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>> okay. ["pledge of allegiance"] >> all right. good evening. this is the february 1st regular meeting of the san francisco police commission. before we call our first agenda item, i'll note that i'm commissioner kevin benedicto and our president is

out today and the vice-president is on route. if there's no objections from fellow commissioners, i'm asked to chair while he works through traffic. commissioner, may i speak for a minute? >> yes. >> i have no objection tonight but first off, i would like to ask city attorney if the president and vice-president aren't present, who is designated to lead the meeting? >> good evening, commissioners. so, under the rules of order, there is no body who designated. you have a couple of options and you can have a pro tem and election to appoint someone as a pro tem or you could allow commissioner benedicto if there's no objection as i heard you say, chair the meeting while vice-president carter makes his way to the meeting. >> i have no objection tonight for the record. i would like my fellow commissioners, do any of

you have any objections? >> no. >> have i no objection as well -- i have no objection as well. >> no objection. >> but the point i want to make is that the president of -- i'm not the senior commissioner of the group here tonight. commissioner yee is and it's incumbent of the president and vice-president if they are not here to start the meeting, they notify the senior -- the agreement to go forward tonight is not president -- that the president or vice-president can designate who leads the meeting when both of them are absent. and i had a discussion with commissioner benedicto and hopefully we can resolve this in the future dgo. >> a resolution to our rules.

>> yes. but as i said, i don't want to belabor the point, but thank you. >> please call the first item. >> line item one. public comment. i have to take roll. >> sure. >> all right. taking roll. [roll call] >> commissioner walker is present. >> president benedicto? . >> present. >> commissioner january these. >> here. >> commissioner besh. >> here. >> commissioner elias is absent for today. with us tonight we have chief scott from the san francisco police department. and chief of staff sarah hawkins from the department of police accountability. >> thank you, sergeant. >> general public comment. the public is welcome to address commission up to two minutes for items not on the agenda but within the subject jurisdiction of the police commission. under rules of order during public comment neither police or personnel or commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public but may provide a brief response. comments or

opportunities to speak during the public comment period are available by calling 415-655-0001 and entering code 24805476564. you may submit public comment on either the following ways and e-mail the police commission at sfpd dot org. or send to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco, california, 94158. if you would like to make public comment, approach the podium or press star three. >> good evening, everyone. again, i'm back again concerning my son arbara murdered august 14th some here's is another year. this is a new year and happy new year, everyone. but again, i'm still without a son. this is my son arbara caspa

and still his case isn't solved. i'll still out there on the battlefield everyday -- i'm still out there on battlefield and we were at a rally today for tyree nickels and i say this, you have -- it's either the community violence, or community violence or the police. what's the difference. the bullet is still the same and us as mothers are still grieving for our children. so, whether it is police killing our community violence, there's no name on the bullet. our children are still being murdered. i still walk around with these pictures of all the unsolved homicide that are still not solved to this day, to these day, these cases aren't solved. what do we do about it? how long is mothers

like myself going to continue coming here? i wish i didn't have to do this. i'm waiting for the day that i can show up in court and talk to the perpetrators and ask them why because this is what they left me. with me standing over my son's grave. i have to show this because i want people to see what i feel. this is my son, again. his body, this is what i remember. even though i remember the happy times, no mother should have to do this. police help solve my son's case. thank you. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. this is berry saranot, can you hear me? >> yes. >> yes. good evening. i wanted

to welcome commissioner elias but she's out as the new president, so but i do -- i'm glad that the top grass in the police department are there because we have a problem. at night starting at 6:00 on saturday, they blocked off all streets around union square. it took me at least 25 minutes with passengers from fisherman's wharf to get to the grand hyatt and the officers would not let me through. i thought as part of the policy, we are allowed to get through the barricades and in fact, previous day in the morning at 10:00 to 4:00 in the morning, i was given a call by the hilton to good pickup someone to take them to the airport from the grand hyatt. it took me forever. one, some of the police officers were sleeping. two, i had to argue with them that i'm allowed to get through. and finally get

through and kern street and come around sutter and i had to convince the police officer i had an appointment and i get there and it turns out the passenger left. was gone and i wasn't very far away. so i'm asking you, how do i file a claim for $60 for loss income of something beyond my control that you did not inform us that -- inform the hotel that you can't, we can't provide taxi service to the lodging establishments within the closed off area. i think it's an overreached, i mean, an over kill to walk off even a greater area of union square than when they did it for -- for previously in december and early january for protecting the businesses from looting. this is because you thought the violent protest would cause that, so i don't know how much time i have left but we need -- >> thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two

minutes. >> my name is buckman and i live in district 6. i read chief scott's statement on the murder of tyree nickels. he (indiscernible) response of the memphis police chief. i thought that was ironic coming from chief scott who has shown himself to be a model of delaying taxes and obstruction when it comes to the police reform. then i saw it again. what was so praise worthy about the memphis police chief action? firing those officers and having them charged with murder was the bare minimum she could do. what would have been praised worthy if she ensured something like that couldn't happen in the first place. she could have disbanded the unit which had a long reputation for brutality before they killed a man. reacting after the fact to a threat eminent is nothing to be praised for. if chief scott

wants to condemn the death of tyree nickels, he should do something to make sure nothing like this can happen in san francisco. fire the corrupt and brutal cops who don't see black san franciscans as human beings deserving a life and liberty. stop the poa from protecting those officers and most importantly, ban all minor traffic stops. mr. nickels was pulled from his car and tased during a traffic stop. it was the beginning of the brutal torture that led to his death. when we look at memphis, the question is not if something like this could happen in san francisco, the question is when. thank you. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, can you hear me? >> yes. >> hello, good morning or good evening much my name is david calderon and i'm calling in

regard to the san francisco murder investigation, 921547783. the person is my mother, carmelita and i'm here to ask the public and the commission to please help me hold the san francisco police officer accountability as well as the san francisco police department accountable in delaying my justice. these agencies have made a mockery of me, my family, and the crimes we have survived. one example of the inappropriate tactics is by mr. eric baltara at the spla. i requested to file a complaint with his hr department and he went ahead and created a fake extension line where he's directing only my communications to go there and he does not answer me. he is aware his investigators have missed documented the nature of my complaint. it is not fair for a survivor to come forth, share

their stories, and have these agencies change the truth to fit something that it is not. us delays my ability to engage in the criminal justice system. thank you for your time and again i ask the commission as well as the public to help me. >> thank you. thank you, caller. that is the end, we have one more? >> good evening, everyone. i'm ramona burton and i'm here again to remind you all, thank you, to remind you of my brother mark anthony. and i appreciate the caller before as well and sympathize with him but just reminding you guys that we want justice for our loved ones.

thank you. >> that's the end of public comment. >> thank you, sergeant. next item, please. >> line item two, adoption of minutes. action for the meetings of january 11th and january 18th, 2023. >> can i get a motion. >> motion to adopt the minutes. >> second. >> on the motion, commissioner walker, how do you vote? i'm sorry. for members of the public who would like to make public comment regarding line item two, the adoption of minutes, approach the podium or press star three. and there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner walker, how do you vote? >> commissioner walker is yes. >> commissioner benedicto. >> yes. >> commissioner yanez. >> yes. >> commissioner byrne is yes. >> commissioner yee. >> yes. >> vice-president carter.

>> yes. >> you have six yeses. >> line item three, chief's report, discussion. weekly crime trends and public safety concerns (provide an overview of offenses, incidents, or events 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. thank you, sergeant young blood. good evening carter observer stone and acting executive director, sarah. i'm sorry, i had a brain fade there and the public. as we was noted by president elias that in our last police commission meeting, i'm going to, i'm going to have the crime statistics posted and not go into detail on the crime statistic but i'll give an overall on that. our part one of our previous crime, we're down

20% over last year and this is month one into the year so we're not going to make too much of that. we rather be down than up. but we'll see how the rest of the year pans out in terms of this production but we'll do everything we can to continue to drive crime down. i want to talk about some specific incidents that happened over the last reporting period. and beginning with the homicide that occurred during this reporting period. this was on the 700 block of missouri on january 28, 2023, at 8:18 p.m. officers responded to a shots fired activation where multiple car searches were locate -- cartridges were located and officers saw a vehicle fleeing the area and based on description involved in this crime, officers went onto the 280 freeway and the pursuit ended when the suspect vehicle was lost in the area of east more. the east more exit in daly

city on the 280 freeway. personnel from the san francisco general hospital advised that a victim arrived by private vehicle and was in critical condition. that victim later succumb to his injuries and the shooting resulted this a homicide. at this time, there's no arrest and the investigation is ongoing. there was a suspicious death that occurred in the 500 block of fear in the bay view. officers responded to the hunters point naval shipyard regarding a decease person inside an abandoned building. an investigation took place on scene and the medical examiner responded and determined that's suspicious. the victim was identified as a missing person who was last seen on january 12, 2023. that investigation is ongoing and there is a lot to uncover in this investigation to see exactly what was the cause of death but our homicide investigation unit has that investigation and investigating.

there was one noninjury shooting during the reporting period, this was on january 25th at 7:35 p.m. at california and poke. two victims were struck by gunfire and the officers responded and located one individual who had been shot in the buttocks area. several witnesses were interviewed revealing a shootout occurred between the person shot and two unknown suspects who fled prior to the officers arrival and bystander was hit in the leg by a stray bullet and the individual shot was transport and lifted in critical condition and is believed to be positionally involved in a shooting. the bystander was treated with nonlife-threatening injuries and the investigation is ongoing and the person, one of the victims is believed to possibly be involved in the shootout. so, investigation ongoing, nor arrest have been made yet on that particular

case. i wanted to talk about a couple of significant arrest as well. we had two homicide arrests during this period. the first one was from a november 11, 2022, homicide. january 28th, officers in the area of 7th and market recognized the suspect from that homicide and detained him without or them without incident. at the time of the detention, a loaded and camacho sealed firearm was located and during an interview, probably cause was developed to arrest both suspects, both have san lorenzo. that homicide was in the area of grove and larkin street, the original homicide. again, that was from november 11, 2022. and the second arrest was from a september 8, 2021, homicide that occurred approximately 6:30 a.m., the male victim at that time was suffering from a possible stab wound and was located by officers who rendered aid and the victim later

succumbed to his injuries after being transported to the hospital. during the investigation, a 27-year-old suspect, san francisco resident was identified as the principal suspect. probable cause was developed and arrest warrant issued and january of 2023, the suspect was obtained by the police officers, booked in the santa clara county jail for a charge of murder related to the san francisco homicide. both investigations are still ongoing, although arrest have been made and again, anyone with any additional information or new information on those two cases or any other cases, you can dial 415-575-4444 and you can remain anonymous if you want to report on a crime. two other significant incidents, carjacking of an elderly couple. this occurred at laguna and lumbar in the northern district. one elderly victim was pumping gase while the other remained in

the victim and two people approached with a hand gun and ordered the victim out of the car and a struggled ensued over the victim's purse and victim was thrown to the ground and dragged around the gas station until she released control of the purse. that victim was left on the ground in front of the vehicle as the two people entered their vehicle and fled. one of the victims with the car. actually, with the victim's vehicles so they jumped in the victim's vehicle. the victim sustained injuries and transported with nonlife-threatening injuries and the victim too was not injured and no arrest was made. that investigation is ongoing. the last significant event was threats to a jewish community high school, which occurred on january 26th at 2:43. a suspect toned the jewish high school and stated two people were coming to the school with ak47. there was

a large amount of static on the phone. this person was difficult to hear. we have traced the -- where the call original ated from which was out of state. officers responded and conducted a search of the school with negative result. so that follow-up has been done by a special investigation's division and this is one of many that we have seen in our city and actually originally and nationally of late with these types of school threats. major events, this saturday will be the lunar new year parade. the san francisco police department will deployed heavily for the parade as we always are. and we will also participate in the parade so that's february 4th in china town and we invite the public to attend, year in and year out. really great event and with that, i think my time has expired and happy to answer questions, vice-president.

>> this might be a first, chief. i don't see -- i don't see names in the queue. late breaking. commissioner yee. >> thank you, chair, vice-president carter -- oberstone. chief, your members have been active in the chinese new year parade and keeping us safe, looking forward to another great parade too. just over this last couple of weeks, as quite -- quite a few critical incidents that happened at our chinese community and i want to thank, i guess, the sheriff and the squad that did stop the guy from doing more. i think it was

torrance in california and so, keep safe. that's all i have to say and again, to the family of -- just keep it at that. that's all i have to report. thank you. >> seeing no names in the queue, can we go inform public comment. >> members of the public that like to make public comment regarding the chief's report, please approach the podium or press star three. >> again, i'm back again. even though i'm still talking about my child, i am still, again, i put up this picture right here, i can hold it here, you can see it. you can bring it back to -- where the police officer verses community violence. the bullet

is the same. we still hurt. we still have pain as mothers. i still come here and ask for justice for my son, arbriara. i show the names of the perpetrators that murdered my child. he's laying here lifeless. lifeless. each time i look at this, i cry again. and i need to continue to do this because if i don't, who is going to do it? who is going to do it? my son is gone. i fought for him in life and i'm going to fight for him in death. i'm his voice now. and this is what they left me with. a corps. i'm never going to have my son again but i

want justice for my child, let alone all the other homicides out there unsolved. unsolved homicides, that's my request. i'm tired of climbing up on a mole in front of my house for someone to take the reward poster down. this reward poster with the $250,000 reward, people don't like this little blackface up there. and i'm tired of it. but i will keep putting it up. we have no venue for our children. where are we going to put these? at 850. we need a venue for our children. >> good evening, caller, you have go two mings sgr /* /*

minutes. >> good evening, my name is cheryl and i'm a resident of district 10. i'm calling after hearing ms. paulette brown speak. it is, she's correct. i don't understand how in the world in san francisco that so many black mothers have lost their children to homicides. and the murders have gone unsolved. this, i don't know, we need -- these mothers need resolution to, what has happened to their children. it's not acceptable for people to be killed by gun violence and ten years later, no one has solved the crime. so, everybody is entitled to life, liberty and justice. and so,

with that being said, please, please find a way to work on ms. paulette brown and other cases that have gone unsolved in the black community because it's disproportionate and give these parents resolution. thank you. >> vice-president carter, that's the end of public comment. >> thank you, sergeant. next item, please. >> line item four, dpa director's report discussion. report on recent dpa activities, and announcements (dpa's report will be limited to a brief description of dpa activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting.) >> chief of staff hawkins. good evening. i too will not be talking about numbers but focus on trends. in the last two weeks, the primary allegation

that dpa received is that officers failed to take a required action. that officers failed or i'm sorry, the officer behaved or spoke inappropriate and the officers failed to properly investigate. in the past two weeks we received 24 cases with a total of 52 allegations. in terms of general updates, i want to thank commissioner walker who resided over the first trial that dpa has been involved with her, so our attorney stephanie wilson wanted me to highlight that this evening. in terms of audit, dpa's currently at work drafting the next interim report which will focus on how sfpd audits electronic communications. as a reminder, we're producing smaller, my audit director would hate me for saying this, mini audit that's will be a part of the larger audit report so they are digestible and issue focused. in materials ever outreach, dpa participated in the richmond station community

meeting. we used those meetings an an opportunity to tell the public how they can file a complaint and what information dpa needs in order to investigate. we also use those meetings as an opportunity to explain our mediation program. diana from our office continues to work with lieutenant angela to do the station trainings, to go out to the district stations and explain to officers what the disciplinary process on both sides looks like and to answer their questions. so, so far eight station was completed and by the end of march, all ten district trains -- district stations will have received it. dpa starts to present or to publish delays that we're experiencing information from sfpd. there's nothing unreceivablely delayed at this time -- there's nothing delayed. nothing to report. in terms ever

audit, there were two outstanding recommendations for our original use of force audit that was published two years ago. as of today, i learned that has been closed so there's nothing outstanding in this moment for audit. in terms of dgo's, there's two outstanding issues that we wanted to highlight for the commission. one involved dgo6.18. in october, commissioner benedicto said a deadline of november 28th for sfpd to provide us with a draft of dgo6.18. we don't have that draft so that's something we would like to push forward. second involving dgo9.03. which is dui arrest. also in october, commissioner benedicto asked the department to set up a meeting with the assigned deputy chief and subject matter expert and as of yet, we haven't been able to get that meeting started. so that's one other area in terms of