it was originally an office in the san francisco police department, but we are placed under direct supervision of the police commission. as an independent agency, separate and apart from san francisco police department. the police commission is also a civilian body. the function of the office of citizen complaints is to assist the police department in building trust with the community by being the bridge between the public and the police in matters of police misconduct and police practices. to that end, the occ's mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased investigations of police misconduct allegations, making recommendations on police policies and practices, and also conducting mediation between the complainant and the police. the investigation of complaints, and we make policy recommendations on police the power of policy. law-enforcement agencies must have a procedure to receive complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the occ serves that purpose for the san francisco police department. our office is staffed by a diverse group of c

department. >> i am a dispatcher. >> my name is michelle martinez and i am a commander with the san francisco police department. >> i am a police officer. >> i am a commander. >> i am an officer with the san francisco police department. >> i grew up in new york city triet >> houston, texas. let's right outside manhattan. >> i am a native she said. >> my father was a sicilian man. >> my mother was and italian catholics. >> my mother was from japan. i was a bit of a tomboy. >> things got very awkward and strange for me. i had to start trying to act like one and look like one. >> i would always dress in jeans and converse tennis shoes. my girlfriends would be checking out the guys and i would be checking out the girls. >> i had these close friendships with my best girlfriend and i was hiding from my senior prom date. >> there was never someone i could talk to because i thought i was different. >> by the age of five or six i already knew that i should keep it on the down low. >> i knew, absolutely, that i was not supposed to talk about it. >> i was not honest with myself or my family and. >> you are rai

i am the nine supervising captain for the san francisco police apartment. in 2006, the police station received a phone call from the capt. that said that bryan had been shot. i am a native son of san francisco and i live in the district just a few blocks from mccoppin square. i responded to the scene and took over the command post. we have been looking for the suspect for several months. bryan spotted the individual in the area of 25th and kirk and pursued him into a closed area where he did not have site of the suspect. he was gunned down in a broad -- he was gunned down. pacific to me deeply not just because of the circumstances of what happened, but because of bryan. i know when they go through things like this, we always talk about heroism, but not all police officers who died in the line of duty do so with heroism attached to their death. and bribery. that is what we have here. we have an officer who died with bribery and heroism. that is why we have pursued this. -- bravery and heroism. i am a community member. i send my kids to public school in the ci

the san francisco police department has jurisdiction over the islands because they're considered part of the city and county of san francisco. police have already interviewed two of the three survivors. >>> we have received new photos from the coast guard. they show the yacht stranded on the rocks of the farallon islands. the coast guard has suspended the search and completed its preliminary investigation. it's now up to san francisco police to determine exactly what went wrong. >> our role is to find out if it was mechanical, if it was nature, weather related or if it was human error that caused this tragedy. >> some people are already questioning why the crew decided to continue with the race at least a dozen boats dropped out because of the treacherous conditions. you can find more information on our website at ktvu.com including a link to a live webcam at the farallon islands showing the site of the wreck. >>> the search resumed this morning for any sign of missing morgan hill teen teen sierra lamar. there is new information about dna evidence already uncovered. >> reporter: sierr

department. -- engagement with the san francisco police department. we are lucky that we have one of the best of the command staff working with us right now. she manages the enforcement arm of the mta including the san francisco police officers that work and ride the buses. they are largely responsib to be how to be safe when learning how to ride on the system. >> first of all, i really want to thank director for this campaign and putting in j. resources behind it. a little bit of what we do on the mta side of the police department, everybody reports an incident and it comes to us. i read every single related report. it gets disseminated to the district station captains. they look over the constant data and they develop enforcement plans that assist our city in combating crime and incidents on me. -- on muni. we have officers dedicated solely to the mta. they ride in uniforms and plain clothes. we also have k-9 units. i can't say more, they do with our transit system. we're down 30% in crime and the transit system. as the director said, the only place

we have served the purpose for the san francisco police department. we are staffed by eight avers group of civilians that have never been san francisco police officers. a majority of staff are investigators and the balance consists of an attorney and support staff. we conduct investigations to find out what happened and we follow the evidence. by interviewing the person, the involved police officers, and civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to the obtained evidence. we obtained evidence in the form of police reports and other documentation that is generated by the department. the also visit the site of the alleged occurrence and we may take photographs of places or persons. we have a goal to complete investigations within nine months had with limited exception, which must complete the investigations within a year. we make a finding on whether or not the complaint of the officers violated any police department rules for local, state, or federal law. our standard of proof is the performance of the evidence. the probability that it occurred is more

since march 30, 2012, the san francisco police of department has documented a 11 letters of support. this police plot is the highest crime area in san francisco with over two dozen incidents directly related to alcohol and over 300 incidents related to narcotics in 2010. it is well known that licensed establishments have the ability to extract activity by drug buyers and sellers. this plot, specifically the in a block of six street has had one of the highest crime rates in the city for several decades. a 2011 police department operations order describes the sixth street corridor as being plagued by high level of narcotics activity. this attracts individuals who are responsible for a high percentage of violent crimes which occur in the southern district, including assault, robbery, stabbing and shooting. as a result, extra police resources, including the violent crime task force and tactical units were detailed to the sixth street corridor during july and august of 2011. single resident occupancy in the area are sponsored by the city through public health to work with their clients to

it's entitled "betrayal of trust in the san francisco police department." my thoughts were just those of unbelief after reading your story "new video slap for san francisco cops." it is undeniable that our rights under search and seizure laws must be protected. but cops that blow cases by violating these rights should lose their jobs and be prosecuted themselves. i hope new chief greg suhr follows through on his promises to clean up the san francisco police department that betrays the trust put in it when it pulls stunts like this. so, what happens when those we think are protecting us from criminal activity become the criminals themselves? what is the mentality that causes this to happen? how much can a police department overcome such a betrayal of trust, public trust? so we're going to explore some of these issues today with our most imminent panel, all of them experts in their field. and we are very fortunate to have them all here. let me introduce you first to stuart hanlon, at my immediate left. stuart is a defense attorney of great renown. he has over

there is no way the san francisco police department would have been able to pull this off without their help, so specifically, many investigative strategies were utilized to identify and stock is violent crime spree. one strategy is to reduce the pool of suspects, to call upon the fbi in examining similar serial cases. we took a chance, and the special agent attended our meetings. ages 0 coordinated phone conversations with additional fbi special agents and maintained additional communications with lead investigators. she was also instrumental in preparations. supervising agent spero is represented by john connell, who will be accepting the award on her behalf. i am going to go golfing, and then we will do it once. -- to go through the whole thing, and then we will do it at once. daly city i, for allowing them o participate as they did. jennifer performed many critical database queries. she search for patterns and trends of this progress. she identified as potential suspects who were living or have lived in the area of the crimes. this allowed us to focus on specific persons, narrowed o

investigators will also use another piece of equipment from san francisco police during today's search. >> it can defect items on the floor. additionally, is bringing over their -- san francisco is bringing over their police boatle so we'll have two sonar activations. >> reporter: now, the oakland police boat is out here looking for the gun. they will continue to search the water until they found the gun or they find out this is not the spot. we'll stay on top of this story and bring you the very latest as it develop, especially on ktvu.com. live in oakland, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, paul. >>> we have an update now on those who survived yesterday's mass shooting. all three of the wounded victims have now been released from oakland's highland hospital. one 19-year-old woman was able to walk out of the hospital yesterday afternoon. a highland hospital spokeswoman says the last survivor was able to go home last night. >>> details continue to emerge about the suspected gunman. one goh reportedly faced a long list of deaths in virginia, where he lived

is this is correct it between passat no emergency crews are here including the tow truck in san francisco police police are telling us that's there are five people in outside the white sox accurate you now see at the back of this to attract one of one of the individuals apparently the passenger of that vehicle was shot and killed there were three others in the back seats two of them sustained injuries gunshot injuries we're told that they are not so life-threatening again cbs five is confirmed that one person was inside that vehicle has been they're now local hospital. an eyewitness tells me that the shots rang out just before 9 outside the hotel housing project here at the 0.5 people again were sitting inside the acura went allegedly the shooter approached on foot and started firing. inside the car were five teenagers i'm told none of them older than 17 the witness described the driver tried to get away but the shooter was conflicts chasing that car for two blocks. >>> i was mortified five gunshots. >>> it was a rapid and your voice is? >>> heard footsteps was i heard the gunshots i heard foots

. >>> if you own a vacant building in san francisco, police have a message: board it up. they are trying to keep protesters from squatting in local buildings. >> reporter: san francisco police will be busy trying to get that message out. their message is another occupy protest is in the works and could happen any day now. they want vacant buildings bored up as soon as possible. you may remember dashboarded up as soon as possible. you may remember two weeks protesters stormed a building owned by the archdiocese of san francisco what they left behind was thousands in damage from anti-corporate slogans they wrote on the wall and vandalism that building had been used by the catholic church as a sacred heart prep school recently vacated. police warn this could happen again. that is why they are urging owners of vacant buildings to board them up across the city. they say this is a new extra swreu by the occupy movement to target vacant buildings to scat in them and using them to try and get their message out about economic disparity. police believe the next take over could happe

on behalf of the commission, i would like to welcome everyone to the san francisco police department's 2011 medal of valor ceremony. please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america into the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. please be seated. mayor lee was scheduled to attend but was not able to make it. he sent his congratulations to our medal of valor recipients. we're joined by the police commissioners and the commission president, vice-president, commissioners. also on the stage this evening we have the chief of police gregory surh. we have the deputy chief of special operations and the deputy chief of the operations bureau. we have the deputy chief from the airport bureau. we have commander in the operations bureau, the commander from the sfmta, the commander in chief of staff, and the commander from the operations bureau. this evening we are going to start with a few words from the chief of police gregory suhr. >> good evening. i want to thank

now that the coast guard search has been suspended the san francisco police department is taking over the investigation. >> our role is to find out if it was mechanical, if it was nature, or weather related or whether it was human error that caused this tragedy. >> reporter: the san francisco police department has jurisdiction of the island. now they are interviewing the survivors. >> the captain has not been interviewed yet. we would like to talk to witnesses first. >> reporter: the boat is still at the crash site. police say there is no environmental hazard. >> the boat will remain there until the insurance company or someone responsible will go pick that vessel up. >> reporter: ted goldback is a member of the yacht club and knew cayhill and namen. >> they are both wonderful men and great sailors. it's just a tragedy. >> reporter: the crew of the low speed chase was experienced and had respect for the ocean he says. but knew the ocean could be unpredictable and sometimes deadly. >> whether you are here in the bay or out of the bay, unfortunately sometimes there are just accidents. a

i hope new chief greg suhr follows through on his promises to clean up the san francisco police department that betrays the trust put in it when it pulls stunts like this. so, what happens when those we think are protecting us from criminal activity become the criminals themselves? what is the mentality that causes this to happen? how much can a police department overcome such a betrayal of trust, public trust? so we're going to explore some of these issues today with our most imminent panel, all of them experts in their field. and we are very fortunate to have them all here. let me introduce you first to stuart hanlon, at my immediate left. stuart is a defense attorney of great renown. he has over 30 years of experience, including some of the country's most high-profile cases. including cases involving police and official misconduct. next to him is our san francisco police chief, greg suhr, newly appointed to that office last month. congratulations, chief. >> thank you, your honor. [applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a dep

san francisco values. i think that would be an example -- the understanding is that there are hundreds that are entered into with the san francisco police department for something as simple as of the president visits, it needs to be entered into. his role as running the department and that as a role that the commission should play. i would have questions and would want to look further into whether or not it is the role of the civilian board to actually approved everyone. >> in the context of this one that specifically deals with the surveillance of san francisco residents, and you believe the chief of police should get the approval of the police commission? i know that it is a complicated issue. adopted allied believe the seven members should have final signing authority over that one? i believe the police commission should hear from the community and hold the chief accountable. if the community is outraged or a large number of members have real concerns does not reflect san francisco values, the police commission has a remedy that has to do with holding the chief accountable. >> you don't believe they should have final approval? >> i t

. >>> san francisco police department has rain launched a formal investigation, now 5 on board the low speed yacht never made it pack. they have jurisdiction over the fair lawns you because they are considered part of the city and two belonging to another man. in the meantime we have received new photos from the coast guard. take a look at that, it shows the boat stranded on the roxanne -- on the rocks and it is now up to the san francisco police to determine what is going on. >> our working is to determine if it is human error that caused this tragedy. >> the only people who know what happened were the people on the boat and the skipper on the boat. >> some boom are questioning why they decided to cancel the race. at least a dozen has dropped out. octavia spencer dropped out and she is reportedly in talks for a film called fruit bail. it will cover final accounts of what happened at the fruit bail. filming begins in july. >>> kimberly conover had tried to get a rescraping order against her husband earlier this month but a judge was tee that i had. she was have iing her lawyer again to

. >>> san francisco police arrested a drunk driver after his suv flipped. it happened about 5 this morning. they say the driver expected of hitting several parked cars. the man was hospitalized with what police called nonlife threatening injuries. >> we are back on storm watch tonight. beginning with some wild weather, include argued tornado. this -- including a tornado. this was southwest of stockton. within the past hour confirmed that yes, indeed, this was a tornado. may have been winds from that same twist they are caused damage in the town of french camp. one man said he thought he was going to die when the storm came through. >> you just heard a loud, loud noise and i ran out to look out the back window and i saw this big cloud. i seen it flip over the trailer. my shop was in pieces. >> a funnel cloud becomes a tornado when the tip touches the ground. here's another look. a viewer photo. he says he was standing on his back deck just before 1 this afternoon. meteorologist will be here with your complete bay area forecast. >>> a task force investigating

. >> item 1, ordinance amending the san francisco police code sections 1215 through 12 15.4 and adding section 12 15.7 to require a security plan as part of an application for a commercial parking permit, said requirements for security parking plans, authorize the chief of police to suspend or revoke a commercial parking permit for violation of approved a security plan, authorize the chief to promulgate rules that set requirements for security plans, and authorize imports meant by the city attorney in a civil action. supervisor avalos: thank you. this item is sponsored by president chiu and supervisor wiener. i will turn of the microphones to them. supervisor chiu: thank you for considering this matter. i also want to thank supervisors wiener -- supervisor wiener for his part in this as well as the city attorney. as you may know, we have had issues of violence around our nightclubs, and since i was elected a supervisor in 2008, we have moved forward and passed a number of pieces of legislation to address different aspects of public safety related to nighttime violence. we have asked ou

committee for a safer san francisco supporting sharmine bach and opposing george gascone for district attorney 2011. san francisco police officer association issues p.a.c. united here local 2 p.a.c. i could tell you the longer name. never mind. nfers employees international union local 1021 issues p.a.c. san francisco alliance for jobs and sustainable growth p.a.c. san franciscans for jobs and good government supporting ed lee for mayor 2011. last but not least, city residents opposing ed lee for mayor 2011 sponsored by american federation of state, county, municipal employees, afl-cio and afscme. >> i can see why you referred to double your salary. clearly voice-over is part of your experience. >> and i thank you very much. >> ok, shaking is taking place. >> there's seiu but not --. >> close enough to find the box. >> we'll be selecting three from this group. >> we have ed lee for mayor 2011. >> two more. >> myomoto for sheriff, 2011. let's get a good one. and adachi for mayor, 2011. >> thank you very much. we appreciate your service. >> as a city officer, i am happy to serve. >> thank you. the next item on the agenda