We have, you know, reviewed evidence after evidence that shows because theres this myth that tasers are less than lethal, that they often are used more regularly than guns and, therefore, lead to more deaths. We, you know, just from statistics from 1983 to 2017, there are at least 155 People Killed by police where tasers are a primary or contributing cause of the death, and then what we also know, its not only dangerous for the person thats tased, its dangerous for the officers themselves. Because they are ineffective 45 of the time, and when you have to get close to tase someone, so if an officer, instead of creating that time and distance, is getting close to tase someone and its ineffective 45 of the time, its putting that officer in as much danger as its putting the individual being tased. And thats a real, real concern. And then finally, you know, i was just listening to an npr report the other day that said because of the substantial risk to life that tasers cause, because of the
Significant, exciting, and meaningful progress on police reform. We you have lowered the amount of use of force significantly and substantially. The amount of officers that have been cit trained continues to go up, and instead of, you know, what we had had before your arrival, which was a whole series of officerinvolved shootings, what weve seen lately is the regular use of time and distance that leads to the peaceful resolution of crises, often with people with mental illness, that have gotten those individuals the treatment they need with nobody, no officer, no civilian injured. And its just incredibly exciting. Its a tremendous testament to your leadership. I cant tell, you know, to your officers, i cant tell you how many times recently that captains in my district have called me and detailed incidents that in the past could have led to someone getting shot and killed, but instead, through time and distance, and working with dph and deescalation, led to successful outcomes. And its
The executive director. The enforcement of the code is not taking place in San Francisco, and developers and builders think they can get away with ignoring the code, and they do get away with it. It is harming the people of San Francisco and it is certainly not helping the homeless situation in San Francisco. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. People are going to make a buck and they are not going to do it straight. This effort to address the most egregious violations is necessary. This is all over town, there are different scenarios, whether you are on the mission, whether you are in north beach, whether you are in the excelsior, whether you are in oceanview, and i really, i think it would be a great idea if you passed it and supported it any other Public Comment on this item we any other Public Comment on this item . Public comment is now closed. Two questions. One is, other districts which have looked for governors, if you will, to control the size of expansions and related to co
Evidence after evidence that shows because theres this myth that tasers are less than lethal, that they often are used more regularly than guns and, therefore, lead to more deaths. We, you know, just from statistics from 1983 to 2017, there are at least 155 People Killed by police where tasers are a primary or contributing cause of the death, and then what we also know, its not only dangerous for the person thats tased, its dangerous for the officers themselves. Because they are ineffective 45 of the time, and when you have to get close to tase someone, so if an officer, instead of creating that time and distance, is getting close to tase someone and its ineffective 45 of the time, its putting that officer in as much danger as its putting the individual being tased. And thats a real, real concern. And then finally, you know, i was just listening to an npr report the other day that said because of the substantial risk to life that tasers cause, because of the deaths that this weapon has
Events at the planning commission, staff report and announcements. No report on planning commission. However, did want to inform you that we have at the board two items recently reviewed and assessed. The 524 union street, paper doll, was approved. This was initiated some time ago here. And also introduced at the board. The landmark designation for 2031 bush street. Thats all i have. If there are no questions, commissioner, we can move on to item three under mission matter. President s report and announcements. U an i wanted to inform the other commissioners that we met to talk about the changes with the staffing for the commission with mr. Fryes departure. And one is instead of having a Single Person for that area. And delegate that to the three quadrant and to the three supervisors each that lead to quadrants. And help me with the name. And which is great and elizabeth gordon. And those will be in the projects will be based on the quadrants that they are overseeing. And mr. Joycelyn