All right. Good evening, commissioners. And chief. And members of the Police Department. And i also want to first of all let me introduce myself to the members of the public that may not be aware, of me. And may want to also verify my background and my credentials. And i am andrea shorter and i have the pleasure of serving as the Vice President of the commission on the status of women. Where i have served under three mayors. First appointed by brown, and then now, Lieutenant Governor nusom and now the current mayor ed lee and i am the most veteran member of this commission. And i also want to echo what president loftus has said, and testifying to not only the expertise and the dedication of the women that were mentioned but they are not just local leaders and expertise, we have National Model problems here and so what we are discussing today, and in terms of what types of policies, and what types of practices, that we want to have implemented in San Francisco, and under the command and
And chief. And members of the Police Department. And i also want to first of all let me introduce myself to the members of the public that may not be aware, of me. And may want to also verify my background and my credentials. And i am andrea shorter and i have the pleasure of serving as the Vice President of the commission on the status of women. Where i have served under three mayors. First appointed by brown, and then now, Lieutenant Governor nusom and now the current mayor ed lee and i am the most veteran member of this commission. And i also want to echo what president loftus has said, and testifying to not only the expertise and the dedication of the women that were mentioned but they are not just local leaders and expertise, we have National Model problems here and so what we are discussing today, and in terms of what types of policies, and what types of practices, that we want to have implemented in San Francisco, and under the command and the direction of our chief, we know tha
Item number three. I know we understand the importance of the work here, but certainly the recent incident in can kansas city is glaring, the foot ball player is a tragedy. I talked on the radio about it and talked about it at the club with the young men and women. That is certainly on my mind and not that we need more focus but certainly thats why were here. Thank you. I just want to reiterate the women that came forward there has been substantial changes in the way Domestic Violence cases are prosecuted and vghtded. You will hear more about that but when i started out there was Domestic Violence department and it was in the general Works Department and now there are victim advocates. We have come a long way and one of the things the article says you need to bring Families Together for financial reasons and other reasons and those are the reasons that hold people in battered relationships and when the police come the first time its not the first time it happened and people need to be
Record of homicides in San Francisco. It was running about 10 Domestic Violence homicides a year and including in the year 2000 the Domestic Violence violence of claire joyce tampango by her exboyfriend in front of her two children and in the subsequent investigation our commission made happen it was clear that she had taken out police reports, got emergency protective orders, did everything she was supposed to do, but it the failure of city averages to respond appropriately so the members. Oversight panel for the last 10 years really taken to task the coordination and the policy reforms that departments committed to, and i am very pleased to report that with the help of many, many people in this room to date we have gone from 10 domestic homicides to this year so far 0,0 domestic homicides in San Francisco this calendar year so i know commissioners have received a package of chocolates. In it it is an eraser and together we are erasing Domestic Violence homicides. Thank you very much.
Response to Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement, the social workers, caseworkers, president soo if i might you need to take a vote on the consent calendar. Im sorry. Can we have a motion to approve the Consent Agenda . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. I apologize. Thank you. So with the Family Violence council in the last year weve seen a child abuse intervention and Prevention Program and we were mandated and not every county has it and beverly pointed that out and alisa worked for the last six months and a year in the making to have a phone app in response to elder abuse and you push a button and brings up the resources and with they will turn it over to the ladies. [inaudible] for both of these commissions thank you, coming together this evening to share the work that we have been doing together for quite some time, and the progress that San Francisco has made over the last 12 years for sure, and certainly even before that, so were honored to be here. I am Beverly Upton and p