my name is mario molina with the san francisco police department. currently the oic, the officer in charge of the behavioral science unit and cit coordinator for the department. my job entails assistant program for police officers, cit is under my umbrella. today we are going to give you a brief overview of the san francisco police department and what it's doing in the community especially with people with disabilities. terry birn is going to start the powerpoint. >> what is

mario molina is my name. you are more than welcome to do so. >> mario.molina at sf gov.org. >> thank you. we learned a lot. i have a question. how much involved are people with disabilities in the planning of the curriculum? >> the curriculum was set before i got there but we have people from the community that come and teach us. we had sole, door, namei. they bring their own guest speakers that come speak to police officers. >> [inaudible] >> are they present during the training? >> they stay and listen to what's going on and they do presentations and they get feedback by officers. what i like about that is it brings the faces to it. it's the person talking about what he or she went through when the police contact happened. we don't get to see the other side. so now we have speakers coming and saying this is how i felt. this was what i was going through when the cops came to talk to me. it makes it personal. >> it humanizes. >> how do transfers work. i understand that police officers might transfer stations

commander robert sul oh sullivan cit over sear golden gate division operations bureau, lieutenant mario molina. public comment is welcome. agenda item no. 7. information item. collaboration in the mental health and criminal justice system. the success of san francisco cit program is an example of how criminal justice partners can step outside of their traditional roles to better serve people with mental health disabilities in our community. presentation by jennifer johnson deputy public defender, behavioral health court. public comment is welcome. break. the council will take a 10-minute break. agenda item no. 8. information item. the office of citizens complaints and it's collaborative role in police community relations. the presentation will provide an overview of the office of citizen complaints, it's complaint process and it's role in making recommendations to enhance police community relations. this presentation will also highlight some history of the process that led to the adoption of the crisis intervention team model for san francisco p.d. response to mental health crisis calls. prese