i trust the attempts to be done bechief suhr, but it is a long- range process. i am not an apologist for greg suhr or the district attorney, but they have to find a solution. without the state, law enforcement does not work. [applause] >> so, chief suhr -- [laughter] what do you do about this problem of the end justifying the means? so, how you teach your young officers or train them not to abuse their power and not to get these bad guys anyway they can and does not matter how they operate? how do you teach trainees about this? >> first, thank you for having me. this is a bit of an away game for me. [laughter] [applause] >> either way, it is your home town. >> that is true. >> you might feel like you're on the hot seat on this panel draws that is ok. i can handle it. >> the background is extensive. certainly, after i have come in, there are psychological profiles. there are lie-detector tests. so, we really do try to get it right. only one out of 11 applicants to the police department makes it through. yet, we still get some folks to do some things we would rath

[applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a department of 1,800 police officers. next we have peter herley who is now acting as police consultant. he is the former chief of police of tiburon and the former president of the california police officers association. next to mr. herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees the criminal division, including the victim witness program and the alternative dispute courts. anne irwin is an attorney in the public defender's office. ms. irwin was recently involved in several of the cases involving the videotaped evidence which resulted in the dismissal of over 90 cases. you've read about those in the newspaper. and finally, we have civil rights attorney john burress. he specializes in civil actions brought against police officers for abuse of power, brutality, and wrongful death. let me remind the audience that we will have a brief q&a at the end. if you want to ask a question, just raise your han

president mazzucco: ok. >> this is no reflection on the chief of police suhr. i see the crime rate going down, etc., but i of a letter also for the minutes under the brown act and the sunshine ordinance -- but i have a letter also for the minutes. i see that crime is going down. this is not the basis for creating more work for police officers. i thank you for your time. president mazzucco: thank you. and, mr. lawrence, i am sure you are aware, being a frequent visitor, you can take your complaints to the sec -- occ. >> yes, and i went to state for the record that i do not trust the -- i want to state for the record that i do not trust the occ investigations. president mazzucco: ok. >> i just want to share -- where i was jack-booted. president mazzucco: next speaker. >> i am normally very positive, but tonight, i am going to be very negative about the sfpd. i did not like one remarked. put that aside. number two, there was one in the bayview with someone who shot at one of our officers. his name was public within 12 hours. we have a guy in northern who was shot

being a whistle- blower, but encourage proper at 6, and i think -- proper ethics, and i think greg suhr stated very properly its starts in the police academy. u.s. no other position probably in the united states -- certainly not for some of our elected officials. yet no one who gets more scrutiny and more background checks and psychological checks and an 18-month probationary period. we as law-enforcement administrators hope that those kinds of people who do not meet on moral and ethical standard, we hope they do not pass or get through. sometimes they do. i find it interesting that this is the -- it has been 20 years, 15 months, and two days since the rodney king incident in los angeles. when i watch that incident. -- when i watched that incident, it gave me shivers. what bothered me -- it was not only the people hitting rodney king -- but it was the other 19, 20 officers who stood around and did nothing. and allowed it to go on. that bothered me as much. and i was a police chief at the time. one of the things a new chief and parents is the department culture -- inherits is the departm

do you have anything to add to what chief suhr has said about preventing misconduct in a police department? >> thank you for having me. i do have to point something out. i was not the president of the california police officers association. it was the california police chiefs association. i spent 21 years in the city of torrance in southern california before coming up here, a city of to under 50,000, about 350 personnel. -- 250,000, about 350 personnel. much smaller organization. completely different type of agency. but one of the things we found was to my career and particularly at the beginning, there was really no classis% -- classes pe se, and we started a course on how to be a successful chief. a very strong component of that was an ethics, and what is the chief's responsibility within their department relating to at the experience included in that, it had to do with the abuse of power and misconduct. i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been nearly to deaf a game and what they were off duty. -- nearly

we have someone from the office of citizen complaints and someone on behalf of chief suhr. president mazzucco: that is the last time we will be saying lieutenant falvey, as the next time, it will be capt. >> one person has been selected to take captain falvey's place as secretary. he is very recommended. he is very professional and has been with the department 29 plus years, and he has worked at a number of stations, northern, park, and mission. for many years, he worked on the muni task force. he was a very well-respected. he became an expert in gangs. he became an inspector, and he worked for a number of police chiefs, including cheap sanders -- chief sanders, and we are pleased to give them a try as commission secretary. i am sure that you will like him, but if you do not, let me know. he is an asset to the police department. president mazzucco: thank you very much, commander, and thank you, inspector, for wanting to do this. would you like to say something to the commission? >> i just appreciate the opportunity. chief suhr talked to me yesterday and offered for me to tr

san francisco police chief greg suhr says some officers unwillingly ticked off the public by sending facebook status messages or tweets. >> as we would activate officers or deactivate officers or move officers around depending on what was happening with the the occupy movement, officers were actually facebooking and tweeting to their friends and family when their hours might be changed. >> reporter: so when police got ready to move. >> we didn't tell anybody. because we didn't know if it would go out on some sort of social media which would have made the job harder. >> reporter: a new social media policy will be ready in days and a more formal policy will be presented to the police commission. social media experts say many organizations have had to come up with policies on the fly. >> i definitely think thinks are moving fast. i think probably a lot of organizations were not aware that social media was going to have such a large impact. so it definitely hit them by surprise. >> reporter: many say social media rules make sense for the police. >> if they're trying to take down somebody

we have someone from the office of citizen complaints and someone on behalf of chief suhr. president mazzucco: that is the last time we will be saying

[applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a department of 1,800 police officers. next we have peter herley who is now acting as police consultant. he is the former chief of police of tiburon and the former president of the california poliff

[applause] >> chief suhr has surfed in the department for 30 years. and as chief he will be overseeing a department of 1,800 police officers. next we have peter herley who is now acting as police consultant. he is the former chief of police of tiburon and the former president of the california police officers association. next to mr. herley is sharon wu, the chief assistant of operations in the district attorney's office. she oversees

[applause] congratulations. > >> to present the next award, chief gregory suhr. >> do you have it? [inaudible] >> i want to start by thanking the captain knew -- for allowing me the honor to present this. the captain would normally read this as the captain of the station. i was there that night. i could probably tell the story. i will not get another chance to do this. here we go. on september 14, officers sl lane, august, and daugherty took action putting themselves in harm's way. in so doing, these officers saved lives. . jordan and crime partners planned to rob someone. text messages between jordan and his inside person ms. before the robbery spoke of no one being there but him and the ho and doing it my way. it said they were the new bonnie and clyde. minutes later, injury was made by the home invasion team. after minimal discussion, dennis dickson later murdered on the floor. a woman inside undetected by the murderous team of home invasion robbers slipped into a closet and called 911 while the crime was still in progress. the officers responded to the woman's 911 call of the s

police chief greg suhr urges everyone to be on their best behavior. he will have undercover cops at candlestick, 2000 officers to back him up. saints fans says trash talk last week went too far and police are take complaints seriously. >> we're trying to encourage folks to be on their best behavior. certainly there is a certain amount of banter and teasing at events. but unruly behavior isn't tolerated. threatening and foul language is not tolerated at the ballpark. >> the 49ers sent out messages to season ticketholders reminding them security will be tight. chief suhr also said for what these tickets cost, it would be in everyone's best interests to be respectful of everyone else and to simply enjoy the game. >> a novel thought, huh, gil? >> reporter: i know. >> thank you. gil diaz live in the studio. >>> 5:06. nearly two dozen homes destroyed, thousands are evacuated in reno. the battle to get massive brush fire under control this morning. plus, sharp jabs in the latest gop debate out in south carolina. the question that got one candidate steaming m

this evening we are going to start with a few words from the chief of police gregory suhr. >> good evening. i want to thank everybody for being here. we are a very proud police department, rich in tradition. this week, we had a promotion ceremony on monday where we promoted sergeants, lieutenants, captains, and members of the command staff. we've recently brought back the retirement ceremony. i think for everyone in the police department, this particular ceremony stands above the rest. every day, the men and women of the san francisco police department go out and put it on the line every single day. they leave their families and little ones -- it is so great to see the kids and parents here. every day, they go out to put themselves between the bad guys themselves without us. more than every once in awhile, the officers do something extraordinary. you will hear some stories tonight that are going to make you amazed that someone would do that for someone they have never met before. i know one of the stories myself. i could not believe in it and i was actually there. i do not want to take a l

chief suhr, a ban has been called on the use of master keys at the sro. can you discuss whether this is a viable option or why the officers should use them? >> i am aware of that, but consent is also a lawful search, and i know a lot of these hotels would just as soon we not be breaking down their doors and paying to fix the doors or the police department can secure the door and then they have to put a person on the door, and that leads to other theft from folks in the hotel. so, i certainly would look at it and consider it, but i think that's if there is lawful consent given and the past key is used or the person's own key is used, it ends up being, as many things are in this day and age, a cost issue. >> i would like to weigh in. can you imagine police officers arriving at the ritz carlton, informing the front desk they would like a key that opens all the hotel rooms, and no, they do not need an escort. they just will be doing what they would like. there would be public outcry. and the only reason that there is a public outcry about the use of master ke

. >> san francisco police chief greg suhr gave students some tips on staying safe on the streets. chief suhr cautions students to pay attention to that you are surroundings and keep their cell phones, ipods and i pads tucked away when they're walking through what he called scary neighborhoods. the chief also said people have someone watching their back. the city has just expanded it's safe haven program. business who carry this window stickers have agreed to help children who feel threatened our bullied. >> if your spider sense is tingling that something bad is going to happen. take yourself out of that situation and go into one of those stores and call the police. we're not going to -- >> reporter: chief suhr says that police will try to find and talk to whoever threatened that student. but he says that officers will not reveal the name of any young person who seeks a safe haven. the safe haven program has been in the works for a number of years now. city officials say they plan to expand it city wide. >>> in a 20 year study, researchers from uc san francisco and the university o

there was a finding, and it was sent to achieve -- to ceeief suhr. there was another that occurred in the ingleside district. officers went to a report of a dog on and overstreet. when the officer got there and was interviewing one of the neighbors, the dog actually physically attacked the officer and one of the people in the area. the officer discharged his weapon, an animal control was called prior to this occurring, and they took control. they found a fighting for that, and the chief concluded with that, and that included the review of it. that concludes the review board report for the fourth quarter 2011. i would be happy to take any questions before i moved into the officer-involved status report. president mazzucco: commissioner chan? commissioner chan: does anyone else want to jump in before i do? i was involved in the report. there was a 2010 incident that happened. if you notice, it describes the fact that i was asking about it. it's as the officer using his radio became position five or 6 feet in front of the driver's side front bumper, and

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.plause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >>

because for years you saw nothing. >> we want to engage them on our terms. >> reporter: and chief suhr say there were 30 fugitives they were not able to track down yesterday but said there are more operations like this one to come. we're live here in san francisco, eric rasmussen, ktv, channel 2 news. >>> a former san ramon police officer pleaded guilty today to charges of a corruption investigation. he pleaded guilty to nine felonies including selling drugs, embezzlement and gun charges. lombardy's settlement is expected on friday. >>> mayor quan has come under fire by some oakland residents for her handling of the oakland protest. >>> whichever effort gains 50,000 signatures first will be filed. >>> as rita williams explains, the up and down nature of the race could lead to a larger role in california. >>> as candidates arrived for tonight's 19th republican debate, the gop chairman in california and others questioned whether there's a debate over load almost twice as many as this time four years ago. >> we've had so many debates i think we're down to shoe size and hair color. >> repo

and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us.plause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our city's history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. after 163 years, this is a glorious sight. i have spoken with mayor lee about the history of our community and we talk about what happened in 1870's with the first anti-asian exclusion acts. we talk about what happens after the 1906 earthquake when chinese residents were fighting not to be moved to a different part