[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

my predecessor was chief suhr, as you well know. under his leadership, there was a dramatic drop in violent crime in the distributor i am proud to report that we're continuing that trend here in the bayview. we will get into more specifics about that later. but we're excited about the fact that we are making more than a dent in violent crimes in the baby. as you move further through the powerpoint, the homicides -- of the homicide job is demonstrative. as you can see, in the first part of the year 2000's, we were running 25 to 30 homicides a year in the bayview. when chief suhr was a bit, it dropped down to 13, 14. obviously one homicide is too many, but last year we had 11. so far this year we have three. it is unsafe to speculate about a homicide, of is the, the up and down, but there is a trend here in terms of violent crime that we're deeply appreciative about. we moved on to other crimes. you can look. the same principles apply. but in property crimes as well. enforcement operation, i have a special presentation for you this ev

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

nothing was done by ed lee other than appointing greg suhr as the chief of police who was demoted to deputy chief. so there is a lot of issues going on pertaining to law enforcement, and i personally believe that it is a waste of money what is going on here. the man was elected by the people, and the people who are making these decisions why we are here are several. greg suhr, whom he appointed, brought the evidence to garscon, so think about ethics and that when you go forward. thank you. [applause] chair hur: i want to thank the public for your comments. we are a five-member, a volunteer body, and another is volunteering his time, and i think i speak for the commission when i say we are committed to having a just and fair process, and we look forward to the party is cooperating in that endeavor. commissioners, any further comments or questions for the party is in light of the public comment? i have a couple. so could they please come forward? regarding the briefing, and, again, and it ministerial issue, i parties have no problem with double spaced 12-point font for your breeds, tha

i am proud to be working with chief suhr. and scott weiner, it is a pleasure to have you out here.appreciate it. it is a great team. thank you to the people who are out here. and also our partners with the american red cross. who are here this morning. thank you for being here. it has been a tradition for many of us out here. i hope you have a great day and you remember what happened 106 years ago. it is great to be a san franciscan. >> a nice hand for the chief, everybody. i have seen this other chief speaking in the last couple of times. a nice hand for chief suhr. >> good morning. our fire chief said it. we're lucky in san francisco. we have a mayor who has moved through the tears of prepared as an goddess ready to go. we get a little more prepared every day. god bless to the survivors. >> thank you. >> it is a minute of silence at 5-11. -- 51:11 p.m. let's have a moment of silence for a minute right now. [siren] >> i think the fitting way to end this germany first of all, -- this ceremony first of all. there will be playing. everybody have their words right here? i will give th

one of the things we worked on, my former boss, chief suhr, was a captain there and gave you. he started the weekly meeting with the plain clothes people that you will hear from, housing, and the station investigation team. we get together and pass around information on crime stories. any trends going on in the district. that way people are aware of it. the captain said patrol is a big issue. they do a lot of work collectively as a group. violence has diminished on the third street corridor. crime is down. that is nice. we have to keep working at it. being a beat officer, i have been on control -- control for 15 years after the bitter fishing the radio is fun, but getting out and talking to the people is how you solve things. the officers immediately make it a point of shaking people's hands. the merchants association is very strong in the baby. and getting out to the kids. it is about getting out and knowing people. i am not just some guy you cannot talk to. this is how beat officers should be. it has been a lot of fun. it is a lot of hard work. the officers did a very good j

chief suhr is not here. but he is named in the decision from the court repeatedly, and in that decision, where the city and county patrol -- prevailed over what you try to be a patrol special under the guise of being a friend of warner, even though he is a convicted child molester among others things, in that case, in detail the extent of the patrol special willingness or lack thereof to follow the rules and regulations and a lot of the city, state, and country. this leads me to my second point, which is you have known since that case in 2009, and you were made again aware of it in the 2010 report, and i have been coming to your meetings for over one year now and have been making you evidently aware of their shenanigans and their behavior in the castro, and you have done nothing. the lieutenant behind me was here to tell you that an owner had illegally operated for we do not know how long, but for quite awhile, and continues to do so. in november, there was talk of holding him and others accountable on to on

on saturday, april 7, several districts stations here in the city, including chief suhr's staff, were at the cookoff. it was a great event. i attended with my son. although our team lost, it was really the epitome of community policing. it is nice to see the uniformed officers interacting at what is essentially a major bar-b-q. congratulations to the staff for a great event. also, later that night, there was a dinner, and it ended at a lions club which honors the firefighters and others of the year. 12 officers or honored at that event. on tuesday april 10, the cheese held a community event to update the public on the homicides, just to make sure the community was getting accurate information. we put a lot of information as we could as quickly as we could after the homicides, and thankfully, we were able to make an arrest within 48 hours, but just in case there were fears in the community, we had tamil meetings, we would do after an officer-involved shooting. later that night, there was the commemorative meeting for officer espinosa at the bayview station. on thursday, april 12, the c

[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

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

commissioner slaughter: thank you, commissioner dejesus and chief suhr. we have broken a record over the year over the staffing levels and public safety. it sounds like from your report that the mayor and the board certainly have heard these calls which i am sure are being made louder than you then by yes. i think that commissioner dejesus's idea -- which she is getting at is let's keep this in the front of people's minds. you're out there doing it. we appreciate it. there are people watching us on tv. it is incredibly valuable. we already paid for it. having capping goldberg -- capt. goldberg come back and make a presentation that summarizes, this is how we came up with 1971. here are the facts that we got. here is what has changed and here's how we see it in the future. i think would be a valuable thing for the commission and the public. it is clear -- what commissioner dejesus isays is right. people are scared. where are to lose hundreds of officers. let's smash through as many classes as we can. -- we are going to lose hundreds of officers. let's smas

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police chief greg suhr, and the director of dpw. we also have the president of the police commission, mr. mazzucco. we have tiger mendoza, who sits on the school board. and we have the consul general of the philippines and the consul general of vietnam. we also have share of -- sheriff mirkarimi here, and treasurer cisneros. it is an honor on behalf of the city and county to celebrate such a cultural event as the lunar new year. this concludes tonight's ceremonies. please enjoy the reception that follows in the north light court. thank you to moon star for providing delicious food. thank you to the youth at cyc for the amazing dragon dance. speaking [a foreign-language] thank you all. good night. >> hello. good morning. you can do that after the party tonight. let's try that again. good morning! here we go. welcome back. it is our 16th year in san francisco. we are thrilled to be back. those are not the slightest -- slides. there we go. i wanted to start with one colorful slide released last week. what happens in an internet minute?

for example, last evening, we went to law school with cheese suhr, and there was information about the occupy movement, and there was an attorney. it was incredible. there was a packed house. the press was there from pbs. and the part that i want to bring to you all, the most amazing thing, there was no complaint with the first amendment project about the san francisco police department handling of the occupy movement. in fact, something to be proud about, we are kind of a model. we are not uc-davis or berkeley or oakland. one of the reasons is we have a civilian oversight, and there was conversation about participation with the occ, and the checks and balances we have in place and that the officers tend to do something different. so i have to tell you, the chief was great. he made his presentation, and the message was clear. we will do all we can to facilitate it. that is the policy of the city. but when you cross a line and start assaulting officers, there is going to be an arrest, so i think it was very well-received by the law students and the folks you were there. there was a comm

yesterday in the little suhr river drainage.ut a quarter mile from his body. officials found his older brother fred. fred marshall had been searching for his brother when he brother did not come back. fred is doing well say searchers. but the bad weather that we've had is making it hard for them to all come home from safety. >>> more volunteer searches are scheduled this week for a missing morgan hill teenager. about 120 volunteers searched for 15-year-old sierra lamar yesterday. in the meantime a retired fbi agent who investigated the disappearance of natalie holloway he's telling the huffington posthe's not optimistic that she will be found alive. now sierra lamar's cell phone was found discarded near her house. the condition of it indicated it may have been thrown out of a car. now because she's been missing for almost a month, copus is warning in his opinion, this might be the worse case scenario. >>> there's a new website dedicated to the missing teenager. it's called find sierra lamar. there's information about the case, p

it does not work without the leadership at the top and thank you for that, chief suhr. i was struck

it does not work without the leadership at the top and thank you for that, chief suhr. i was struck at our joint meeting, we have all been through some difficult meetings where the department can beat up at and it was not that. it was a balance set of public comment which i was pleased to see and a tremendous account of positive public comment from kids. i thought that was great. we can always do better as a department. i think accepting the recommendations the use commission has made and the department will implement is an effort to do better. you always want to do better. the second thing i want to say is we have been doing better. the department has been getting better year after year and the best actual evidence of that as director hicks can attest to is the number of complaints made that the occ has declining and declining. that has not taken into account sustained complaints. this is individuals in our community who are dissatisfied with their interactions with the police, represented by the number of complaints made has been decreasing year after year for the pas