commissioners. commission president thomas mazzucco. present. dr. joe marshall? here. petra dejesus? she s en route. commissioner angela chan? present. commissioner carol kingsley? present. commissioner james slaughter? here. commissioner julius turman? here. we have a quorum of commissioners and also joyce hicks of the office of citizens complaints and the chief of police. thank you, lieutenant falvey. welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the july 13, 2011 police commission hearing. ladies and gentlemen, tonight is what we call our discipline night so we have some closed matters, disciplinary hearings which by law have to be held in closed session so we have a very light agenda before that so we now move to line item number one which is general public comment. item number one, general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight s agenda but that are within the subject matter ju
reporting equipment in the room. would you please stand for pledge of alenalance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic from which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. taking a roll call of commissioners. commission president thomas mazzucco. present. dr. joe marshall? here. petra dejesus? she s en route. commissioner angela chan? present. commissioner carol kingsley? present. commissioner james slaughter? here. commissioner julius turman? here. we have a quorum of commissioners and also joyce hicks of the office of citizens complaints and the chief of police. thank you, lieutenant falvey. welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the july 13, 2011 police commission hearing. ladies and gentlemen, tonight is what we call our discipline night so we have some closed matters, disciplinary hearings which by law have to be held in closed session so we have a very light
reporting equipment in the room. would you please stand for pledge of alenalance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic from which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. taking a roll call of commissioners. commission president thomas mazzucco. present. dr. joe marshall? here. petra dejesus? she s en route. commissioner angela chan? present. commissioner carol kingsley? present. commissioner james slaughter? here. commissioner julius turman? here. we have a quorum of commissioners and also joyce hicks of the office of citizens complaints and the chief of police. thank you, lieutenant falvey. welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the july 13, 2011 police commission hearing. ladies and gentlemen, tonight is what we call our discipline night so we have some closed matters, disciplinary hearings which by law have to be held in closed session so we have a very light
rise and we rechecked the numbers and sounded strange since i know tenderloin station traditionally has been right around 82 officers, plus or minus. i checked, noticed there were 83 officers, not at 70 some odd. unfortunately he does have eight officers that are at various stages of recovery from disability but as soon as they re back, they ll be back. and tenderloin continues to be a focus of our attention as it s very adjacent to sixth street and will stay that way. i wanted to reassure the people of the tenderloin, there have never been 101 officers there, at different points in time it s perhaps the confusion was the market s foot beats worked out of there originally before they were assigned to southern. it doesn t really matter where they re working out of, they re working market street regardless and then at other times when we re doing the f.t.o. program there s an influx of probationaries and recruits that then move on but the ebb and flow of personnel over the 10-y
the inspectors outside disagreeing with your d.a. s saying no, she doesn t know anything, don t give them her name. ma am, the problem is that it s the d.a. s call, it s not the chief s call or the department s call, it s the d.a. s call. they re the only ones who can had a young lady in a similar situation i work with but it s the district attorney s office calling you, not the department calling you. there s not much we can do about that, unfortunately. ok. with whom do i speak? because it s like we have disposable lives and you wonder why we won t tell you anything. if you give your name to sergeant yamaguchi, we ll figure out who you need to talk to and broker that. ok. you also need to consider this is one of the reasons why the people in my community will not talk to the police. have a blessed day. thank you, ma am. next speaker. good evening, sir. good evening, everyone. as i understand, my name is shawn myers, i m here with my wife, sarah meyers. mr. m