of office of citizen's complaints and in addition we have here this evening, very investigator dennis max from the office of citizen's complaints. it is a pleasure to be here, and we are also known as the occ. the occ is the third largest civilian oversight of law enforcement agency in the united states. only surpassed in size by new york, and chicago. the office was created by a board of supervisors sponsored charter amendment in 1982 and game operational in 1983. we are 30 years old. it was originally an office in the san francisco police department but later placed under the direct supervision of the san francisco police department as an independent commission. >> the function is to assist the police department in building trust with the community by being a bridge between the public and the police in matters of police misconduct and police policy. to that end, the office of citizen complaints has a mission to insure police accountability by conducting fair, full-timely and unbias recommendations. >> and finally conducting medations between the sits sens and the complaints. >> we inves

if any of you would like additional information on the occ, this evening, in your investigation dennis max um is in the back of the room there and we also have brochures available on the table. and that concludes my remarks. thank you. >> thank you very much director hicks. any questions for director hicks from the commission. >> just want to tell you a little bit about the medation and it is a real helpful process. when the people interact with the police the officer use the person's voice as the first level of force, they need to protect themselves. they don't understand when you sit in a room and you understand that is why i did it. and the officer said that really upset me. so it works really well in the medations and the officers are participating and i wanted to thank director hicks and it has lessened the caseload, thank you. >> i sat in on a medation and a comment that the officer made at the end of the medation, and the officer had not answered a question of the complainant because the officer was very busy, and what the officer said what he learned from the medation, even though

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