homeless is a temporary move, where the person returns shortly after they re removed by police or they re moved across the street. and then this third point is around an inhumane response. according to the declaration of human rights, everyone has a right to an adequate state of living, including housing. in the u.s. 3.5 million people experience the trauma of homelessness each year. a police response can be inhumane. this is not blaming individual police officer r s, but it s inhumane because of the structural response to the approach. police officers don t have access to housing and treatment. at short, at best, they can move people along. for unhoused people, so much of their time is spent finding a place they can rest out of the way. a place with little stability. when police officers move them, that little bit of stability is rocked. that may be worth it if it s leading people out of homelessness. when it s just moving people from block to block, it can exacerbate behav
francisco police department and paul henderson. thank you, everybody. this is the january 15, 2020, meeting of the police commission. we do have a heavy schedule tonight, so we will have two minutes for public comment. i m going to change slightly the agenda order. i ll ask the chief to give his report first, and then we will call line item 2 next before we move on to the d.p.a. report. so with that, i turn it over to you, chief. thank you, president, vice president, commission, and executive director henderson. i start off today s report with a summary of our crime trends for the week. as of january 13, our overall crimes are down 21% year to date. and i just want to remind everybody we are very early in the year, so these percentages usually change pretty drastically through the year. with that our total property crimes are down 23%. we ve continued to have fewer reported incidents in all categories, with the exception of arson which has increased 22% year to date. our
At the end to interfere with the equipment in the room and please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Commissioner president turman id like to call roll. Commissioner president turman commissioner mazzuco commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus excused commissioner melara commissioner hing commissioner president turman we have quorum also with use it the chief of Police William scott and the Deputy Director of the Police Accountability eric. Thank you commission secretary. Members of the public thank you for joining us tonight and welcome to the wednesday, april 19, 2017, meeting the Police Commission it is an absolutely beauty day outside so we it is hard to be here but being it is hard to be here i think about the fact that people who come here and make Public Comment and the commissioners that go through this process it is not lost on any of us up here and hopefully not on you this is difficult work rai
Chief of Police William scott and the Deputy Director of the Police Accountability eric. Thank you commission secretary. Members of the public thank you for joining us tonight and welcome to the wednesday, april 19, 2017, meeting the Police Commission it is an absolutely beauty day outside so we it is hard to be here but being it is hard to be here i think about the fact that people who come here and make Public Comment and the commissioners that go through this process it is not lost on any of us up here and hopefully not on you this is difficult work raising those issues can be difficult we do this for the betterment of our city im grateful to serve and grateful so have all of you and all your comments regardless of whether or not their total agreement or disagreement so thank you for being here sergeant killshaw call the first item. Item no. 1 consent calendar receive file, action. Police Commission Report of disciplinary actions, 1st quarter 2017. Request of the chief of police to
Chief of Police William scott and the Deputy Director of the Police Accountability eric. Thank you commission secretary. Members of the public thank you for joining us tonight and welcome to the wednesday, april 19, 2017, meeting the Police Commission it is an absolutely beauty day outside so we it is hard to be here but being it is hard to be here i think about the fact that people who come here and make Public Comment and the commissioners that go through this process it is not lost on any of us up here and hopefully not on you this is difficult work raising those issues can be difficult we do this for the betterment of our city im grateful to serve and grateful so have all of you and all your comments regardless of whether or not their total agreement or disagreement so thank you for being here sergeant killshaw call the first item. Item no. 1 consent calendar receive file, action. Police Commission Report of disciplinary actions, 1st quarter 2017. Request of the chief of police to