that is not the job of the sfpd. and then you create problems when you try to translate some of its report into english and then take a report out of it to possibly be used in a court of law. throwing out 1200 cases related to tainted dna and other items. you're just creating amount of paperwork here that is going nowhere. i think part of citizenship and part of a citizens obligation is that if they want to fill out a police report, go to a translator, fill out a report, and then take it to the sfpd in both versions would be a better way to go. there are translating departments in every community of this city, as far as i know. but to have a policeman waiting to translate whatever language that you happen to speak, that is not english, that is not part of the policeman's profile or the city and county profile, and if you looked at the break down in cost for languages in this city, there are only several that have transparency is in terms of translations. almost 90% are used one to four times a year. that is the remai

the airport dispatch supervisor indicated a mechanism can be put into place where sfpd contact with lep could be used. however, a supervisor added she has to receive approval from her superiors before any further action, and i have yet to hear from the supervisor and will be anticipating to contact her next week -- i am sorry, tomorrow. and regarding regular reports to the police commission, the department commitment to the general orders is unshakable. therefore, we are making every effort to overcome the obstacles and to collect the data so the language officer can provide a precise reports dictated for the police commission. commissioner: thank you. thank you. it is great that your problem solving. i wanted to see if any other commissioners had any questions before we ask some people from the community to come on and shared things. any questions? ok, thank you, officer. we may call you back for a few questions. >> thank you. commissioner: we have beverly year, and you did present to us last time. thank you for taking your evening to come back. >> i am honored to be here, and anything

commissioner cavellini: i would like to make a friendly amendment that the conditions at the sfpd have provided, along with supervisor mar, be implemented, but the hours be extended only until 4:00. vice chair joseph: that is a friendly amendment. you can choose to accept it or not. it is up to you. commissioner perez: you are saying until 4:00? commissioner cavellini: if you need food coming out ofcertain establishments that close at 2:00, it seems you could get out of there by 3:00. but it could go until 4:00. vice chair joseph: do you accept it or not? commissioner perez: i do not commissioner hyde: can i make a friendly amendment? cleaning the sidewalks, can we say 50 feet from the boundaries of the lot? vice chair joseph: do you accept that friendly amendment? commissioner perez: i do. vice chair joseph: are you the second? you except it, obviously. -- accept it, obviously. >> just to be clear, you are also including supervisor mar's recommendations? ice chair joseph: yes, minuses hours of operation, obviously. ---his hours of operation, obviously. there are police conditions at t

. >> reporter: building trust is building an arsenal in the evidence room. now, sfpd is offering cash leading to guns and arrests, as much as $1,000. >>> followingup on a story we brought you yesterday. the search for more human remains continues at twoit se where's a convicted serial killer may have dumped his victim. this morning, authorities discovered remains of a second person. the department of justice is analyzing the partial human skull and bone. it comes one day after another skull was discovered on the former property of convicted killer wesley shermantine. investigators are digging up a well in san joaquin valley. >> did shermantine say there were bodies here? >> he says there's 10 to 12 in there. 10 to 12 bodies. keep going. we knew if we got the first body, we'd have the sheriff's attention. >> shermantine and his killing partner, lauren herzog are connected to as many as 20 victims. among his victims, a young hayward girl that disappeared in the late '80s. >>> san francisco police say puppy stealers are out there. the sfpd says this litter was forcefully

the sfpd is using federal grant money to reopen cold cases. they say the dna is a match for william payne. a felon in the system for assault and robbery. we spoke to the retired sfpd detective who worked the case and the victim's sister who lives in suburban atlanta. >> what happened with this one, essentially the evidence from our crime lab is opened by the state and we were notified by the department of justice there is a match. >> it is unbelievable, something so unexpected and we are glad to know justice will be done. >> payne was arrested last night and appeared in court where his arraignment was postponed until thursday. >>> in los angeles tonight, an elementary school teacher is facing charges of molesting nearly two dozen children. 61-year-old mark burnt is accused of committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 6 through 10. photographs turned over to authorities show the children blindfolded and gaged. some with giant cockroaches on their faces. he has been teaching at this school in south los angeles for more than 30 years. he is

the sfpd is using federal grant money to reopen cold cases. they say the dna is a match for william payne. a felon in the system for assault and robbery. we spoke to the retired sfpd detective who worked the case and the victim's sister who lives in suburban atlanta. >> what happened with this one, essentially the evidence from our crime lab is opened by the state and we were notified by the department of justice there is a match. >> it is unbelievable, something so unexpected and we are glad to know justice will be done. >> payne was arrested last night and appeared in court where his arraignment was postponed until thursday. >>> in los angeles tonight, an elementary school teacher is facing charges of molesting nearly two dozen children. 61-year-old mark burnt is accused of committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 6 through 10. photographs turned over to authorities show the children blindfolded and gaged. some with giant cockroaches on their faces. he has been teaching at this school in south los angeles for more than 30 years. he is

it is approval to accept a $400 thousand donation from the sfpd wilderness program. >> thank you. in your packet is a letter regarding a donation to the police wilderness program, which has been in existence for 30 years. we take kids from inner-city and take them to places they would not ordinarily see. are there any questions regarding this? hearing none, is there any public comment for the donation to take children camping? is this about camping? come on up. >> being a girl scout, i survived camping. jackie bryson -- jackee pryson. take the money and say thank you. and ask the girl scouts for money. president mazzucco: public comment is now closed. >> i move that we approve. president mazzucco: unanimous. please call line item number two, general public comment. >> reserve three minutes for your public comment. >> you have to recess this. >> i will do best. >> i am very honest. >> it was three seconds ago. >> this is jackeekee bryson, left-handed person. i am the girl jakkee. i do not ride bart. i am here to think the san francisco police department for rounding them up and hurt

last week, we discussed -- a meeting took place with supervisor campos and members of the sfpd, members of the youth commission, and commissioner chan. we had dr. marshall as the leading expert in this. we talk about police and community relations. a lot of police have to deal with sro officers, officers assigned to schools. we need to talk more about that. i know the occ has some of reach. we received an e-mail, a nice letter from a young man who is with the youth commission. they are proposing and would like to do a joint commission meeting with us, as we did once with the human rights commission, to hear from the kids -- what they think, and have the police present and hear them talk. being a parent, i understand what teenagers are thinking. a lot of interactions officers have are with teenagers. sometimes, teenagers do not see things the same as those of us who are older. i think it is nice for there to be an open dialogue and conversation, why the police officers do what they should. i spoke to supervisor compos about this today. he was pretty excited about it. i would like to prop

internet, and in terms of sharing the date outside of sfpd, which we have done, public information, this creates a new set of challenges for us, because we handle security by paper because you have to go to the records room. this is a challenge, and we are working on how that is going to work. commissioner kingsley: thank you. president mazzucco: how many officers will this put out? how many more personnel will be available? >> certainly, it will put some of the officer's back on the street, but the greater benefit is once, but some type of electronic tablet, it is the amount of time that will keep officers back on the street because they will not have to come back to the station to use the desktop computers at the station. they will be staying outside, that half-hour trip back and forth that they make three or four times, it should increase their time on patrol by about 30% per officer. president mazzucco: that is incredible. that is a question we had before, so thank you for building the system. >> and thank you for the controller's office for getting it right. president mazzucco:

successful direction -- there are a lot of successes you could point to -- the collaboration between the sfpd and the mta, to the extent that a successful, it alleviates some of the burden from the operators. that has been something i have always been concerned about, just as a rider. so much falls on their shoulders. so glad to see this is moving in a positive direction. supervisor avalos: thank you for your presentation. we will go on to public comment, and we might have other questions that, after that. thank you very much. very informative. this item is up for public comment period and a member of the public who would like to comment, please come forward. >> good morning, supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i would like to thank supervisors cohen -- supervisor cohen for having this hearing. it was a little strange that i noticed it was assigned to public safety back in july but it did not come up for hearing until today. i am wondering why it took six months before today's hearing. i just wanted to bring that up for discussion. second, i would like to question why the

no offense for the sfpd, but before the chief took office, there was a murder down in the area and i brought it to the attention of the police department. it did not look anything like csi. just empty desks. this is the detective department, where are we? unsolved murders have a lot of database to them. you heard how they found saddam hussein. they talked to hundreds of people to find out where he was. for the murder in the marina which took place on the doorsteps of george gaston's apartment, all was posted was one poster. the police came back once again and as far as i was concerned, the investigation was over. i don't know if they ever found the guy. if murders go that way, they dropped like lead balloons and once it happens, it is over. we will never find them. [chime] president mazzucco: any further public comment? please call line-item 4. >> discussion and possible action to recommend that the board of supervisors adopt a resolution authorizing the chief of police to retroactively except and expanend 1.06 million of fiscal year 2011 port security grant program from the fema. pr

no offense for the sfpd, but before the chief took office, there was a murder down in the area and i brought it to the attention of the police department. it did not look anything like csi. just empty desks. this is the detective department, where are we? unsolved murders have a lot of database to them. you heard how they found saddam hussein. they talked to hundreds of people to find out where he was. for the murder in the marina which took place on the doorsteps of george

then the question on the duties between sfpd who are on board as well as inspectors -- sfpd, are they doing fare inspections as well as their scope of work? that was one of the concerns, where the community felt that that was the prime work they were doing on board, and there were a lot of concerns that the presence was a little bit heavy. although a lot of people in the community what that presence as well, but your answer would be great. >> our primary focus -- our officers that are assigned to mta is simply to ride the lines, have a presence on the lines, and prevent crime on the lines. they assist inspectors with operations. they do not participate in those operations. they are simply there in case they are needed in support of the fare inspectors. the captains to conduct proof of payment operations in their enforcement plans. i would not categorize it as something that we are doing constantly. the books assigned to 78 from the police department are really in a supportive role -- the folks assigned to mta. supervisor avalos: just a follow-up question on that -- when officers are e

we spoke with the sfpd. >> it contains two spools of wierks weighing about 11,000 pounds, and the winch snap, so now they have to hand-crank it. 100 feet, going to take three hours, three and a half hours, and then it will be secure. >> the danger right now is? >> there's no danger right now. we have everything locked down. traffic and pedestrians out of the area, officers on the corners to make sure nobody gets in here. >> we're told there are two men at least winching the container up by hand the last 50-70 feet. it's only moved 20 feet in the last hour. it's caused traffic jams all over the financial district and chinatown. kearny street is closed from bush to sacramento. pine and california are closed from grant to montgomery, and police say if you don't have any business in the year, you're advised to stay away because this is a real traffic snarl. now, police say no one has been hurt but they're making sure to keep the streets clear, and they're going to keep them clear until the container is safely up on the roof and that may take another two and a half hours. reporting live in s

going back to finding out if there are incidents, you can check with the sfpd. we have been sued for having confrontations' because our security is trying to keep the neighborhood quiet because we have a condo on all four sides. they are coming across the bay. they cruised into the lot. they wait until our patrons finely go to the parking lot, and and they end up parking themselves there and start making noise. we have to send security to try to mitigate the problem and keep the noise and down a period of police and everyone puts pressure on us in that situation. sometimes if there are no altercations and we find out our customers' cars got broken into and they are crying and screaming that they lost their credit cards and purses and all about. there is an attendant in the beginning, and at 12:00 they take up and split. i think it is irresponsible. i understand the small business people, but what about us among we incur a lot of costs to protect the neighborhood. on fourth street i practically secure the whole street. i have a guard who monitors the parking lot t

when i came to the sfpd, one of the first things we did was create an internal affairs unit with the criminal section. i recognize quickly the sometimes criminal misconduct internally was not being handled appropriately. i am not an apologist. when i tell you that there are people in positions of authority that do not abuse their authority, there are. when people in positions of authority abuse their authority, you have to make sure that you have the fortitude to make sure the right things occur. >> what do the polls say about an initiative repealing the death penalty? you kind of address that a little bit, but i think you address it in -- addressed it in that it was based on financing and cost. the other question -- can you talk about what would happen logistically if all sentences were commuted to life without possibility of parole? >> the most recent poll i mentioned was on the question of the governor converting all the death sentences to life without parole and the potential cost savings of $1 billion, which shows 63% support. polls consistently show that when california voters

seen over the previous year, fewer people expressing dissatisfaction with their interaction with the sfpd, i appreciate your reporting on a year-to-year basis. the trend has been so dramatic and continuous through my 1.5 years at the commission, it might be useful the next time you do the report to comment on a longer-term, the two or three or four years, because i just think the decrease in the number of complaints about police officers is testament to your work, to the police work, to the commission more, and to the officers, most importantly, their work, and i think it deserves recognition. these numbers have been going down and down and down and down, and is not due to lack of outreach to people saying we are available. it is not for lack of events going on in the city. maybe we will see an uptick in the next report in light of the but occupy, or maybe we will not -- in light of the occupy. i think it is worthy of recognition of the officers and the chiefs department, because it is good news, and we do not always get good news, and i think we should recognize it when it comes. >> comm