and it was originally an office of the san francisco police department. it was later placed under the jurisdiction of the san francisco police commission. it is an independent agency, separate and apart from the police department. the police commission is also a civilian body. office of citizen complaints investigate civilian complaints against san francisco police department and make policy recommendations on sentences go police department policy. in california law enforcement agencies must cover procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the otc serves that purpose. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. the office of citizen complaint is that 33-member staff, the majority of which are investigators, and the balance of this faq consists of attorneys and sports -- support staff. to that end, office of citizen complaints mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased sourcrecommendations. we -- when we conduct an

the office of citizen complaints fulfills that purpose for the san francisco police department. r office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who may never have been san francisco police officers. the office of citizen complaints currently has 33 staff members. the majority are investigators. the balance of the staff consists of attorneys and other support staff. the goal of the occ is to increase the public's trust in law enforcement by being the bridge between the public and the police on matters of police misconduct, neglect of duty, and police policy. to that end, the office of citizen complaints' mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting a fair and unbiased investigations and making recommendations on police policies and practices. when we conduct an investigation, we do so to find out what happened. we follow the evidence. when we complete an investigation, we make a finding of whether the complaint of the officer violated any police depart rules, or local or federal laws. if after the investigation the occ finds an officer violated a rule, we forward a

i served as president of the san francisco police department association and as a san francisco policeofficer, i received two medals of valor for my work on the street. i patrolled just about every corner of san francisco. a safer city requires bringing all of these elements together. i'm proud to have burned the support of senator dianne feinstein, the attorney general , lt. gov. gavin newsom and many, many others. i hope i can earn your support also. please join us on our web site. thank you. >> election day is november 8th, 2011. that is the last date to vote in person and a deadline for receipt of the vote by mail ballots. >> hello. my name is ross mirkarimi, i'm the supervisor of the fifth district of the board of supervisors of san francisco. i am running for sheriff because i want to improve public safety throughout san francisco. when i was elected supervisor in 2004, i inherited the district with many neighborhoods that notoriously had the second-highest violent crime rate throughout all of san francisco. i set out to make sure we take back our streets from crime. i did so wit

please, we ask you to come back. -- san francisco police department is tremendous. i want to go through some security initiative that we have in place, have had in place, and additions. with events like this, sometimes things get lost in the shuffle. of all the officers, the countless number of security guard that work the event for us, they performed admirably and in many cases, absolutely outstanding with what they have had to deal with. in my 19 years of doing this, i have never, never had to do with the amount of calls for service, the amount of fights, behavior that is absolutely not accepted at our stadium, or quite frankly, at any other sporting event across the country. hats off to you, chief, and your team, security, a shares, ticket takers who had to endure the behavior of people that i do not think should be called fans. for those of you coming to the games, it does not matter which team you support. the behavior of saturday night is not welcome. do not come. you are absolutely not welcome. we are reviewing cameras and any footage that we have on the inte

welcome to the wednesday, september 21, 2011 san francisco police commission meeting. as you heard, the chief is on his way, he is in traffic. while we're waiting, we will go into general public comment period before we go there, sometimes we conclude our meetings in memory of members of the san francisco police family. i would rather do that at the end. i would like to start our meeting in memory of andy farron. he died at the age of 99 last week. every wednesday, he regularly watched the meetings with his caretaker, rose, who is the wife of a san francisco officer. he used to love watching our meetings, i would get feedback. i would love to start this meeting on behalf of lt. farron. >> they public is welcome to commit -- address the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or personnel. under police commission rules of order, during public comment, neither police nor personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented but may provide a brief response. indivi

my photographer allen leon and i are standing next to a team of san francisco police and b.a.r.t. police officers. we are being told that all the media will have to leave. they have taken our press passes and they are processing release forms and they are being told they are going to be making arrests of anybody who is still there. i have counted 50 officers that are down here. also some in security uniforms. right now it's very quiet down here. at different points we saw people being arrested and being taken away i would say about six or so. there's about six people who were taken away in handcuffs and i'm just staying with the photographer right now as we're being processed. >> are you getting any indication -- >> jana are you getting any indication until how long until the station will reopen? >> no i do not. right now everything has been shut down. as you can see the gates are closed both on this side and on the west field shopping center sight and the entrance to market street. so right now it's very calm but they haven't made an indication as to what the next step will be or

san francisco. >> five murders took place in south san francisco last year and all of them were gang-related. police are investigating whether this incident was too. tracy grant is live at the south san francisco police department with the very latest for us. >> reporter: janelle, south san francisco police aren't giving out any information about any of the boys involved in this instance -- incident except their ages. there was a third boy there last night who was not injured. police are hoping he'll be able to help them put the pieces together. >> i heard a pop and i thought it was fireworks. there was pop, then pop pop pop. >> reporter: in south san francisco police arrived on 1st lane and magnolia avenue last night at 8:15. they found two 14-year-old boys bleeding profusely, suffering from gunshot wounds. both were taken to san francisco general hospital, where one of them was pronounced dead and the other is still being treated for his injuries. because they are minors, police refuse to reveal any information about the victims. >> sorry for it was a young kid. >> he was 14. >> i didn't know him,

san francisco, edwin lee. [applause] >> good morning. it is my personal honor to join you to commemorate 9/11 from our police, fire, paramedics, volunteersto grips citizens of san francisco. a decade after the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11, we continue the struggle to make sense of the terrible events of that day. san francisco is more than 3,000 miles away from the attacks. we felt the devastation and loss keenly here in the city. we will continue to remember and honor those who perished. it is important to me and the people of san francisco that we remember and honor the fallen, including hometown heroes like betty and mark. betty's phone call was the first indication that america was under attack. she relayed vital information to the ground crew. mark wrestled with control of flight 93 rather than allow hijackers to fulfill their mission. 10 years ago, we also learned about the final moments of san francisco resident melissa's hughes who was a victim of terrorism in the towers. to read about her final moments is just as heartbreaking today as it was 10 years ago. events of september 11, 2001, changed the world and re

firefighters, and the chaplain for the san francisco policeent for the invocation. >> we live among heroes, the heroes of the past, those firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, and civilians who gave their lives on 9/11. we live among heroes today as we remember tony and vinnie, firefighters who gave their lives for our city this past june. we remember all of us who have served the city daily, giving our lives in service to our fellow citizens and giving of ourselves in many different ways. we live among heroes. today, we do not assemble so much with a sense of grief for those who have given their lives as much as with a sense of pride that they did their jobs well and they gave their all. as we gather together in this city, we ask almighty god to remember us and bless those who have been heroic in the past, those who are heroic today, and in a real sense, to give us the strength, the honor, the dignity, the pride, and the courage of the san francisco police officers and firefighters. it is a great pleasure now for me to introduce my f

san francisco, edwin lee. [applause] >> good morning. it is my personal honor to join you to commemorate 9/11 from our police, fire, paramedics, volunteersto grips citizens of san francisco. a decade after the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11, we continue the struggle to make sense of the terrible events of that day.

anyone with information is asked to call the south san francisco police. reporting live ktvu channel 2 news. >> discussing how to deal with gangs. mayor is hosting the two day conference so cities can compare notes. officer in the san francisco police gang unit says gang injunctions have been helpful in reducing crime. >>> san francisco police announced an arrest. 4 drivers have been robbed since august by a man who would asked to be taken to a street. pull out a knife and demand money. none of the taxi drivers have been injured. have been released the name of the suspect. >>> help determine if a body discovered there is that of michelle lee. the human remains were found in sonoh canyon. her cell phone was last used in that area when she disappeared. the mother of a murdered girl found the body. she was part of the team of volunteers. >> there's mixed emotions now. there are people that have put hours and hours behind the scenes and the people were involved on that. very emotional for them to discove . >> the woman accused of murdering lee appeared in court

san diego. i would encourage any of you who are interested to speak with me about putting up a panel presentation together. they take proposals on various topics and the police commission and the san francisco police department are engaged in some pretty cutting edge policies from the work we're doing around community policing to the work around hour crisis intervention team or also, the juvenile protocols we have in place and other jurisdictions are interested, would be interested in what we do. in addition to my attendance, one of the attendees was the director of the police complaints authority of trinidad and tobago. following the conference, she came out to san francisco with a delegation to understand how the office of complaints works. she was able to meet with representatives from the u.s. attorney's office. the office only investigates the most serious complaints of police misconduct including criminal misconduct and misconduct involving serious injury. you also have before you of the august comprehensive statistical report. in the report, you will find that 69 complaints with it -- were filed in august. through august 31, 2011, 552 complaints have been filed. as of that date, the

after they arrived a man would demand money from the driver. >>> san francisco police also say a womanbbed to death, a man she says broke into her home yesterday morning. the incident happened on kirkwood avenue near earl street in the bay view district. the woman told police the man entered the home and then tried to choke her. that's when she says she stabbed him. the man has been identified as 40-year-old anthony payne, the woman's identity has not yet been released. police say she was not arrested. >>> in news of the world tonight, from yemen comes words that anti government protesters have seized the base of the elite republican guard. meantime in the capital, at least 50 people have died in a second day of bloodshed. witnesses say the government used snipers and rocket propelled grenades against prodemocracy protesters. for the past seven months the protesters have been calling for the president of yemen to step down. >>> the death poll from yesterday's 6.8 earthquake has now climbed to 53. most of the victims are in indian state in the himeleyans. >>>-- the flooding affected 5 m

one thing people seem to forget is when you are a member of the san francisco police department, it is irrelevant as to who you are, your race, sexual orientation, religion, when an officer calls for back up, no one asks, they respond. when citizens call, the response. this police department is a family. one of the highest ranking members of the pride lands is wearing my father's badget and i talked to him frequently, as frequently as last week. there is no secret list. they are members of the family. a family that is sworn to protect and serve the city and someone's sexual orientation is irrelevant. this is an incredible department and i am proud. commissioner terman: i made myself clear that diversity helps us connect to our communities in ways that are beneficial to the greater community at large. so, i do not know of any secret list. as for reference brought in by supervisors and there being four supervisors, i do not know what that is a reference to. i was elected by 11 of 11 supervisors to sit where i am today. thank you. >> i stand before this commission. it represents the commu

san francisco marathon. agca trazz, try at then, the san francisco police mass. bluegrass is forthcoming. it should be a three-day event that isn't going to be as large as outside mass, however, we'll work together and try to make this a great venue, and the nike women's marathon. that concludes the district presentation. i certainly could entertain questions, if, indeed, there are. commissioner kingsley? you can certainly return to your seats. >> thank you very much. [inaudible] >> i'll start from the beginning --. thank you for your excellent report. it was a terrific presentation and there were aspects of your report, the way you presented that weren't what we've seen before and it was very personal with the individual names of the community advisory boards and the breakdown of staff and so on. i really appreciate getting all of that. i wanted to just clarify a few things. the chart in connection with property crimes, d.u.i.'s and so on that are comparing to 2010, are they comparisons to the same date in 2010 or is it for the entire year? >> it's year to date. >> year to date, so that

after they arrived a man would demand money from the driver. >>> san francisco police also say a womanath, a man she says broke into her home yesterday morning. the incident happened on kirkwood avenue near earl street in the bay view district. the woman told police the man entered the home and then tried to choke her. that's when she says she stabbed him. the man has been identified as 40-year-old anthony payne, the woman's identity has not yet been released. police say she was not arrested. >>> in news of the world tonight, from yemen comes words that anti government protesters have seized the base of the elite republican guard. meantime in the capital, at least 50 people have died in a second day of bloodshed. witnesses say the government used snipers and rocket propelled grenades against prodemocracy protesters. for the past seven months the protesters have been calling for the president of yemen to step down. >>> the death poll from yesterday's 6.8 earthquake has now climbed to 53. most of the victims are in indian state in the himeleyans. >>>-- the flooding affected 5 million peo