chief godown: it is my pleasure. supervisor campos: we also have some of the mission girls, who are facing the same time constraints. my apologies. chief godown: i will be quick. i have a large amount of staff here. i have the community policing expert -- chairperson mirkarimi: a little higher with the microphone. sorry. chief godown: i will have to leave -- lean over. we will provide a power point presentation in a couple minutes to talk about community policing. it will give you an update on where we are. we will also talk about how many foot beats we step on a daily basis, based on some of the criteria in the community policing literature. i think that what will happen at the end of the evening is we might still be sitting here trying to define what community policing is. everybody has their own definition. the reality is community policing in its basic form is any time we go out and talk to the community. when we engage the community in and the police function, it is the worst form of community policing. communit

interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here.

but we also heard chief godown tell us that his appropriation of funding will be shortened this year. i want to speak to the police commission. if one celery of an officer went -- if one salary of an officer will keepsake employees that can do a good job in every neighborhood and every meeting, and there will help us keep a more peaceful city. we have to keep our city have the. -- we have to keep our city safe, and the police department needs the funding. >> police commissioners and the chief, i represent the buena vista neighborhood association. since the group was founded, the captain did a good job in getting a central outline of what cpabs do. a couple speakers before me made some points i already had on my list. we represent a number of neighborhood organizations and other groups, such as youth and family service providers in the area, which includes the inner sunset, the haight, and portions of the western addition. we come together and move our organizations. we are trying to get more communities which have not always joined in these collaboration's before. two key changes in c

i do want to note that i want to thank chief godown, who has been very proactive on these issues, not only thinking about how to make sure that police resources are allocated, but also that they work with the community to make sure that it is truly meaningful community policing that goes on. >> as you know, i was not at mission station last night when we had the community meeting, but it is a fact right now that we are having a gang war in the mission district. why this is happening, there could be a number of reasons. these tensions have been building up for many years, probably bubbling right underneath the surface. they came to a head over the weekend. they could be basically instigated by a number of reasons. but some type of graffiti for indiscretion perceived to be disrespectful from 1 foot to another. it could be disrespect of someone's girlfriend. a lot of these have been going on long before most of the players have even been alive. these groups naturally have it out for each other. over the past week, we have had a number of stabbings and shootings. unfortunately, we have ha

also today interim chief jeff godowns announced that all of the plainclothes officers will undergo training starting next week. >>> a 19-year-old man is on his way from arizona to marin county. back in november 2009, 22-year- old donald ordonez was gunned down outside his san rafael home. the killer mistook him for someone else. last month police arrested a suspect in this case. he is expected to be arraigned tomorrow previous second suspect is being held in contra costa county on a separate charge. >>> police say media reports led to the recovery of an urn involving human remains. been entered the christ episcopal church and walked off with a backpack containing the three speed loving. a man said -- contain three urns. a man said he found the urns. >>> in oakland high school is getting top marks for a school lunch recipe. they are first in michelle obama's healthy recipe challenge. >> reporter: this is actually the cafeteria where the dish was first served up and now it is one of the top 15 school lunch recipes in the nation. >> this is our afterschool cooking program. what do you think? >

interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here. i get to call you john, because this was before he became speaker. i first met john in 2008. bill said to me, my college friend is in town running for a board office in l.a.. we found ourselves having breakfast one morning. i thought, we are going to spend the entire breakfast talking about his candidacy, who was going to win. this is too much for a saturday morning. but sure enough, at one point, he stopped talking about the campaign and just started playing with our daughter isabella, who was two at the time. at

. >> reporter: now we learned from interim police chief godown that the 6 officers involved will be placed on administrative leave within the next 24 hours and live in san francisco, christian captain, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a former narcotics task form commander pleaded not guilty to conspiring to sell drugs seized in raise. prosecutors say norman welch seen here in a bail hearing had the help of 49-year-old chris butler. butler, a private investigator also pleaded not guilty today. >>> sheriff's deputies are standing guard as federal agents search for evidence as two bay area card clubs. the fbi stormed in san bruno in the predawn hours and also in emeryville. agents won't say what prompted the raid which involved the dea and the irs and other agencies. customers at the oak's club said they were questioned about money laundering and drug dealing. >>> the search continues for a possibly armed teenager that caused schools in albany to be locked down today. the lock down went into effect after 11:00 this morning and lasted for two hours. it came after police received reports that a runawa

but we also heard chief godown tell us that his appropriation of funding will be shortened this year.ant to speak to the police commission. if one celery of an officer

chief godown: i think the definition of community policing is going to be to find what the definition is of the people behind me. my concern is that you are backing me into a corner to legislate what community policing should or should not be. as an interim chief of police, i should have some flexibility as to how to deploy more resources. i think the captain gave a phenomenal power point presentation. i can tell you one thing i do agree with. there is not enough focus. i see officers on foot confecting the public. that is more of an impression and to see them in the police car. unfortunately, that is not the main means of community policing. i think this department as a phenomenal job in that fashion. but i think we could be here until 12:00 and still not have a definition for community policing. i would love to have more foot beats. i can tell you that as the budget nears and we start talking about the budget, as the budget constraints get tighter and tighter and we have less personnel, those foot beats will be affected by that and i do not want that to happen. i have commander davi

chief godown: what i need all these folks to do is this fine officer standing behind me -- we're going to have an upcoming community youth forum and i would like all of you to participate in it. we are trying to get the message out. as you finish speaking, walk over to that officer and he will take your information and you will be invited to an upcoming community youth forum. supervisor campos: thank you. as you finish speaking, make sure you sign up. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is malina herrera. i am with the social justice program from bernal heights. this is what i think we need to have really good community policing. it is somebody who comes from within, somebody that walks around, somebody that talks to us, someone that communicates with us and comes to our meetings and talks to us. when the police that -- hey, that is john, my police friend. hey, john, how is it going? someone who always says hello to us, someone we know, a police who can be our friend. i think that is what the youth need. i think you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. before we continue, that w

i want to thank president mazzucco for being here, and interim chief godown, as well as members of his command staff and members of the police commission, including commissioners hammer, dejesus, and chan. we really want to hear from the public. many people came here, as you can see. for those of you who are watching, not only is the entire chamber of the board of supervisors pact, but you have an overflow room. that tells you the level of interest people have in community policing. the reason that we in my office wanted to have this hearing prior to the police commission sending names to the mayor for a recommendation is because we wanted to make sure that as we are choosing a chief, as we as a city are choosing a chief, that the person who is selected is going to have as much of a commitment to community policing as possible you mention that you want, or

. >> reporter: godown said he only learned of a third i incident when this surveillance tape aired last night on the channel 2 news at 5:00. he called on the public defenders office to turn over any other wrong doing on tape of officers. >> it makes it difficult for us to conduct the investigation if i have to watch the tv to find out what is happening with my police department. >> reporter: three drug cases have already been dismissed because of this case. >>> now to developing news from oakland tonight where right now a group of people is gathered in front of city hall. ktvu's paul chamber social security live -- paul chambers is live on the scene. >> reporter: they want to put pressure on the city attorney and put pressure on city council members to stop the gang injunctions. let's take a look at some video we saw today. they started the march at a high school. when they got to international, 14th avenue that's when they said they were blocking an interception. now city officials say the nortenos are one of the most violent gangs. the nortenos were gang in half of the shootings in th

those candidates were captain casiado, jeff godown, commander dan mahoney, and captain surp. we asked if the officers accused of illegal searches hurts the internal candidates? >> i don't think we should blow that one issue out of proportion. >> reporter: asked to take into consideration how each officer would deal with -- >> how would they train and retrain these officers. >> reporter: in the russian hill neighborhood, many people told us what they want is someone who knows the city. >> they've got to know how to deal with the citizens of san francisco. because our culture is very unique here. >> reporter: when we ask the mayor if the recent scandal makes him lead towards an outside candidate, he said he's leaning towards the best candidate fors job and that he plans to take his time, making his decision. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> life in san francisco's mission district may be on edge, after a shooting last night. it happened near 16th street and ron dell place. five people were shot, and one man remains in critical condition tonig

those candidates were captain casiado, jeff godown, commander dan mahoney, and captain surp. we asked if the officers accused of illegal searches hurts the internal candidates? >> i don't think we should blow that one issue out of proportion. >> reporter: asked to take into consideration how each officer would deal with -- >> how would they train and retrain these officers. >> reporter: in the russian hill neighborhood, many people told us what they want is someone who knows the city. >> they've got to know how to deal with the citizens of san francisco. because our culture is very unique here. >> reporter: when we ask the mayor if the recent scandal makes him lead towards an outside candidate, he said he's leaning towards the best candidate fors job and that he plans to take his time, making his decision. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> life in san francisco's mission district may be on edge, after a shooting last night. it happened near 16th street and ron dell place. five people were shot, and one man remains in critical condition tonig

. >> interim police chief jeff godown has ordered an audit of plainclothes units. action comes as several investigations are underway of possible police misconduct. san francisco public defender has already identified one group of officers based on security video from two south of market hotels. the officers are accused of making illegal searches and falsifying police reports. the attorney's office has already decided not to prosecute five drug cases after the tape surfaced. >> what it suggests is that the pattern and practice that we've seen in these cases were not limited just to one small group of officers; that it may have gone beyond that group. >> the six officers cited have been reassigned to desk duty while investigations continue. besides the internal police probe, both the f.b.i. and the district attorney are investigating. >> oakland voters are likely to see an $80 parcel tax measure on the june ballot after city leaders voted last night to ask homeowners to help in the mess. oakland is facing a $46 million deficit. mayor jean quan says she conducted an

interim police chief jeff godown suspended all six plainclothes officers.hey're accused of illegally conducting drug raids. it shows the officers during drug busts at a south of market hotel. they failed to identify themselves properly and search the room without a proper warrant. >> i'm going to look at everything. supervision, the plainclothes operation, the training. i'm going to look at everything. we're going to audit the entire plainclothes operation in reference to anything involving plainclothes operation. >> three cases involving these narcotics have been dismissed and more are under scrutiny. the police department are conducting separate investigations into the drug raid. >> yesterday hundreds of east bay high school students rallied outside oakland city hall to protest the city's proposed gang injunction in the fruitdale district. a judge is set to decide next wednesday whether to issue a preliminary version of the injunction. about 40 suspected gang recommends will have restrictions placed on their movements from the fruitdale area. it wastes ta

. >> reporter: police chief jeff godown says the six narcotics officers will be taken off regular duty pending the outcome of the investigation. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> so where does the search for a permanent san francisco police chief stand? we will have the update on that process coming up at 10:30 tonight. >>> we have new information on the killing of a jeweler in san francisco's north beach. it's a story we have been following here all day long. police have announced the arrest of 58-year-old tanya rant on suspicion of killing lynn nmagnuson the owner of the studio gallery. she found her body when she went to check on his well- being. >>> president obama signed a budget extension this afternoon that will keep the federal government going for two weeks. the president urged lawmakers to develop a long-term plan because he said: "we cannot keep doing business this way." the spending bill includes $4 billion of the $61 billion in cuts the gop is seeking. the bill is designed to buy time for them to hammer out a measure for the six fiscal m

. >> reporter: police chief jeff godown says the six narcotics officers will be taken off regular duty pending the outcome of the investigation. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> so where does the search for a permanent san francisco police chief stand? we will have the update on that process coming up at 10:30 tonight. >>> we have new information on the killing of a jeweler in san francisco's north beach. it's a story we have been following here all day long. police have announced the arrest of 58-year-old tanya rant on suspicion of killing lynn nmagnuson the owner of the studio gallery. she found her body when she went to check on his well- being. >>> president obama signed a budget extension this afternoon that will keep the federal government going for two weeks. the president urged lawmakers to develop a long-term plan because he said: "we cannot keep doing business this way." the spending bill includes $4 billion of the $61 billion in cuts the gop is seeking. the bill is designed to buy time for them to hammer out a measure for the six fiscal m