Trying time for the city and worked tirelessly to move our San FranciscoPolice Department forward an pathway to reform and the San FranciscoPolice Department is better day then when we took the rule and acting chief for that were all indebted to tony. Thank you on behalf of myself and the city of San Francisco the only reason i didnt thank you very much. As you all know this process was very comprehensive a great deal of effort in searching candidates with the skill setsdz and characteristics that are desired and talked about in so many communities meetings and the right experience to lead the San FranciscoPolice Department the search included internal and external national as well as local about the its my pleasure to announce the author process paid off we found a candidate that both the commission and i felt embodied what the Police Department needs in the police chief in William Scott the deputy chief of the San FranciscoPolice Department. Deputy kind of scott a 20year veteran of lapd during the course the last years has under gone transforms within the department of justice and with the experience of managing a Department Taking on similar changes coupled with the progress made under 101 i didnt see leadership i be we have exponentially increased to build the 20 percent Police Department more quickly and effectively deputy explosive scott seen first hand not only implement a series of reforms but to transform the condition to build the Community Trust and create a transparent and accountable Police Department it to starts its top and deputy chief is up to the task not only has scott helped to usher in reforms but has the operational and administration experience needed to keep our streets safe hes responsible for management and proclamations the la south bureau and responsible for managing four geographic areas and has led more than 17 hundred employees that served nearly seven hundred and plus residents in 57 mile radius im confident weve gained something unique in deputy exposure scott and look forward to his leadership as we move forward moderate as a city i want to thank the Police Commission for having the search your dedication has not gone unnoticed and our your hard work brought us this mroment and thank you all of you in Public Safety groups as well as our interfaced leaders youve been at the table helping us understand the need of your city and also listening to all the people heard impacted, and wanted our officers and our Police Department our city ultimate to do better our entire city ive said it before that the realize the department of justice report was not the end of the journey it is the beginning and has provided us with a road map we promised to honor and have a leader in place with the experience burglary his belt and the leadership skills to work with all the different entities involved to succeed this is a great day for the city of San Francisco and want to welcome dearly and his family to its my pleasure to introduce San Franciscos next chief of the San FranciscoPolice DepartmentWilliam Scott. clapping. good morning, everybody. You first of all, i want to thank mayor ed lee for taking the steps to select me for in motion i know that process was not an easy one a lot of folks that were qualified and grateful im selected to lead this great city and Great Department i have a rule when i speak in public i try to eliminate the word i say words are about we but i know you guys want to know who i am ill start with a little bit more before me and what youre getting in terms of who i am i brought my family with the exemption of my family my wife and son and son tyler theyre the force i couldnt do that without them bear with me. And been with me throughout the journey a little bit about me, im from alabama and went to the city college of became ill be brief i dont want to use up all the time when my wife and i got married we wanted to live in San Francisco. clapping. you know it didnt work on that way immediately because la came first iconically yesterday was our anniversary of 29 years on our anniversary we ended up in San Francisco to accept this job i thought that was wonderful in the making it is really a great thing. So with that, i will talk about the week. Anything else successful Police Department has to successful and the office definitely and chief of police will drive about but really about we thats what i want to focus the rest of any reacts to the Diverse Community that make up that great city what youll find in me the same person ive been a person had been fair and consistent and thats the same thing i like to share with the men and women of the San FranciscoPolice Department because that is where the work is done one hardest parts before many process i couldnt reach out to the men and women of the San FranciscoPolice Department and the men and women ill be working with starting today that will change and so excited to get to know the men and women of that Police Department because one thing ive met a lot of Police Departments and within to a lot of places all around the world those who have us are dedicated we have in common we care about the community and about the service from what i see that rings true here ever departments has issues and things to work on the men and Women Department from everything ive heard and seen and arriving at the airport and how friendly of the officers were they didnt know me the officers ive met since ive been here have been very friends and family and impeaching when my wife and i went to lunch a couple of weeks ago we sat next to a couple of officers thats the type of service that rings true for a cop that really cares about this city it is easy to be easy to not engage with the community and i think with this department from what i seen personally not the case here and looking forward to working with the fine officers of the San FranciscoPolice Department lastly let me say thank you to the progression and commissioner president loftus the recruiting if you remember that actually taught e talked 0 me in the process i wasnt looking for a job i love la but funny how god works when looking for a job job and the opportunity came my way and i put myself in a position to take advantage and thats how that played out the fact that is the place i wanted to live and the opportunity came up that felt like me when i saw the infrastructure and the things the mayor is doing that felt more right im so existed to be part of that and the land is an important piece chief chaplin researched outside to me and im looking forward to working with him so thank you, again, for allowing me to be your chief of police. clapping. i want to take the opportunity to again pubically thank to the commission and i had a chance though the process working closely with president of the Commission Commissioner president loftus a lot of quality thoughts conducted throughout this yearlong process and commissioner president loftus thank you your dedication because not only poov but the quality of life here in the city and i want you to say a few words how this has impacted our longevity laughter . No comment. laughter . Thank you, mr. Mayor thank you so much so i want to thank you, mr. Mayor for making the selection and Toney Chaplin and the staff and the men and women of the San FranciscoPolice Department uncertainty around your leader is hatred and chief chaplin laid the ground work and here we are so many communities the bayview came out to our Community Members of the committee and san franciscans cared deeply about that city and very deeply who their police chief is we had a credible amount of candidates and competitive scott san franciscans want to know you appreciate that position i think you will see and have the same feeling he had hes the right man there is extraordinary work and great work done everyday on the street and lift that up and address the diminishes we know so San Francisco, california be a beacon of hope country we can rebuild trust and keep us safe congratulations competitive and mayor clapping. we workout together an, an entire family dedicated city officials thank you good to all the members of the Board Members of the board of supervisors for their dedication things occur and hear it from everybody so supervisor president london breed. Good morning, everybody. On behalf of the permit holder San Francisco board of supervisors i want to welcome our now police chief this is a that its been a Long Time Coming im excited reached outside to folks in Southern California and so i think that is saying a lot to the process and says a lot about what the commission did it make the decision and the mayor, of course, as president th board and someone that grew up up in the city i had a lot to say what i wanted to see in a police chief we have a lot of challenges in San Francisco it is not necessarily just about rebuilding trust about establishing trust in the first place we have an amazing team of officers weve worked with it in past in the community and dedicated to the city their dedicated to reform and now time to lead San Francisco in the in the right direction and we can this leader can help us move the team forward im looking forward to a new day in San Francisco and looking forward to changes in the department in San Francisco im looking forward to make sureing were doing everything we can to make sure that people who are not deserving of wearing this uniform are weeded out of the department at the end of the day at the end of the day, we have work to do work to do in bringing groups together in bringing the Police Departments an important and im very excited hell be the leader of department well support him and im asking the members of the public and community to doing everything we can to work with us and be optimistic about the future of this Department Time for a new day thank you, mr. Mayor for your service and the staff and welcome to the scott family and the commission for all the hours of work and coming up with what i believe is a good decision for the city thank you all. clapping. so this concludes our announcements were open to a few questions a few. All right. To call on people if you want to raise your hand my question will be. Chief welcome to San Francisco glad you got here. Thank you. My career as chief one in the room George Gascon and sfpd is needed for its homophobic and tightened police force all 3 outdoor ciders are difficulty inaudible of the rank and file of the police what do you plan to do to overcome that obstacle. Well, a couple of things first of all, i was so i know what many feels like if the street officers level one thing i have to understand about Police Officers when youre out through trying to do our job and protect the service you, you are you getting the support you need to do your job and for the most part thats my job to make sure the officers get support and everything they need to do their jobs and coming in from the outdoor i know that some people that is a shock to the system heres something i saw from the chief come in from the outside the are a different view and fresh look than those who do that well, are able to come in with new fresh idea and work with the talent within the organization this is a talented organization my the fact of the matter to work with the talent within the organization and come in with fresh eyes and see things differently i wasnt raised in the organization this is doable our last chief that came from the outside chief bratton was a great role model he appointed me to captain i saw what worked for me as a new chief what worked was a chief that made me building that he was supportive of me getting the job done giving me the tools and people will know who i am im not going to change im the same person the person that i am a can resonate with those and most of my years of lapd have been in operations so my job to make sure i i get it. Support we still have a lot more work to do and the mayor sets high standards i plan fully plan to be as successful to get doctor i want you to know what they are and what theyre going through. So from what you know about San Francisco and San FranciscoPolice Department you you know from issues of issues of supports that arrest numbers inaudible . What do you see as is bigger challenge for the Police Department. Ill start this is a more absorbable issue across the country we have a challenges in the profession its a organization like many others are has recognized what those challenges are the thing that effected me this job it opportunity is that the organization did recognize that are challenges and saying we have things to work on throughout the leadership and the change is a challenge in profession and some things have to change what i see that there is an organization that recognizes that as well as be open so those challenges are over come can be overcome like i said, we have good people in the organization so change is difficult for everybody but whether your Law Enforcement are not the exchanges we can do it. Specifically what changed. You know use of force policies that the Police Commission and is poa and the communities have been weighing in on thats a huge thing in our profession in Law Enforcement whether or not those changes call for progress that is the fact they change can be une uncomfortable my 27 years seen a lot of challenges thats a hot issue but when i see is progress i see bodies working to get a policy down on paper that worked and that process has been a difficult one that is one example officers when you take something away from an officer theyre used to this is a shock i is with in my 27 years we adapt and comes to foregone conclusion thats one and many others but the big one so when i talk about change and the exchanges that is good things that attracts me to the position and chief chaplin recognizes theyre working and the Police Officers i read about at the recognize it and willing to move forward yeah, that will give and take. This question is for the mayor. Youve having had qualified candidates and town to 3 what was the deciding factor in choosing William Scott. Well, you know, i have and demonstrated over any 5 years a deep appreciation for the men and women of the San FranciscoPolice Department and what i had to discipline myself my national inclination to look within and what distinguished and made a difference was that i had to discipline myself how we can be better as a department and the city and in that i had to search for the qualities and skill sets that that implement effectively and immediately as possible those changes that many, many people throughout the city internal and external to the Police Department and the commission had more than requested of our city and so i look at this as being the skill set and the ability and the leadership and the proven qualities to lead this department in that change that bill talks about we are changing as a city were changing on the standards of what we expect the officers to do and i believe that in looking at this and really focused on those recommendations and those disciplines and successes we mayor ed lee led me to look at all the candidates and determine it was not an outside versus inside ultimate who has the skill sets and the Proven Ability to bring this department forward. One last question jena. Hi given the attack in berlin where do you stand on shooting at moving vehicles. Let me start my comments by saying it is a tragedy frill for the most part people lost their lives our hearts go out to the folks to those folks, and, secondly, all i know right now is a couple of paragraphs in the newspaper not there for the process to make assessments on who happened in a berlin and how to represents to pending sfpd policy but ill say this and craw on any experiences as lapd in 2005 we went through this process dividing a Strong Organization and bodies of the issue and move forward with a pop policy that is restrictive only moving vehicles i saw that in proclamations at a lower levels of proclamations i understand this is back to what i said change is a shock to the system but at the end of the day Everyone Wants a policy that is representative of the community theyre calling for in terms of support and that policy and the process goes ill fully in support of the restrictions, however, im also very happy to see the progress made and were not there yet but we have progressively move forward toward a fair process and policy confusing has led that charge and fully supportive of what is happening in terms of the process and well get there. inaudible . Congratulations and welcome one of the Blue Ribbon Panel reports that the Police Officer association is running the department and pushing for intern chief chaplin do you have a strategy in mind for breaking through to the as is chief of police of San Francisco i i get it kind of unions i deserve thats simple what i mean by that im who i am in im firmer or stand alone the policies of that organization and the citizens for the most part because were all here to serve the citizens in a fair and ultimately a way that people feel like theyre treated with respect and fairness restore justices i get the union i deserve like i said, i. Who i am your management of lapd ive not had an issue with the unions weve had sdaurlts but about fairness and honest but on top of it gets to take first swing we have to live with that but the process is really important to our question my plans are to be the type of chief that deserves a poa that will work with me by the way i work with them. inaudible . Thank you