O, say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O, say does that starbangled banner yet wave, oer the land of the free, and the home of the brave please be seated. Again, i would like to welcome you to the San Francisco Police Department medal of valor Award Ceremony. Im rachel kilshaw. I would like to announce the people on the stage and thank the people who made this Award Ceremony of valor possible. Thank you for your continued generosity in allowing us to use this beautiful facility and next to thanks those who allowed us to use this facility for this beautiful ceremony. Thank you to Briana Oakley for singing the national anthem. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] and thank you to the sf preponderance pd color guard. Now i would like to present to you the police commission. Suzy loftus, president , victor hwang and from the airplane Bureau Deputy and from the administration bureau. Commander an man ex. From the operations bureau, robert moser, metro division, commander osullivan and from the commanders bureau Toney Chaplin and from the airport burp commander ken wade lee. We are here to honor a select group of men and women of the San Francisco Police Department who engaged in special actions and above the call of duty. Today we will describe the extraordinary selfless acts these men and women took and why they are being honored tonight. Before we present the act of valor, president suzy loftus would like to say a few words. Good evening, everyone. I would like to thank chief suhr, command staff, my fellow commissioners. A special thanks goes out to our former secretary john monroe and current secretary rachel kill shaw. They recognize the valor above the call of duty. It is nights like this that our city is reminded of important truths. Police take guard to protect lives of independent. They take a noble profession where while others run from dangers, they run towards danger in protection of others. They put service above else everyday and they dont look to be applauded for their sacrifice. Thats why tonight is so important. Tonight we honor 16 San Francisco heroes. 16 San Francisco Police Officers who displayed extraordinary value valor, they acted decidesively with great courage and put themselves in harms way to protect the lives of others. Tonight we recognize the acts of an officer who risked his life and showed bravery and courage in apprehending and disarming a suspect with a gun. We honor an officer who risks his life for others and we honor the officers who run into a burning building and we honor the officer who takes a knife from a man. We appreciate your service. Most importantly, thank you, family and loved ones. You provide unconditional support and encouragement to these men and women who put their lives at risk. We understand their commitment and deeply grateful to your sacrifice. Thank you for everything you do and be safe. [ applause ] thank you, president loftus. Now we will hear from chief gregory suhr. Good evening, could we have the attention in the room was palatable when everybody was wanting to applaud briana and couldnt because of the colors. If we could, one more time for briana. [ cheers and applause ] i want to thank the scottish right temple. Just recently we had the promotional celebration. Certainly a great day for the people and especially for exams when we spoke of leaders in the San Francisco Police Department. Great day. On friday we will graduate an Academy Class who will go out and do the work of the San Francisco Police Department. Thats a great day too. But these are the best nights because these are the nights when the scottish temple really does play home to the brave. Everyday San Francisco Police Officers, actually Police Officers all around the country leave the house and you dont know what you are going to draw. Most nights pretty routine, although San Francisco Police Officers, forgive me, im a little bit bias, as of kindness we have new policies because we have a lot of people on the streets suffering from various levels of capacity and they make the adjustment of when not to go forward and go back and they do as well as anybody and are outside just helping the needs who are in need of a doctor and the handy Police Officer and on an on. Our slogan for the city of San Francisco Police Department is ordinary people doing the extraordinary. For that process we have time honored about a 55year history of the San Francisco Police Department where, i hope i did my math right on that, where only the assembled service captain of the San Francisco police and command staff are only able to vote on medal of valor. Thousands of us, sitting in that room and there is an anxious conversation about just getting it right. So, these medals that are going to be awarded to the 16 men and women in blue they are well earned and any single one of them could have not done what they did and it wouldnt have been worthy of sanction. But they went forward when everybody else would have thought to stand down and probably would have thought smarter for it. Thats not what we signed up to do and not what they signed up to do. In that we are here to honor them and especially thank their family members when they come home and you say how was work today . And they say, its all right. Whatever. We didnt invite you here to be upset with them when you hear these stories and then you go, you might have told me about that when you came home because we are going to tell you about it right now. Congratulations. [ applause ] thank you, chief suhr. Now we will hear from these members Commanding Officer who will read the award citation for each of the officers. First, can we have captain daniel perea, Commanding Officer mission statement, sergeant dempsky and fischer, officers conway, sanchez, thank you, im commander sanchez and i will talk about one situation where an officer demonstrated bravery. On october 11, 2015, officer olson and conway were in the mission patrol district. While on patrol, they saw thick black smoke from 29th street. Simultaneously officer sanchez and upon hearing an emergency broadcast and threat to life, numerous officers at mission station responded to the scene. Upon their arrival officers responding to the occupied Apartment Building engulfed in fire with several units already engulfed in flames. Although the Fire Department was already dispatched, only these officers were there while those were experiencing death. None of the officers were equipped with breathing apparatus. These officers who responded who raced to the scene as First Responders could have stayed outside and aided the residents who managed to self evacuate. No one would have blamed the officers for that decision. This group of officers to my right did not stand by the scene and waited for others to help. Instead, officer dempsky, fischer, conway, adam shaw, trees deignan and officer hoang and shaw, they forced enter on a number of units and evacuated resident after resident after resident. Sometimes having to literally physically assist these folks from the burning building. They moved from floor to floor. Officer conway, olson, yee and zamudio and were joined by officer shaw, diegnan and wells. They proceeded to the fourth floor while visibility was zero. They found the fire extinguisher on the wall. They smashed the glass on the wall. Although the fire was already too large and fierce, according to the Fire Department, sergeant dempsky and fischer prevented the fire from spreading. As officer noticed his hand had been cut obtaining the fire extinguisher. At that time the Fire Department reid arrived and ordered the officers to evacuate the premises. Due to the bravery of these officers, not a Single Person perished. The fire was also deliberately set. San francisco officer was transported to General Hospital where he was treated for smoke inhalation and laceration to his hand. Sergeant dempsky, conway, fischer, olson, shaw, wells, yee and zamudio with full knowledge they were risking their own lives and demonstrating outstanding bravery saved the lives of these people in this building without any protective gear and without any hesitation. Sergeant dempskys and officer fischers action to prevent the fire from spreading and saving their lives. For their actions they are awarded the bronze medal. [ applause ] one more time. [ applause ] again, well have dr. Captain perea and officer buckley. On july 21st, sergeant Jessica Nan Trup were on patrol. They attracted numerous residents and patrons to the corridor. At 7 22 p. M. , the usual quiet valley neighborhood was suddenly disrupted by a man bleeding profusely and holding a large knife. Sergeant nan troup and buckley responded. They received information that the individual had turned the knife on himself. When they arrived the officer found the subject on the corner. The subject was bleeding profusely from his wrist while holding the knife to his throat. Police observed individuals observing and the possession they placed themselves in to the individual wielding the knife. She estimated that distance to be less than 15 feet. Due to her training, she knew an individual armed with an edged we may could easily cover small distance and inflict serious injury or deliver a strike to anyone in any moment looking to on lookers to escape and defend themselves. In order to protect these individuals she deliberately moved herself in front of them to act as a barrier between the group and herself. Knowing the risk she placed herself insolely for the sake of the assembled crowd. Concurrently officer buckley conducted his own evaluation of the threat the subject posed at the scene. Officer buckley recognized the subjects actions and self is inflicted injury were possible indicators the subject was in the midst of a Mental Health crisis. Officer buckley astutely armed himself with the less Lethal Action with an an impacted weapon, which is a beanbag equivalent of a baton strike which looks like a shotgun to the average person on the street. Officer buckley and nantroup continued to talk to the subject. The subject did not respond and continued to pose a threat to himself to sergeant nantroup and officer buckley and the people in the area. After the subject spattered blood to the area and failure to respond to commands of the officer. The officers knew immediate action was necessary preventing the subject from hurting other people and requiring potential use of deadly force to stop him. Sergeant nantroup provided unwavery lethal coverage for officer buckley while officer continued to give direction to the subject to drop the knife. The on lookers were watching in fear. Several individuals added to the situation by yelling at the officers, stop, dont shoot him adding the situation the officers put themselves in for the place of public safety. Officer responded with one projectile. The subject appeared surprised by the action and officers repeated their direction for the subject to drop the knife and he complied throwing the knife to the sidewalk. Officer nantroup, once officer, now promoted to sergeant. Officer buckley ordered the subject to the ground and swung the rifle over his shoulder. Officer requested medical assistance to the scene and without hesitation immediately translated to first aid mode and raised the suspects arm above his head. Paramedics arrived rendering the first aid he had started. The subject told officers he was hearing voices and wanted to kill himself. The doctor said this individual severed an artery and this injury could have resulted in his death. In examination of the subjects property, the suspect was also in possession of a replica gun which had the orange tip removed. The officers made a conscious decision to place himself between a disturbed dangerous individual and the on lookers. Officer nantroup and buckley worked in a calm manner. They displayed bravery in the performance of their duties and officer buckleys direct intervention and administration of first aid for the subject saved his life. For their actions, sergeant jessica nantroup and officer buckley are awarded the bronze medal and life saving award. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] next we have captain jerome defillippo and Sergeant Tony montana montoya and officer huang and taylor. Jerome defillippo. This is my first Award Ceremony and i had the pleasure of being the first time to vote on members of my command for medal of valor. So im very proud of that. On 962014. At approximately 2400 hours officers hoang and officers responded to a scene. A suspect wanted to jump out of the window. Sergeant montoya and officer hoang arrived at the scene and directed by browns neighbor from a fire escape. Officer hoang saw that brown was dangling from the fire escape only with his right hand. Officer hoang climbed out the window to make it to the fire escape. He asked him to come down and brown replied im going to jump then he saw he was losing his grip. If he fell, he would fall 7 stories. Officer hoang knew he would lose his life. Officer held browns left arm and officer hoang was the only thing keeping brown from falling on the sidewalk. Sergeant moment i hi today we have a special edition of building San Francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about San Franciscos earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. The next episode of stay safe, we have Alicia Johnson from San Franciscos department of emergency management. Hi, alicia thanks to coming it is a pleasure to be here with you. I wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in San Francisco. Well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. Having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. How long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in San Francisco. It depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. What kind of neighborhood and Community Involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. It is important to have a Good Relationship with your neighbors and your community. Go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. It is important to have a batteryoperated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the Community Around and how you can communicate with other people. One of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. Yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. So a title to a home, a passport, a drivers license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any Vital Information on your computer. Back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. In your home you should be prepared as well. Absolutely. Lets take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. We have no water, what are we going to do about water . It is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. We have this big container and also in peoples homes they have a hot water heater. Absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well what other things do people need to have arent their home. It is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. Here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. And this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. Yes. So in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. Having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. It is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. And here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. I hope that you have an alternative one at home. Oh, i forgot. And in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. I have them right here. Good. Excellent. That is great. Additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. Markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. I am okay and i will meet you at. Exactly. Exactly. Water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. We have matches here. And my spare glasses. And your spare glasses. If you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. If it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. Inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. Very important. We have a little first aid kit. And lots of different kinds of batteries. And another spare flashlight. So, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we dont have damage . One of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. Make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. Also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. Becoming prepared is not that difficult. Taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra everyday items on hand helps to make the difference. That contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. Absolutely. If you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. We are all proud of living in San Francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. So, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. Absolutely, it is my pleasure. And thank you for joining us on another edition of building good afternoon, everybody and welcome to the board of supervisors of tuesday, november 17, 2015, madam clerk can you please call the roll. Om