it's going to be an exponentially -- more of an exponentially increasing function sooner rather than later. and finally, we'll end with some of the work that we've been doing on the ground currently with rubicon landscape. they're our master landscapers, as you're aware. we really over the last 2.5 years have developed a good relationship with lourdes, their manager. they do do existing groundwork for us. we've gotten them into a seasonal maintenance where they remove the invasive. they do work on kind of a regular management schedule. peter and i also work with the city's i.p.m. coordinator in

making sure that rubicon stays in compliance with the i.p.m. ordinance and implements that into their training opportunities. over the last several years, they don't apply herbicide as part of their programs anymore. we felt that overall consistent with the city's i.p.m. ordinance directives, which is to use application as a last resort that was an environmental benefit. we were able to work with them on changing it and hopefully to the benefit of everyone on the island. and then finally we've been working with them as i talked about earlier on the stewardship segment a variety of demonstration gardens on

y.b.i. i think we're trying to get more participation from different segments of the community, but if they're driving by them and learning from them, that's a good thing, as well. just this last weekend we had a removal party, removing the ivy from outside the treasure island gym and replacing them with natives. this is what they look like. we expect them to fill in and provide some nice environment there. this is one that we basically developed in a small little patch of otherwise unused land sort of right outside the g.a.a. field and the treasure island playground outside from araceli cafe. there's some blooming daisy some other ones as well that

adds a little bit of curb appeal with y.b.i. natives. and the one we did before the treasure island gardens last year was right outside the ship shape on sort of the southern side of the building. we worked with sherry and alex and cheryl at the ship shape to fill in this sort of southern walkway with y.b.i. natives and that's coming along nicely as well. i think at this point, i know that peter has a few things to add, and so i'll toss it over to him and then, we'll both take questions. >> yeah. peter, i did not know you were a naturalist. every memo i get from you, fantastic. nice presentation. >> yeah. so jump in any time with questions. peter brastaugh.

last week i did kind of my full whirlwind presentation to the board so it's nice to dig in a little deeper. i think peter wanted me to cover just a few more things and highlight all of this work the way that this work on treasure island, yerba buena fits in in the context of the resolution that we passed last year. so peter has been coming pretty much religionly to our interagency working group meetings around biodiversity for several years. he's been a trafficerrific collaborator at the city level and talk about all of the work that we're doing citywide. and he did highlight one of the things that we're working on in

the biodiversity agency working group, one of the things that we highlighted in our presentation -- was it last week? yeah, last week -- or two weeks ago was the supply of our native local plants. so let's bring yerba buena down to treasure island. so if we do that we've got to figure out how we're going to create that supply. so we're going to focus on that problem and come up with solutions in the interagency group. and i think as it relates to treasure island and yerba buena island it's a really exciting opportunity. so the site where the building is now there's a buildout next to that diagonal building it's

nice and large. they've got space there but according to the timeline development and according to how the timeline proceeds, they may not be able to say there much more than a year. it's not totally clear. so where's the next temporary location for that? and then also where can we think long-term in terms of this function and how do we arrange that mechanically and functionally and everything as peter alluded to? when you look at the ideas, the urban farm area, huge area, many acres, so we might want to think about that related to this function. also just want to highlight the work that we did with writing that ten-page memo that was basically bob asked me to look at all of the documents related to sustainability and open space on treasure island so i did, and we expected it last

week as part of the packet, but it really, again, highlights if we want to have this sustainability vision, this vision of sustainable treasure island and increased resident sense of place, we need to use native plants to do this. so the whole idea of a nursery ties in really well with putting that product forward and encouraging all of our partners to use that as a guide book for landscaping in the environment. so finally -- sorry if i'm talking too long. peter gave you a nice thorough presentation but i also wanted me to fill in a little on the two of the sort of o.n.m.

habitats. so one is the ongoing maintenance of all these places for the invasive plants. so letters from brown justice's contractor from the developer to grow plants for eight acres. we've got the nimitz that came on-line. the whole island, it's a gigantic disturbance which we love. it's a great opportunity because it's a great opportunity to bring people to the island to get involved but it's a real challenge chathat we have to rise to. so just want todayed to highlight that that that's why we're making the effort for that on a small scale right now, but that need is going to increase exponentially as all this new space comes on-line.

it's revegetated but it's exploding exponentially. we talked about priorities in the near term where we want to do these projects once you complete the individual projects, whether an acre or two acres, so for example, the slope of clipper's cove, we want to restore all of that. there's a lot of nonnative in there, but it's a priority because of the connection to the cause way. it's a great opportunity to do that and make it done right there, so yeah i'll stop. >> okay. peter. very exciting. commissioner shen, please? >> thank you both peters.

you know this has been an area that i'm very interested in is the increasing the biodiversity and the sustainable vision for treasure island. i think that is really one of the hallmarks at treasure island which actually was recognized and given awards at different levels. i think we even received the reed platinum for new areas. remind me peter what that was. there was a reed designation that we got as a -- in our land for sustaining -- sustainability on the island. reed n.d. >> in addition to the platinum, yeah. >> so reed n.d. and also, the fact that we got

from the clinton climate change award as well for our original master plan. so i think these are part of the vision. the question is when we implement, how are we going to do it? and i would say that yes that implementation and management is important for building the staff. the invasive plants, once they get a foothold which is why it's so important at the beginning -- once they get a foothold then the effort and the manpower that's required rises exponentially, so you want to it's front end, as these new areas are being reconstructed, that we have the right people and the right effort involved in keeping

these invasives out of yerba buena island and treasure island. and i agree that the nursery is a great idea especially if there's an interest of how native plants are so important to biodiversity. i think more people not just us as the public entity but also private citizens and residents are wanting to do more about planting native piece he's -- species in their garden so there's a whole biodiversity of life. a nursery makes sense because there is an increasing demand and there's not enough places that are propagating these types of plants so i would really encourage us to look at that possibility on treasure island and what would it take?

>> well currently, it's under the oversight of l.e.j. >> and l.e.j. could you -- >> legacy for environmental justice. >> but definitely, we should look into explore how we can keep the nursery on the island and expand it. especially after a year we might lose that site, let's look at other possibilities. we do have an area that was meant for an urban farm and i think this falls right into that category and so some of that space that can be looked at. so i hope that we would look

into that and come back with those possibilities. >> absolutely. >> but looking at the soil, looking at the hydrology, how we do stormwater, runoff all of that is part of the plan and certainly integrated pest management once we actually have the parks and gardens in operations is so very important. but the soil is particularly important at this time because we are building, and if you don't have the right soil the right soil mix the composition of soil you're never going to get plants to really thrive. so i think we need to work with the landscape architect -- i see somebody is here from c.m.g. to look into what are the specifications for that soil? you know we have native soil on yerba buena island. treasure island is disturbed

soil because it was fill that was brought in but certainly, the experts on your team -- there should be an expert on your team who's looking at what type of soil is being brought in. sometimes, it's construction debris and they just bring any old soil in and that's not going to work for the 300 acres of parks and open space that we're going to have. let's make sure that we get the right type of material that's necessary there for this park to thrive. so these are a few of my comments, but i continue to be extremely interested in the topic. i think there's really incredible educational value here. we really can show what treasure island is doing here. we can collaborate with many institutions in our own stye. the academy of sciences we've got a board member that's from

the academy, the botanical gardens, the exploratorium. i know that i already have collaborations with the golden gate audubon society and the educational value, not just for the city on the island but it's a region and as a teaching model that's not just for the region but also perhaps nationally as well, that we are on the cutting edge of this. so thank you, the two of you, and look forward to hearing more as we progress. thank you. >> thank you very much. and i want to just follow up on my fellow commissioner. everything i mentioned earlier

and i think the commissioners also mentioned what we are doing at treasure island is unlike anything else going on or where or why, and we really need to underscore that. building a small city within a city we're taking all the problems, all these challenges, lessons learned from san francisco development and we know that san francisco is one of the most iconic cities in the world. we have architects engineers -- i just mentioned our landscape architect martin. we have people that are experienced -- for me getting the opportunity to redevelop treasure island has come full circle. i worked on the san francisco environmental sustainability plan. and one of the commissioners

and i we were talking about the sustainable pest management. the treasure island as a matter of fact is the only development that is only the sustainability plan. the late mayor lee actually reached out to all the region of the bay area to remind ourselves, why are we not extending educational opportunities to alameda, to all the other regions, to santa clara, to silicon valley.

let all these kids come out, this wonderful veltdevelopment of a lifetime for them to see what we are doing here. with regards to the native plant, we need to challenge all of them because yeah we will be building a north street. in san francisco, i remember peter, in your last presentation to the commission for treasure island as you look around the bay area we have all these native plants. yeah we could be a repozsitory

now. we have all the experts and with all the enthusiasm of peter summerville and peter the other peter i see you guys are working -- i mean, all this stuff that we are getting from you all the time is less we convene. less we convene, we interact more with the board of supervisors and everybody in the region. why don't we convene and brainstorm how we can maximize all these great developments and everything that we've talked about here in order to have the maximum vision that the late mayor lee and including the new one mayor london breed can do this? so that's why we're all excited about this development here is because when it is done it will make people want to spend time on treasure island and yerba buena island that they do in san francisco or sausalito

or anywhere in north america. so keep us posted. and we'll work with you to do whatever he need. let me ask public comment please on this wonderful presentation. do you have any ideas you want to relate to us? okay. none for now. that's fantastic. thank you all for your wonderful work on this important project. kate the next thing on the agenda. >> item 7, discussion of future agenda items for directors. >> okay. we will reconvene and thank ahead. thank you again for the presence of the museum treasure island museum and all of you for sitting through these deliberations. now you get a glimpse of what we are doing here. we take our jobs here very

seriously, our developments. there is no questions we can rebuild the island because we have the professional expertise. but we also know that in order to have a point of destination we need to look at the legacy and history and put all of those together and that's why all of you will continue to be our partners and much thank you for your presence here today. meeting adjourned.

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>> i would like to take roll. [roll call] commissioner brookter is excused. you have a quorum. also present are chief william swot and director paul henderson from the department of police accountability. >> thank you. good evening, everybody. this is the november 13, 2019 meeting of the san francisco police commission. we don't have an extensive agenda tonight. so we'll allow three minutes for public comment. and we are ready for the first item. >> line item 1 consent calendar receive and file action. sfpd/dpa document protocol, quarter 13. request the chief of police to accept

a donation from the police association for use of the sfpd wilderness program accept a gift of $5,000 from the children of deceased officer blackwell for use of the gym equipment for the northern station. >> thank you. can i have a motion on those two items together? is there a second? >> to watch a presentation regarding sergeant blackwell gift. >> all right. let's see if there's a second yet. >> i do. >> okay. now we are ready for the presentation and we'll take public comment. >> okay. thank you. >> should be on. >> thank you commissioners chief scott. i'm the commander officer the captain of the northern policization station.

i want to thank you for -- police station. i want to thank you for allowing us to make this request. blackwell was a sergeant at northern police station. he was taken from us far too son but he was well-respected among men and women of northern police station. we were contacted by his daughter kelly blackwell garcia. she conveyed to us it was important to her and her siblings that they remember their daughter with a gift of gym equipment to northern station and i humbly thank you for considering the request. >> thank you for the presentation. any comments from commissioners? okay. any public comment on items 1 and 2? please step up. >> hi. before i start, don't start the clock. i want to make sure the -- i'm blanking

on the word, the overhead projector is on. >> all right. and you are going to address just the two items. >> yes, one of the items. and this is working? okay. my name is michael. i am here to urge you to vote no on the $6,000 donation that the police officers association wants to donate to the police department. we recently went through a very polarizing race for the district attorney. and unfortunately the police officers association which i believe in many instances acts as a gang, yes the poa acts as a gang. and they spent over $600,000 on a lot of propaganda regarding the district attorney's race. and i would like to go to the overhead.

let me -- well. which way? there we go. this is part of the propaganda that they sent out. using mug shots of individuals who they say are criminals and then on the back, they say that one of the candidates was the number one choice of criminals and gang members. this kind of propaganda you can come back to me on the camera. this kind of propaganda is not only offensive but it harms effective policing in this city. this is not okay that the gang that runs the police officers association raised $600,000 for this kind of devicive propaganda

to get their message out. so now they are offering you $6,000? $6,000? it's crumbs. i don't think this commission should in any way be accepting donations from the police officers association until there is accountability of their just awful, terrible role in the recent election and how they spent $600,000 on offensive polarizing propaganda that i have to repeat harms effective policing in san francisco. if you vote yes on the $6,000 of crumbs for the wilderness program that the police department runs in my view, you are endorsing what the police officers

association has done in this recent election. please reject the $6,000 donation they are offering you. thank you. >> any other public comment on these items? all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner dejesus. >> i'm just wondering can we discuss this? can we take 1, 2 and 3 separately? or just discuss it? >> well right now it's just there are two requests. i had them bunched but you want to vote on them separately? >> i would prefer to do that. what do you think? >> well, this is not a committee, actually >> no, just to have discussion among ourselves. >> we can discuss it. all right. we'll separate the vote out. the first item we are voting on is the $6,000 wilderness program which we just heard comment on. but public comment is closed. what is it that you want to say? all right. yes commissioner hamasaki. >> i mean i guess i appreciate the

speaker's words. and i guess my only thought is -- or my thought is if there's money that's being used by the poa, and i do agree with the speaker that some of the political tactics and so forth were reprehensible and beneath the dignity of the department, but then again, this is not the police department's actions and this only represents the p. o. a.^ but in my view this is $6,000 that won't be spent on any future reprehensible conduct. so i'm a bit conflicted. i do understand what the speaker is saying. but at the end of the day i think it's been widely reported that

were it not for all of this reprehensible conduct our new district attorney probably wouldn't be in office. so i think that maybe it ended up working out well for him. and he's the candidate you support. so i don't know. i'm a little conflicted. it seems like the money going to the wilderness program is a good thing. money generally going to the wilderness program is a good thing and it's $6,000 that they can't get themselves in trouble with. >> i would like to ask you to have a seat please. commissioner -- vice president taylor. yes please have a seat. >> i wanted to ask the chief to tell us the commission about the wilderness program. >> thank you commissioner, for that.

the wilderness program has been around for many, many years. and i don't have an act date, but for many years. and really, two things, two objectives. number one it allows us an opportunity to really engage with youth from san francisco at a whole different level than we would ever get to do in our regular duties. the young folks are taken you know camping and explore nature explore the wild if you will. there's volunteer organizations that are behind it that helped over the years to keep this program going. and it's a very worthwhile event both for the development of people that normally would not get that opportunity to do those type of adventures and second thing in terms of building community and trust with our officers. so it's a very worthwhile effort, the wilderness program. and like i said it's one of the staples that's been around for a

very long time. >> thank you for that, chief. i would note i'm sure, and i don't want to speak for my fellow commissioners, but there have been a number of things that the poa has done that i'm sure that one or all of us have disagreed with. and you know, the speaker referenced the most recent ad that it's funny and notable that at one point the poa sued one of the other candidates in the race. so you don't have to agree with what the poa is doing in all instances. but the point of this donation the point of this program, is to help children, to help disadvantaged youth in the city who would not have opportunities would not have these opportunities otherwise. so that's why i wanted to hear from the chief about the program to see what the program was for and to make sure it's something that we can all get behind and support. and at least for me i can speak for

myself, it's certainly a worthy cause. >> yes. the police wilderness program has been around for a while. officer scott, who was the son of a former police chief who was a former football player, cal berkeley graduate, started that program. he never promoted in his career so he could remain in that program something he took seriously, taking kids from the western addition, bayview chinatown, taking them camping. and that was something he was very dedicated to. and to us it's an opportunity for officers to have relationships with these young men and women that foster trust between them and the community. and this police commission, and we do work and generally agree with pretty much everything at the end of the day but we have a dialogue. and what we are seeing is deviciveness, san francisco is known

for its one-way streets but the poa has first member rights to say what they want to say. people vote the way they want to vote. so being emotional or divisive doesn't work in this situation, especially for children going camping so i suggest we work for it. >> i also want to thank you the community forment cooing and speaking about -- for coming and speaking about the situation and the ads. i am happy and will be asking the chief to accept this donation because i think the money is going to the members, which is what the money should be used for helping its members do their job in a better way and improve their sort of quality of life while they're on the job. and i think that bicepping this donation, they are -- by accepting this donation, they are going to be able to repair the relationship with the community which is something that has been broken, and the community really

wants to relationship back, and i think police officers do too. and i think this is a good step in that direction and i'm happy to see that this money is going toward something positive rather than negative. thank you. >> after hearing from the commissioners and the chief i do agree. i think that this is going to a worthy program that we have heard about before. and i think that, again, i think we all support because this does give young people who don't have this opportunity the opportunity. and just to be clear we don't regulate the union. the union does their own thing. we have oversight over the members. and i don't think a lot of people were happy with the conduct, but i don't think that should deprive the young people and the members who are working with the young people the opportunity to

do the good work that's being done through the wilderness program. i do appreciate the comments. >> okay. let's put it to a vote then. all in favor of the donation to wilderness program $6,000 please signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> any opposed? it passes unanimously. we would like to have a vote on the second one. and this is the $5,000 donation to the northern police station in memory of sergeant thomas blackwell. >> so moved >> all right. any second? >> second >> all right. all in favor? >> aye >> any opposed? that carries unanimously. thank you. next item please. thank you. >> thank you captain. >> line item 2 reports to the commission, discussion. 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 the

significant incidents. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the incidents for a future meeting. provide a summary of planned activities and events occurring since the previous meeting. this will include a brief overview of any events in san francisco having an impact on public safety. the discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. community and youth engagement update provide an overview of recent community and youth engagement activities and presentation of the third quarter 2019 audit of electronic communication devices. >> thank you. good evening, chief. >> good evening president hirsch, vice president taylor, commission and executive director henderson. i'm going to start off tonight's report with our crime trends. overall crime is down 6 percent. property crime is down 6 percent year

to date. burglaries down 17 percent. our auto burglaries down 4 percent company compared to last year and down 50 percent when compared to this time 2017. violent crime is down 7 percent overall led by homicides which are down 18 percent. we have 33 year to date and we had 40 this time last year. so we are really working hard to try to finish the year strong on keeping the homicides low. it's a really good year. we haven't had a year like this in a long time. so we hope we can keep that going until the end of the year and beyond. we had no homicides last week to report. happy with that news. as i reported last week, there were four homicides in october and three in september. 22 of the 33 were cleared. 21 cleared by arrest and one cleared

by exceptional clearance. as to overall gun violence, we have had 115 total victims of gun violence. and that is a result of 95 shooting incidents. some have multiple victims. this represents an 11 percent decrease from 2018. and of the 115 victims, 20 of the gun violence victims resulted in fatalities or homicides. again our five-year trend is very, very pleasing and positive overall. our homicides as i said, we are as low as we've been this point in the year for the last five years. our shooting victims, we are as low as we've been for the last five years and our homicides with firearms, we are as low as we've been in the last five years. so really good trends. we'll continue to work hard to keep that going throughout the end of the year and beyond.

significant incidents for the week. we had four shootings that resulted in six injuries to victims this past week. one occurred at third in the bayview district, which left two victims injured with gunshots. the second incident occurred at geary and stockton in central which left one victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. and another victim received minor injuries as he attempted to intervene in a robbery attempt near the stone mall. taylor and market we had a victim shot several times following a verbal altercation. all of these cases are still in the process of being investigated. no suspects have been arrested at this point. another crime of note, another incident of note, not a crime, at least it hasn't been determined a crime at this point unfortunately we had a deceased infant found at lincoln park golf course in the richmond district on

november 9. the officers were called to the scene by golfers who found the deceased infant in the park. our medics arrived and pronounced the infant dead. and early indications indicate the baby was stillborn and probably abandoned. it's still under investigation and there's still investigation by the medical examiners office. our homicide unit is actually conducting this investigation. so we will report if it turns out to be anything other than a natural. we have not located the mother of this infant yet. the public has any information, please call us on that. another incident to report is an aggravated assault which resulted in a stabbing on the 100 block of eddy on the tenderloin on november 11. our victim who was wheelchair bound was attacked by an unknown suspect who pushed the victim out

of the chair and stabbed him multiple times in the back. victim was transported and treated for life threatening injuries but is still surviving or has survived the injuries. two possible suspects have been identified from surveillance cameras in the area but this one is still under investigation. so we will keep the public informed on any arrest that might come from evidence in that case. yesterday participanted in a press event in chinatown -- participated in a press event. and it was regarding recent incidents that had gotten quite a bit of coverage in chinatown. robberies assaults and the like. and i want to give a quick and very brief summary of some of the results. several of these incidents have gotten a lot of media attention and public attention and rightfully so. they are vicious attacks and heinous incidents. but here are some of the results. i'll be very brief on just a list

of some of the ones that we have actually had success in identifying and arresting the perpetrators. we had a robbery in july of this year at pacific and stockton street that received a lot of media attention. there was a videotape robbery and beating of our victims that resulted in a victim being knocked unconscious as he was struck in the face by the suspect. we've made an arrest on that case actually on october 22nd, 2019. and those charges were filed by the district attorney's office. second incident, july 9, 2019, aggravated assault on stockton. suspect pulled out a multifaceted tool and attempted to stab the victim on the head. we were able to follow up on leads with help from the public. the officers identified the suspect and that suspect was taken into custody. we had a robbery in august on the 600 block of pacific street.

we had a suspect who was robbed of his wallet by suspect. the suspect fled into the housing unit. the officers because of their relationships with members of that community were able to get follow-up information and identify the suspect. and that suspect was arrested on november 5 of this year just last week. september 2019 we had an aggravated assault on broad way and columbus. our victim was walking in the area of montgomery when she was attacked randomly and without provocation. approximately 15 minutes later another victim was randomly punched in the face. our officers were able to recover video from that incident and actually midnight watch officers from central actually identified the suspect and took him into custody

that night. november 2019 we had an assault on 1100 block of stockton street where a juvenile attempted to hit a victim with a baseball bat. we were able to actually because of a quick response take that juvenile into custody as well. and that arrest was made. november 2019 we had a theft actually a robbery, cell phone was snatched from a victim's hand. then a little while later another cell phone was robbed from another victim. multiple officers from central responded quick response resulted in arrests of two suspects that same night. november 2019, another cell phone robbery occurred as a woman was waiting for her uber. our central officers responded, actually identified a possible suspect and detained the suspect and arrested that suspect the same night after positive identification. november 2019, this was just last

week actually, the00 block of full street and 200 block of geary we had two cell phone robberies. and again our officers did a fantastic job in following up on the information arrested two juvenile suspects who were both arrested and booked at the juvenile justice center on that case. so i want to report that, because the public has been very much interested and rightfully in so in these cases. many are high-profile cases. they have gotten a lot of social media coverage or news coverage. and although our first and foremost objective is to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place through our deployment which i will discuss in a minute when they do happen, we do everything we can to bring the people to justice. so good information for the public to know the results of these cases. and hopefully of the ones we have not been able to solve we will continue to work and solve those as well. in terms of our strategies for these

crimes we increased our patrols after one of the october robberies. increased foot patrols, expanded foot patrol hours. we also have four housing officers that are working the patrols. and that's from morning to evening. that visibility we believe has allowed for some prevention and quick responses have resulted in positive results in terms of arrests. our bilingual officers are available wednesdays and fridays. we ask the public to engage, talk to the officers. if you are a victim of the crime, we need to you to report it. very important you report the crime. many of these cases have been solved because people come forward with cell phone videos. and that information is very important. so we are in the community.

please report so we can take action if anyone is victimized. [stand by]

>> we met with students from alive and free, that is the dr. marshall operation and basically we received feedback on them from our proposed or drafted know your rights brochure. we received a lot of good feedback from the youth that attended it and we plan to also

engage with other groups, including some at the schools and in the city, and the youth commission to get feedback before we make any adjustments. there are a couple of learning points in this bill. very good feedback to begin with but sometimes as the adults in the room, we tend to over complicate things and some of the combatant -- comments from some of the students or kids that we talked to is to make it simple. we are actually looking to make this brochure a little bit simpler, a little bit more user-friendly. we all get it, but the audience we really want to understand the brochure and know their rights of the youth we are engaging with. we will make this judgement after all the feedback is done. i'm sure the commissioners will be apprised of all the adjustments. the work will continue on that. i wanted to let the commission know that engagement has been very helpful and we intend to

continue that with the other youth groups i mentioned. that will conclude this portion of the report. >> thank you chief. a couple of questions on the street climbs that -- crimes that you described around the central station did those all involve the chinese community? >> not all, majority of them, but not all of them. >> and the question i had unrelated to directly what you have said, we had any officer involved shootings in the last couple of months? >> we have had -- no, we did. >> we had the two off-duty incidents, but since june of 2018 we have not had an on-duty officer involved shooting. >> that is correct. we have not had one in 17 months now. >> thank you. >> thank you. chief, following up on the issues that have -- it seems like they plagued chinatown recently, and i saw those videos

of one of the incidents which was i actually couldn't watch it. i started to watch it and i said i don't need to seem -- see an elderly person get assaulted. is there an increase or is it that we are seeing more coverage to the media? some of the incidents that have happened are absolutely horrific how are things trending in the central just take -- district, and mainly in the chinatown area >> overall, crime has been on the decrease in chinatown. that includes all categories except for aggravated assault, which is -- when i last checked, was 21 crimes year-to-date. pretty much everything else has been reduced in chinatown. the central district includes chinatown.