indicated there was no requirement as they saw it so the commission is now free to adopt the policy in its final form. so moved. >> second. >> any discussion on this -- any public comment on the adoption of this resolution? no public comment. we can have a vote. all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? all right. it passes unanimously. next item. >> line item 4 discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution supporting the san francisco reentry counsel criminal justice racial equity statement, discussion and possible action. >> okay. good evening. >> good evening commissioners. and thank you, president hirsch and thank you so much, commissioner

dejesus for understanding the work that we are doing with the reentry. as you know yesterday i was here as the mayor signed the racial equity, which was signed by all the supervisors signed onto it. in 2018 i was a member of the cohort of government alliance on racial equity. i was representing the probation department representing the district attorney's office as well as probation, we were in a session trying to create a criminal justice racial equity statement for the hr department. and it was then we came together and said, hey we all represent a component of the criminal justice department system and that we needed a shared language and definition of the racial equity work that we will be doing

here in the city. the criminal justice racial equity statement i'm here to present to you. the criminal justice and racial equity, i don't know if you all read it. but i'll go ahead and read it. it was adopted by the commission. so we started with the da commission. it was adopted september 12 2018. then we went to the reentry where it was adopted september 25 2018. then we went to the community corrections partnership. the executive committee and later the whole partnership endorsed it as well as the juvenile justice coordinating counsel. this is the last criminal justice body that we are presenting it to. the racial criminal justice racial equity statement says san francisco community corrections partnership juvenile justice

coordinating counsel reentry counsel, commission prioritizes racial equity so all people may thrive. san francisco's criminal justice policy bodies collectively acknowledge that communities of color have born the burden of inequitable social, viabilitial, criminal justice policies practice and investment, the government actions have caused deep racial disparities throughout san francisco juvenile justice and criminal justice system. we further recognize that racial equity is realized when race can no longer be used for the outcome. we commit to the elimination of racial disparities in criminal justice systems. so that is the statement. and that is the statement that we are looking today for you all to recognize and hopefully sign on. i have the ordinates that in december

of next year, every department in the county will have to come up with their own racial equity statement. and the statement, we want it to be uniform among all criminal justice bodies. and we've actually been working on the statement and all the criminal justice bodies are in cohort for because of this statement right now tiffany sutton, i got her last name right, is representing the police department right. from this statement, it was also included in the district attorney's foundation grant. so we have a committee that meets with all criminal justice bodies to talk about racial equity in a criminal justice system. we even have -- is that -- danielle

is part of our cohort and she definitelily knows as well as the candidates and just to add the criminal justice racial equity statement is there for us to have a common definition of what we aspire for but each of the departments is responsible then to build out the work that we are doing. so after the plan is done, you have to reveal it to a legislative body. we are asking that all criminal justice bodies state it to the reentry counsels and all the counsels that have accepted this so we definitely know what is taken for us with the office of racial equity as well as our criminal justice bodies. >> okay. thank you. any comments or questions from commissioners? commissioner elias. >> i wanted to know whether you reached out to the public defender's office but you said that was another group you worked with. >> yes everyone. every single criminal

justice body, i mean it's like we go on a road trip trying to get everybody on the van. >> spreading the love. >> yes. this is the last stop. we knew we had to come correct to show you that we had everyone but the base player we looking for. >> last but not least. commissioner brookter. >> i hope my colleagues would adopt this. i want to say thank you for her perseverance and all the work she's done in our communities i've known her for some years now and just know that she is an advocate not just for communities but within the justice system so i hope we are able to adopt this statement. >> so moved. >> second. >> all right. any public comment on the proposed adoption of this statement? if you can make way for public comment thanks. >> good evening commissioners scott henderson. from the

public defender's office. i'm part of the counsel of the racial equity workgroup and i would like to second my colleagues and add my full support for this. it's really important and we think this commission should adopt it. thank you. >> any other public comment? yes, sir. if you can speak into that mic that would be great. >> yes. i'm grateful for this commission and this public assembly. justice is very important. if you are injust, it is the beginning of the collapse. and i'm excited to see that you are endeavoring to maintain and keep the city strong and justice is a very important part. so where everybody stands equal before the law, i think it's exciting. >> thank you. >> thank you dr. collins. >> can we have a motion and a second all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposition? all right. it passes unanimously. >> thank you.

>> thank you for your work and i applaud your work. >> thank you. >> next item. >> line item 5 general public comment the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or dpa personnel. police commission rules of order during public comment neither police or dpa personnel or commissioners are required to respond to questions but may provide a brief response. individual commissioners and police and dpa personnel should refrain from entering into any debate or discussion with speakers during public comment. >> okay. good evening. >> linda chapman. i was here before with your special victims unit and i may have to come back another time or two. i want you to know the consequences

-- i'll maybe get to that next time. having a function of special victims unit. and i'm going to say i'm hoping to have cooperation from your commission, from the supervisors to fix things. i was a long time activist. i worked with the committee to write all the protection for tenants. and people used to call me on the hill where i did land use the woman who saved knob hill. so i want to be the woman who prevents hundreds of people from becoming victims to the deranged nurse who got loose at this time as far as i know still at the jewish home and the administrator who could teach cardinals a thing or two about how to protect abusers. when we went up to sacramento to lobby

for senate bill 338 about sops for investigations of this kind, i was asked to make a little sign if i wanted and my sign said sfpd protects abusers from victims. if you happen to read in the chronicle magazine that story about the woman who put the billboard up where she was victimized by the police. in that case she was a stripper raped in the strip club and she thought that had something to do with it. i would have thought that happened right here except she was in a different location but i was treated the same way. and it wasn't just even one bad investigator. it was that there was no response whatsoever when i called. there was no place to call within the police department. there needs to be and that's a suggestion i'm going to make, we can all learn something. my time is up now. i'll have to come back another time but i want you to know all about it. >> all right. thank you. >> any other public comment? yes?

. >> my name is morris. there are three issues i want to discuss here. i have a solution to the homelessness problem. i could solve that real quick. and i want to see if i could have a conference where we could look at that, global warming and the green plan. now, i want to talk about police safety and the chief might be interested in this. car chases go on and i think the cars -- put a hole in the back and with a gun in case he comes with a gun to stop him. when the police was shot in texas magnetic here and here and you just put so you can't open the door. all right? and you get

a helmet camera on the backsides so you can see everywhere, you know? these strategies will save us a lot of time and effort and embarrassment. i called a couple months ago the accelerator stopped. you can put it in neutral right? that would be solving the problem. operating as if we really are not victims and we kind of aggressively solve these problems. so the homeless solution, i called the president but e-mailed him. he said that he was -- in june. but it's september. and i said -- i guess he wants me to talk with me -- i want to do a conference. i want the european union involved for the homelessness in europe

also if we get the federal government and i got a solution. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment. >> how many minutes do i get? >> two. >> i would like to use the overhead. again i'm here concerning my son who was murdered august 14 2006. to this day still no one has come forth. and i was just wondering was there another way that we can solve these unsolved homicides. we were just at a meeting at cornerstone church yesterday. and david who is over the homicide detail now. and brown was mentioning, you know, that i've been fighting for my son for the last 14 years. and what more can they do for me. you know, i was happy to hear

that. but i'm still asking what more can be done for unsolved homicides including myself. we talked about mental health, we talked about people suffering, we talked about a lot of things. and i also got up and i spoke in the public comment and said look even though it's been 14 years for me, i still cry. i still suffer from trauma about my son being murdered. and we call trauma having to see my son murdered laying on the gurney lifeless, with no second chance. no possibility of nothing. no more. no children, no grandchildren. none of this i will ever have. so i do deserve accountability of

them catching the perpetrators that murdered my son that maybe they can find a way instead of being told that no one is coming forth yet more should be done for us mothers. >> thank you. again the tip line is (415)575-4444. any other public comment?. >> hello there commissioners chief scott director henderson. my name is danielle harris. i've been a public defender in san francisco since 1999. i'm currently director of public policy for the san francisco public defender's office. on behalf of our office and the communities we serve i'm respectfully asking the commission to agendize as soon as possible the police department and dpa's response or lack

thereof to the amended section 832.7 of the penal code that went into effect january 1 of this year and holds that serious police misconduct is not confidential, yet nine months over nine months later, we have received responses from the police department on just 77 of the 2,200 -- excuse me 2,0030039 officers or 3.2 percent from dpa that number is even lower. we've had responses of just 68 of the 2339 offices or 2.9. at this rate it will take 25 years for there to be compliance with this law. in the meantime, today is

international wrongful conviction day. and exoneration records if they teach us anything, they teach us that numerous human beings are sitting in jail and prison, arrested charged and even convicted based on police misconduct but unable to prove it. i have an example a very clear example that i'd like to give you. which is the case of brandon simpson. he was choked and beaten by four police officers not far from here in 2015. he was charged. and thankfully when his case came on for hearing his public defender played a surveillance video and with the u.s. attorney saw it. >> your time is up now. >> dismissed the case. >> okay. thank you. [off mic]. >> thank you. all right. next public

speaker please. >> good evening. i'm an attorney with the public defender's office. the u.s. attorney's office in mr. simpson's case when the video was revealed, moved to dismiss the case. and four and a half years later we have no public availability of any official action against either officer nicholas buckley and john fergus. in fact for gus states he has no misconduct record and none for buckley who testified in federal court and should be referred to the chief for discipline. to the innocent person currently facing charges

to a friend or family member of that innocent person and to anyone who cares about human rights, this is an unacceptable situation. and this commission should act with urgency to remedy it, sending a clear message to the public and the police that san francisco will not tolerate official lying or official violence. for those who have been exonerated based on police misconduct that their suffering was not in vain and to those who have not yet been that society cares. i'll read a few words from justice briar's opinion in that case. he said listening to police officer in direct examination his testimony appeared to be straightforward convincing and entirely credible. his cross examination was similarly credible. but as we know, because there was video of the incident and the video was unequivocal in rebutting everything the police officer testified to and the court watched the video it left no doubt

in the court's mind it was inconsistent and contradictory to the testimony given by the police officer. the worst thick in the world for any judge and any prosecutor and the conviction of an innocent person or the conviction of a person based on wrong testimony. it must be accepted by the citizens and population of any country. >> thank you. >> wrapping up, sb1421. >> your time is up, sir. thank you. next speaker please. >> just so the public is aware if there is materials they want to present to us they can bring them so for example an opinion is something you could bring copies to and put on the table for the public and for us commissioners to per review. >> good evening commissioners. today as my colleague mentioned it's international wrongful conviction day. a

recent study found police misconduct was a factor in as many as 50 percent of wrongful convictions. we think san francisco is different because of our progressive politics. that is wrong. we are suffering from the same problems. the police department has contributed to wrongful conviction right now. it is supposed to be against that misconduct and supposed to be fulfilling that promise. you know the statistics we have presented here before. the request of open reported posted after six months waits secret meetings and failure to disagree with the chief on punishment. an example of why dpa must hold them accountable of my last august officer was caught lying on the stand as testified to

prosecute. they recognized the inconsistency in the evidence. the case was dismissed. the dpa took ten months to reach the same conclusion the judge made in an hour long hearing. the officer lied. who knows how many other cases this officer testified in and how many times his word has put someone in jail or prison or how many innocent persons remain locked up. it remains tied up in procedure. this case should have been a priority for dpa and clearly it was not. i ask this commission to look into what dpa has done. let me make a formal request to ensure dpa does its job. this commission was agendize the commitment to fill its mission so the public gets a better understanding of what they are spending the annual budget on. thank you. >> any other public comment? if you come up to the mic please. >> williams and i'm doing a report

for san francisco i've been doing it for 20 years. i'm reporting stuff to the federal government as well as dpa. it's a lot of misconduct with the police officers. they are doing a lot of lying. some of the things they are doing with me personally, if i didn't have people to back me up, i would be a real victim. so with dpa i'm talking to numerous of them, been doing it for nine months and it's a great job i like what you guys got on your annual report today. i was happy to see all this because some of the things on there is really, really true. i'm one of the persons that it's been happening with the police. so thank you guys. >> thank you. any other public comment? okay. public comment is closed. next item. >> line item 6, public comment on all matters pertaining to 8 below. closed session including public comment on item 7 vote whether to hold item 8 in closed

session. >> any public comment about our going into closed session? all right. seeing none it's closed. >> item 7 vote on whether to hold 8 in closed session. >> so moved. >> any discussion? all in favor of going into closed session? >> aye. >> opposed? >> passes unanimously. we are going to go into closed session now.

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