. >> i have a question for to recess barks -- for teresa sparks. there are fears about the renewal of the police intelligence unit. since the report, what communication has happened with the police department about the report? >> the police department sent no one to the hearing. no one from the police department was in the hearing. the police commissioners did attend. we had little contact with them during the formation. after we published the report, we sent the report to them asking for input. we have met with the airport and are in the process of sitting down with the sfpd to talk about recommendations. hopefully they will implement those on their own. i think there will be coordination with the police and the human rights commission to get this done. we're hopeful this can happen in a rapid and orderly fashion. supervisor avalos: you are talking about a joint hrc and police commission hearing? >> we're talking about working with them to set of meetings with various people within the department. ultimately, it could be a joint hearing for the co

just for the record myself, the chief and commander mahoney met with teresa sparks, our former president of the police commission and now the executive director of the human rights commission. we met with their council. the reason for the meeting is specifically in response to the release of this m.o.u. between the f.b.i. and the san francisco police department. and i will state for the record that people read paragraph five of page 5 a little differently saying out that the officers are subject to their rules and regulations. it does get murky in the second half of the paragraph but i can tell you the answer to that question is very simple and there is no hiding the ball here. commander mahoney has run that unit since 2004 and made it perfectly clear that our officers, if there is a conflict, they respond to general order 8.10. our general order. we want to get it out there. we will answer the question tonight. but we are go to have a joint meeting with the commission's approval with the human rights commission the next two or three weeks. i was go to raise that down the road. i want to