go ahead, commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: thank you, chief, and i'm glad to hear that the police department is reaching out to the african american community. i think it goes back being to having those black lives matter posters put in each department to ensure that it wasn't just a symbol, to be sure we were going to have conversations as things arise, not just here in the city but in the country, so i'm glad to hear that we are taking those steps. my question, chief, was just -- you know, we always like to talk strategy, so i just always like to know, but i'd like to ask, what's the strategy now that things are opening up? we also know we were unable to have an academy class or two, you know, during covid, so kwhas akind of the department's response to things beginning to open back up? we've got -- gun violence is up, so what's kind of our overall san francisco police department strategy in response to having more folks, you know, out and about and ensuring the public safety? >> thank you, commissioner, for that, and really, it goes back to what we've talked about ov

commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: yep. i'll just be very short. i want to say thank you to commissioner dejesus for her time and her work with the chief and their team to present these awards, it's been very many years we needed to acknowledge those who are doing well within the department and i think with that, for me, i would love to make a motion to approve this list. >> vice president elias: i would second that. i would also like to say something. it's been years since we've given out the award and this was a struggle to put all this together and i'm glad that we were able to work on it on the procedure that's put in place will work, but it's time we give these awards and that we going forward that we stay on some type of schedule so we can give the officers the recognition they deserve and most importantly broaden the scope of the awards which we passed the last week for nonviolent. for deescalation, for all the different things that we put in there. so i would second this motion. >> you're muted, president cohen. >> commissioner cohen, you'r

go ahead, commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: thank you, chief, and i'm glad to hear that the police department is reaching out to the african american community. i think it goes back being to having those black lives matter posters put in each department to ensure that it wasn't just a symbol, to be sure we were going to have conversations as things arise, not just here in the city but in the country, so i'm glad to hear that we are taking those steps. my question, chief, was just -- you know, we always like to talk strategy, so i just always like to know, but i'd like to ask, what's the strategy now that things are opening up? we also know we were unable to have an academy class or two, you know, during covid, so kwhas akind of the department's response to things beginning to open back up? we've got -- gun violence is up, so what's kind of our overall san francisco police department strategy in response to having more folks, you know, out and about and ensuring the public safety? >> thank you, commissioner, for that, and really, it goes back to what we've talked about ov

commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: yep. i'll just be very short. i want to say thank you to commissioner dejesus for her time and her work with the chief and their team to present these awards, it's been very many years we needed to acknowledge those who are doing well within the department and i think with that, for me, i would love to make a motion to approve this list. >> vice president elias: i would second that. i would also like to say something. it's been years since we've given out the award and this was a struggle to put all this together and i'm glad that we were able to work on it on the procedure that's put in place will work, but it's time we give these awards and that we going forward that we stay on some type of schedule so we can give the officers the recognition they deserve and most importantly broaden the scope of the awards which we passed the last week for nonviolent. for deescalation, for all the different things that we put in there. so i would second this motion. >> you're muted, president cohen. >> commissioner cohen, you'r

go ahead, commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: thank you, chief, and i'm glad to hear that the police department is reaching out to the african american community. i think it goes back being to having those black lives matter posters put in each department to ensure that it wasn't just a symbol, to be sure we were going to have conversations as things arise, not just here in the city but in the country, so i'm glad to hear that we are taking those steps. my question, chief, was just -- you know, we always like to talk strategy, so i just always like to know, but i'd like to ask, what's the strategy now that things are opening up? we also know we were unable to have an academy class or two, you know, during covid, so kwhas akind of the department's response to things beginning to open back up? we've got -- gun violence is up, so what's kind of our overall san francisco police department strategy in response to having more folks, you know, out and about and ensuring the public safety? >> thank you, commissioner, for that, and really, it goes back to what we've talked about ov

thank you. >> president cohen: commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: yes. thank you president cohen. and i really wanted to thank paul and his office for ensuring we get the stats. in the past we get them on the day of the meetings. thank you for that and i really want to thank paul, the commission staff. i think sergeant renolds. sergeant youngblood. sergeant killshaw. just the amount of communication and the e-mails that we receive whether it be the documents or the e-mails coming to us in person and ensuring that we get this documentation so we're prepared. i definitely want to make sure that never gets lost because these folks are corresponding with us on a daily basis and i just want to say thank you to folks for that. >> commissioner: thank you. >> president cohen: i just want to acknowledge something that the chief said in his report. pardon me, paul, for just a second, that, chief, one of the things that's always been important to me was the vaccination rates for your officers. and it looks like it's about 75% of the officer that is responded to the

commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: yep. i'll just be very short. i want to say thank you to commissioner dejesus for her time and her work with the chief and their team to present these awards, it's been very many years we needed to acknowledge those who are doing well within the department and i think with that, for me, i would love to make a motion to approve this list. >> vice president elias: i would second that. i would also like to say something. it's been years since we've given out the award and this was a struggle to put all this together and i'm glad that we were able to work on it on the procedure that's put in place will work, but it's time we give these awards and that we going forward that we stay on some type of schedule so we can give the officers the recognition they deserve and most importantly broaden the scope of the awards which we passed the last week for nonviolent. for deescalation, for all the different things that we put in there. so i would second this motion. >> you're muted, president cohen. >> commissioner cohen, you'r

commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: yes. thank you vice president elias. thank you for that report, chief. it's good to hear and see some of the numbers going down, but one of the questions that i had and i also want to say thank you to you for really listening to the commission and i think members of the public when we talked about ensuring we have more foot beats and more police officer presence and you stayed true to that. so i want to say thank you to you for that. but the question that i have and excuse my ignorance, but as i see the homicides especially in bayview and we're still continuing to see gun violence. we touched on it briefly in the last meeting where we talked about some of the buy back programs, but are there any other strategies that we have or we've seen or we're able to get firearms off the street. are there tactics where we work with folks who might be arms dealers and we're getting mass amounts of guns off the streets and not into the hands of folks on the black market. do we have folks who are, you know, patrolling the internet to s

commissioner brookter. >> commissioner brookter: yes. thank you vice president elias. thank you for that report, chief. it's good to hear and see some of the numbers going down, but one of the questions that i had and i also want to say thank you to you for really listening to the commission and i think members of the public when we talked about ensuring we have more foot beats and more police officer presence and you stayed true to that. so i want to say thank you to you for that. but the question that i have and excuse my ignorance, but as i see the homicides especially in bayview and we're still continuing to see gun violence. we touched on it briefly in the last meeting where we talked about some of the buy back programs, but are there any other strategies that we have or we've seen or we're able to get firearms off the street. are there tactics where we work with folks who might be arms dealers and we're getting mass amounts of guns off the streets and not into the hands of folks on the black market. do we have folks who are, you know, patrolling the internet to s

>> commissioner brookter: second. >> president cohen: a second by commissioner brookter. public comment. >> clerk: please press star, three if you wish to make public comment. president cohen, there is no public comment. >> president cohen: public comment is closed. >> clerk: on the motion not to disclose -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have six yeses. line item 9, adjournment, action item. >> commissioner brookter: motion to adjourn. >> vice president elias: second. >> president cohen: all right. we're adjourned. >> as a woman of color who grew up in san francisco i understand how institutions can have an impact on communities of color. i think having my voice was important. that is where my passion lies when the opportunity to lead an office in such a new space came up. i couldn't turn it down. i was with the district attorney's office for a little over nine years, if you include the time as an intern as well as volunteer da, all most 13 years. during the time with the da's office i had an opportunity to serve the community not only as the assistant district attorney but a