In the area of bias, the d. P. A. Has been an active participant in the Bias Working Group. And a lot of this work is done by our policy director. Shes been working in the Bias Working Group to redraft the department general order, that deals with bias policing. Weve also made recommendations that would require written consent for searches. The report found and National Studies have shown that consent searches are first of all, people of color are searched more than people who arent. The people who are white. And a lot of times asking for written consent is a Better National practice. So weve made that recommendation in the context of the bias reform sorry. The bias reforms. In the area of community policing, we are working to revise the general order there as well. And then our work in accountability has been revising department general order 2. 04, which was passed by the commission recently. And spelled out the departments jurisdiction, the department of police accountabilitys juris
Discrepancy to me. Thats why its reported. You cant fix what you cant talk about. You cant talk about what you dont know. I mean, the whole point, which why i said thats in the annual report. People can see it and track it. Before this information wasnt public and wasnt disseminated. Supervisor walton thank you, director henderson and to your entire team. Colleagues, if you dont have any questions. Thank you for having us. Supervisor walton thank you. It is time for Public Comment. Clerk it is. If members of the public who want to speak on the item, we ask you line up over by the cameras. Seeing none oh, here we go. You have two minutes. We ask you that you state your name. If you have written materials, you can leave them with the clerk. David elliott. So for five years, i worked as a trainer with the Police Department Crisis Intervention Team training. For search ive been part of the Mental Health Advisory Working Group or c. Ism t. I have worked with sam on revising the use of force
Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. This is the december 9, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. I am hillary ronen, chair of the committee. To my right is supervisor shamann walton, and supervisor gordon mar will shortly join me. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence all phones and electronic devices. Items acted on will appear on the december 19 board of supervisors agenda. Chair ronen just a quick note. Im going to call items out of order, so ill call item 1, and then 3 and 4, and end with 2 because its our longest item of the day. Mr. Clerk, will you please call item 1. Clerk item 1 is a hearing to consider appointing one member, term ending march 31, 2020, to the commission on ageing Advisory Council. Chair ronen thank you. Is mr. Cooper here . My background, you have aha a recesume and summary to look over. I went to harvard, and my last clinical environment was with liver disease. I wasnt a fulltime clinician, but liver liver disease. And a
A lot of people talk about who they are and whats going on. We have to understand who we are. If we understand who we are, we understand who they are. Because its not us versus them. I spent a year in jail, ms. Richards is a great strong leader and i appreciate her. The reason why im here today is because Restorative Justice for me has been the answer. We believe in respect, care, trust and empathy. Im here to say change is possible. Former gang member, sold drugs, dealt drugs, used drugs. Family membered o. D. Ed but change is possible and it comes through care and concern. Its not about whether we are going to be consistent, its about who is speaking that language. Its not what i say, its how i say it. Ive seen the pictures of the young men and women that were arrested and put on the tenderloin website and most of them were friends. All i saw was trauma, victimization. So whats really needed for us is just for us all to come together as we have here and all these people here are stak
Recommend, because they live in the neighborhood, theyve been impacted by drug dealing. Several of them have lived experience as theyve already shared, with the experience of open air drug dealing. And i think the committee would be wellserved. And these are Jesse James Johnson, sam dennison, Cheryl Shanks and Curtis Bradford. All amazing people. And also i would like to mention kim diamond too. I know all five of these individuals. They all do really good work in the neighborhood. And i think the committee would be well served. They understand processes, they know how to work in the group. They live and work in the neighborhood and real life experience. Let me read this one more time. Jesse james johnson, sam dennison, Cheryl Shanks, Curtis Bradford and kim diamond. I hope youll give due consideration to those five but whoever you choose, it will be a good committee. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Supervisors, my name is brian edwards. Im a Community Advocate and organizer with t