and u c sf and cal san francisco researchers with regard to developing a model that takes exactly that into account. uses the hospitalization number and extrapolates that to the broader population at large to come up with an estimate of the reproductive rate. it's publicly available with regard to what the reproductive rate estimate is. you can dig deeper into that on the website which we can certainly provide to you. >> thank you, dr. colfax. there no further questions at this time. this concludes today's press conference. thank you madam mayor and dr. colfax for your time.

>> good evening. welcome to the august 12 meeting of the police commission. please call the roll. [roll call] >> i a quorum. chief william scott is here and chief of staff is here with us tonight.

>> thank you very much. for members of the public who wish to make a comment on any of the items on the agenda the phone number is (408)418-9388 access (146)187-6545. the board of supervisors meeting is still happening right now. this is viewable on sfgovtv.org. for anyone who would like to watch it live, it is streamed on that website. members of the public please mute any devices. sergeant junk blood.

>> this meeting is televised by sfgovtv. please dial the number on the screen and enter the access code on the screen. >> one more housekeeping item.

members of the public and presenters there are three different english proficiency reports tonight. after the sfpd report i will ask sarah from d.p.a. to start so they can be heard together. when members of the public are able to comment they will have her presentation. please call the first line item. >> 1. adoption of minutes. the meetings of july 1, 8, 15 of 2020. >> motion? >> motion. >> second. >> please call the roll for the vote. >> we need to make public comment. members of the public to make public comment online item one

for adoption of minutes press star 3 to raise your hand. we have one caller. >> you have two minutes. >> this is mimi clausener. i have asked you to separate the chief's report, dph director's report and commissioner's reports. you refused to do so. the sunshine ordinance restricts combining of discussion or action items independent from each other and must allow public testimony on each item for discussion or action. specifically, section 67-point 7-a agenda requirements regular meeting said at least 72 hours before the regular meeting policy body shall post agenda

containing meaningful description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting. the statement is for discussion only. a policy body shall post the agenda on the internet site 72 hours before the regular meeting. since it has been several months i have to conclude you are discouraging meaningful public comment. i ask you what is so threatening about hearing from the people you are supposed to be representing? >> can everybody mute themselves? >> thank you. this is to note briefly. this is something the previous commissions looked into and

specifically made a decision about. this commission is waiting on advice on this specific issue as well. any more callers? >> no, that is it. >> next line item. >> on the motion for the adoption of minutes. commissioner da jesus. >> yes. >> hama stocky. >> yes. >> elias. >> yes. >> brookter. >> question. >> taylor. >> yes. >> the motion passes. next line item. >> consent calendar. request for approval to accept donation of 244 backpacks from the park quell foundation to be distributed to community-based organizations b magic and mo

magic valued at $2,440. d.p.a. document protocol quarterly report. >> are we just voting on this. >> we are just voting. >> do i have a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> any public comment? >> members of the public that would like to have public comment online item 2, consent calendar hit star 3 now to raise your hand. >> there is no public comment. >> please call the vote. >> on the motion to request approval of donation of backpack. commissioner dejesus. >> yes.

>> hama saki. >> yes. >> commissioner elias. >> thank you for the donation, and yes. >> commissioner brookter. >> yes. >> vice president taylor. >> ditto on the thanks and yes. >> you have five questions. >> the motion passes. next line item. document protocol quarterly report. >> is someone presenting on this? >> no. >> do i have a motion? >> so moved. >> is this the d.p.a. report that commissioner taylor spoke about moving it to september? let's take this off the calendar today and move it to september for a more complete matter about the d.p.a. and document protocol

and the issues between d.p.a. and the police department with regard to access to documents. we will take this off and discuss this in september. >> line item 3. reports to the commission. discussion. achieve's report. weekly crime trends, provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. major significant incidents. activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to the determining whether or not to calder for a future meeting. >> update on 20-44. presentation of the family code. presentation of the department's

collection analysis of sexual assault kit evidence. 16-28 adopted april 20, 2016. presentation of the limited english proficiency annual report 2019. you. >> about evening, vice president taylor, commissioners, chief of staff and the public. i will start my report today with crime trends then move to the significant incidents and update on resolutions expressing support for black lives, 20-44. after that we will have deputy chief give a presentation on family code 6228 quarterly report and then we will do a presentation on the department's collection analysis of sexual assault kit evidence and

reporting of the results to sexual assault victims report then a presentation about the limited english proficiency annual report 2019. >> crime trends for the week. we are overall down 22% year-to-date. sorry down 22% come teared to last week. year-to-date 19% compared to 2019. looking at the crimes this week we were 19% down over last week. year-to-date down 18%. however, the bad news is that homicides are up 13% as of august 9th. i have a report of several homicides since then that i will give a quick list and we will

have more details in next week's report. as of august 9th there were 27 homicides in 2020. that is a 13% increase. there are no homicides between august 9. then five homicides in july. 13 of the 27 cases are clear and 12 were cleared by arrest and one cleared by exceptional means. gun violence down 4%. we had a shooting in the reporting period. one shooting causing injury to two victims. total 59 incidents resulting in 75 victims. this report is sent to the commission. if you look at gun violence for the five year trend, we have

modest reductions this year. we are still below where we were last year when you look at the previous five years. we are significant lee-l signift year. property crimes last week versus this week down 22%. year-to-date 19%. auto burglaries down 17%. 52% when we compare to 2017. again, good progress. we know this year has been affected by covid and that caused percentage decrease this year. i want to go back to shootings district by district contrary to

year-to-date analysis. bayview district leads in terms of volume of shootings. 27 shooting incidents this year in bayview. that is compared to 24 last year. they are significantly above the other districts. the next closest is tenderloin with 14 shootings this year compared to 7 last year. there are several district stations that have had modest reduction. northern district 4 compared to 3. the district is even. increases include 6 from last year to 10 this year. mission from 8 last year to 9 this year.

>> someone should mute themselves. >> significant incidents this week. i want to share with the commission you are familiar with the case of avacasa. his mother is frequently at the commission reminding everybody the public and the commission not to forget her son's death, which happened in 2006. every year on august 16th ms. brown and her family and the police department and community members have a memorial service at the site where he was killed at grove and baker. she plans to do that again this year. i talked to ms. brown today. we know what we are facing with

the pandemic and social distancing and face coverings will be part of this event, but i would like to mention this will be this friday, august 14th. this will make the 14th anniversary of the shooting death. our investigators continue to pursue leads related to the incident. we are seeking public assistance to solve this cold case. he was shot multiple times at 3:14 p.m. on august 14th. we hope that somebody out there saw it and knows what is going on. after all of this time we are still asking for the public's assistance to bring this for a resolution for the family. on friday, ms. brown will speak about her son's murder and to remind the public there is a $250,000 reward for information

leading to the arrest and prosecution of the suspect or suspects in the death. as i mentioned earlier. we had nwe had since august 9th. since then we had a homicide on august 10 in the 1900 block of sunnydale. multiple rounds and the victim was transported to the san francisco general and succumbed to his injuries. he had some affiliation with one of the local neighborhood gangs. we are looking for video evidence to bring this to a resolution and hold those responsible who committed this crime. an additional homicide on augus. campus. we are cooperating with the

u.c.s.f. pd who has jurisdiction over the crime. we are asking for public support. unknown suspect stole the victim's phone plugged into a wall at the location. victim and suspect got into a fiscal altercation and immediately following the altercation the victim exited and collapsed on the sidewalk. he was pronounced deceased. this did occur on the hospital property. we will assist in any way possible. we have an m.o.u. with the police to give them the jurisdiction on this homicide. we also had a shooting in the 1300 block. this occurred on august 7th. victim transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen. two other occupants in the

vehicle. one left the hospital and one helped the victim in the emergency room. the victim made statements to investigators to shed light on this before surgery. our location is unknown. we are using our technology to try to pinpoint the location of the shooting so we can investigate to figure out who committed this crime. anyone with information please call our hit line. there is an aggravated assault in the tenderloin district regarding an aggravated assault. victim was 75 years old unconscious and bleeding from the head when officers arrived at the scene. the victim was transported.

the investigation revealed the suspect walked up behind the victim and knocked him to the ground. later that day the tenderloin station officers detained the man matching the description who was arrested and charge chargedh with the crime. using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony and inflicting great bodily injury causing the victim to go into unconsciousness. again, good work by the officers. that is unprovoked and unfortunate incident that is unacceptable. we are glad we are able to make an arrest on that incident. before i move to the resolution and update. i will pause if the commission has any questions. >> i was really excited to see

zero homicides last week. it is unfortunate we couldn't keep that up. i hope that this will be the beginning of a continuing trend of decrease in violence and the community will come together in a special way. that is my prayer and my hope when you first started talking about ms. brown i thought you were going to say someone was arrested. i got so excited. unfortunately, that is not where the conversation went. again, i hope that this is the last year that ms. brown will have to have the vigil for her son on august 14th. next year i hope she spends it with her family in a very different way. >> we are still working that case. we are going to continue to work it until we solve it.

>> i don't see any questions from commissioners. >> update on resolution 20-44. on july 15th. the commission passed 20-44 expressing support for black lives. this directed that the department develop and post a sign 32 by 24 inches at all district stations featuring the expression of black lives matter. this was voted on unanimously by our commission, and sponsored by commissioner brookter and the poster that the department was given was to have the poster in place with in 30-days of the passage of this resolution. i want to talk about the process of developing this poster. i will read what we came up with. first i will say this is a very

positive experience for me as chief of police of this organization. i want to take my hats off to the commission for their leadership and also for the members of our police department traembraced there. i won't tell you every member of the police department is excited but most of us are. as we roll out the finished product, we actually reached out across the department to get in put on the creation of this poster. we will talk about what that resulted in. to develop not only the expression but what it means to us as an organization and we wanted to do that in a very broad and complete way. what you will see in a second is that we reached out to every corner of the police department,

every bureau and station. what does this expression mean to you? to your station? we wanted each commanding officer sworn or not sworn to get a committee together in their command of officers and/or personnel to ask that question. we asked for at least two statements. they could come up with more. we put together a committee representing all ranks. once we got those statements to vote in a democratic process on those statements we felt that exemplified the values of this commission and police department. the poster was bigger than minimum to get everything on there that we wanted to express. we wanted to take this opportunity to reaffirm the

values of this police department. the first paragraph states our values. how they come to play in terms of the expression for black lives and that they matter to this organization. that is followed by our why statement from command staff to every district station, we were asked to come up with why? why is this important to you? as you talked to every person. everybody asked do black lives matter to you, that answer was yes. we are going to do away with the butts. we are going to answer the question why does it matter to you? that is what they were asked. sergeant youngblood has a video. we want to roll out our finished

product. i have a prototype printed. we wanted to be ready for the update. i will turn to that right now so you can see it. sergeant youngblood will put this video on so you can read what this means. we will turn the camera. you can't read the words. we have a slightly bigger than movie size poster mounted on a metal frame that is very durable. these are the frames we have at the academy on our hangings on

the wall to reemphasize what is the organization. you can see the color scheme. black lives matter is in the black and green. commissioner brookter talked about what that means in terms of the san francisco police department in blue. we wanted to stand out as black lives matter to the san francisco police department. followed by you can see this and you will read it in a second about reaffirmation of values. everyone in the department has why it is important. it ends up with what i will read to you. it is very important. this was a quote by our 44th president barack obama. eloquently stated our nation's

44th president barack obama. i quote. i know there are some who criticize the phrase black lives matter as if the motion as if other lives don't matter. all lives matter, blue lives matter. i understand the point they are trying to make. it is also important to understand the phrase refers to the motion there is a specific vulnerablvulnerability for afrin americans to be addressed. last paragraph is what we are trying to do to make this narrative better. there is a link for anybody interested in seeing with what we are doing to make this better and affirm we are going to walk the talk in this police department. anything that anybody wants to see about what we are doing to address these issues. that is the highlight.

one other thing. when you see this, when you walk into the district station, that statement will be highlighted. if you walk into the station the statement will be highlighted. residents of southern station or anybody doing business at southern can see why this is important. that is for each individual station to have their own highlight. we wanted to go above and beyond what was asked of us. we wanted something special and affirm the values of the police department. we have achieved that. thank you. would you play the video.

>> this video, i will hand the camera so the commission can see the statements. this is difficult for the public and the commission to read.

we will reposition the camera. >> chief, if you don't mind and have the vocal chords, if you could read it for me, i love how every borough and district station has their own station why black lives matter. i thought it was really powerful. that might be easier than trying to read the poster. >> i will do that. thank you. >> unless the other commissioners object. that might be easier for the public. i will read each one. black lives matter to the san

francisco police department. prologue. reaffirmation of our values. as our nation and city grapple with the reality of social and racial injustice facing our communities of color and past and recent deaths of black people resulting from police interaction the san francisco police department reaffirms this statement and values that we stand for safety with respect for all. our strategy statement and values are on the following tenants: we will engage in just, transparent, unbias and responsible policing in the spirit of dignity and in collaboration with the communities. we will maintain and build trust and respect as the guardian of constitutional and human rights. when any member of the san francisco police commission is asked the question do black lives matter to the san francisco police department or

commission? the answer is resoundingly yes. answering yes is not enough, however. it is important to the members of the san francisco police department that you know why black lives matter to us. following is our why from every corner of the sfpd beginning with command staff. we are committed to respect, dignity, equity inclusion and healing. special operations. black lives matter because human lives, equity and voices matter to us. investigations borough. black lives matter to us seeking peace and justice for victims, families and the community. history has under mined trust will not set the standard for the future. humanity and transparent builds trust. we are in this together.

airport borough. since 1619 the value of black lives is at the center of our challenges as a nation. it is a way of existing that should permeate every aspect of being an american. operations borough. we celebrate diversity and value voices of change. that was central district. southern district station. actively seeks justice and equality for black lives gives us as police the opportunity to live up to our oath and a chief true noticeability. >> the officers at bayview station choose to serve a community that has been underserved and discriminated against. black lives have always mattered to us and we will continue in partnership and with pride.

mission district. black lives matter to us. an expectation of equality in all aspects of american lives, education, healthcare and employment and application of law. northern district station. we reaffirm our oath and duty to respect black lives to continue the practice of unbiased policing while recognizing the impact of policing on black communities. district station. black lives matter to us at park station because we want to be part of bettering our society and institutions by overcoming systematic racism and racial inequality in all interactions as well as society and institutions. richmond district station. systematic oppression annual it is time for change. equality is required by and for

all. we have seen hate in every form. we have seen racism and oppression. we are here to fight for justice for all victims with this kind of motivation. black lives matter to us in the city. we value black lives among all the lives and we are stronger with black lives among all lives and stand against racism. >> we hear the call for racial equity from the police and are committed to unbiased and fair policing. tenderloin. black lives matter because we believe all of us are brothers and sisters. racism will never be tolerated in our ranks. >> as stated by the 44th president barack obama. i know that there are some who criticize the phrase black lives matter as if all lives don't

matter. yes, all lives matter. blue lives matter. i understand the point they are trying to make. it is important to understand black lives matter severes there is a specific vulnerability for african-americans. last paragraph our comprehensive reform initiative one priority is to address vulnerabilities long standing disparities with policing in black communities. to learn more about our progress in addressing these issues, please go to our website sf police.org/reform. just note that our technology team made it easier to find the website as a result of this resolution. that is a new link created this week. you don't have to search through

the website to go to the website. you can go straight to it. that is a result of this resolution to make ourselves more efficient and available for people to see what we are doing. that is the result. one note. we have to go to reprint. as noticed on the final print that our administration borough stated got omitted. they did have one and we will make that change when we roll them out to the station. >> thank you, chief, so much. i have to be honest. that made me teary when you read it to me. i have never heard anything like that coming out of any police department anywhere. you know, there is still work to be done. we will do the work. it makes me proud to be on this commission at this time and you

went above and beyond what we asked you to do. it makes me proud. >> thank you. >> the conversation we had and dialogue today, we weren't expecting anything at this level. one of my favorite authors talks about start with why? i think for a police department let alone other departments here in san francisco given the injustice that we have seen in black communities for our department to have the statement taking it seriously as you have and to produce what we have, i think it speaks to that first step. this is also sparking

conversations that are not only had in communities but within the city and county of san francisco. really again just it is moving. i want to say thank you to my fellow commissioners for unanimously voting for this. i think when we first mentioned it, commissioner hama saki and i said it is visible. it is going to be mounted. that speaks to how seriously you have taken this what has come from the community. i want to say thank you. again, this is one step in the right direction as we continue to push for reforms that we need you to make this department better and the community safer. it is one step towards that.

>> what is next? >> next we have deputy chief on the presentation. the quarterly report. >> good evening. chief administration to present the first 2020 to june 30 of 2020 of our code in the releases. as you can see through this last quarter 7133 reports were requested with 72 in the category of family code 6228. the vast majority requested by

e-mail under covid situation. all reports being processed in 1.4 days, a day and a half to get these reports back and ready domestic violence and assault on page 2 no delays or denials from these requests. this past quarter. the vast majority of the victims and were made in english with two spanish and three chinese speaking requests. it has been working to comply with the code.

>> i keep hearing background noise. please mute yourself when you are not speaking. that would be great. i don't see any comments on this line item. thank you very much. i am happy the department is in compliance. >> next we have the reporting of the sexual assault victim's report. >> good afternoon.

what i will do is go over the report that was submitted to you regarding sexual assault evidence kits for the reporting period january 1, 2020 to june 30, 2020 you should have the hard copy with you that was sent to the commissioners. this is pursuant to police commission resolution 1628. this basically expanded. >> can everyone mute themselves. someone is on the phone having other conversations and coughing. i want to hear the presenter.

thank you. >> thank you very much. on this resolution. this was expanded. this was adopted pursuant to 680 of the penal code at the same time the sexual assault survivors. is everybody on mute? i am getting some kind of feedback. i will continue. please let me know if you don't hear me. it is basically builds upon the sexual assault survivor's act of 2016. for this reporting period we have 119 kits submitted within the five-days. outside of that there were three that were beyond the five-days. of those three, those are outside jurisdictions. one in san diego pd, one is another police department

alameda pd and another one is out-of-county submittal through the property division. the crime lab within 120 days, the requirement they did 105 tests. out of those 105, the turnaround time is one of the best we have ever had. it is 14 days. when we did last year we were 45 days. the last reporting period we were 23. 14 is an amazing turn around time. again, i think that is something definitely to highlight. out of the kits the dna was profiled and got 49. out of those 49 they are entered into the code.

it is a dna index. out of that dna index the 49 we had 18 matches. from those 31 did not match within the index. 59 did not result in foreign dna profile that is equal to the amount of tests that they did. if you go down. one of the requirements of this law is notifications and outcomes to the survivors. with the special victims unit they will contact every person that is a victim of sexual assault and tell them what the results of the tests were, if it was submitted and tested. out of those we have 100.

we made 100 moat fixes. 14 -- notifications. 14 did not want contact or action. 134 were tested at -- some were tested at san francisco general they did not want police contact. what we do is if they don't want police contact we work with the advocates in the rape crisis center and make sure contact is made and they are provided services outside of the police department. out of agency cases eight. inactive cases 55. clear cases there are 18. those are arrests or action taken on that. open cases there are 49. some of these profiles not hit again submitted through cold

cases at a later time. somebody might not have the dna profile in the index but later in the future they show up. the cold case unit keeps track of the ones that we don't get actual bids on. those are inactive but open and retested. they are resubmitted. a number of cases charged by the district attorney were five and number of cases discharged were four. is there anybody that has any questions regarding my report? >> i see no virtual hands. thank you very much. i will ask you to call the next

line item. >> i believe the next line item is the presentation of the lep annual report by the department. >> yes we will present on the annual limited english proficiency report. >> good evening, commissioners chief scott and members of the community. this evening i will present on the department's annual limited english proficiency report for 2019 as mandated by order 5.20. i would like to begin the presentation by showing the department's video. we speak your language to

demonstrate the multiple languages spoken by our members. if you could play that, please. [ inaudible ]

>> thank you. next slide, please. the department currently has 352 certified bilingual members certified in five languages, spanish, cantonese, russian. there are 498 bilingual officers

self-identified speaks a foreign language beyond the five core. there are 94 civilian members and 31 civilian members totaling 975 bilingual members in the police department with 30 members from american sign language, arabic, french, japanese. portuguese, samoan and vietnamese. >> under order 5.20 section 303 requires reporting data in four areas. one, the number of calls for service contact and investigations where an incident report was required regarding

limitted english. 3602 such incident in 2019. two, the the manner in which interpretation was provided to limited english proficiency individuals in 2019. there were 1177 in person interpretations services provided by certified and non certified members. there were 6150 language line application interpretation services provided to members of the community totaling 7327 interpretation service incidents provided by the department. three, the complaints received concerning language access provided by the department includes accountable in 2019. the department reported four

total complaints. three were not sustained. one deemed to be proper conduct. two deemed after investigation as insufficient evidence and one was dropped by complaint. there was one complaint brought forward including a perceived complaint in which view determined a man darrin interpreter was provided. there were three complaints reported in review of the department of police accountability report. review of that determined that the constituted one proper conduct, one was unfounded and one complaint withdrawn by the complainant. four, department's resolution to language access complaint

entails continued commitment to language access by providing training, resources available, policy changes and consultation with office of immigrant affairs for best practices as well as ensuring compliance. in 2019, next slide, please. in 2019, the department achieved a number of accomplishments. first was collaboration to create a process to identify and track calls for service requiring language access services or response from bilingual officer. the goal was to improve response for tracking the calls involving members of the community. the department of emergency management issues a training

bulletin which involved secondary code assigned to the computer dispatch calls designated as lep. the call is closed out by dem indicating the language interned as well as whether or not the officers provided the services. calls closed by dem with code. spanish was span 1. that was to better track our language assistance that was provided to the community. the department also issued a department bulletin outlining what the officer's responsibilities as well. is notes reviewed secondary codes designated in the calls for lep to prioritize and review for expedited response as

needed. officers at conclusion will provide confirmation to the department of emergency management of the language interpreted and the disposition of the call. now, an additional accomplishment was facilitation by the department of the language line inside-out, smartphone application. this was training provided to officers at five stations including the tactical unit. the reason this is important, this provides direct access on the officer's smartphone with access to over 400 languages for interpretation available to provide to the community. in addition. the department facilitated trains for 103 academy recruits and aid of the general 5.20 involving limited efficiency practice scenarios and report

writing. it also administered four update courses for interpretation for law enforcement for certified bilingual and aids best practices on interpretation, different modes of interpretation and preserving the meaning of interpretation from the source to target language. in addition, the department coordinated with the department of human resources the testing and certification of 35 academy recruits at the academy. this helped to expand the pool of bilingual officers as they engage with the community and dhr committed to this process moving forward. language access provided interpretation services for district station and specialized units as needed in addition to public events such as town hall

meetings, summit and lbgq meeting. they also attended training hosted by the asian pacific island nonprofit association with the police bureau on best practices related to best training. that brought back to collabborate with the office of immigrant affairs to enhance training content for members. to date our 2020 accomplishments include completion of our department training at all 10 district stations. i have mention on the previous slide we completed five stations in training them on the mobile app. this language line mobile app which was available to the officers. we have now trained at the

station and deployed on all officers cell phones in the field. this provides greater access to language interpretation services within the community. we will continue to move forward in completion of training with all units within our investigation division. ensure all members have the language access tool to serve the limited english proficiency community. the department implemented an lep scenario in advance officer training as well to help provide members update on the best practices related to language access. now some of the 2020 goes we have moving forward the department continues to work on memorandum of understanding with the department of human resources enabling the department to proctor internal language certification and re-certification process to help

expedite certification of members. we collaborate on the expansion beyond certified five core languages based on data which is sourced from various resources from department of emergency management and self-audit to meet the language access needs. department also looks to explore higher standards of interpretation and certification with dhr based on research of internal needs. current city-wide certification for all departments is currently customer service level of proficiency. the goal of the department is to attain public safety level of proficiency specific to law enforcement. they are working to update our d.g.o. 5.20 training video to include updates related to the

mobile app language access app and to update best practices for members. the department will work with our language line vendor to help create district station and specialized unit codes to help track and identify lep needs to better serve the needs within the specific districts in our city. the department is committed to work with the department of police account ability to refine the notification of the language access complained to the departments language access lie liaison to remedy these through training. we appreciate the support to assist in des moines of this report and want -- in this report and timely resolutions as

needed. they will work with the language group to develop a mechanism to share recommendations with the department on a monthly basis for timely review and consideration. the department also is working to complete design and approval of a limited english proficiency pin for bilingual members and police service aid. the design is in process. upon completion will be forwarded to the safety committee for review and approval. i would like to thank the lep working group for this recommendation to help elevate importance of our bilingual members through this process. lastly. the department will work to consolidate the language in a number of our department bulletins, updated 5.20 to help

consolidate and mitigate any redundancies in our processes at this time. that concludes my presentation. i would like to reiterate the department will better serve the needs of the diverse communities moving forward. i am happy to take any questions now as needed. thank you. >> thank you. i don't see questions from commissioners. i think the next line item will go to the d.p.a. report and sarah hawkins will report on the d.p.a. language lep report next. can you cull the next line item. >> item 3. d.p.a. director's report.

annual access report. followed by report on d.p.a. activities announcements. brief description of activities and announcements. >> good evening. i am here today to talk about the lep report from the d.p.a. i want to acknowledge that i am lucky to be giving this presentation, but the work i am going to speak of was speer headed by our former director of policies and so many groups that were acknowledged and were part of the language access working group. they did a lot of work in this very critical area. will you please pull up the d.p.a. slides.

>> first slide about the 2019 cases. one discrepancy in our report versus department report there were three occasioncation three. when a case is opened it doesn't mean it is closed in the same year. three cases opened in 2018 were closed in 2019. that is the only difference in the numbers between the two reports. unfortunately, if those three cases were not captured. they weren't opened and closed in one calendar year. most cases aren't opened and closed in the same calendar year. you can see 11 cases opened or closed in 2019 involving four different languages. four were spanish, four mandarin, two cantonese and one

aurarabic. three cases had insufficient evidence to prove or disapprove allegations. two were proper conduct. two by complainants and one unfounded. you can add vance the slide. d.p.a.'s perspective on the top three accomplishments. first timely release of police reports for domestic violence be and sexual assault survivors that is important for the working group. sfpd is providing the incident reports for the survivors within five days of request. incident request forms are available in multiple languages on the sfpd website and police head quarters. second was a draft for the officers. this addressed the critical roles they play as first

responders to domestic violence and calls for service. this includes determination. language access for lep and deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, interviewing children and obtaining emergency protective orders. third deaf and hard of hearing working groups several community organizations including the deaf advocates and the commissioner drafted the d.g.o. in 2019 which was recently adopted. sfpd has expanded to deaf and hard of hearing communities and full implementations. advance to the next slide.

i think that is it. thank you. those are the partners we spoke of. i won't read all of them. the department acknowledged many of these organizations. i hope that some representatives might speak to the commission tonight. this is an important area of policy work that d.p.a. has participated in, partnered with these organizations and the department. we are committed and look forward to continuing all of our joint work in this area. thank you. >> thank you very much. i am getting feedback. do you have a question? >> thank you for that presentation.

i understand you you are filling some big shoes for the moment. remember the manual we worked on. can you tell us where it is in and when we can see it implemented to ensure it is in the field officer's hand with this information? >> right now i can't tell you. it is something that i am aware of. i have in the notes what it is. i will report at next week's commission. >> that was my only question.

>> as far as domestic violence manual that is in the final stage. we had a meeting on that manual. the second one is scheduled for tomorrow, i think. once we do that. we hope to be finished to get that manual in front of the commission. [please stand by]

our prior productions by category and case. previously, we were counting the number of productions, which made the numbers a little bit confusing. for example, some very large cases would have multiple productions broken into parts. the first half would be paper records. the second half would be transcribed interviews. we're going to continue to do production on a rolling basis, but what will note is case one, part a, part b, part c. and that will clarify the actual numbers. so it's a work in progress, but we've done a lot and we're just really excited to have the

information publicly available and i'll talk now about our latest releases. so since the last commission meeting, we've released one injury file and one officer-involved shooting file which was over a thousand pages worth of documents. that brings our new total to -- 7 officer involved shootings, 19gbi cases. we have 13 cases pending production in the dishonesty category and d.p.a. has determined we have no records in the sexual assault category. i think that summarizes everything. >> okay. sorry.

any questions? >> it was on the language access, but i just wanted to thank everybody involved on that. and i really can't impress how important it is that committee continue to go forward and that was it. i just didn't get my hand raised in time. thanks. >> all right, thank you. >> thank you. we should have -- [inaudible] -- i just want to say thank you to d.p.a. for working with the -- i'm sorry, i'm going to be a pain, but do you mind muting while the commissioner -- i'm getting a lot of feedback and i'll mute as well. >> thanks. i want to give a huge shoutout to d.p.a. for working diligently

getting 1420 online. this is one of the things very important to me and i work to get the policies and procedures in place for the department and d.p.a. and the commission to get the documents released to the public, because i feel that transparency is so important. and it's so amazing to hear in this short period of time, d.p.a. has been able to get an online portal so the community can go to the website and see the reports. i'm hopeful the department will follow suit. i'm told that they are also working on this and will hopefully have their online portal up and running within the next few months as well as the commission office as well. so we can have these records accessible to the public immediately. so thank you, sara, thank you, d.p.a. for your hard work. >> thank you. >> is that all from d.p.a.? great, thank you.

can you call the next line item? >> continuing on line item 3, reports to the commission. commission report is limited to a brief description of activities and commission president -- activities, commissioner president's report announcement. limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future meeting. scheduling of items identified and the commission action. >> i see no virtual hands. oh. commissioner? >> i'll be very, very brief. i wanted to give a shoutout to d.p.a. and the interns. i had an opportunity to have a discussion with the interns about the commission and our work that we're doing around

reform. and i'm always just delighted to speak with young people about the work we're doing and listening to them around what it is they're doing. sara, you'll be happy two of them reached out to me via e-mail, as i always make sure they're networking and staying connected. that was fun. >> great. thank you. and the rest of the d.p.a. and the interns. i see no other hands. next line item. >> we're going into public comment on line item 3. at this time the public is welcome to make public comment on line item 3. you can call.

for those already online -- >> did we have public comment on line item? yes, i'm sorry. ignore me. continue. i wanted to make sure people could comment on the presentation and that's exactly what you're doing. >> if you like to make a comment on line item 3. so far, commissioner, we have three public comments. >> great. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. i want to make sure you speak in term. i wanted to comment on the black lives matter posters inside the of the police stations. is that the appropriate time to comment on that? >> yes, go ahead. >> this is angela jenkins, i want to commend the chief, the commission and all of the people

who are putting together memorial to black lives. the one thing i see missing is the context of the black lives matter movement. i think we all need to know our history that we have in our midst, in the bay area, garza, a person who coined the phrase in a love letter to black people. the hashtag went viral when patrice turned it into a hashtag. i don't know that we're looking at that. it was actually created in the wake of trayvon martin's killing. in november of 2013, the i adequatal of his -- acquittal of his assailant created the black lives matter movement. it was done in affirmative action, a love letter, equating black people with being deserving of love. so if we do move forward, maybe

this should be taught in the academy. the whole history. that those people are local. alisa garza is local and still working actively to preserve and humanize black lives. thank you. >> thank you so much, ms. jenkins. next caller. >> good evening. you have two minutes. good evening. this is beverly from the san francisco domestic violence consortium. we've been so honored to be part of the d.p.a., and the community language work group for many years. and we love hearing the accomplishments. this is so great everything. it's a huge step forward. but i really want to encourage us to take the complaints

seriously. because those who speech english may not go forward with their complaints, there are certainly many more out there. we want to take each one of the complaints very, very seriously and recognize they represent more. also language access continues to be a barrier for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. we need to do more together. we need to keep the work group going and we need to get serious about taking the next few steps. i'm also very excited about the -- not only did it elevate the status of bilingual officers, but it helped residents identify officers who can offer help. we stand ready to help. we need to do more. let's keep going. >> thank you very much. next caller. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> it's been a few years since anyone talked about this, but

the police commission need -- and the city in general, but it's the police commission -- this is where everyone talks, needs to stop the direct energy that the city is in possession of. there is documents that prove it. that the city is in possession of microwave protection weapons and they can aim them at people's homes. and it doesn't hurt. you don't notice it. but over time, it causes organ damage and other things. so the city needs to look into the direct energy weapon and stop it. further more, the black lives matter signs, they don't mean anything if they're told to put them up. like, you could make a law that said that white supremacist that normally have a nazi flag must put up the black lives matter flag, even if they did it, you

know they don't really mean it. it needs to be optional. if they choose to put it up, that actually means something. thank you. >> thank you. any other callers? >> one more call. >> okay. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> thank you, good evening commissioners, john crew. i have a couple of items under item 3 i would suggest for calendaring of an item. first i want to compliment and thank commissioner brookter for taking the lead on the black lives matter posters and chief scott for the execution of this. i think we can't forget the p.o.a. opposed that and claimed it would be a wedge issue and to go forward in such a way says a lot for the department. but i wanted to point out that the examiner broke the news there is a proposed contract with the p.o.a. that has been agreed to that the membership of

the p.o.a. is going to vote on this weekend that will award them annual 3% pay raises. to my knowledge, this has not been discussed by the police commission and it was only a couple of months ago the chief association released a letter signed by chief scott and other chiefs of police from around the country that said in part in reaction to the george floyd killing that the balance of labor and management is often out of calibration, hamstring efforts to rid departments of problematic behavior as law enforcement executives we call for a review of those contracts and laws. i agree with chief scott and their colleagues. there has been no review of this contract. the police commission should put it on the calendar and before the board of supervisors approves this contract which apparently had no attempt to deal with reform issues, it should be discussed by the police commission. you can make a recommendation

whether or not this deal is a good one or bad one. they have a contract that runs until the end of june next year. there is no reason to rush into a sweetheart deal with them and get nothing return. i hope you support sb731. if you want to lead on reform, you have to take positions on important state legislation. thank you. >> thank you. next caller? >> commissioner, that is the end of public comment. >> okay. thank you. can you please call the next line item. >> line item 4, discussion and possible action to adopt revised department general order 5.17, bias-free policing, discussion and possible action. >> thank you. i'm going to ask you to put up on the screen, so the public can see, the changes to 5.17. the public may recall this

commission voted to pass 5.17, the bias-free policing on may 20th. it then went into be confirmed. we've all been pushing our lawyers, our representatives, to make the process a quick one. i'm very happy to see it back before us. i want to walk with the public through the changes that were made as a result. and we think they're pretty minimal and i think everyone will agree. so if you don't mind, scrolling down, sergeant. this is the first change as a result of switching the order of age and religion. continue. this is the second -- this is the second change. there was a comment that there was no such thing as -- you

know, it was difficult to explain what would be lawful bias, so it was an extraneous word and that's a minor point and one we agree with, because you know, we want to prohibit any bias. so, yeah, that was deleted. that word. and then the very last change is grounds the bias policing with this g.o. and the g.o. this defines it. these are very small changes and this commission's view and this is what we were willing to agree with. there was, you know, quite a bit we were not willing to agree with, but this is a result of the process and now it's back before the commission for adoption. so with that, if no one has a

question, i'm going to ask for a motion. >> second. >> okay. i think we need public comment? >> yes. members of the public who would like to make public comment on line item 4, the department general order 5.17, bias-free policing. please hit star 3 now to raise your hand. so far we have one comment. >> okay. >> good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> thank you, commissioners. john crew again. i agree these are non-substantive changes, but i think you cannot ignore how messed up this process has been. there is no explanation why this

went to meet and confer in the first place. this department is claiming to do collaborative reform, but it's not collaborative if you give the p.o.a. a chance to go behind closed doors. if they had concerns about these minor changes they could have and should have voiced them with members of the public if they wanted to collaborate. and they could have and should have in mid may publicly, during the hearing on this matter, said change these items. i appreciate the commission pushed back and it's only been three months, but this process is going to be repeated. after i had made issues about this and the bar association of san francisco thankfully, what in fact the p.o.a. was proposing. it was labelled by d.h.r. as a counterproposal as though the police commission had to ask the p.o.a. for permission to pass policies. that is completely wrong. i'm confused also that you went into closed session under the public promise that you would

only talk about legal advice. and now the next public discussion it turns out you've agreed to something. i don't mind about the substance, but i object to the commission going into closed session and talking about the substantive policy that is not within the scope of meet and confer. that is a violation of the brown act. i think for the future this needs to be clarified. if it requires a change in the contract, you need to make sure that d.h.r. addresses that as they apparently reached a tentative deal with the p.o.a. you're led around the nose by d.h.r. and undermining the public confidence in the collaborative process. if you talked about the issues tonight in closed session, that was a violation of the brown act. i'm not going to object, because i want this policy implemented. >> thank you very much. is there any further public comment? >> yes. good evening, caller, you have two minutes.

caller, are you there? we'll go to the next one. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> good evening, again, this is angela jenkins. i hope at this point let me be correct -- if i'm wrong, that i can speak to the new policy bias-free policing. is this the correct point to talk to that? >> absolutely. >> i do want to say that i'm pleased to watch this particular policy come forward. it was a hard-fought and hard worked on d.g.o., department general orders. it also had in the past that i enjoyed the policy for bias, policing other civilians and that is what happened in trayvon

martin's case, where i referred to the black lives matter movement came from a proxy case. that of trayvon martin, a young man killed by a neighborhood watch person. so, please do approve this policy going forward. let it be the only one in the nation, hopefully, where law enforcement officers are aware of their own bias, but also prevent the bias from nonpolice officers or other civilians. thank you. >> thank you so much and thank you for your hard work and contribution to the working group on this. >> thank you. bye-bye. >> any other callers? >> last one. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> hi. this is rebecca young from the racial justice committee. i was a member of the working group. >> hi, how are you? >> i would like to urge the commission to adopt the revised

d.g.o.5.17 on bias-free policing. this new d.g.o. is light years ahead of the prior 5.17, the policy is simply stated and easy to understand. the definitions are clear and comprehensive and include the new category of bias by proxy, which is essential to what we're seeing today. the requirement of respect and courtesy and the intersection with 5.03 is tremendous. and i also want to thank chief scott for his leadership on this d.g.o. and for commander yuen shepherding the process. so we urge the commission to adopt 5.17. >> again, thank you for your work and contribution to the working group. any other callers? >> no ma'am. >> i think we have a motion and

a second. so i'll ask you to call roll for the vote. >> to adopt 5.17 as revised. >> [vote called] you have five yeses. >> great, 5.17 has been adopteded. i know commissioner elias is happy about that as well as the chief. thank you to everyone who was involved in revising the d.g.o. next line item. >> line item 5, general public comment. at this time the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes

for items that do not appear on the agenda, but 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 d.p.a. personnel. comments are opportunities to speak during the public comment period are done by calling the number on your screen, access code. press pound and pound again. and dial star 3 if you would like to raise your hand. alternatively, you may submit public comment by e-mailing the police commission, or you may use postal service by addressing to the public safety building, san francisco, california, 94158. if members of the public can hit

star 3 to raise their hands if you wish to make public comment. [please stand by] [please stand by] >> is there a motion?

>> motion. >> second? >> second. >> public comment. >> you have two minutes. >> thank you. on the brown act concern. i believe as i look at the calendar you have three disciplinary matters in closed session where you may be taking action tonight. two months ago i pointed out if any of these cases involve s sb1421 conduct, namely shootings, bodsly injury, dishonesty and sexual assault that the exception under the brown act to keep that disposition information secret no longer applies because it is no longer confidential in state law. i believe you are obligated to

disclose results of those cases. that did not happen in september of 2019 in the jessica williams matter when you suspended a sergeant for 45 days for killing jessica williams. why the public had to wait all of that time period is beyond me. you have an obligation to do that. you should exercise the discretion as u.s. department of justice calls on you to do to maximize transparency on disciplinary results. i have not had any explanation. you have had all sorts of cases not disclosed. when the commission takes action. i would rather not have to file a complaint with the ethics commission with the sunshine task force. i hope you choose transparency. you promised it through the

cops' recommendations. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other callers? >> that is it. >> i think now. go ahead. >> i want to take something out of order. i will ask to agendize the contract that was on public contract. i had no idea that was happening. i know the commissioner mentioned it. i will ask to agendize this to afford the community an opportunity to know what is going on. as well as myself and other commissioners. >> i am eager to know what is going on. i am eager to look this up when we have a chance. yes, i will want to hear about this in the future commission meeting. >> now back to this line item.

roll call vote. >> line item 7 to vote to close item 8 in closed session. >> line item 6. >> i think we are voting online item 7. we have had public comment. now we are voting. [roll call] >> you have five yes, sirs. >> that is impressive.

>> we are now going into closed session.