Good evening, supervisors. I am here standing in solidarity and asking for the defunding of the Sheriffs Department and request it be redirected towards multiple populations and in my work i have had the special opportunity to work for residents and employees who have seen firsthand the negative impact policing has had on our community and life threatening situations. We need to insure that our budget reflects our priorities and embodies the traumainformed approach, increasing policing does not keep the communities safe but additional access, resources and support for our community does. So lets choose prioritizing our community and creating a budget that reflects our values. Thank you so much. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker please. Caller hi. Can you hear me . Yes, we can. Please begin. Caller my name is jennifer and i live in district six and am a Health Care Work and a medical assistant at sfg General Hospital and urge to remove funding for the Sheriffs Department and inv
Of the public to mute any background noise, any televisions or other devices in the background and mute yourselves when youre not speaking so we can hear you clearly and i would ask the same thing for my fellow commissioners and the presenters. As always, if you wish to be heard, put your name in the chat box and i will call on you. Thank you, Sergeant Youngblood. Members of the public, this meeting is televised by sf gov tv. Dial 408 4189388 if you wish to speak. Press pound is pound to join the meeting. You will hear a beep when you enter the meeting. When they address a line item or general Public Comment, dial star 3, we will add you to the queue. When you dial star 3, please wait to speak. When you hear that, that is your time to make Public Comment and you will have two minutes to provide your comment. Once your two minutes have ended, you will be moved back into listening unless you decide to disconnect. Members of the public may stay on and listen for when a line item is read.
Scott. For members who wish to make Public Comment on items on the agenda tonight, the phone number is 408 4189388, access code 146 8694234. As always, i would ask members of the public to mute any background noise, any televisions or other devices in the background and mute yourselves when youre not speaking so we can hear you clearly and i would ask the same thing for my fellow commissioners and the presenters. As always, if you wish to be heard, put your name in the chat box and i will call on you. Thank you, Sergeant Youngblood. Members of the public, this meeting is televised by sf gov tv. Dial 408 4189388 if you wish to speak. Press pound is pound to join the meeting. You will hear a beep when you enter the meeting. When they address a line item or general Public Comment, dial star 3, we will add you to the queue. When you dial star 3, please wait to speak. When you hear that, that is your time to make Public Comment and you will have two minutes to provide your comment. Once you
Fired, but kirkpatrick said the shooting was justified. Do you regret . I cannot be bullied to change my opinion. I knew that if i had called that shooting out of policy, that i would have been the darling of reform. I would have had great headlines. Yall would have thought i was amazing. I was not willing to sell out. If the public shooting is the reason they were looking to terminate me before due process has come to an end, then something is definitely wrong with our system. I am going to be asking the department of justice to open an inquiry. Into what specifically . The federal oversight system, and that includes all the parties involved . Oakland is safer than when i came, however, my termination, i think, has created a great deal of damage that was not calculated in terms of culture change. It has created a total destabilization. Its hard for these officers and staff now to believe, does the city really believe in these values . Because they didnt practice them. Can you talk abo
She believes she was terminated as retaliation for failing to do favors for city hall. She spoke about her plans to fight back. I want to about the termination itself. If you had a sense it was coming,or if you were surprised . I was surprised. Reporter she believes she may have lost her job because she wouldnt do favors for a member of the panel who terminated her. In 2018, the chief told the st. s hr director that Police Commissioner, Janelle Harris demanded she reimpurse harris for towing fees, and was worried about retaliation. You hired a woman of intrigue trite. And by that, i am willing to stand on my values. Im willing to lose a job by standing on my values. No regrets. Reporter harris has not responded to our request for comment. Do you plan to sue the city . I have Legal Options that i am weighing right now. I am embarrassed. Those headlines went national. Its painful to me. Its not how i would like to end 38 years. Reporter the Police Commissioner was voted into power in 201