thank you, paul henderson, for being here today. i appreciate that. >> my please stay wit pleasure. >> so for a novice like me, and maybe many others in san francisco, when we're talking about this, and i used to be with the d.a.'s office, so you understand that process. >> yes. >> how many employees do you have right now? >> i heard, i think someone said 49. i thought it was 52. >> the reason i ask, do you have a complete separate, like, structure of your department that only deals with the criminal cases? because -- and have that kind of staff? and as you know, working with the d.a.'s office, you have a certain mindset when you know it is criminal or excessive force, anything like that that you have to deal with. so do you have separate staff that when something like that comes in, that you can jump right away? because when i was talking to the d.a.'s office, mr. barry, when they hear about it, they're on the case right away. and they're at the scene. how long does it take to normally get to you? >> you're raging som raising sof t

presentation of dpa's audit of sfpd use of force and director paul henderson is present from dpa. >> good evening, director henderson. >> good evening. my normal update, we have 138 cases are open at this point this year versus 112 which was at this point same time last year. in terms of cases closed, we are at 121 cases we've closed at this year versus 107 this time last year. in terms of cases pending, there are 295 cases pending versus 245 cases. these numbers are reflecting the spike in cases we've had recently. in terms of 17 cases sustained, we are at 17 cases sustained so far this year versus six this time last year. of the cases that are being told passed the 270 days, we are at 228. of that number, 19 toll an 19 td again, these are the cases this the pipeline for over 270 days. cases mediated, we are at four and we were also at four the same time last year. in terms of operationally, what's going on with the department, we are in the midst of our contract negotiations for the new case management system and we've been working on that for months. but i think it's nearing a clos

>> i think paul henderson can probably answer that question better than i can, but what i can tell you from my point of view is that the allegations -- until you -- the d.a. is not going to be able to charge any allegations until there is a preliminary investigation anyway that shows what happened. they're going to need the -- they're going to need the evidence. and the evidence is in what is being gathered. and that is also the video evidence. >> so are we -- is paul coming up? >> chairman: he is one of the people. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> chairman: thank you. thanks again, sheriff hennessey. >> i do have a few questions. so you talked a little bit about the initial investigation, and how it doesn't come to you at first. so the people involved at the initial investigation, who do they work for? >> they work for lieutenant sue ellen, who is here, by the way. >> they work for the sheriff's department? >> yes. everybody works for the sheriff's department. >> and the people who do legal review, who do they work for? >> they work for me. >> what about p.d.a.? >> they're an indep

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also present is chief scott from the san francisco police department and paul henderson, director of accountability. >> president hirsch: okay. everybody we're ready for the first line item on the calendar. >> clerk: 1-a, chief's report. provide an overview of significant crimes in san francisco. significant incidents. chief's incident will be limited to a brief description of the incidents. commission discussion will be limited to calendaring any incidents that the chief describes for a future commission meeting. commission events. a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. staffing and overtime. staffing of current levels and overtime expenditures to date for fiscal year 2018-2019. community engagement division highlights including a presentation by the operation genes genesis students and the upcoming trip to ghana, africa. release of police reports and present

paul henderson currently heads up the dpa and says his office could expand its responsibility to include sheriff's deputies. >> we understand the work, we are familiar with doing that type of work. it is a matter now of moving it to incorporate it into a new agency. >> reporter: the sheriff say she works forward to working on details with the plan. >> we will be collaboratively working on some ideas ilities w this will be the way it is with dpa or whether we will try doing investigations a different way. >> reporter: all of this is still in the idf is. there's no word what outside oversight of the sheriff's office would look like, what the timeline would be, whether this would be a voluntary program, or whether there would be some kind of change within the county that would force a mandatory oversight program. and san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> northwest of chicago, sheriff arrested a gunman who killed a sheriff deputy. floyd brown was barricaded inside a car before finally surrendering to police. the shooting happened earlier today in a motel in mchenry county, we

also present is chief william scott of the san francisco police department and standing in for paul hendersonpartment of police accountability. >> good evening, everybody. and we are ready now for the first item on our agenda. line 1a, reports to the commission, discussion. chief's report. weekly crime trends, provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. significant incidents, chief's report limited to a brief description of the specific incidents. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether the calendar any commission. provide a summary of planned activity and events occurring since the previous meeting. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities, the chief describes women be wie limited tor a future meeting and presentation of early intervention system, eis, fourth quarter, 2018 report. >> good evening, chief. >> good evening, president and commission and chief of staff. sarah hawkins, sorry. good evening, everyb

. >> i am joined by the "wall street journal" shelby holiday, veteran prosecutor paul henderson and a washington correspondent for the "daily beast." this is congress. so we're going to get out to how congress makes this kind of investigation. starting on the narrower plank of the actual legal implications, paul, what does it mean when the chairman judiciary releases a finding, a conclusion that the president has already committed the crime of obstruction? >> it can mean a let. let's be clear, they are looking for actionable bad behavior and actionable bad behavior what you alluded to is the high crimes and misdemeanors. i know that drifts us into impeachment. we're not at impeachment yet. we're definitely on the road. the car is on the road. and this is the gas for that car, this investigation. so we are looking for bad behavior and action items from this president and we already know a lot of what they are. but i think what stand out to me is how broad and how aggressive this investigation is that supersedes and expands beyond even what we're going to get from the mueller investigat

. >> clerk: and we have paul hen der season and this is line item 1, presentation of certificate of appreciation ms. jody mccown. >> commission president, director henderson, esteemed members of the commission and community in attendance this evening. it gives me great pleasure to make this presentation this evening to one of our incredible public servants, namely miss jody mccown. come on up. jody mccown is the supervisor for the sfmta special shop for hundreds of parades and events. it was jody and her team who made it possible for these parades to occur unencumbered. her tireless effort and can-do effort and a willingness to be part of something greater than herself was incredibly noteworthy. i will close with this statement. jody practically walks on water but jody made what seemed impossible, possible. permit me to read the citation on the certificate of appreciation from chief scott. san francisco police department recognizes jody mccown, supervisor sfmta in recognition of your route outstanding service and for performing your duties in the finest tradition of public service, you are hereby awarded this certificate of appreciation on this 20th day o