what they get. they want the easy targets. so we really have been pushing the public message of park smart, don't leave property in your car if you can avoid it. lock it in the trunk if you have a trunk, but make it difficult. make it hard for people to victimize you, and so that messaging, along with increasing foot beats, along with deployment strategies we've used in different parts of the city, we've gotten this number down by 15% year to date, so i'm really happy to report that. and last thing i'll say before i

turn it over to captain yick is, you know, policing is very labor intensive, but anybody that wears a uniform will tell you, we cannot do our jobs without the support of the community. the officers that are standing in the room, the sergeants, we can't do our jobs without the support of the public. we do only what you all allow us to do, and we have to do our jobs right. we have to be respectful. we have to be professional. justice is just that, we have to be just in how we carry out the laws, but we can't do it without you, so the most resilient communities, our communities that are tight and stick together and communicate and communicate with us about what your needs are, and we want to hear from you. the captain wants to hear from you, and i want to hear from you. so, again, i'll finish this where i started, it's a real pleasure to be here and thanks for having us and hosting us tonight. and in the back of the room, we have a lot of our operational command officers there, deputy

chief mike redmond, mike, raise your hand. mike runs operations, field operations. then we have the commander who works -- works under chief redmond, but she's in charge of five district stations, including this one, so that's where a lot of the executive work gets done in the department, so mike and ann, thanks for being here. and i'll let captain yick introduce taraval officers. >> chief, can i ask a question first? i want to ask about human trafficking. do you have any sense that there's actually an increase, or are we just now learning more and getting more data? >> i believe there's an increase in reporting. we did, working with some of the advocacy groups this past year, we actually implemented with the commission a policy that really

the purpose and intent was to enlist the cooperation of some of the folks that are out being trafficked. and a lot of these folks are people that work in the sex trade, and what ends up happening is oftentimes they are reluctant to report the violence that happens against them, because they are afraid that -- if they report it, then the things that they are doing to make a living, like working in the sex trade, is going to come back and bite them and we are going to arrest them for that. so basically, we in working with the advocacy groups, our policy now is, if you're being, you know, brutalized by the person that's trafficking you, we're not really worried about the misdemeanor sex violation or the low-level thing. we want you to report it. and ironically after that bulletin got put in place, we saw a spike in the reporting of these crimes, which is exactly what we wanted. because these are really, really heinous crimes, and people are -- it's a really, really

heinous crime for people to be trafficked, and some of the things that happen to them when they get trafficked. so we believe that's part of the increase, that people are reporting it more because they feel comfortable coming in and reporting it. so we'll see if that trend continues, but nonetheless, we have to address those crimes, because they are terrible crimes. >> thank you. >> thank you, chief. briefly, we have the director of the department of police accountability, paul henderson, here. i thought he was going to be on vacation. he is what handles all of the investigation of a lot of the discipline against the police officers, so i'm going to let paul speak for a few minutes. also, the human trafficking thing, that started -- we as a commission wanted our officers to treat the women and sometimes men that were trafficked as sometimes victims. when i was in the u.s. attorney's office, we had a takedown of massage parlors where women were trafficked from overseas in asia and held hostage in massage parlors and

what happened is brutal, it's terrible. it's not a victimless thing. so that's one of the things we do as a commission, and you'll see that's why the numbers are up and hopefully we're taking care of that problem. director henderson. >> i'm happy to be sent on vacation again, if you want to send me on out of here. i take orders very well. so, good evening, everybody. thank you, it's also good to be here. i, too, am a native san franciscan, fourth generation. so i grew up here in the bay view, and i attended st. ignatius college preparatory for young christian men and women, although it was just men at the time, which tells you about how long it is. i know i look really young. but it was just men at the time when i went here. and this is -- i'm so excited actually