restoring public trust after high profile police shootings including the killing of mario woods. they completed 272 reforms required by the california department of justice. everything from limiting use of force to preventing bias in policing and hiring. so, data released shows a drop in the use of force incidents. that is between 2016 and 2022. although the number of police shootings was up last year, five people were shot in 2023, compared to a low of 2 in 2021. so, our wilson walker has reaction to the progress and the acknowledgement that the work is not finished. >> my name is felicia jones, i am founder of justice for mario woods. >> reporter: today was a milestone in a journey that started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl it has to be a world stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line >> it is

i'm also the founder of justice for mario woods coalition. >> reporter: for felicia jones, the ceremonycity hall was a milestone in a journey that started years ago. having been pushing for greater accountability for police. since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it will have to be a royal stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later, here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers, marking what everyone will agree is a step in not a finish line. >> it is not perfect. but we have finished. >> reporter: san francisco police say they have essentially finished the justice department, mayor london breed in an election year and the chief of police, describing it as a milestone accomplished in spite of head winds. >> not only do we continue to push forward with this work and made it happen, but we did so during the challenging time after a global pandemic where we saw crime start to spy rocket. >> you make the adjustments to keep the balance there. like prop e and what they voted for, it is achieva

having been pushed for greater accountability for the police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it has to be a world stage for justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line. >> it is not perfect. we have finished. >> san francisco police say they have essentially finished all 272 reforms recommended by state and federal justice departments. mayor london breed in an election year and the chief of police described it as a milestone accomplished inspite of headwinds. >> we not only continue to push forward with this and made it happen we did so during a challenging time after a global pandemic where we saw crime start to skyrocket. >> you make the adjustments to keep the balance there. what the voters voted for it is is achiefable. our policy still has to provide guidance for us to do things in the spirit of what this reform initiative is all about. >> reporter: jones says it say day to mark p

that's when 26-year-old mario woods was shot nearly two dozen times by five sfpd officers. it's one of a series of officer-involved shootings that prompted reforms by then police chief greg sur. he resigned, forced out over public pressure because of those shoots, and chief bill scott was brought in with a mandate to finish the job. among the accomplishment, the department says officer-involved shootings have dropped by 50%, use of force fell by 65%. this is a process that started in 2016, and while the chief of police is celebrating, submitting the final reforms to the department of justice, there are critic who is still say that the san francisco police department still has work to be done. >> the racial disparities in terms of who gets stopped, who gets searched are unacceptably high. >> reporter: he hopes additional restrictions adopted by the police commission recently will have some impact on those disparities. meanwhhr

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods at the time the obama administration department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking the department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all

started years ago having been pushing for greater accountability for police since the shooting of mario woods in 2015. >> even though it may be a world stage in regards to the super bowl, it has to be a world stage in justice. >> reporter: nearly a decade later here she was leading a cheer in a room full of police officers marking what everyone agrees is a step and not a finish line. >> it's not perfect, but we have finished. >> reporter: san francisco police say they essentially finished all 272 reforms recommended by state and federal justice departments, mayor london breed an n an election year and the chief of police describing it as a milestone accomplished in spite of headwinds. >> we not only continue to push forward with this work and made it happen, we did so during a challenging time after a global pandemic where we saw crime start to skyrocket. >> you make the adjustments to keep the balance there like what prop e and the voters voted for, it's achievable, but our policy still has to provide guidance for us to do things in the spirit of what this reform initiative is all about. >>

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods the time the obama administration department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking the department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all 272 reform recommendations. they submitted those responses to the california department of justice. now, critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods at the time the obama administration department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking the department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all 272 reform recommendations. they submitted those responses to the california department of justice. now, critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that

san francisco and early in 2016 february to be exact because of enormous activism of killing of mario woods this disproportionate killing of black san franciscans i'm not naming them all trump took office and shut down all of doj reform actions. chief scott came in after multiple changes during the volatile activism chief tony chaplain chief from january to december of 2016 chief scott become san francisco police department chief chief scott shining light was transformation progress. mayor breed was elected in 2018 and continued to hold up reform for san francisco, california. wealth and disparity and the black community track san francisco police department reporting on the doj the collaborative reform inch since the beginning of reporting 7 plus years ago. wealth and disparities and the black community challenged the reform process even going to work with california attorney general bob - rob. >> all of black versus white san francisco statistics we know due to the activism of wealth and disparities in the black community who specifically demanded that those per capita comparisons be repo

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woodsw at the time the obama administration's department of justice recommended 272 reforms, including asking the department to address biased policing limit to the use of force address equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. well, today the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to the 272. but critics say san francisco police have issues they need to be addressed. mayor london breed and the police chief do agree. >> all this is definitely a commemorative moment. this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we focus on public safety for san francisco. >> each and every one of us know that there's a lot more work to be done and this work. cole reform is never truly over. but we have put in place systems we put in place infrastructure we put in place to support. to overcome challenges and to adapt and we need to. and really that's what

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woodsn department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking the department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all 272 reform recommendations. they submitted those responses to the california department of justice. critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that opstill need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we focus on public safety for san franc

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods at the time the obama administration department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking the department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all 272 reform recommendations. they submitted those responses to the california department of justice. now, critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledge that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that w

department was under heavy criticism following violence use of force incidents, including the death of mario woods. now at the time the obama administration, department of justice recommended 272 reforms to the department to address issues, including biased policing, use of force racial equity, transparency and data the police department says they've been working on those 272 reforms ever since. and today they say they have submitted the last 27 responses to those recommendations to the california department of justice and they feel they've fulfilled their obligation. now, critics of the police department here in san francisco say there are still problems. they say the police department still disproportionately uses force against black people who make up a smaller percentage of the population here in san francisco, the mayor and the police chief said today that they are happy that they've made these reforms but acknowledge that there are still problems that need to be addressed. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we

was under heavy criticism following several violent incidents, including the shooting death of mario woods at the time the obama administration department of justice may 272 reform recommendations, including asking department to address biased policing limit use of force, address racial equity issues, improve transparency and data collection. on friday, the police department announced that they have submitted the last 27 responses to all 272 reform recommendations. they submitted those responses to the california department of justice. now, critics of the police department still has e l- issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we focus on public safety for

we saw the police kill mario woods.the police harassing survivors of violence like the family of jackson salas. we know while this is happening the police budget is increased, goes over budget all the time, while all the other departments have to take cuts. like the food bank. food is a basic human need, right? how can that be deprioritized people killing our communities? we demand the sfpd budget be cut in half and the $400 million be sent to true care and safety solutions for our people. as we said, that money could go to house all 8 thousand houseless people in the city, done. that is something we know london breed cares about and has a lot of pressure around. that actually can be solved by our demand. we know you have the power to change the budget and we really hope that you take your job as seriously as i take mine and that you do what is right to care for the people. >> thank you for your comments. welcome next speaker. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is cathy, a district 7 resident a queer asian american and medi

we saw the police kill mario woods.the police harassing survivors of violence like the family of jackson salas. we know while this is happening the police budget is increased, goes over budget all the time, while all the other departments have to take cuts. like the food bank. food is a basic human need, right? how can that be deprioritized people killing our communities? we demand the sfpd budget be cut in half and the $400 million be sent to true care and safety solutions for our people. as we said, that money could go to house all 8 thousand houseless people in the city, done. that is something we know london breed cares about and has a lot of pressure around. that actually can be solved by our demand. we know you have the power to change the budget and we really hope that you take your job as seriously as i take mine and that you do what is right to care for the people. >> thank you for your comments. welcome next speaker. >> hi. good afternoon. my name is cathy, a district 7 resident a queer asian american and medi

two of the five people that shot mario woods had shot people in other jurisdictions. the laterals look up laterals. thank you. and there is no further public comment. line item six. commissioner reports discussion and possible action commission. president's report. commissioner's reports and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration in a future commission meeting. commissioner benedicto, thank you, mr. president, a couple of reports here, last weekend i attended the saint patrick's day parade, with the department contingent was great weather and great turnout, for that parade, the mayor joined the sfpd contingent as well, next wednesday, when commissioner is off, commissioner walker and i will be going on a ride along in the tenderloin, and so we'll have, i'm sure, things to report back, after that takes place, finally, a little bit of an update on one of the dgos that i'm assigned, dzho 7.01, which is, the jps regarding juveniles, there's been a draft up for public comment, for a while. i believe that period is closed. commissioner