To our new hotel here. We are so proud to be here. It is a privilege to introduce a true labor of love not only for granhyatt but for the entire Construction Team and the city of San Francisco. As many special guests i want to acknowledge. Of course, the San Francisco mayor, london breed. Welcome. Thank you for being here. Airport director. Thank you for being here as well. We have some airport commissioners. It is a pleasure having you here. Hyatts purpose is to care for people so they can be their best. It is our Incredible Team standing allaround here going to make this come to life. I couldnt be more proud of this team having opened this amazing building. [applause. ] i want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for what they have done and what is to come in this amazing knowledge. We will welcome so many amazing guests from around the world and our local community, of course. We look forward to welcoming all of you to our Beautiful Hotel in the future. Without anything further i would like to welcome mr. Pete sears, Group President of hyatt for the americas. [applause. ] good morning. Thank you all for joining us on this very special occasion. On behalf of the hyatt family, we are so proud today alongside with our partners and supporters to help make this happen today. Director saterro. Arts commission and mayor breed and so many others. I would like to thank you for your support and trust over the last few years. The cooperation and collaboration between hyatt and sfo is nothing short of amazing. I want to thank you. I couldnt be prouder to be a partner. Thank you. applause . I would also like to congratulate and thank henning and this amazing team with the hotel for a very short period of time. The beauty of this remarkable building is selfevident. It is this team that will bring it to life. You will see hundreds of thousands of guests in the building every day. Your spirit will bring that to life. We are with you and congratulations. [applause. ] grand hyatt and sfo is one of the most highly anticipated projects through the bold and vibrant design and architecture, the hotel tells the story of the evolution of air travel with the Northern California spirit. We are very thrilled to introduce the grand hyatt brand to sfo. We know it will be a tremendous success. This is evident from my recent travel in asia. I had a number of questions about the grand hyatt at the San Francisco airport. It is good news there is a lot of interest and a lot of people looking for the success of this hotel. Hyatt was founded in 1957 with Airport Hotels with the goal of making air travel more comfortable and more convenient. 60 years later we are thrilled to partner with sfo with the shared goal to lead the world in air travel experiences. Grand hyatt hotels are all over the world with new york and tokyo. They reflect the unique culture of each location by celebrating destination and delivering moments of more. We are to celebrate with you and our visitors everything that making San Francisco the greatest and most iconic city in the world and what makes sfo the greatest airport in the world. Thank you for being with us to support this new hotel. We look forward to welcoming you in these doors shortly. Thank you all. applause . Opening hotels is a difficult task. Thanks to you, we did it. We were part of an sfo community. That is very special. It is my pleasure to welcome the leader of this Amazing Community up to the podium. [applause. ] is this this is an incredibly exciting day for us, and mayor london breed, thank you for being here to celebrate the ribboncutting. Our commissioners and Vice President of the commission, rich animal come. It is and it is unfortunate the president of the commission wasnt able to make it. I have to acknowledge the incredible leadership and persistence larry showed over the years to have an Incredible Hotel at a world class airport. We owe larry a debt of gratitude if we can give him a big round of applause. [applause. ] this is a vision, the culmination of a vision from 30 years ago when we tore down the Previous Hotel to make room for the construction. I think about the desire to get here. Today is the date and it is exciting. You can see just how incredible the design is and how incredible the care for the passengers is. I brought my mom here for a latte on sunday and had to show off the total. The hyatt team was caring and gracious and took good care of us. We thank you for that. The food offerings. We hope this will be a destination. The food is incredible. You have to meet the chef. No one mor more park i think about the care of the community this hotel represents. We had over 1500 construction workers involved in the construction of this hotel. It provides up to 300 new permanent jobs for the community. It is a Major Economic benefit. We are pleased to have San Mateo County supervisor per visor. Thank you for being here. It is such an important part of our community. Thinking about the care of the community. This is a lead gold hotel. It is 30 more efficient than baseline hotels. It is very important to the city and airport and very important to hyatt. I have so many things to give. Thankings to the airport team. Incredible work. [applause. ] tire less work. Mckr construction managers. I have to thank the hyatt. What an incredible partner. Pete, jordan, henning. Without henning the last six months wouldnt have come about as they have today. Thank you for your tire less work as well. We want to thank web core builders. Wsp on the air train station. We are proud to be here. 30 years in the making. Thank you all for being here. Lets hear from our mayor. I am so proud. Here is mayor london breed. [applause. ] you do the work, i cut the ribbon. First of all, let me just say i am excited to be here today. I remember when i was on the board of supervisors and we approved the believe of this new hotel the building of this new hotel. We worked with mayor ed lee. He was here during the groundbreaking and would have been so proud of this major accomplishment. What is so exciting today is that no only do we celebrate opening the hotel. It is a new milestone in the future of sfo and what it will deliver for millions who come through those gates on a regular basesis. The fact this is so close to the airport, connections through air tran and how people will come here to stay here in order to get to the airport on time in the mornings, it is going to be an incredible persons. Especially people who come from all over to the take flights. I want to thank the project managers, Construction Team, people who worked on delivering this hotel on time and budge get. Almost on budget and the hard work you put into really making this a beautiful place for each and every one of us. I hope to stop by. I heard about the restaurants and the food is supposed to be absolutely incredible. What is being offered here is definitely an example of what you would get all over San Francisco. I know we are not directly in the city and county of San Francisco. We have an opportunity to make sure a taste of San Francisco is experienced right here in sfo. I am excited about that and the fact this is such an incredible environmentally Friendly Hotel with the solar roof panels, charging stations for electric vehicles. We thought about everything in the future of what hotels should be like all over the country. Not to mention the incredible artwork to really represent the bay area here is a true testament to a Great Partnership between the client and the city of San Francisco. I do want to take a moment to acknowledge the work that was done to do outreach to higher people from this community to work in this hotel. The outreach that is continuing to happen to reach out to people to work in this hotel. Yes, we are still hiring. The office of economic and Work Force Development put out an announcement today to outreach to communities to let people know that we are open for business, looking for great local workers and what an incredible thing to do today. I am excited to cut this ribbon, to get this place opened, and to make sure we are making money to pay to San Francisco so we can continue to do all of the support we provide and thank you all for your work, partner ship and this incredible milestone here today. Thank you. applause . Thank you, mayor. May i have the speakers up on the stage to cut the ribbon. Five, four, three, two, one. applause valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ] it did take a village. I was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. The difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didnt have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. And they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. That is what i want to prevent. [ ] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. Opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. It really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in San Francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or workbased learning opportunities. Money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. Theres always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they dont get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. This is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. It is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. This is the pipe on we need to work with. We need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [ ] the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. Young people can work in cohorts or in groups and thats really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. And in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i dont think we are ready to host an intern yearround are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. And then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have longterm employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. Something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. It is really cool. I starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. I am grateful for this opportunity. Thank you. Something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. During this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. It is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my College Tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. For myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. If anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. Whenever. [applause] it is good. I got you. It was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and Different Things that i can explore. Opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. We were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. We are still getting the final numbers of that. Over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in Investment Banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. There are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in San Francisco. And imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, affordable housing, low income communities. It is all up to you to make that happen. We have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. We are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. We want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. Lets be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. For potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. This is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. This is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that San Francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. Just do it. Sign up for it. [ ] [ ] clerk and please rise for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] clerk commissioner, i had like to take roll . Okay. [roll call] clerk commissioner, you have a quorum. Also with us tonight are chief scott of the San FranciscoPolice Department and director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. President hirsch okay. Good evening, everyone. This is the november 6, 2019 meeting of the San FranciscoPolice Commission. We do have a long closed session agenda, so well allow two minutes for Public Comment, and with that, were ready for the first item. Clerk line item one, adoption of minutes, action for the meeting of october 2, 2019. President hirsch is there a motion to adopt . So moved. President hirsch all right. Any discussion . We need comment on that. Any Public Comment on the adopt of the minutes, the motion . All right. Seeing none, all in favor . Opposed . Carried unanimously. Clerk motion passes. Line item 2, consent calendar. Police consent disciplinary action Third Quarter 2019. President hirsch all right. Is there any discussion on this that we need to have . All right. Can i have a motion on the consent calendar item . So moved. Second. President hirsch i need Public Comment on the adoption of the report, Third Quarter disciplinary actions. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All in favor . Opposed . That carries. Clerk line item three, reports to the commission, discussion. 3a, chiefs report. Crime trends. Produce a report on crime trends in San Francisco including sexual assaults. Chiefs report will be limited to a brief report of the significant incidents. Discussion will be limited to describi describing an incident for a future meeting. Commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for future meetings. Staffing and overtime, status of current Staffing Levels and over time. President hirsch okay. Thank you. Thank you, president hirsch and commissioners. Overall, part one crime, overall serious crimes, we are down overall 6 . Our total property crimes are down also 6 . We continue to have few you are reported incidents in all categories of property crimes, includi including auto burglaries which are down 20 compared to 2018 and 19 when compared to 2017. In terms of violent crime, were down 8 . Specifically, we have 33 homicides to date. Weve had no homicides for the last week, and the last reported homicide incident was october 26. We had four homicides in the month of october, unfortunately, and three in the month of september. 22 of the 33 cases have been cleared, 21 cleared by arrest and one cleared by exceptional clearance. Looking at our gun violence, we are at 112 victims of gun violence and that includes two shooting incidents. This represents a 12 decrease from 2018, so were really pleased that we have a reduction in gun violence, as well. Of the 112 victims, 20 have sustained fatal wounds, 20 with a firearm to date. Which is a small reduction. We had 21 last year. When you look at the fiveyear trend in firearms yeartodate involving a firearm, this is the lowest in the last six years, actually, at 20. Our yeartodate homicides, when you look at the trend line, this is the lowest amount of homicides that weve had this point in the year the last six years. We hope to keep that trend going in the upcoming year and beyond. There are two shooting injuries in the last week that resulted in injuries to victims. One occurred at an unknown location which the victim was selftransported to a local hospital. The victim provided no information as to where the shooting occurred, so police are still trying to investigate where that shooting occurred. The other incident involved a robbery attempt that occurred at navy and griffith in the bayview area. That victim was injured but is expected to survive and that incident is also under investigation. Halloween last week, we had a very heavy deployment for halloween. It was a peaceful night with no major incidents. We had good weather and very few problems. Five districts that are particularly very busy were the areas that were most impacted by halloween crowds. There were a total of eight felony arrests, one felony arrest warrant, one served for 647f of the penal code, which is public intoxication. 19 medical calls for service and one arrest for driving under the influence halloween night. During this past week, we also had three major injury traffic collisions resulting unfortunately in one fatality and four injuries. The fatal incident was a vehicle versus pedestrian which occurred on halloween after evening, actually. It was about 330 in the evening at south vanness. In this case, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle as she tried to across the street. The driver stayed at the scene and the investigation is ongoing, but unfortunately, the victim did not survive her injuries. The major events this week, we have already 30 events around the city this week highlighted of course by the chase center where the Golden State Warriors kicked off their season last week, and they will be back in town next monday against the utah jazz. There have been no major concerns, although traffic continues to be a challenge. And again, thats evolving. As the season wears on, we hope to straighten out some of the traffic calendars in conjunction with m. T. A. Other major events include Cirque Du Soleil which kicked off their season in the parking lot of the oracle park. With again, the concerts and events creates Traffic Congestion but no major events associated with the event. Quickly on staffing and overtime, for the first three months of the fiscal year, we spent, according to budget, about 25 of our budget, so were right on track if we continue to the spending trend that were seeing for the first three months of the year. We do have a few preplanned events, including new years eve, and we do have events toward the end of the fiscal year, which is pride. Halloween is the Third Largest event during the year, so were reconciling those numbers. I would like to point out our mutual aid requests for the w sonoma fires, including a 24hour a day, sevenday a week Operations Center in support of the logistics and the deployment of our 227 officers. Preliminarily, we expended 3,333 overtime hours, and we do expect reimbursement, however, as this is a reimbursable event, so well keep on top of that. In terms of staffing, we are at full duty sworn staffing of 1,859 officers, which is 112 positions below the mandated 1,971. We just had an Academy Class that graduated last friday with 28 recruits. We also had a new class that will be starting on december 12 of this year, and that will be class 269. And then, we have class 270 thatll start on march 23, and class 71 thatll start on june 15, so were excited about that and hopefully, we can increase our attendance in the upcoming academies to our recruitment efforts. The last thing i want to update you on on our staffing is our Union Organization efforts. As you all know, the budget that was passed this year included 25 civilian positions. Of that, we have filled 13 of them. Six of the positions were officially posted last month, and we have six positions where were still working on examination analysis materials, and we still have the posts. So 13 filled, six that we just posted, and six that we were still work being through the examination materials to actually see the new positions that we have to actually create requisitions for, so were in that process, as well. And the last thing in this portion of my report, i want to speak to a news article that i think it was friday in one of the local papers regarding j f jttf. Most of the information was taken from a blog site. The article highlighted a document authored by the f. B. I. , and for us, just want to point out to the commission and the public that we are still not actively involved in the jttf, and as you all know, the commission any jttf discussion will be brought before the commission, at which time if we decide that thats the direction well go, working with the commission and the Mayors Office and the Police Department. We are working to make the best decision in the interests of the city. Thats where we are and what i can comment at this point, but i just want to make sure that the public understands that our position has not changed, and thats where we are at this point. And thats it for this portion of the chiefs report. President hirsch thank you. Any questions . Commissioner elias . Commissioner elias thank you. I have several questions. On the classes that you mentions, 269, 270, 271, do you have any idea of what the class size is going to be . Were still in the process part of budget process this here is they actually cut down the class size that we were authorized, so were hoping, you know, in approxima the mid30s, but up until we fill that class, that process really goes until the academy starts because were always having classes. Sometimes we lose some, sometimes we gain some, but were hoping we are at our authorized number, which is 30 for those classes. Commissioner elias and then, my other question was regarding the sort of articles that came out. So i was wondering what i was wondering about, in the articles, it mentioned sort of a white paper, and im wondering what you know, if you know what this white paper is and sort of some of the stats that were mentioned in the article that cased that that indicated that the Police Department had, that those stats were being provided to the v. P. A. So they could be included in their reports because i understand some of their reports are blank or dont have these records, but its because they havent been provided the records. So im concerned or maybe wondering these records, if they exist and are not being provided to the d. P. A. Yes. In regards to the first part, i am aware of it or was aware of it. There is still investigation on that matter, so inappropriate to go into detail on it at this point. In regards to the second question, there and thats part of the issue at hand in terms of what can be turned over to d. P. A. And what cant. Everything that was connected to those investigations, from my understanding, that was before i arrived in town here. But everything that is connected to those investigations are classified and cannot be turned over and was not turned over to d. P. A. I think thats part of the discussion connected to as we evaluate 810 and d. G. O. S related to that issue. Commissioner elias and then, my third question, am i question in understanding i know you had said a few years ago there was an m. O. U. That you it signed regarding a Drug Task Force in the tenderloin. Is that the only operation that sfpd is engaged in with the federal government in terms of sort of Law Enforcement activities . There are operations ongoing, and they, in terms of our work with, whether it be the d. E. A. Or other f. B. I. , other federal agencies. The department was provided with a copy of our m. O. U. , so theres hundreds of m. O. U. S. So in terms of your question, are there other m. O. U. S with the federal government, there are some, but i dont i cant list them all off the top of my head, but the commission was given copies of that when we the commission passed, i think 2. 04. Commissioner elias right. And i know when we asked for all those m. O. U. S, that was prior to your announcement that you had resumed sort of working with f. B. I. On a task force. And i guess my concern is i want to make sure i know that they have different interests than sf papd and tha has led to lawsuits in terms of best practices, so i want to make sure that things like that dont happen again. Some of the best practices dont involve m. O. U. S, but like any operation, we have to abide by city and county policies and Police Department policies. So thats the first safeguard. We have to abide by our policies. We cant get around that, nor do we want to. You can rest assured in terms of any immigration issues or those types of things, that we are very mindful and careful of that when we engage in any operations with any federal agency. And you know, thats high le l levels of reviews that we have in our d. G. O. Required for interagency operations. Its actually a protocol that we have to follow when we do an interagency operation. So there are levels of reviews to safeguard against our officers not following sfpd policies or getting into a situation where that might be a risk to that. So good policies in place, and you know, we do follow them, and i think that protects us from that concern. President hirsch commissioner mazzucco . Commissioner mazzucco thank you. Thank you for filling us in on staffing. Weve heard that San FranciscoPolice Officers are lateraling or looking to transfer to other agencies. Ive heard that from several different sources, so im worried about having enough officers go through the academy and making their way through, and wondering why officers want to leave. We have lost some officers, and we do conduct exit interviews with those officers because we want to know why. Some of the answers weve heard lately are commutes. A lot of issues, the officers live far away. They get offers closer to home, and its more desirable for them. Some other officers leave for different reasons, including discipline. Some officers leave for better pay. Some officers leave because theyre just dissatisfied, you know, with either the department or policing in the city, so it kind of runs the gamut, so we do a lot of work to try to determine why officers are leaving when they lateral out, and those areas that we can work on and fix, we try to mitigate those. But its hard to contend the other reason, just one other, is family reasons. We had a few officers and these are mostly newer officers to the department, that they leave for whatever their family situation is that makes it not, either timing wise or just not agreeable to their family situation. Commissioner mazzucco one of the issues you just raised, officers with discipline, hopefully, these Police Departments understand if officers have discipline events with us, that information is given to other departments. Their background investigation, depending how thorough they are, they do follow up, and theres a process for that. Commissioner mazzucco and then second, i notice that commander perea testified before the board of supervisors about the number of traffic citations that the officers are issuing, and there was a concern that theres not enough citations being issued, and he gave an explanation, so i just might add, i met with a couple young officers and asked how long does it take to write a citation now under the new format, and its literally a 15to30minute process because they have to synchronize their clocks with the body worn camera. I think its important for the board of supervisors to know that theyre following what we asked them to do. And also, its kind of hard to make traffic stops when you have calls for service that arent being responded to. You dont have time to make traffic stops, so i think that was good to make that classification from the boots on the ground clarification from the boots on the ground. Thank you for that. We are always looking for improvement, but that is one of the areas where information to the public and education to the public, there are a lot of administrative tasks that officers have to do that they didnt have to do three years ago. The department didnt have bodyworn cameras three years ago. The department didnt have the racial profiling act three years ago. All of those administrative tasks, they do the work on the back end. And we are looking into how that impacts our deployment, which it does have an accouimp. Were going to do the best we can, but it does have an impact, and they do take time. Commissioner mazzucco i just wanted to get that out there. President hirsch commissioner dejesus, and welcome back. Commissioner dejesus thank you. I just wanted to get some information. You said in your report, the department wasnt involved. Did you say with the f. B. I. , under an m. O. U. With the jttf. Commissioner dejesus you said in your report, the departments not actively involved. Commissioner elias i think he said actively involved in jttf. Commissioner dejesus okay. Thank you. Thank you. And then i guess going back to the article, when you first came on board, i think you suspended the jttf that was in place. Correct. Commissioner dejesus im assuming that m. O. U. Has expired. Yes, it has. Commissioner dejesus and you mentioned that if any new contract came with a jttf, it would come in front of this commission. Yes, as well as any new contract with a d. G. O. 10. Thats one of the things that regardless of how jttf goes, thats one of the things that we are looking at, as well. President hirsch for members of the public, there was a civil grand jury that was convened in 20182019, and in the summer of 2019, this year, they issued a report, and it focused on the Police Departments lack of involvement with the joint Terrorism Task force with the f. B. I. , and a response was required from the police chief, from the mayor, and from myself. My response is posted on the San FranciscoPolice Commission website, and i think i made it as clear as i could to the grand jury and to the city that we are not the Police Department is not part of the joint Terrorism Task force right now, and if that ever becomes a ripe issue where the city seeks to participate again, i committed that i would make sure that the civil rights organizations that helped draft general order 810 will be part of any working group along with the f. B. I. , along with the department, along with other interested parties in working through the many issues that existed, and there are issues, and theres a reason why the department hasnt participated in the jfft for the last 2. 5 years, so thats available if anybody wants to read it. Commissioner hamasaki . Commissioner hamasaki thank you. Chief, you may have covered this before i arrived, and i apologize for my lateness. Traffic here is lovely. And i had actually emailed you, requesting that you address the articles in the white paper that it come out regarding the departments past participation with jttf. And the things i wanted clarification on are all of the incidents and all of the issues that were discussed happened prior to the department leaving jttf. Theres no conduct that was alleged thats occurred since we withdrew from all participation in jttf under your watch. That is correct. Commissioner hamasaki okay. And so its its theres some issues there. Its not that those issues are in the past, but if there ever becomes a point, like president hirsch says, where we are to consider rejoining jttf, i think those issues in the articles would certainly become relevant. But i think a couple people reached out to me concerned that there was still conduct that was ongoing since leaving the jttf, and you just clarified that that is not the case that is not the case. Commissioner hamasaki okay. Thats all i wanted to clarify. Thank you, chief. President hirsch Vice President taylor. Vice president taylor hi, chief. Hey. Vice president taylor not to pile on, but i wanted to clarify a bit of what commissioner mazzucco was saying because ive heard from members of the public who are desperate, for lack of a better word, for police involvement, kind of boots on the ground in their neighborhoods, and there does seem to be a real issue in the city and neighborhoods that are underserved because of the lack of of officers right now and folks leaving the department. I know just we have a brandnew class, and i was very happy to be at that graduation last week and have the ability to speak, but its a problem, and i hear more and more from Community Members all over the city so i wanted you to have a little bit of an opportunity to tell us what were doing in the future to help folks feel safe in their city. Yes. First, let me frame this in a larger context. Myself and many other members of our department attended the International Conference for chiefs of police in chicago last week. This is a National Challenges about recruitment challenges, and the challenges were facing. Were not alone, but some of the things that were doing in terms of trying to make the situation better, of course, we are recruiting nationwide. Of course we definitely focus and try to encourage people that are interested in policing that live in the city i mean, we want to get the homegrown talent first. But beyond that, regionally and nationally, we are recruiting all over the country. That includes military, colleges. We have made some modifications to our testing process. One of the things, 2. 5 years ago that we worked with the department of Human Resources was our at some of the entry level physical testing. For instance, we used to do a trigger pull, and a higher degree of women were not could not basically perform that test, so the h. R. Worked with us, with the experts in that field, and we ended up doing a strength a grip test rather than trigger pull, and what we found was the rate of women number one, the test is more amenable to the job. And secondly, that test is no longer a barrier to women, so we have seen a number of candidates that are recruiting and going to the academy. So thats one of the things that were doing looking at the background process. I think part of our challenge is we compete with other agencies, and oftentimes if an officer has applied to several different agencies, they may hold out to work in a bigger city like San Francisco, but oftentimes, theyre going to go to the First Department that offers them a job because they dont want to pass up an opportunity so we have to be competitive in terms of how long it takes for us to finish a background process. [please stand by]