might encourage more victims to speak out so they know that when they do speak, it will be publicized in the paper, so that way, there will be more publicity, and maybe that will stop the violence. supervisor chiu: thank you. any other member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public item is closed. i would like to invite deputy chief murphy to see if he had any additional comments to make. he may want to add a few comments to this presentation. just a few comments. when i first went over to work at the sfmta, the mandate that chief gascon gave us was not only to reduce crime, but to reduce the fear of crime. we want to focus on the crimes that create that atmosphere of crime. those crimes are weapons possessions. if people feel like other passengers may be armed, they are the ones creating the atmosphere where a crime may be committed. in short, these ordinances give us a tool by which we can use to basically in force htthe law strictly, as
pilots are given more information as to what is available to protect them as they speak out against the perpetrators. lastly, in regards to this item, if we are going to increase penalties, we need to increase advertisements in newspapers. maybe the newspaper should have a section dedicated to climb up on muni. if they had bad in the paper, it might encourage more victims to speak out so they know that when they do speak, it will be publicized in the paper, so that way, there will be more publicity, and maybe that will stop the violence. supervisor chiu: thank you. any other member of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public item is closed. i would like to invite deputy chief murphy to see if he had any additional comments to make. he may want to add a few comments to this presentation. just a few comments. when i first went over to work at the sfmta, the mandate that chief gascon gave us was not only to reduce crime, but to reduce the fear of
closed. i would like to invite deputy chief murphy to see if he had any additional comments to make. he may want to add a few comments to this presentation. just a few comments. when i first went over to work at the sfmta, the mandate that chief gascon gave us was not only to reduce crime, but to reduce the fear of crime. we want to focus on the crimes that create that atmosphere of crime. those crimes are weapons possessions. if people feel like other passengers may be armed, they are the ones creating the atmosphere where a crime may be committed. in short, these ordinances give us a tool by which we can use to basically in force htthe law strictly, as well as laws already in effect. if i could come up again, thank you for taking the time to see this item. again, i want to thank my colleagues who co-sponsored this. thank you for your support. if i could request that the committee send this out as a committee report, that would be great. supervisor mirkarimi: i want to
directly from the residents. this legislation introduced would definitely be of importance to all riders. i have been writing muni for over 40 years. i know how important it is for the people to have some measure of safety. as i said, i want to thank you. i would like the english media especially to focus more on the needs of the sizable non-english speaking residents in san francisco. in order to have an integrated community, all the information should be for everybody. thank you again for this important legislation. i think with the future deployment of the interpreters there will be better access for all residents to be able to communicate and be part of a community. thank you. have a good day. supervisor chiu: any other members of the public that would like to speak on this item? good morning, supervisors. i would like to speak out in support of this item. i feel muni violence has long been overlooked, except when it is serious. unfortunately, our leaders tend to be rea
seeing none, public item is closed. i would like to invite deputy chief murphy to see if he had any additional comments to make. he may want to add a few comments to this presentation. just a few comments. when i first went over to work at the sfmta, the mandate that chief gascon gave us was not only to reduce crime, but to reduce the fear of crime. we want to focus on the crimes that create that atmosphere of crime. those crimes are weapons possessions. if people feel like other passengers may be armed, they are the ones creating the atmosphere where a crime may be committed. in short, these ordinances give us a tool by which we can use to basically in force htthe law strictly, as well as laws already in effect. if i could come up again, thank you for taking the time to see this item. again, i want to thank my colleagues who co-sponsored this. thank you for your support. if i could request that the committee send this out as a committee report, that would be great. sup