commission president thomas mazzucco? >> president. >> commission vice president dr. joe marshall. >> here. thank you. >> mr. petra dejesus is excused. commissioner angela chan. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley. >> present. >> and commissioner james slaughter is en route. you have a quorum of commissioners additionally on this evening we have ms. joyce hicks and chief of police. >> thank you very much, lieutenant falby. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday, june 15, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing and tonight's agenda we'll have closed session matters to deal with discipline but the rest of the agenda seems light and we'll move to that. the commissioner is to the dayous. let's call number one. >> item 1 is general public comment. the public is welcomed to address the committee regarding items that don't appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. the speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or the department or o.c.c. personnel.

thomas mazzucco. >> present. commissioner marshall: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner chan: present commissioner kingsley: present. commissioner slaughter: here. >> michael sweet? >> here. >> commissioner chung? >> here. >> commissioner lee? commissioner davis? >> here. >> commissioner peer? commissioner ruiz? 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 staf