wrongheaded past resolution by the board of supervisors to augment the staffing levels of san francisco police department. >> it was done without proper communication of this body and community the police budget is bloated at offer half a billion dollars for the one fiscal year i believe the figure is $548 million the chief makes over 3 times afternoon of police chiefs the gentleman earlier spoke on the high wages for the staff by private civilians beyond this look at the record we should look at the fact the same week money was blocked for a training on racial sensitivity the same day a report said san francisco police black people are 7 times more likely to be arrested by san francisco police and ten times more likely to be courtyard and convicted while we live in the city with the fast golden state and the text messages how about the recent exposed police assassinations of the jar for the text messages the lopez was shot in the back i have 4 less serious thank god complaints about san francisco police i've witnessed in the last several most we don't need more police people in our neighborho

san francisco. we went to the police commission and the police commission approved it after a few months of litigating the program and they passed resolutions which the san francisco p.d. is an abiding by. so we are working on it and as of right now since the program was established in 2012, we have 344 officers trained. the initial goal was 20% of the police department. among those, there is other agencies in the bay area that heard about it and asked if they can send some officers. they include a few of rpd officers and they are being trained in that. it's getting around the bay area how san francisco is doing the training and how they want to be part of the training. to give you some stats, the san francisco police department has different stations across the city. we have a percentage of officers to be on duty when they need it. this is a living organism with police officers because in the police department, every 6 months you get the opportunity to shift from day to swing to midnight. so the numbers are only good as 6 months or so. so we have to revise it again and see where they went and who is

an overview of san francisco police department crisis intervention team and it's current status. cit is a partnership between san francisco police department and mental health service providers and community advocates. presentation by commander roberto sullivan, cit overseer golden gate division operations bureau mario molina and coordinator behaviorism science. >> thank you, good afternoon. i apologize for commander oh sullivan, he's not going to be able to be here. we have a problem at the hotel with our president. my name is mario molina with the san francisco police department. currently the oic, the officer in charge of the behavioral science unit and cit coordinator for the department. my job entails assistant program for police officers, cit is under my umbrella. today we are going to give you a brief overview of the san francisco police department and what it's doing in the community especially with people with disabilities. terry birn is going to start the powerpoint. >> what is

san francisco police teamed up with c.h.p. officers and you can see they pulled a lot of people over. the police are focusing on five primary collision factors including using a cell phone or tempting while driving and that is not allowed and drivers not stopping for pedestrians. >> you are looking at new stop signs being installed today in san francisco on san jose avenue and lake view avenue where a

now, i do believe that san francisco police department is among the better police departments in the country but the fact it is doesn't mean the issues facing departments like ferguson and other departments are not facing this police department as well. you look at the isue of what happened with the racist and home phobic texts, i imagine if the police chief came out and said nothing will happen to these police officers i imagine this board of supervisors would hire more police officers but say we need to address the issue of the texts that are racist and homeo phobic before we hire more officers. yet something really significant happened with respect to those texts yesterday. even though the police chief is saying we should terminate those officers, the san francisco superior court issued a order that basically says that the san francisco police commission has no jurisdiction over those disciplineary cases vaurfbing those officer

raima calawa i stand for here bike way chapter i'm a long time resident of san francisco i come with surgeon concerns with the police staffing policy as a black resident in san francisco i'm deeply disturbed telling you the trauma my family has experienced at the hands of sfpd the proposal to at 262 police officers to the san francisco especially to treasure point which is the highest population of black people as the city of san francisco as they work hard to push latinos and blacks out of the city -- is to protect the luxury housing how the local government uses the police to protect the needs over current needs of families -- add economic resources that will serve as aye prevention to the crimes that coauthors claim they need more police to govern we know the police is a driving force of gentrification to wipe out the poor homeless and youth using gang junctions as a tool as how sheriff's get rid of us as an organizers have been brutalizing we know cops are not the answer malia of district ten should take a strong stance we need you to step up and address the migration of black people and issues in the community

lieu tenent mario melina of the san francisco police department.r freedomburg of the cit work group and doctor boid smith the chair of national alliance of mental itness. if you would like to say a few words >> this is really exciting for san francisco. we talk a lot about everything going on with the police and police brutality and hear we have something that is a very specific program to turn that around when people rin psychoatricate vices to use de-escalation and not force. i'm happy to be here and happy to push for this for so many years >> good afternoon, lieu tentant mario melina [inaudible] who is a [inaudible] we are thankful the supervisors are recognizing the faculty of the san francisco police department mental health providers and community members that are part of this endeavor. san francisco holds training 3 to 4 times a year where we train about 40 officers on de-escalation skills and procedures. this is a great [inaudible] and the chief department. on behalf of chief sir, thank you. >> give these hereose who make the city safer a b

the agency established the voters in 82 and limited to just the san francisco police department, so complaints about the bart police or sheriff's department, other agencies we don't have jurisdictions over those agencies. who are we? we are a civilian staffed and we are city agency and we report to the police commission. the police commission over sees both our agent and the police department. we are a staff of 32. for the city charter none of our staff could have worked for the police department and our staff speak a variety of languages, cantonese, tagalog, french, spanish. we are on van ness, close to market. wheelchair accessible. in a city building. we have tty, we'll soon be able to use videoconferencing for american sign language. your invitation to speak here brought home, our brochures are not in braille and we are working with the lighthouse for the blind and working on getting our borrow -- brochures translated. what kind of complaints? that maybe an officer was rude or a person says they were stopped because of race, ethnicity, transgender, to officer involved shootings where peopl

saying tonight. >>> and we're following breaking news in san francisco, a neighborhood evacuated >>> back to breaking news now out of san francisco. police and mission streets in san francisco right now. our abc news reporter is there at the scene with an update. >> reporter: within the last half hour we've seen san francisco police's bomb squad set up. i want to give ah live look behind me. that's the scene unfolding, and we have seen several k-9 units out sniffing the area. and if we take some video, i can show you a better, closer look of the scene. we're told the suspicious vehicle is down the 400 block of stephenson. that is kind of a side street off of fifth. and police have fifth blocked between market and mission street. now all we've been told by police at this point is that it is a suspicious vehicle. they have had an evacuated the area. this is a very busy part of the city. there are lots of bars and restaurants in the area. and you have a lot of tourists staying at hotels in this area. so at this point they have escorted a few of those phones to their hotels. but it's till unclear at this point what is concerning about that s

the man is not facing charges. >>> in san francisco police arrested two suspects and seized 38 gun, thousands of rounds of ammunition and home made explosives. san francisco police showed off the arsenal yesterday. chief greg sir says it started in april after robbers at a gas station and three other businesses. officers arrested one man in the bayview district last month. then last week they raided a home in south san francisco where they made a second arrest and found the guns and bomb making materials. >> the mere fact that he was emotionally manufacturing inside the home could have -- was police officering inside the home could have -- manufacturing inside the home could have had devastating consequences. >>> new water restrictions will take place today. they will meet state requirements. irrigation and landscape watering will be limited to three days a week from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and people are not allowed to use fountains. there could be up to a $500 fine for third violations. >>> and the supreme court ruling on same-sex marriage is on everyone's mind as the lgbt parade gets set to

the pedestrian who was hit by the suspect was rushed to san francisco general hospital with life threatening injuries. now this was the second police pursuit in san francisco just this week that resulted in an innocent bystander being hurt. on monday police arrested a wanted parolee at fifth and mission after a dramatic pursuit that started in bay view. the chase came to an end when the suspects car got wedged between other cars in rush hour traffic. at least two other drivers were hurt. several cars were damaged. now the suspect in that chase 24-year-old michael cortez he was booked on several felony counts for reckless driving and also evading the police. now he was want the on felony assault charges and was also on probation for an attempted murder in san francisco. there is also a burglary warrant out for him in san mateo county. >>> the takata air bag recall is the largest in the history of the auto industry but many people don't know if their cars are on that list and that is causing a lot of concern. ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is joining us from our newsroom with advice for drivers. janine. >> reporter: members of

and then we get to the san francisco police department and our text message. some people, white people who live in los la la land think having more police officers would make them safe. i will pass this along to our supervisors. >> thank you, next speaker. >> i'm iris piblo, lived in the mission district for yeefrments retired nurse. if san francisco increases sfpd and jail, we are going in exactly the wrong direction. we need to get a with a from jail and get people out of the prisons and into the community. we know better and we know who is going to be incarcerated. especially men and youth of color, people who are mentally ill and people who are homeless. how to have community safety. i know greg suhr there will be an increase of officers in the streets which to me will only increase public hazards and decrease safety. what will increase public safety is change the ratio and economic inequities in san francisco. e evictions have increased 40%. gentrification may have something to do with that. people with mental illness i think between 20 and 50% of people i

family members all the time you know what i do and last note he was personally assaulted by the san francisco police a couple of months pepper separated awhile breaking up a fight between teenagers go in my neighborhood with no weapons and successfully. >> sir. >> arrested and attacked by police. >> we need. >> sir. >> thank you, mr. miller. >> next speaker >> good evening ms. brown. >> hello, i'm paulette brown and i'd like to use the overhead i'm here again concerning my son excuse me. i just ran up here to catch. my son aubry that was murdered august 2006 to thirty round of bullets my 17 year-old boy to this day, no justice cold case and i'm still a grieving mother and i'm looking for some information concerning my son to this die there's still no information concerning my son i am concerned about that i've been doing this for the last 9 years august 14th of this year is 9 years since my son is begun i come here to keep my sons memory alive i don't want none to forget about him, i want his case closed so i can have closer i go around everyday thinking of him everyday and bring my pictures? all i

pedestrian who was hit by the suspect, they were taken to san francisco general hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> this was the second police pursuit in san francisco just this week where an innocent bystander was hurt. on monday, police arrested a wanted parolee on fifth and mission after a dramatic pursuit that started in bayview. now, the chase ended when the suspect's car got wedged between two other cars in rush hour traffic. at least two other drivers were hurt. several were damage -- several cars were damaged. the suspect was booked on several felony counts for reckless driving and ee-- and ewading police. he was warranted on felony assault. there is a burglary warrant out for him also in san mateo county. >>> new numbers show people up and down the state are conserving water. the state board released new figures showing water use fell in april by 13% compared to last year. starting this month, there is a new goal of 25%. the waterboard says all of california's regions showed improvement but some areas did better than others. the far northern california region including parts of the sierra saw the most signature redu

folks in 1976 existed i will tell you in 2015 it exists that's my statement on bias in the san francisco police department it's not improving secondly i want to speak to the notion of jail i don't need to give you stattistics you have heard statistics as a farmer licensed therapist in san francisco people who are victims of persistent traumatic stress disorder not post it's persistent communities where stress continues every day those folks are often the folk you find in jail don't build a new jail do the kind of things that helps folks live healthier lives in san francisco. >> thank you next speaker? >> hello supervisors my name is nanci rue bin aye want to thank you for holding this meeting today i started my career in san francisco 40 years ago on this very issue when i walked into county jail 1 and 2 on 1965 i was apolled i had a career where i ran the jail mental service and went onto be the deputy director for the community we are the only county in california who has a recent jail built yet our jails are empty i was asked about my colleague s to today to appeal to you as responsible stew

they are helping the lead agency, which is san francisco police. i got off the phone with the chp this morning, which says it did not have any developments overnight. with someone so badly injured, of course the top priors, police are hoping to catch the person response. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang "today in the bay" >>> tike to khem check your microforecast. >> because of as you walk out the door, a bit of cool weather, but as we go into the day, warming up nicely. let's take you on a camera tour all across the bay it's breathtakingingly beautiful. i love this one, too. and also getting a look at other cameras like san jose. you can see the beautiful sunshine there, and also nice and clear to start out the day, san francisco also looking clear, with a few very low clouds. you can tell the marine layer is very thin this morning. that helped to clear out the skies this morning, as we get a look from tiberon to the city, it is beautiful. most of those temperatures in the upper 40s to lower 50s. elsewhere across the bay, 55 degrees for the

drivers in a rush this morning learned an expensive lesson. >> san francisco police department is dedicatedmaking the streets safer. slow down. pay attention to what is going on. >> reporter: this operation was a joint effort between san francisco police and the chp. they weren't just going after speeders. drivers who didn't bother to stop for this giants fan were kicking themselves when they saw the flashing lights. this pedestrian turned out to be an under cover police officer playing an important role today. >> reporter: he had a couple of close calls while trying to cross the street today. >> driver thinks a lane is open so they gun it and you can hear the engine revving. it gets dangerous. >> reporter: people who walk to work are used to cars not stopping. >> i work here and i cross the street all the time and people do not stop. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> sure. yeah. >> reporter: dozens of drivers were ticketed during the operation for speeding or failing to yield. paying the price for not paying attention. the advice for drivers in san francisco, probably a good idea it s

tell from the san francisco we employ 20,000 in san francisco i one of those that work in san francisco as well we strongly suggest to look at the staffing we have been working with the police officers to get more beat on the streets i have to commend the police officers they have worked with us because it's a request we have been working with us for a while that would help to get at that fine solution so we can have officers on the streets that can make all of us feel safe not just our employees and residents but the guests and our hotels we have advocated for additional officers so our hotel guests can can feel safe ear one of the things we wrestle with daily they tell us they love our city they love the restaurants and being here but they're not coming back because they're concerned about the safety for themselves or their families they will tell us that and post it on social media when they're on the streets the things we witness every day they're witnessing also that is strong and the fact that would look at getting us not only up to the mandated level is beyond that is something that we feel strongly about we think it's important for the residents and employees alike

. >> this morning a san francisco police officer is recovering after being pepper sprayed a group of suspected thieved at "forever 21," at union square at 6:30. the officer was confronting

even though the police chief is saying we should terminate those officers, the san francisco superior court issued a order that basically says that the san francisco police commission has no jurisdiction over those disciplineary cases vaurfbing those officers. the court said we are taking that away from the police department and we as a court will be the ones who decide a very important question when chis whether or not the police commission and police department acted in a timely basis in terms of disciplining those officers. what does that mean? it means that we may have a situation where the court decides that in fact the police commission did not act in time and that the police department actually knew months more than a year maybe a couple years about those texts but didn't do anything. what is going to happen is there is a very real possibility that those officer will be reinstated. that is a possibility. the mayors office is shaking their head but that is what the superior court said. they could very well decide that. what kind of message do you think it will send to these comm

for social change i see on a daily basis the black and terri poor communities impacted by policing in san francisco one of the main concerns of the black and terri community often talk about is the over policing of their communities. it looks like based off the new budget there would be $400 million going into the police department when you look at the black and terri communities and the over criminalzation of those communities it makes you wonder how much of that money is going to them instead of property value we should worry about people values here in san francisco we can look at a person's zip code and area code and determine if they person will end up incarcerated or end in county prison and look at another person's and know they're going to college supervisor avalos brought up -- gym grow 60% african american 40% of those are arrested are african american regarding juveniles over 62% of those are arrested are african american we can't tell you the data is inaccurate. it should go to make sure we have accurate data to come before this board to see hiring police is going to be better to all of

appeared before the board of supervisors public safety committee on social justice of the san francisco police department and i reiterated the following 4 points sfpd should strive so for a difference racially in sexual orientation and also that the department should conduct explicit bias training for all members additional training supervisors how to detect sub ordinances and finally this should include community folks and the third about body cameras that was made by the police department and deputy chief ali and commander morriser and presented their up to date on body cameras and finally i discussed the needed budget for the office of complaints and the last point under donna salazar the occ mediated 7 cases 5 in june 27 cases compared to thirty as of june 30th, 2014 and as june 30th 20145 complaints were mediated that concludes my report. >> thank you director hicks any questions for director hicks colleagues? director hicks i want to make a contempt our advocacy so for the budget was skill if you have this year i think this is significant i know there were last minute questions from the

the rally will be in martinez. >>> the issue of san francisco police staffing will be discussed. the police department has 17 officers. a board of supervisor resolution showing 2200. the staffing is less than other cities comparable in size. opponents are worried about the cost of adding more officers. >>> the pittsburgh city council will consider raising water rates. the water rates would go up 4%. the higher rates will meet the 20% reduction in water use and fines between 25 and $1,000 for excessive use. >>> in napa construction will be started to replace the bridge that was damaged in the earthquake last month. the 100-year-old bridge was due to be replaced this summer but the earthquake caused serious cracks. the new span will be seismically improved. >>> drivers around the world can get help with directions from a familiar voice. that's rise. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is back. it took him an hour to record the necessary phrases from turn left here to hasta lavista baby. >> i hope he doesn't get mad when you miss the first left. >>> it's 10 minutes after

. >>> san francisco police are back at the scene of an lgbt mural in the mission district that's been defaced for a third time. this time the culprits took it to another level. >> reporter: kristen there is caution tape surrounding the mural. the investigation team will be back out this afternoon. those who live and work here say whoever did this has gone too far. >> i can't find the words for it. >> reporter: many are shocked to see this lgbt mural after it was damaged by a fire last night. >> there's so many great different murals all the time. it's so sad this one is getting a lot of negative attention. >> reporter: the mural that depicts gay cups and a transgender men keeps being vandalized. they spent $3,000 to replace it and now must spent more to clean up the mess left behind. >> every week it's been tagged. every time, they always replace it. this time i think they've gone too far. >> reporter: san francisco police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. they're reviewing surveillance video to identify who is responsible. >> i realize it is a very complex issue what's