>> clerk: vice president elias, i'd like to take roll. >> vice president elias: please. [roll call] >> clerk: vice president elias, you have a quorum. also present is police chief bill scott and director henderson. >> vice president elias: thank you. sergeant, can you please call

the first matter. >> clerk: line item 1, general public comment. at this time, members of the public are now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission, speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or d.p.a. personnel. under police commission rules of order, during public comment, neither police or d.p.a. personnel, nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public by may provide a brief response. if you wish to enter public comment, you may do so by calling 415-655-0001, meeting

i.d. 2493-879-2403, then press pound and pound again. press star, three to enter the queue to speak. at this time, members of the public who are present may lineup against the wall to speak. good morning, miss brown. >> hi. my name is miss brown. i've come here again. i'm glad you're opened back up, calling about my son, aubrey abrakasa, murdered august 14, 2006. i am still on the frontlines, trying to get my son's case solved. i brought the names of the persons that murdered my son

that were in process of -- thomas hannibal, jason hunter, [indiscernible] and marcus carter. terrence moffat isn't there anymore. i'm looking for another way to get my son's case, not only there's other mothers and fathers that were supposed to be here that could not be here today. this is my son's body, laying on a gurney. this is all that i had. that is something that i have to deal with for the rest of my

life, and i don't want to. i need some closure, and if i have to keep coming here for the rest of my life, i will. i'm glad you're opened back up because i wasn't able to show you via conference call. this is not easy for me, but i have to advocate. i am my son's voice now, and i need help getting my son's case solved. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> so commissioners, i see there are some changes made as

the police commission, and what we have to focus on, quality of life issues that have been impacted all over the city, so stop bringing issues where you all are ganging up on one another that doesn't do the city good. for the last three months, the way some of you have acted is pathetic, and i think you need an orientation on how to behave, and if you focus on critical matter, you stay on

point, but if you rely on the newspapers and some of the issues that you haven't reviewed, then you're going to be behaving the way you have behaved in the past. so we can change this, turn this ship around, address quality of life issues and life in the city and county of san francisco. the citizens of san francisco want you to address quality of life issues. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes.

>> my name is susan buckman, and i live in district 7, and i work with wealth and disparities in the black community. i have grown tired of talking to the police commission, the sfpd, and to the board of supervisors. where is the urgency? if the tables were turned, and these statistics represented white folks, i know there would be an urgency. when are you going to address the harsh statistics? you took an oath to support and uphold to seek the law for all san franciscans.

per the report, sfpd arrests black residents at the highest rate of any major california city. in 2020, the sfpds arrest rate for black residents was 9.8 times higher than it was for nonblack residents, and 3.8 times the arrests statewide. we demand the cessation of police stops for repeat traffic infractions. racist policemen can often turn a minor matter into a life threatening situation. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, my name is david aaronson. i'm a member of district 1 and i'm a member of wealth and

disparities in the black community. there is an issue to address the injustice of black san franciscans. i've grown tired of san francisco police commission. i'm tired of comments falling on deaf ears, so we've sought help from attorney general banta. recently, the police report was released and another was released from the center of juvenile and criminal justice. the c.j.c. made the same

recommendations. according to sfpds only data, a black san franciscan is six times as likely to be stopped for racial profiling as a black san franciscan. this is more than five times as high as the state average. this police commission must end stops for minor matters, which is an opportunity for sfpd to wield its racism. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. my name is [indiscernible] and i'm also with wealth and disparities in the black community, calling with a quote why -- quote from our founder,

felicia jones [indiscernible] to support and seek the good for all san franciscans. i'm tired, but not tired enough to quit, tired of beating a dead horse, tired of fighting the same battle. the recent report from the center for juvenile justice, per the report, sfpd has the highest cost per square mile to patrol yet the sfpd has the lowest solve rate of any major

city. the sfpd is the only police agency in california that refuses to identify hispanic and latino in their reporting. thank you for your time. >> clerk: vice president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: next item. >> clerk: item 2, consent calendar, receive and file, action. fourth quarter 2021 safe streets for all report, sfpd s.b. 1421 monthly report,

s.d.p. d.p. 1421 and s.b. 16 monthly report. these items are on the consent calendar. if anyone would like to sever any of these items, please identify the item, and we will work to agendize it but there will be no discussion of the item tonight. >> vice president elias: thank you, sergeant youngblood. i would like to agendize s.b. 1421 and s.b. 16. could we get public comment, please. >> clerk: at this time, members

of the public may provide public comment. please approach the podium or press star, three. there are no callers for public comment. >> vice president elias: great. can i get a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> vice president elias: thank you. sergeant youngblood? [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. >> vice president elias: yes item? >> clerk: line ice 3, chief's report. discussion. weekly crime trends. provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. major, significant incidents. provide a summary of plans activities and events. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or 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 determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. >> chief scott: good evening, vice president elias, commissioners, members of the public, and anyone present. with that, the one crime trend that i want to highlight is the piece of good news that our gun violence is down 36% year-to-date. we did have three shooting incidents this week, and i'll discuss those in a second with the update on the significant incidents. significant incidents for this week, this past week, good news on homicides during the

reporting, bad news this week. calls stemmed from a 911 call, concerning a person who received a gunshot wound to the upper body. officers arrived and observed a victim who was deceased at the scene. anybody with any information on this crime or any other crime in san francisco, you can call 415-575-4444, and that information can be kept anonymous. weekly, three shooting incidents are as follows: on march 9, at 2:00 p.m., at newcome and mindell, two

occupants in a vehicle shot at the other one. the victim sustained gunshot wounds to the upper leg and abdomen and self-transported to san francisco general and is expected to arrive. investigators are looking at evidence, and this incident is being handled by our community violence reduction team. on march 7 at 7:00 p.m., there was an incident at clara and fourth in the southern district. the victim was walking when the suspect came from behind and demanded his phone. the suspect fired a gun and the victim fled the scene and ran into a nearby business. the third incident was on march

11 in the bayview district. the victim and an acquaintance were sitting in a vehicle when they heard shots and the victim received several shots. the victim had warrants unrelated for the shooting, and the quaintance and the girlfriend admitted to the shooting and were arrested. the victim was also placed under arrest for the warrant, and that has been solved with an arrest. other significant incidents in the tenderloin on 8 march at 7:40 p.m., there was a stranger kidnap. two unknown suspects broke into

a vehicle and stole the vehicle and child. a short distance away, the suspect placed the child outside of the vehicle. the victim followed the vehicle until she lost it near treasure island. during the search, officers have located the vehicle but did not locate the individual or individuals involved in the incident. there is an on going investigation with a vehicle on lombard and hyde street on 3 march. the suspect vehicle was double parked next to the victim's war while the suspect exited his vehicle and removed the items from the victim's car. the victim leapt onto the hood of the suspect's vehicle,

rolled off, and the suspect at that time fled at a high rate of speed. an officer followed for a short time on hyde and was unable to keep up with the vehicle. per department -- our department policy, we are unable to pursue the suspect, but the officers did get the vehicle information and we are conducting a follow-up information. we will continue to work on that case, and hopefully we will be able to bring that to resolution. no stunt driving and no fatal traffic collisions. from march 18 to march 20, starting at 9:45, the u.s. navy deployment will be docked at pier 30 and 32. we usually get a lot of tourists and people wanting to see the navy ships, but they

will just be docked at the pier. on march -- chase this week, there's a john mayer concert on the 15 and 16. golden gate park, there's the san francisco marathon starting on the 19 at 7:00 a.m., and on the 20 at golden gate park, there's a concert at 11:00 a.m., lindy in the park. throughout the month of march, the san francisco band shell will host musicians and groups and in celebration of international woman's month, you can expect to hear women fronted bands throughout this

month, so for anybody who would like to come and enjoy that, that would be great. no baseball on the schedule, but we will advise how that develops, and that is the end of my report for this week. >> vice president elias: thank you. any commissioners have any questions? commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you, vice president cohen -- vice president elias. i apologize. chief, i was down in union square a couple of times this week and noticed an increased police presence. is that still the case? >> chief scott: thank you. i wanted to talk about that.

union square, the safe shopper deployment has decreased, but the deployment is still there. we have boosted the tenderloin station with additional deployment. it's on an overtime basis, but the deployment is an additional 20 officers on wednesdays because wednesdays are just typically because of our scheduling a heavy day, with a sergeant and lieutenant. they're going to be working a midday midwatch type of shift. we will reassess that deployment in three weeks, but some of what's happening is the response in the tenderloin to the gangbanging, drug dealing, and many things that the community has complained about and the commission has inquired about, and we do believe that

this deployment will help disrupt that activity. we are still doing our buy-busts, and i know there's been questions from the commission, and i know there's been discussion on that. one thing that's been consistent from the community members that i've been in, community members, they don't want drug use on the streets. most of the people, people don't use in front of a uniformed officers, but there are options, including arrests.

we've confiscated over eight pounds of fentanyl. those strategies are designed to disrupt the activity. it's not the end-all-be-all, but we will assess this in a few weeks and see where we go from there, and our plan is to make sure we have a presence there to disrupt the activity. >> commissioner byrne: just a follow up question, chief. i did notice the increased number of police vehicles, but have the foot patrols been increased? >> they have. the deployment and what is part of this plan, the officers that are being brought in, these additional officers, they are

assigned typical blocks, and the blocks where we've had trouble typically disrupting the drug sellers. most of the deployment is foot patrols. there are at least two patrol cars as a part of the deployment to support the officers, so to answer your question, most of them are foot patrol. >> commissioner byrne: thank you, chief. thank you, vice president. >> chief scott: thank you. >> thank you very much, vice president cindy elias. i just want to note that the gun violence is down since 2021, and that's a good thing.

i'm wondering if any of that has transferred from the tenderloin to the southern station, and if there's anything you want to do on there? >> chief scott: thank you for that, commissioner. there is some displacement, particularly seventh and mission is where it typically happens, but it sometimes happened deeper in the -- seven and market is where it typically happens, but it sometimes happens deeper in the

mission. we can't say that that has anything to do with what's going on in the tenderloin, but it is concerning. we will continue to try to drill on identification why these things are the way they are, but right now, we can't say that it has anything to do with the tenderloin. >> thank you very much, chief. >> vice president elias: thank you. can we go to public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is welcome to make public on-line item number 3. at this time, if you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. >> on my son's case, he was murdered august 14, 2006, at

approximately 3:00, in broad daylight, shot 30 times with a semiautomatic gun into my 16-year-old boy, just turned 17. his case number is 060862038. i also want to bring up about the digital monitoring displaying homicide victims. they've been down, coming up, and i was wondering if they can keep a tech person in there to keep these videos up. since we spear headed the digital homicide monitors for victims, i don't understand why they're not at the other precincts. i've talked with philpot, i've met the new homicide person,

which is calvin sanders, and there's some things that they're supposed to be doing, too, so i was worries about the homicide digital posters. why aren't they at the other precincts? and not only that, but they can put them at city agencies. i said d.m.v., but city agencies like the bus terminals, union light rail. you know, they have them there. that would help a whole lot, and we talked about the shootings that are down. one shooting is too much, especially for mothers and fathers like myself, mothers like myself that are still suffering. i don't care if the shooting was yesterday or 20 years ago. we're still affected by it, and the shootings are affect [indiscernible] by it, too, so please check on the monitors if you don't spear head it. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller.

you have two minutes. >> so commissioners, i think it's time to do a needs assessment of first gathering information in our city and then keeping a watch on all these guys who come from the east bay to sell drugs, and we don't do that. and if we don't do that, it's going to be business as usual. these people coming from the east bay come as if they're going to a normal job, and

that's what you commissioners have to review. find out the population of our city. find out how many people are now coming to the financial district, and find out exactly what is happening because it's not only in the tenderloin, it's happening all over the city. quality of life issues. that's your business as the commission. stop that. turn the ship around. >> clerk: thank you, caller. and vice president elias, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. next item? >> clerk: line item 4, d.p.a. director's report, discussion. report on recent d.p.a.

activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. >> vice president elias: hello, director henderson. >> director henderson: good evening. i have currently 173 cases that are currently open. i have 128 cases that have been closed so far this year. on case that's have -- on whose investigations have extended beyond the nine-month range, there are 32 of cases like that. this time last year, there were 39 cases that had extended beyond the nine-month range. again, as a reminder, the 12-month 3304 deadline from d.p.h. has not been breached

since i took over almost five years ago, and i will continue address being these cases to make sure they are not lost due to jurisdictional issues. of those cases, 25 are tolled, meaning there are independent statutes pausing the time. there are 13 cases awaiting decision from the commission themselves, and there are seven cases pending decisions in front of the chief. this week, the top allegations from cases that came in this week, 57% of them were for an officer displaying inappropriate behavior or making inappropriate comments. another was officers engaging

in selective enforcement. again, these are allegations. one of the things that i'm adding to the weekly update in addition where the allegations come in by the precinct, i've been including in the records that is turned over to the commission and is on the website, as well, a section entitled previous cases, so the commission can track more accurately where the cases are and seeing what happened not only this week but last week. so in this week, the highest number of allegations are in tenderloin station for failure to move encampments, blocking sidewalks and driveways, and the full breakdown, like i said, i'm not going to go through every single precinct, every single allegation. that is in the information and can be found in the records, i

just want to highlight some of the top ones which was asked as we previously talked about it. as we go on, i'm flushing out and giving more information rather than less just to people have a more accurate tool, and it's just something that's just not a snapshot in time, so i'll continue to do that. in terms of operations, we're really excited to work with z.f. associates on our proposal for the specific bridge program that will allow members of the public to contact our agency to get regular and independent updates on their allegations, so i think that's going to be a really powerful tool for the agency to have so they don't have to wait to see what's going on with their individual cases. they have a d.p. user

interface, and they develop capacities to meet the challenges of the community. they worked on a database and dashboard for wheelchair users and a communications database exclusively. we will continue this week to better understand what the deliverables will be for the partnership, and i'll keep you updated what the project unfolds so we can continue to make this system more robust internally for d.p.a. on the

individual cases. in terms of outreach, on march 9, we conducted two separate interactive know your rights workshops with independent high school, i.h.s. systemic oppression in everyday life, we also distributed new campaign cards that members of the commission should have received and are available through d.p.a., as well, and those cards were passed out. about 80 students received those cards from the agency. we also, last week -- or this week, sorry, this week, met with wendy still, who is the former chief from san francisco adult probation. she is now with alameda county board of supervisors, tasked with building out an expansion

of the police oversight work that they are doing. so she met with us this week, talking about the crossover issues for investigations related to both police misconduct allegations and sheriff misconduct allegations to try to troubleshoot, develop, and outline best practices. all of this work will be culminating in a 70-ish page report that she'll be presenting to alameda county officials that will be based on information she receives from here in san francisco. once i get the report, i'll make sure it's posted on our website and delivered to commissioners, as well.

again, if approximate members of the public would like to contact the department of police accountability, we are on shrine at sfgov.org/dpa, or you can contact them at 244-7711, and that concludes my report, although i am likely to have comments on several of the items coming up on the agenda. >> vice president elias: are there any questions for director henderson? i believe it's two cases, director henderson. >> director henderson: oh, is it? >> vice president elias: yes. okay. public comment. >> clerk: at this time, members of the public may address the commission for up to two minutes by approaching the

podium or pressing star, three. there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item. >> clerk: item 5, commission reports. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. commission president's report, commissioners' reports. commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. >> vice president elias: commissioner yanez? >> commissioner yanez: thank you. i hate to challenge my inner commissioner hamasaki, but

there was a report put out by the center on juvenile and criminal justice with an analysis and really disturbing things. they're not necessarily news, but when we aggregate information and there are numbers that are as alarming as these, i think they merit further discussions, so i definitely want to agendize that analysis of the cost per effort, per, what is it? residents and policing in san francisco and the challenges that we have with improving our racial disparities. so i note that i also want --

and so forth. >> chief scott: i can answer that we. as far as the latino and hispanic communities, our department does collect that data and d.p.a. has it in a report. i don't know what they base that on, but i do know that several years ago there was a record about how that data was collected by the sheriff's department on a citywide basis. i don't know if all of those issues got solved, but that was part of the conversation that's being worked on right now. as far as the police department, we report those

statistics, and they can be found in the qadr report that we report to this commission on a regular basis. . >> commissioner yanez: and when you make that report, do you have a way to report on the african diaspora and hispanic and latino? >> chief scott: no. we don't have that type of breakdown. i know that is something that's been discussed at a citywide level, but it's been on the discussion for several years

now. >> commissioner yanez: great. thank you. >> vice president elias: thank you. also. commissioner yanez, the ripa recommendations and the progress on the ripa recommendations are also being agendized in april. >> chief scott: and vice president, can i make one more comment to the ripa? it's what the officers perceive, not what's verified. it's important to make that noted. >> vice president elias: commissioner carter-oberstone? nothing? okay. commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you. i -- one thing i'd like to

agendize, i mentioned before, the police department issue on when the officers stand idly by when crimes are being committed. there's more than one incident that's been reported in the press, and i think this commission hear about what if anything is -- and i hope that is not a trend, but i note it is an interest in the community on that issue. the other thing i wanted to report is i'm going to try to do an evening patrol with the officers in the tenderloin by the end of this month. i've done the daytime patrol, and i'm just curious to see what it's like at night time down there and to see what's going on because i think it's important to highlight that area.

thank you. thank you. >> vice president elias: thank you. i think that we also asked to agendize on a prior occasion some of the complaints which you just wanted to agendize on standing idly by, so when we make that presentation, we can also address your concerns so we can have it on all at once. >> commissioner byrne: thank you. >> vice president elias: commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: thank you, vice president cindy elias. i wanted to work on social policies and making sure that whatever we have in the social policy, making sure that the incident that happened at central station doesn't happen again, avoid being anybody, i

guess, mistakenly click on the light button when it's not appropriate. that's something i'd like to see maybe put on the agenda. >> vice president elias: the social media policy? >> commissioner yanez: yes. >> vice president elias: okay. >> commissioner yanez: and last week, i was invited to the lee family banquet. they congratulated the officers doing their best to keep our city safe the last couple of years, so i'll end that, making sure we congratulate central station, so thank you, chief, and thank you, madam vice president cindy elias. >> vice president elias: thank you. can we get public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to make

public comment regarding line item 5, commission reports. if you'd like to make public comment, please step up to the podium or press star, three. vice president elias, there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item. >> clerk: line item 6, discussion regarding order regarding plaintiff's motion for sanctions in spiers versus city and county of san francisco, case number 20-cv-01357-jsc, discussion. >> vice president elias: thank you. colleagues, this item is on the agenda because i wanted to give my colleagues a chance to read and digest any of the issues cited. city attorney, do you have any

questions? >> i do, but would you like me to go first? good evening, commissioners. we took the comments made at the last meeting and had an in-depth look at our cases over the last five years. inevitably, any materials given to the city attorney's office is covered by the attorney-client privilege, so there's concern about those communications and litigation strategy, so within that, we took a look, and in the past five years, we found two things. one is our most 1983 cases were

in two buckets. we did not find within our cases anything that was similar to this, where we had an i.i.d. pending case along with the 1983 case. so we wanted to give you that assurance that we don't have something in the similar posture. what we also did was meet with sfpd and d.p.a. and discuss that matter of what we were concerned about in terms of how do we ensure that sfpd and the city attorney's office has all the information that we need, and we revised the unit order based on the comments that we heard from the commission. so you have a revised unit order on your desk in front of you that is clear, and it provides essentially that the only instance in which the city attorney's office would not receive is if asked.

i think it depends on the relationship between the city attorney's office and sfpd, when they were asked. i don't want to say yes, because it depends on the situation. we will receive all documents now. we will receive them, and we will litigate that, whether we're going to be turning them over during litigation in the court. >> vice president elias: but i think the issue is the department is going to be turning overall documents whether you ask for them or not. >> all documents will be turned over to the city attorney's

office except those highlighted by a separate court order. >> vice president elias: okay. i wonder if you can highlight the changes because this is different than what you presented last week. >> it's still an order but if you can look at the back. >> vice president elias: is it on the sanction? >> yes. >> vice president elias: any sanctions regarding sfpd, they should notify the police commission. will this notification to the police commission be the sector will you forward it to all commissioners? >> this is actually directed to police legal in terms of that, so i think it would be, correct me if i am wrong, it would be police legal.

>> chief scott: police legal will notify the secretary. we can put that in the process, and then, the secretary notifies the commission. >> vice president elias: will police legal -- how will they get notified there's an issue? will police legal on its own accord be notified -- >> chief scott: if the city attorney's representing his client, which is us, and an attorney comes down, a sanction on order comes down, typically, we get notified by the city attorney, but typically, we are in those hearings, and if, by chance, there's some chance that our attorney for police legal is in court, that determination would need to be made, as well. >> vice president elias: when you say police legal, it's an

attorney. it's sworn officers and attorneys in that unit. >> chief scott: there are sworn officers that represent the department in certain issues, but this was about the attorney representing his client. but either way, that notification would go to the secretary of the commission. if it's an attorney, police legal in court, and some sanction comes down or some order comes down to meet this notice, that notification would need to come from police legal to the commission office, the secretary. >> vice president elias: and who's in charge of police legal now? >> commander paul yapp is now. they also have a captain, mark coda. >> vice president elias: okay. that's the only changes that i had to the order. do any of my fellow commissioners have any changes or requests? commissioner carter-oberstone? >> commissioner carter

oberstone: just one question, not a change. when service members are responsive to a request, what is the responsibility that all of those requests are turned over? is it a test of the member's cell phone? how does that work? >> chief scott: i can answer that. on a department device, we do a phone dump, so all the text messages that are -- have been sent or received in that phone, we can pull the records, and that is what's done. there's also a direct request to the member, and for a couple of reasons. number one, they may be conducting business on the device that's not a department device, and we don't have access to those type of

records, so we also directly inquire. so both of those are done in these types of cases, and whatever records are pulled are put in the case file. >> vice president elias: okay. public comment? >> clerk: at this time, the public is now welcome to make public comment regarding line item 6. if you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. and vice president elias, there's no public comment. >> vice president elias: next item. >> clerk: line item 7, presentation from the department and hill arrested heintze, phase three progress report and sustain -- hillard

heintze. >> chief scott: so just a brief introduction. the powerpoint is only seven slides, so i'll get to that really quick. first of all, i wanted to thank the commission for giving us this opportunity to report on the c.r.i. i know with the events of the california d.o.j., it kind of

got overshadows by the events of the day, but there's been a lot of work done in terms of 90% of compliance of 242 of the 278 recommendations. we still have a lot of work to do in terms of sustainability and the remaining 27 recommendations, and i'll talk about that in a second in terms of how we plan to do that. this has been a long -- as you all know, you've been here for a number of years. it's been a long and arduous task to get these implemented. we know there are some budgetary incident tasks, but despite that, we are going to be pushing forward to implement

all of the recommendations. of the 245 recommendations that are in substantial compliance, there are a number that have preidentified sustainability measures that were written in the report, but i'll turn it over to miss kirby and let her talk about the slides. >> thank you. in regards to the time constraints, i'll limit the information that i'm going to present on the slides, but [indiscernible] have been part of this project since its inception in the usdoj program. i think as we come out of phase

three and the chief talks about the sustainability program, it's important to recognize where we came from. in 2016, the chief asked the [indiscernible] technical assistance program. after the publication of the report, the assessment was 278 recommendations, and then, they reached out to the california department of justice.

[indiscernible] the work with the california department of justice has resulted if improvements in phase three.

what we're really seeing is reduced use of force by sfpd officers and reaching out to mentally challenged health communities has been nationally recognized with the source policies and continues to grow along the continuum of crisis response. most of the work in achieving the reform goals in terms of substantial compliance was recognized in phase three, but we need to recognize the [indiscernible]

going to move on, the department continues to

demonstrate its intention to go and to drive further reform. what i can say is that the challenges will continue. we have systems issues, we have community issues, and we have the need to further integrate and implement internal controls through measures and substantiate our reform. i think that the department continues to reflect, and that's what this report demonstrates. for example, d.g.o. 3.01 [indiscernible] is a strong reflection of that commitment. this department and the community will have a role in voicing how the community of san francisco will be policed. i also think that the on going engagement between d.p.a. and the department on substantive

issues is one of the more promising practices to come out, director henderson has been an active partner during the collaborative reform project, and we continue to see [indiscernible] the california department of justice will continue to maintain its oversight goals which i think is a huge component of future success. we know that issues remain, and as transparency will continue to grow, this report identifies the department's ability to engage, identify, and correct problems that were done at the time of this assessment. we believe that this department is capable of delivering on the main recommendations.

at this time, i will revert back to the chief and will remain available to answer any questions that arise as a result of this presentation. >> chief scott: thank you, debra, and i know i only have about three minutes, so i'm going to get through this quickly. >> vice president elias: 1:40. >> chief scott: 1:40. if i can go to slide two, i'm going to highlight what this is about. sustainability is a heavy lift when it comes to reform, it's a very heavy lift, and this brief powerpoint is going to describe quickly what we're intending to sustain and how we're going to do it. go to slide two, please. this is basically the crux of the number of recommendations, 187, and as you add that bottom line across, it's 187, is the number of recommendations that have some type of

sustainability types of metrics written in the recommendations. the bottom is the number of recommendations. the first four columns are the recommendations of the sustainability requirements in those recommendations. so one recommendation might have, could have a number of sustainability requirements. the next thing on this -- the next slide, please, is how we do that, and part of that is creating a master c.r.i. sustainability spreadsheet that calls out what needs to be done. there's a whole set of oversight and accountability measures that need to be constantly -- well, implemented and constantly completed for us to reach the goal on that, like the yearly community policing plans and other things. before covid, precovid, we actually had it set up and the

meeting scheduled, and we had to reassign a number of those officers and sergeants back to patrol, so we are starting that back up now under the leadership of deputy chief lozar and our now c.e.d., the captain delgandeo, so i think that's an example of the matrix and the grid. next slide. although it takes people to oversee this work, we will have reminders to officers and supervisors and professional staff of when things are due. that's helped to enhance the sustainability and make sure we're on target as far as meeting our due dates and our

oversight. next slide. also, the report spells out how we will maintain sustainability and compliance. it fills out the process for timely updates and providing of materials. one of the things that we put in place this past year to make sure we got the recommendations completed is the assistant chief, myself, the director of public policy and the executive director of strategic management met regularly with the commanders in charge of reform, and those meetings are regular.

if it was within reason, we really made that happen, and it really became accelerated, so that's going to be part of our maintenance, and next slide -- i think that's the -- and this just identifies the type of records that the c.r.i. process entails. electronic records, hard copies, spreadsheets. the other thing i haven't mentioned is keeping the commission and public updated. we've gotten some feedback from our public groups such as wealth and disparities to make this information transparent, and we've done that. we've loaded most of this information on our website, so that is also something that we are committed to doing, and i think that's the last -- timeline. sorry. timeline is in front of you in terms of implementation with

the m.o.u. that was signed and supported by the commission with the california d.o.j. we have two years, basically, under this current m.o.u. to complete the remaining recommendations. we do think there's four of them that will be contingent upon technology, and we are hopeful that we can get that technology, but short of that, 23 recommendations, we're committed, and we believe we can get done within that two-year span. so here's the timeline for our sustainability implementation. what's going to happen in the next two months is in front of you. and next slide, please. questions or comments? i know it took longer than a minute. >> vice president elias: i know that. apparently our timer broke. so what happens or what's the accountability piece that's going to be in place for situations where, all right, we say we've done these recommendations, we've checked the box, we did this, but then,

in the future, when we look at it, and the fact that some of the policies that we are implementing, and the boxes we checked, some of the things aren't working? meaning, the culture isn't changing, and the violations that go against some of these reform efforts, and the behaviors that just don't align with the reform or the boxes we checked? then what happens? >> chief scott: well, i think there's a multiprong answer to that question. reform is never going to create a perfect organization, but what it does do is allow us to make adjustments. in policing, you're having to make adjustments all the time. if there's neglected duty associated with those issued, will that be an internal issue with the department of policing

affairs or will it be a department issue? part of this process was revamping our discipline system and our penalty guide and all of that, so we have transparency with officers. one of the findings was that officers didn't understand and believed that the discipline system was unfair and biased to certain people. and reform, if it's done the way it's designed to do, it's appropriate, and it's part of this process. the training and how we adjustment to whatever the issue of the day is, is really what reform is geared to do, and in my professional opinion because you always -- there's always some issue that comes up. how do we adjust to it, disparities. how are we going to deal with disparities? what policies are we putting in place to try to deal with that? and if we're not, we have to

adjust and put in place new policies that work. part of the thing with the d.o.j. was it was taking us way too long to make the changes. we were going around the system and weren't the best way to do business, and now, we've fixed that. this aggressive d.g.o. schedule will help us, and the accountability has to be fair and consistent and appropriate, but i think there's always going to be issues in policing. the question is that's what that concern is about. >> vice president elias: but the question is who's going to police us? now, it's hillard heintze, and they check the box, but in the future, who's going to check the box in saying hey, it's not

working and coming to fruition the way you thought it out? >> chief scott: yeah, i hear what you're saying, but it's really not a check box thing, because ultimately, the department is going to hold whoever is sitting in my seat and the department management holds us accountable.

>> director henderson: it makes sense to me one of the best

ways that we can keep informed in the reforms that have been made and the items that have been reported on is to have updates so we can see how the department is implementing those changes. again, my suggestion is weekly updates that include a quarterly update and an annual summary that both looks at the data, collects the data, analyzes the data in a more published way that we can track these things so we aren't having the same discussions and ambiguity three months from now, six months from now, on issues that have been addressed internal that should be external, so that's my comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. commissioner yanez? >> commissioner yanez: thank you, vice president elias. a couple of questions on the

sustainability timeline. you talk about review of bias recommendations. i'd like to know what that specifically entails, and when you're reviewing recommendations, are we looking at metrics to introduce because when i was looking at the numbers covid and precovid, the disparities stayed pretty consistent. and i guess this would be a question also for the heintze consulting group, because in their experience, how long does it take to gain traction going from revising d.g.o.s and, you know, creating the structures for accountability and for that to begin to reap the rewards of and impact in those, you know, discrepancies?

. >> chief scott: that is the question, and i know miss kirby is still on the line, and i'll weigh-in. some changes can be immediate. if you have a policy change, we have not had a policy change since 2016 when that was implemented. that policy change no longer exists because we don't use it anymore. others take some time. i don't know if anybody could have predicted how impactful the last, you know, five years after our last use of force policy have actually been, almost a 60% decrease in use of force and about 70% decrease in pointing of firearms. five years, and we've seen a steady decline, can't say we can expect that for every policy change. the disparity is, i think, a bigger hill to climb for us,

and to your other question before miss kirby weighs in on this, the general review of the bias recommendations is just that. there's a number of bias recommendations, and many of them will allow us to have better outcomes for what this was designed to do, so that's how we're working. i know you asked for miss kirby's opinion on that, as well. >> yeah, and thank you. [indiscernible] when we look at what is improvement and what are the outcomes and goals, the work in what was traditionally called bias at the time in 2016, so that tells you how things change, has been progressive in this department. they just did some substantial

outreach at the time of this report. so they're identifying a dashboard, and now, it's a question of measuring outcomes and seeing what is the contributing outcomes to what are disparities, and are they relates to outcomes, are they relates to systems issues, and being able to address it in a more intelligence perspective in terms of what do the data show and what is the response? i think san francisco is not alone in its struggle. i think there's some exaggeration, but i think you develop a sort of oversight for both now and in the future. i think the chief has

identified specific factors that are measured now, and that is decreased force against people of color in san francisco. that is ultimately the outcome there, but that's been enough, right? there's more work to come, and i think that what we've seen is a framework that will allow that, and as the department builds up its work plan, they will start to see the impacts. the department is looking at that, and i think we'll work with the cal d.o.j. and that improvement gets us there, but i don't think anybody can measure the outcome on disparity and when it'll be resolved. >> commissioner yanez: i guess i would like to echo director

henderson's sentiment around the more we can get information in real-time. i don't know if we can come to agreement whether this happens on a monthly basis or a quarterly basis, but i think these items continue to come up and they merit that level of investigation, so i will continue. >> vice president elias: yeah, why don't you speak with director henderson, and we can can agendize it. >> director henderson: yeah. was there an assignment with that? i don't know if we ever did an assignment with it, but maybe that would be a great way for commissioner yanez to summarize or monitor which matrix we want to be monitoring. we can't fix what we aren't

monitoring, and we can't fix what we don't know. >> vice president elias: perhaps you can collaborate with director henderson. >> commissioner yanez: okay. great. >> vice president elias: public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who would like to make public comment, please approach the podium or press star, three. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. this is wealth and disparities in the black community once again. i'm glad to hear this presentation, of course. i've been waiting for this for a long time. wealth and disparities in the black community has tracked the d.o.j. project since the very beginning in 2016.

[indiscernible] arrest, use of force, and traffic stops. in the report from 2016 to the present day, sfpd has reported [indiscernible] as some of you have noticed. [indiscernible] while i think we're all eager to hear good news about sfpd, this report is not awfully meaningful, given that the core data that drove the reason for this work has not changed. commissioner yanez has asked about metrics. you have metrics are not. you have these numbers in the

96-a reports and elsewhere. they haven't changed, so while they [indiscernible] it hasn't, and therefore, i think there needs to be something else at work here to set metrics around those disparity reductions and hold the sfpd accountability for the use of those metrics. what they're doing now isn't working. we can't just about proactive. we can't sit back and wait for some signs from elsewhere to talk about what we're doing. it's great to get the report, and we all want good news, but we need to be realistic and look at what's actually happening in the eye. thank you. >> clerk: vice president elias,

that was the end of public comment. >> vice president elias: thank you. next. >> clerk: line item 8, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 10 below, closed session, including public comment on item 9, vote whether to hold item 10 in closed session. if you'd like to make public comment on item 8, press star, three or approach the podium. and vice president elias, there is no public comment. >> vice president elias: great. next item. >> clerk: item 1, vote on whether to hold item 10 in closed session, including vote on whether to assert the attorney-client privilege with regards to item 10-a, san francisco administrative code section 67.10. >> vice president elias: great. i need a motion and a second. >> so moved.

>> second. >> vice president elias: roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: you have six yeses. we will go into closed >> clerk: vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 10 held in closed session, san francisco administrative code section 677.12-a. [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. line item 12, adjournment.

action item. >> vice president elias: we are adjourned. >> clerk: thank you very much. .

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