does yours say melara. >> they both say melara. >> commissioner hirsch. >> in this case i feel consistency runs into credibility and to have credibility with the public we need to be honest about what it is and it's a weapon. we'd never call a gun a device or a knife a device. we'd never call a baton a device. i think folks expect us to be fair and honest and a call it a weapon. >> thank you, commissioner hirsch. commissioner de jesus. >> i have to agree with commissioner hirsch. if the manufacturer calls it a weapon that's what we should call it. i may have been called a device many years ago. i think the taser company has changed its name and called it a weapon and we should do so too. >> commissioner: any other comments, commissioners? -- i can take a straw poll. it's just a straw poll so i don't need a roll call vote, correct? >> the clerk: that's correct if you just want a poll that's not an action item. >> can i get a sense, please, by a show of hand as to which commissioners would vote to call this a weapon? thank you. the next issue is issue number two. so i'm going call on my fell

. >> president turman: commissioner melara. >> commissioner melara: and chief, if i may, i think your intent is to bring this into one review board. >> correct. >> commissioner melara: all of these are going to be brought under one roof. if we're going to define it here is one thing, but the reality is we're going to end up with one review board. >> president turman: okay. so -- so commissioner hirsch, do you have language you want to suggest here or what? >> commissioner hirsch: i think i would buy the dpa's language, understanding that it really means. >> president turman: yeah. read the language to me. >> commissioner hirsch: there's a note here that says dpa suggests adding quote analysis of the tazer activation. >> and will. >> commissioner hirsch: and it'll be done over at the firearms review board. >> president turman: good for you? >> yes, that's good. it just makes it clear. it's clarity in the language. >> president turman: right. >> i think we already did that one. >> .3 is on page three of your appendix, and two of your notes. this relates to the last bullet on -- under a.

commissioner dejesus, commissioner melara, mission summer herrish. you have a quorum also with us tonight is the chief of police, william scott. i don't see the representative from the dpa. mr. henderson is arrive from the dpa. >> thank you, secretary. members of the san francisco public, thank you for joining us on wednesday, february 7, 2018 for the regular meeting of the san francisco police commission. would you begin with item one. >> adoption of minutes for november 3, 8, december 6, january 10 and 17 of 2018. >> thank you. in your packet are the proposed minutes as the secretary has read out november 3rd, novembe november 8th and december 6th of 2017, and the january 10th and 17th minutes of 2018. hopefully you have had a chance to review the minutes. any comments or questions? i would entertain appropriate motion. >> move to approve. >> second. >> all in favor. >> public comment first on april approval of the minutes. thank you. seeing no public comment, public comment on item one is now closed. moved by commissioner dejesus, seconded by mazz

commissioner melara? >> thank you, commander lozar. this committee is very close to my heart, not only because i believe in delivering culturally competent services and also because of my commitment to domestic violence, but i want to say that this committee would not be what it is and producing what it does without the commitment of the many people from the community that come to those meetings, and i would say the leadership of mayor -- of miss marian, because you're the one who keeps it together. you're the glue who brings it together, and so i want to thank you because your commitment really brings me to the tab the table, you know, it's really commendable. >> which agency is she with? >> you know, i forget. >> she's with the police department. >> thanks very much, commissioner melara. thank you very much, commissioner lozar, and thank you, everyone, beverly, everyone who's been doing this throughout the years. again, people come to talk about the things that aren't right, and we started this process how many years ago? so many yea

so the motion to i a prove the budget was made by commissioner melara, seconded by commissioner mazzuccoect, secretary kilshaw? okay. all in favor? any opposed? motion carries. director, you have our approval on the budget. thank you so much for being here. all right. next item, secretary kilshaw. >> item five, discussion and possible action to approve draft revised department general order 3.01. written communication system for purposes of engaging in the meet and confer process with the police officers association. discussion and possible action. >> commissioners, now, we have already discussed at length this particular d.g.o. and its revisions as you will recall. we did not vote on it because it had not been posted the requisite amount of day. it has now been posted the requisite amount of days, but if there is further comment or xhe on it, i think -- further comment or question on that, that is now. >> i would move to pass the matter based on our prior conversations. >> second. >> okay. moved by commissioner mazzucco. seconded by commissioner marshall. public comment. hopefully on d.

. >> commissioner turman: commissioner melara. >> commissioner: i just wanted to make sure that as we're contemplating all of these different pieces that are not -- we have not come to an agreement on, i would like for us to ask the chief to give his input because he and his department is the one that's going implement these changes. we're only providing guidance on the policy but not on the implementation piece. and so i would want to hear from the chief on all of these or the department to ensure we're not putting something on the table that is not going to work. >> commissioner turman: that's why i gave it to you commander walsh. thank you. commissioner dejesus. >> commissioner: can i have the language back, please. i do agree with commissioner hirsch i think assault is vague and over broad. the aclu gave us a great letter on the assault and touch. this say -- is an is a weapon that could be lethal and we nude to be clear and i think assaultive is vague and ambiguous. it doesn't carry the water. i agree with commissioner hirsch in making changes to when they can use that to when it's

it's led by commissioner melara, and it's been in existence since 2012, and it's a great way to get the collaborators at the table to move fashd language access. tonight tonight, we have some of those collaborators present. la casa has a huge staff. they volunteer their time, they teach at the police academy. if you'd like to standup, thank all of you for all your work you do all year for the department, and for the city [applause]. >> thank you very much, very much. >> so they're here this evening, and they contribute their time to make our department better and our city a better place to live and work. so tonight, i'm just going to briefly go through some statistics with you. these are statics you hear on an annual basis regarding limited english proficiency. starting with the first one, this is the number of calls for service, contacts, investigations that an lep person -- that thwe work with lep person. in january 2017, there are 3,308 incident reports, and if we look at fiscal year 2017-2018, there were 4,402 incident reports, and there was thousands of interaction and providing th