suhr. and it is wonderful today, greg, to call you chief suhr. in the past couple of months as i have been talking to department heads as well as my colleagues at the board and other elected officials, we have all spoken about why chief suhr would be sufficient a great chief for our department. he is someone who knows our streets. he has walked the walk, walked the beats, who has helped the captain some of the most difficult police stations to manage public safety in the city. and he is someone who we you will feel confident will be able to bring the san francisco police department through the reforms that the previous chiefs, in whose shoes he is filling have had to bring forth. i know i look forward to working with him on the budget. we also know that the chief is someone who is going to ensure that the san francisco police department continues to be one of the very best police departments in the entire country. congratulations, we look forward to working with you. >> the police chief, as all of you know, is not just about policing. it is being

i can't think of a better choice for this position today than greg suhr. i'm honored to be here and i look forward to working with you to make san francisco the safest large city in america. >> finally but most importantly, the police commission, as i said earlier, did a thorough job. it was a difficult job because it was is the out to be the highest standards possible and to have a community process, a process that reflected an openness, a transparency, yet kept the pledge to the community to find the best and highest standards for selecting a chief and presenting to me that opportunity to do so. so i want to present to you and also thank the police commission through the leadership of that group. >> thank you very much. today is a great honor to stand here on behalf of my fellow commissioners who i would like to thank. dr. joseph marshal, this commission took this [naming the commissioners] -- 100 days ago this commission announced they would be looking for a new police chief. we worked diligently and had worked with members of the family and i want to t

i want to tell you i met greg suhr, i knew of him in high school. i knew you couldn't trust him to hold the ball. he had to block. we shared that. but i was his fastball coach when i finished my college career as a football player and i was asked to coach the san francisco police football team and i had had defensive lineman and linebacker who would go straight through people and did all he can. i knew at that point this guy was something special. he was younger than him. i want to get that clear but i was his coach and the highlight of that time was we beat the lapd who was undefeated. it was a great victory. all kidding aside, what this police commission has brought to you today is not only a native son who i'm proud of, but we have brought to you a cop's cop. that is why we have such a large crowd today. you have a cop's cop, folks. you have somebody that dedicated to the community and to quote greg, who was educated at the university of san francisco by the jesuits and i don't hold that against him but greg suhr is a man for others and it is an

next to him is our san francisco police chief, greg suhr, newly appointed to that office last month. congratulations, chief. >> thank you, your honor. [applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a department of 1,800 police officers. next we have peter herley who is now acting as police consultant. he is the former chief of police of tiburon and the former president of the california police officers association. next to mr. herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees the criminal division, including the victim witness program and the alternative dispute courts. anne irwin is an attorney in the public defender's office. ms. irwin was recently involved in several of the cases involving the videotaped evidence which resulted in the dismissal of over 90 cases. you've read about those in the newspaper. and finally, we have civil rights attorney john burress. he specializes in civil actions brought against police officers for abuse of power, brutality, and wrongful death. le

i am not an apologist for greg suhr or the district attorney, but they have to find a solution. without the state, law enforcement does not work. [applause] >> so, chief suhr -- [laughter] what do you do about this problem of the end justifying the means? so, how you teach your young officers or train them not to abuse their power and not to get these bad guys anyway they can and does not matter how they operate? how do you teach trainees about this? >> first, thank you for having me. this is a bit

i am not an apologist for greg suhr or the district attorney, but they have to find a solution. without the state, law enforcement does not work. [applause] >> so, chief suhr -- [laughter] what do you do about this problem of the end justifying the means? so, how you teach your young officers or train them not to abuse their power and not to get these bad guys anyway they can and does not matter how they operate? how do you teach trainees about this? >> first, thank you for having me. this is a bit of an away game for me. [laughter] [applause] >> either way, it is your home town. >> that is true. >> you might feel like you're on the hot seat on this panel draws that is ok. i can handle it. >> the background is extensive. certainly, after i have come in, there are psychological profiles. there are lie-detector tests. so, we really do try to get it right. only one out of 11 applicants to the police department makes it through. yet, we still get some folks to do some things we would rather have them not do. but character is everything, as has been discussed, in the police department

our special guest tonight is our brand new, just sworn in, chief of police, greg suhr. i want to give him a warm welcome. [applause] just by way of background for those of you in the audience, there was a swearing in today, it was an honor to be part of that ceremony. the commissioners were president. we look at you, greg, as the reflection of the work we've put in for the past 100 days, a long, significant 100 days, and it was a very, very thorough process that led to your selection. we had 77 applicants. we interviewed an untold number of candidates. unlike last time, the commission not only interviewed the finalists once, but twice. commissioner chan and i had the pleasure. and it came down to three names presented to the mayor and this commission had some guidelines we were looking at, community policing, an inspirational leader, respect of the rank and file. as they said earlier today, as we moved through the process, one thing became very, very clear. you were the definition of community policing. every neighborhood we went into, there was people that had been in

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.plause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our city's history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. after 163 years, this is a glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870's with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 earthquake when chinese residents were fighting not to be moved to a different part

---el nuevo jefe de la policia "greg suhr" recalco que san francisco es una ciudad segura para los turistas que las personas que lastimen a alguien con un arma de fuego iran a la carcel. --una red de traficantes de metanfetaminas fue desmantelada en el condado de contra costa.--como parte de un operativo federal se decomisaron 7-millones-100-mil dolares en drogas, que presuntamente iban a ser distrubuidas por la pandilla de los "norteÑos".--los acusados distribuian su mercancía ilícita en ciudades como "antioch, el sobrante, hercules, martinez, pinole, richmond, rodeo, y san pablo". ---la ciudad de oakland le pagara 900-mil dolares a dos personas que fueron victima de unos agentes del orden que adoptaron una conducta inapropiada.---en el primer caso, en julio de 2007, un policia le disparo en el cuello a un joven de 15 aÑos, porque el agente penso que el joven estaba armado y tenia drogas en su posesion.---las pruebas de toxicologia revelaron que el adolescente no habia consumido enervantes y tampoco estaba armado.---en el segundo caso, en septiembre de 2008, la policia fue acusada de reali

--"greg suhr" considera que eso demostraria que los agentes a su cargo estan haciendo un buen trabajoepartamento de policia esta en el ojo del huracan a rÍz de una serie de videos publicados por la oficina de defensor Úblico que muestran presuntas irregularidades cometidas por los oficiales durante varias redadas. ---un hombre de pittsburg tendra que pagarle a la ciudad de san francisco un- millon-y-medio de dolares en restitucion por haber retenido las contraseÑas de la red informatica del departamento de tecnoloÍa.---"terry childs", de 45 aÑos, cambió las contraseÑas del sistema que almacena los archivos de Óminas, registros de la poliÍa, e informacÓn confidencial en julio de 2008. ---el ex-empleado de la ciudad inicialmente se habia negado a revelar las contraseÑas, y despues de 12 dias se las entrego al entonces alcalde "gavin newsom".---"childs" enfrenta, ademas, una condena de 4 aÑos en prision. --si no se aprueba el plan de gastos del gobernador jerry brown, los estudiantes de la universidad de california podrian tener que pagar un 32 por ciento mas en colegiaturas para el seme

before we move into this meeting, to set the tone, i will move to the last speaker, chief greg suhr. he will make announcements that will take -- that will set a good tone for this evening. chief? >> thank you, commissioner mazzucco. first of all, i would like to affirm everything the commissioner said as just so. i appreciate the outreach by the human rights commission to the community. i want to acknowledge the validity of the perceptions raised by the community. that said, we have very strict policies in san francisco police department in place so there is appropriate oversight for all investigations involving activities. 8.10 came about in 1994, has been revised once, and i believe mr. crew collaborated significantly on the original significantly on the original version of this order.

. >> i greg suhr. >> do solemnly affirm. >> do solemnly affirm. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> the constitution of the state of california. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and aallegiance generals -- to the constitution of the united states and constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservation. >> or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. and during such time as i hold the office of chief of police for the city and county of san francisco. >> for the city and county of san francisco. >> congratulations. [applause] >> i present to you the chief of police of the city and county of san francisco, chief gregory suhr. [applause] >> wow! i can't begin to thank mayor lee enough for -- i'm speechless. i owe him

. >> also, san francisco's new police chief greg suhr is taking a pay cut and doing away with the position of assistant chief, the title held by geoff godown. they are deputy chiefs earning $20,000 less a year but they make in the neighborhood of $250,000 annually. >> state puc is expected to vote tomorrow on whether pg&e can set up a special account that might make it possible to bill customers for pipeline safety measures. they were making sure that 150 miles of gas pipelines are safe. the lines are similar to the ones that exploded in san bruno last year. pg&e is worried that regulators are setting arbitrary roadblocks to delay it from tracking spending of millions of dollars of safety measures. >> an assembly mill bil that would pave the way to say oakland school district, $22 million in fines that was levied when the district was controlled by a state administrator. that was between 2003 and 2000 2009. oakland officials say the state shouldn't impose any fines when it is in charge. bill goes before the assembly committee on education today. >> it looks like voters are ready to dig kee

. >> i greg suhr. >> do solemnly affirm. >> do solemnly affirm. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> the constitution of the state of california. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and aallegiance generals -- to the constitution of the united states and constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely. ha

. >> i greg suhr. >> do solemnly affirm. >> do solemnly affirm. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of california. >> the constitution of the state of california. >> against all enemies, foreign and

saying being a whistle- blower, but encourage proper at 6, and i think -- proper ethics, and i think greg suhr stated very properly its starts in the police academy. u.s. no other position probably in the united states -- certainly not for some of our elected officials. yet no one who gets more scrutiny and more background checks and psychological checks and an 18-month probationary period. we as law-enforcement administrators hope that those kinds of people who do not meet on moral and ethical standard, we hope they do not pass or get through. sometimes they do. i find it interesting that this is the -- it has been 20 years, 15 months, and two days since the rodney king incident in los angeles. when i watch that incident. -- when i watched that incident, it gave me shivers. what bothered me -- it was not only the people hitting rodney king -- but it was the other 19, 20 officers who stood around and did nothing. and allowed it to go on. that bothered me as much. and i was a police chief at the time. one of the things a new chief and parents is the department culture -- inherits is the departm

good evening to you and congratulations to chief greg suhr. kojak is back. >> this is for you all. and it's called to suhr with love. the authority be mine to raise the roof with these facts in constitutional truth the constitution dictates all lawful interpretation by all law enforcement in this here nation especially by the sheriff or chief of police the living lord has been mocked and be mocked no more, coming now to seize the corporate store of war i have no interest in reasons or any alibi disregarding the constitution better still arrest the politician or the serpent that clouds true vision to see for the nonprofit he be, serve your warriors well to avoid riot. for your target destiny be the service the meek, being in service to almighty so they all seek, i know about black mail and child porn and san francisco's police come policity, new police chief do not be afraid of the heavy hand perhaps like dirty harry better still at almighty's command. so as not to guess, hand over these culprits to the press. be now in service to the lost and least, bring down pedafile whether judg

new police chief greg suhr is responding. he says, quote, all of the officers in this case have been taken out of plainclothes. some have been reassigned to administrative duties while the investigation is being conducted. i want to emphasize that these officers have the same rights as any other citizen. they are assumed innocent until proven guilty. , end quote. >>> one week after a double murder-suicide at san jose state, friends and classmates came together to remember those who lost their lives. more than 100 people paid tribute to san jose state students inside tower hall's morris daley auditorium. those two were shot and killed on the fifth level of a parking garage. kelly garin's husband, napoleon, shot and killed them and then shot himself. the shock of what happened last week has not worn off. those who had class with cindy and kyle say it feels strange to see empty seats in the classrooms where they once sat. cindy's friend, wilson kong, saw her in class the morning before she had died and wishes he said something t