want to issue a thank you and recognize director steve flaherty from dpa. we get to hear and we just heard an update today about all of the audit awards that steve wins for for thank you for that . >> all of his audits are meticulously researched, analytically rigorous and beautifully presented and every one of his audits could be hung in the loop. steve is also the embodiment of professionalism his ethics are beyond reproach and everything he does reflects his deep commitment to serving the public. we're getting into the homestretch jermaine jones from dpa who is the swiss army knife of dpa excelling wearing a number of hats and excelling at policy, trying discipline cases and all manner of special and strategic initiatives that he always seems to be assigned on top of his normal workload. although i'm advised he doesn't get extra pay. looking at you paul, jermaine is sharp, insightful, pragmatic. he has a superhuman ability to build bridges and connect with anyone from any walk of life and produces beautiful work product. despite his crushing workload. la

my name is steve flaherty. i'm the director of audit for the department of police accountability. >> tonight i'm presenting the results of his audit on the san francisco police department's processes to ensure complete and accurate stop data. >> dpa issued this report in december of 2024. we performed this audit in accordance with government auditing standards. those standards require that we perform the audit to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions before we discuss the findings. >> i'd just like to review two key terms. first stop is any detention by peace officer of a person or any interaction where an officer conducts a search. >> second stop data refers to the information that must be reported for each stop. this includes the time, date and location of the stop. the reason for the stop and its results and the perceived race or ethnicity of the person stopped. >> so this slide contains some context on why dpd performed this audit. california's