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at those cases, whether indirectly, from the audit, that led to other things, the audit was the allocation of what was heard. in the first quarter, there were three hits that led to internal investigations, and in the second quarter, we had one hit that led to an internal affairs investigation. >> can i say, i think that is fantastic because that is the first time that any of that has been made transparent to me, the commission, or the public. i think that this is an opportunity, that we should have a full report from what internal affairs is doing in terms of the discipline so that
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we can have a comparison of apples to apples with the work that's being done by d.p.a. and see that. the whole point is to address bias from investigations, and that connection of the bots should tell us that bias is being revealed by being investigated was not part of the report. it has never been part of the report, and to the degree internal affairs is addressing bias in any specific way i think is exactly the reason why that kind of information should be revealed in some sort of regulated reporting. i know that it's come up in the past -- >> commissioner hamasaki: let's agendize it. let's keep it moving. >> can i just address that point? >> vice president elias: i think commissioner hamasaki raises a good point. i think we do need to agendize
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it. i have commented in the past to have i.a. agendize what their numbers are and what they're doing, and we still haven't had a response, or a request to put it on the agenda. are there any other comments by commissioners with respect to this presentation? i don't see any in the chat, i don't think. okay. thank you. thank you for the presentation. can we turn to public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to make public comment regarding line item 8. if you'd like to make public comment, please press star, three now. good evening, caller. you have one minute.
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good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> yes, i'm going to keep it brief. i think it's ironic to be talking about bias when you have commissioner hamasaki wanting item 6 to go now on the agenda and not later because he was tweeting earlier to get people to call in, his protest people. you talk about bias, you talk about hate, you talk about racist. he should not be allowed on the commission. the trust of the commission is just -- it's gone to hell. we don't trust you. we know you have antipolice sentiments, and you know what? you need to be disbanded. that's all i have to say. you're a disgrace. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> hello. john crew again. i like the report, but i have to say, there should be a
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report report dealing with the officers' social media. the ripa report recommends to conduct an audit of the member's social media. racist or bigoted posts are a problem of officers nationwide. critically, these examples trigger a deep concern about affiliations with white supremacist or racist groups and have an effect on those organizations that are focused on serving and protecting. i've asked for police departments to take a proactive -- >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller.
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you have one. >> hi. thank you for your time. i'm a long-time s.f. resident, first time police commission caller. i'm calling to make two points. first, commissioner hamasaki mentioned that sfpd is one of the highest paid departments in the nation. that is true, but it's one of the lowest paid in the bay area. second point, regarding tonight's discussion on social media policy, i'd like to point out that commissioner hamasaki has tweeted during tonight's police commission meeting, he's tweeted out posts that criticize public commenters, so when you talk about auditing police department members, you
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audit commission members, as well. >> clerk: hello, caller. you have one minute. >> commissioner hamasaki, there's a surge in asian hate crimes. you still support chesa, and i don't know why. who's representing asian americans here? >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> yes. i just wanted to make a comment -- this is yolanda williams -- about the fact that you wanted to discuss morale, and that you would bring the p.o.a. in, and i think you should bring in the apoa, f.o.j., and p.r.i.d.e.
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i think we should be able to address all of the issues around morale, and i thank you for this time, and i thank you for your opinion. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> yeah. so again, i'm going to keep this short. again, i've already spoken to it, but commissioner hamasaki, you are extremely hypocritical. you need to really follow your own advice and watch your social media. you're not part of the public, you're on the job. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> [indiscernible] since we're talking about hamasaki's tweets, yes, i'm aware that he
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says that we should speak at the meetings, but we are independent people. we think our ourselves, and we hope that callers will think for themselves, as well. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> yeah. it seems like it's black history month every month. thank you, larry yee, for bringing asians into the conversation. the black on asian hate crimes have not been addressed. hamasaki, how dare you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> hello. is that me? >> clerk: yes.
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>> hello. my name's amy. i just wanted to say chief scott, the chief of police, from 2017 to 2019, [indiscernible] but now, the crime and the asian hate goes up, and bill scott should be keeping his position. the robberies, the cars stolen, every day, we see that. i don't want the city of san francisco to become a terrible see, so i want the city to be made more safe. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller.
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you have one minute. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> hi. i'm calling about -- i'm calling about line item 6. i'm calling to register a complaint that it's been moved to the end. i have a time constraint and i cannot stay on these calls all evening long. and also, i'm an asian woman, and i completely support chesa boudin. this m.o.u. situation is a disgrace of the last 1.5 years of organizing in san francisco, and i'm appalled by this commission and this police department. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. [indiscernible]
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. >> clerk: caller, are you there? >> yes, oh, i'm sorry. can you hear me? >> clerk: yes. >> yes. my name is felicia jones, and i'm with wealth and disparities in the black community, and i would just like to say, i am really sick and tired of all these p.o.a. people coming on here and talking about commissioners and talking about black people. and the thing of it is is that the p.o.a. talks about black people. they have threatened mayor breed, they have threatened malia cohen, they have called black people dogs. you know what? p.o.a. get off the damn phone. it's a problem in san francisco with damned police rareform,
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and we are here -- police reform, and we are to make sure that we talk about black people that are killed by the police. for all the people who want to talk about asians that have been killed and commissioner hamasaki, get off the phone because we have been here over seven years. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have one minute. >> hi. i was just calling in reference to the hamasaki conversation and also line item 8, to see that i agree it should be looked into, why the auditing is not happening on social media in that -- and also a determination on who is making the determinations of bias when the polices come in or when there's a flag and whether that is publicly elected board or
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supervisorory committee, and i think that, also, calling for accountability in policing does not equate to being antipolice, so i -- supervisory committee, and i think that, also, calling for accountability in policing does not equate to being antipolice, so i would ask the callers to distinguish between that, as well. >> clerk: thank you. hello, caller. you have one minute. [please stand by]
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>> commissioners, there are some callers who live in daly city
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and they want to represent san francisco. for the last 40 years, i have been in the trenches. i know the fake ones. so, you commissioners, you all have no way of filtering the callers. we don't need these people to be speaking for somebody else. speak for yourselves. and what's important in san francisco are good actions. anybody can talk the talk, but to walk the walk is important. it is a shame that while the commission is going on, the chair is missing in action. where is the chair? did she come and just for a few moments and then she is in and out? >> thank you.
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that is the end of public comment. >> think you. line item 10. >> line item 10 is discussion and possible action to adopt revised general order 6.09, domestic violence and the vesting -- domestic violence manual. approved by the commission on january 13th, 2021. discussion and possible action. >> i moved to adopt. >> was anyone presenting on this? or is it just up for adoption? >> it is just up for present -- up for adoption. >> it has been presented numerous times. >> can i get a second? >> i second. >> great. sergeant? >> on the motion to adopt this... i'm sorry, i need to take public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to make public comment regarding line item 10, please press start three now. -- star three now.
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there is no public comment. >> great. take the vote. >> on the motion... [ roll call ] have six ayes. >> thank you. next item, please. >> line item 11 is discussion and possible action to adopt resolution urging the board of supervisors to authorize the chief of police to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $125,000 from the u.s. department of justice, office of the community oriented policing services community policing
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microgrid program to support the community trust and legitimacy project for the project of said cover first, 2021 through august 31st, 2022 and weaving indirect costs. discussion and possible action. >> okay. who is presenting on this? >> that is director leon. >> thank you. >> i am the chief financial officer for the san francisco police department. we applied and were rewarded a grant for the cops' micro grant. i'm happy to answer any questions that anyone may have. >> commissioners, any questions? >> i have a question. i will make it brief. thank you, president.
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great work on obtaining this grant. i know that every cent counts. every additional effort to engage communities, especially in the tenderloin is really important. my only questions are, is there a plan in place to report back about the impact of the activities? i understand there will be some workshops taking place, some more beat officers. what is the mechanism to give us an update on the impact of this effort? >> there are metrics that are part of the grant program. i would have to check back on what specific metrics are recorded, but i can check the after. >> thank you. that would be great. and the second question, there is language around monolingual community impact. are there specific languages that you guys are focusing on or is that part of the assessments that you are still engaging in?
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>> that would be part of the assessment. captain canning and his team would work on that as part of the program. >> it would be great if weather on orderly or at the end of the year there would be some kind of update on the impact of this because, obviously, this is a great benefit to the community. thank you. >> thank you. before director henderson, commissioner ozaki, did you have a comment? okay. director henderson? >> i was just going to say, these grants come with fiscal accounting in them. so maybe this could be one of the things that gets reported on regularly so when we have the conversation about the acceptance of the grants that we also get a presentation on what the outcomes are in measure from third-party so we know it and
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then if we don't track it publicly, we can track it in our respective roles to see how that stuff is getting done. and that would add another layer of transparency to the grants that we are moving along and passing. then we would actually know and see which communities are being serviced and/or what the requirements are. those reporting obligations are typically done from the issuing agency and maybe those things can come through the commission as well. that his work that is already being done. it just adds a layer of transparency that we can evaluate. just a suggestion. >> thank you. seeing no other hands, can i get an adoption? >> i motion to adopt. >> thank you. second? >> i will second it. >> thank you. can i get public comment and then a vote? >> members of the public who would like to make public comment regarding line item 11,
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please press start three now -- star three now. there is no public comment. >> great. take a vote, please. >> on the motion... [ roll call ] you have six ayes. >> thank you. let's move onto the next item. >> line item 12 is discussion and possible action to adopt a resolution urging -- hurting the board of supervisors to authorize the chief of police to accept and expend an in-kind gift of 900 units of naloxone valued at 66,600 through the naloxone distribution project, which is funded by the substance
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abuse and mental health services administration and administered by the department of healthcare services. discussion and possible action. >> who is presenting on this? >> this is director leon. >> thank you. >> good afternoon -- good evening, president and commissioners. i'm happy to answer any questions anybody may have. >> any questions? >> i have one question. do we know how many officers are trained on the use of the narcan? >> i don't have current papers anymore, but many of our patrol officers and special units are trained on the application of naloxone. >> i will just add to that, it is part of our cpr training and cpr certification, which we all have to go through. everybody has to train on using naloxone when they get trained for cpr. >> thank you very much, chief scott.
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>> can i get a motion to adopt? >> motion to adopt. >> second, please. >> i will second. >> rate, thank you. commissioner how masaki, can i get public comment and then a vote? >> the public is welcome to make public comment online item 12. if you'd like to make public comment, please press start three -- star three now. good evening, you have one minute. >> narcan is another, you know, work hazard for police officers. this is a hard job to do, just so you guys know. when they are exposed to that, it is almost like -- [ indiscernible ] -- you don't recognize that this is a hazard and the challenges these cops are facing.
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you tie their hands and you persecute all of them. it's ridiculous. you guys are pro- criminal and anti- cop. >> thank you. good evening, you have one minute. >> hi, i was just calling to see whether the narcan distribution would extend further than the police department to other community organizations that also assist in narcan use and prevention, and whether the proposal can or could be considered. thanks. >> thank you. that is the end of public comment.
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>> great. thank you. let's take a vote. >> on the motion... [ roll call ] you have six ayes. >> i'm sorry. one moment, please. director leon, can you please read out what it is? >> thank you. i wanted to respond to the caller. if you can look for the naloxone distribution project, that's where you can apply for
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naloxone. thank you. >> thank you. we appreciate that. next item, please. >> line item 13. presentation of d.p.h.'s racial equity action plan update. equity and transparency discussion. >> good evening. welcome. i love your attire. >> thank you. it is in honor of black history month. thank you. >> thank you so much. good evening, commissioners, director henderson, chief scott, members of the public. tonight i will be presenting the update on the racial equity action plan. i gave a presentation january 2021 of the steps that we have been taking that i'm here to give you an update. the purpose of the project is a process of eliminating racial disparities and improving outcomes for everybody. it is the intentional and continuous practice of changing
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policies, practising systems and structures by prioritizing measurable change in the lives of people of color. it has always been in the forefront and focus of d.p.h. since director henderson took office in 2017. we were tasked with this in 2020 with creating a racial equity action plan through the guidance of the office of racial equity under the leadership of the human rights commission. the plan was created by pulling a working group from our various units in the office including operation, outreach, audit, the investigative team and legal. we have roundtable discussions and ideas to support one another with our racial equity action plan, which is on our website, as well as through the office of racial equity. we divided the racial equity plan into workable sections for
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each member to contribute. and in addition, we expanded the racial equity action plan by meeting with our law enforcement agencies such as the san francisco police department, the sheriff's apartment, adult probation, juvenile probation, as well as cba and to create a safe idea -- create a safe space for black officers and officers of color to share their thoughts and concerns with respect to policing. we did this by creating these circles of support that we still have going on and we had one in december. we will have one -- we had one in january and we will have one in march. in which this circle of support for black officers and officers of color can express their thoughts. this is led from we are stronghold