i would like to thank theresa sparks and human rights commission for holding this meeting. i worked in san francisco, but i came from the washington, d.c., area, where i trained local law enforcement on difficult issues such as sexual assault and domestic violence, addressing how those issues play out in immigrant communities. there is under-reporting in these communities as far as reporting violent crime. what the mou does is continue to encourage that under-reporting and communicate that there are communities that have a separate level of protection. what i have learned from my experience in virginia with the movement toward deputizing local law enforcement so they have the ability to enforce federal law is that there is a perforated profound loss of trust. people who need to call 911 will not pick up the phone if they are being abused, it very victim of a violent crime, whatever that crime may be. i would like to support the resolution put forth by the asian law caucus and aclu as a solution that is representing a sensible level of independence and collaboration between

under the direction of the director of the human rights commission, theresa sparks, we probably had a good 8 to 10 meetings involving different participants. those participants are the aclu, john crew, the law caucus, and members of the san francisco police commission, myself, commissioner slaughter, and commissioner dejesus. members of the police department command staff, we have met to discuss what changes we think we need to happen in order to alleviate the concerns of the community and to change the perceptions. we have met with the police departments. we have met today with the u.s. attorney's office. we have met with the special agent in charge of the federal bureau of investigation. we have taken every step we can to address these concerns before coming here this evening. before i speak any further, let me say this commission takes your concerns and perceptions to heart. the san francisco police department has a policy against profiling, against racial discrimination. you can see from that command staff that did before you tonight, we are a diverse department to represent san f

so i want to thank theresa sparks for putting this on, and i am glad you all are meeting together. i am not a san francisco resident. i work in this city a few days a week. i'm considering moving to san francisco at the end of the year. i am here because i have experience with the fbi. in 2002, i was the national director of an education fund. i move from the san francisco beria to washington to do civil rights work. i did that for three years and i serve on the national board of the aclu. i am not representing either organization today. during my tenure, i trained

also joining us this evening, we have theresa sparks, the human rights commission, gregory suhr, zoey polk from human rights commission. >> thank you, and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of the san francisco police commission for wednesday, may 18, 2011. tonight is a special meeting. it is a first. it is a joint meeting between the police commission and the human rights commission. it is a really big event to have them come together. they will discuss an important issue that we will discuss this evening. before we move to the regular agenda, i would like to take this opportunity, in light of the fact that this is a police commission hearing, we have had a development in the police department this week, the appointment of a new command staff. i spoke to mr. sweet. he will allow chief suhr to start off with an introduction to the new staff. chief? >> thank you, commissioners. that phone has been troubled ever since i was appointed. i would like to introduce the new command staff, if i could get them to stand up. i will introduce them. they're not helping. we have commander to