. >> i want to note that the occ is here, joyce hicks. >> thank you, chair campos. >> thank you for being here and i'm sure other questions might arise from presentations from others so i 'd like you to of course be ready for any of those responses. thank you. >> i want to call up our public defender, jeff hidachi and thank you for your op ed today. >> thank you for calling this hearing. i of course am in favor of body cameras. while i believe strongly in the right of privacy i think that the use of body cameras has the potential of radically reforming our public safety system for the better. body cameras are a shield for armor against false accusations and vindictive lawsuits. we're behind the curve in san francisco. officers in oakland, union city, los gatos, gill roy, brentwood, vallejo and campbell already wear them. there's no doubt based on the research and best practices that body cameras improve police conduct. in the first year the rialto police department it was found that use of force fell my 60% and citizen complaints fell by 88% within one year. why is in? this? because there

i believe we have detective joyce hicks here as well and she may be arriving later and now i'll cede the mic. . we've dot at lot of work around the body cameras about i'll go briefly over the presentation and please interrupt if you have any questions. the san francisco police department is a recipient of a $250,000 grant from the department of justice. because it's $250,000 it's enough to fund a pilot program where we'll purchase 165 cameras. during the pilot we'll deploy the pdrds at ten district stations and investigative units. the lion's share of cost is the storage of data. the actual cameras themselves are not that cost prohibitive, but storing the data and all the things that come with the technology are quite costly. so plain clothed units that would be out and about and some of the investigative units that work downtown and supervisors will carry the devices shall complete department approved training so all the training will be very thoughtful to make sure we're very cognizant and ensure the privacy rights of all human beings. officers that have the body cameras will opera

i am joyce hicks the director of the san francisco office of citizen complaints. in addition here, this evening from the office of citizen complaints is senior investigator dennis max um if you will give a wave. >> it is good to be here to talk to you about the functions of the office of citizen complaints we are also know as the occ. we are the third largest civilian oversight of law enforcement in the united states, and we are only surpassed in size by the new york office of civilian complaints, and the chicago office of independent review. the occ was created by a board of supervisors sponsored charter amendment in 1982, and when it was adopted, and as a ballot measure and the office became operational in 1983. and that makes us 32 years old. and we were originally an office in the san francisco police department but later we were placed under the jurisdiction of the san francisco police commission, these commissioners right here. we are separate from the police department, and we are civilians. the function of the office of citizen complaints is to assist the

suhr and the director of citizen complaints joyce hicks. >> welcome to the commission meeting and i appreciate that everyone recognizes that we delayed the start of this meeting in honor of this being the first day of domestic violence awareness month of october and we just left the steps of city hall where the chief gave a rousing speech because we all believe, now more than ever, there are plenty of examples of how much work that we have to do to explain, what domestic violence is and what it looks like, and how systems can be held accountable for serving victims and really understanding what is a very difficult crime. so, thank you everyone for your accommodation, and i also know that the giants are playing right now, for those of you watching at home you are committed to the police commission and aappreciate that. >> could you call the first line item. >> general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall address their remarks

loftus and members of the commission and chief suhr and captain and members of the community, i am joyce hick, the director of san francisco office of citizen complaintser in addition here from the occ is very investigator sherry hall in front and it is a pleasure to be here this evening to speak with you about the functions of the office of citizen complaints. we are also known as the occ. and we are the third largest of the oversight of law enforcement agency in the united states, only surpassed in size by new york and chicago. the occ was created by a board of supervisors sponsored charter amendment in 1982, and we became fully operational in 1983. and that makes us 32 years old. we were originally an office in the san francisco police department, but later we were placed under the direct supervision of the san francisco police commission as an independent agency separate from the police department and the police commission and also a civilian body, and the function of the occ is to assist the police department in building trust with the community. by being the bridge between the public an

suhr and the office of citizen's complaints joyce hicks. welcome to the meeting on october 8th, and we have a robust agenda, as we know that we talked about last week that there are a dow mist i can awareness and so there are a number of agenda items that talk about the police response and new policies that will be before this commission tonight. and we also have exciting certificates of appreciation and some acts of heroism and bravery, and so let's get right to it and thank you for being here and inspectors call the first line item >> presentation of certificates apraoeshs, action, mr. john girade and mr. kyle mizokami. >> and i will refer to my colleague, commissioner mazzucco to talk about what we are here to talk about today >> >> ladies and gentlemen we are about to hear about great acts and i will leave it to the captain and with full disclosure i will tell you that i have known john for five years and his family and he is actual my my law partner and when he came to work and told me what he had done and i was amazed as everyone was