So one interpreter may translate the word one way. Say, push. Another interpreter may interpret the same word saying it was a hit. We now have two inconsistent statements. One of the things i see in trial all the time, rightfully so, the defense is doing their job. They are pointing out inconsistencies. We can argue that they are not inconsistencies because of language barriers but it depends on how the jury will see that. When we are presenting cases to the jury they have in their mind that the victim was inconsistent. First she said it was a hit, no she says it is a push. A third interpreter is saying it was a slap now that shes testifying on the stand. Which is it . Beyond a reasonable doubt, is complicated. The other issue is when the victims dont come in to testify. Its even more of a barrier for us to get past all of the language issues to be able to bring any of the others out in trial. It is very difficult. Thank you so much jean. I am sure that the people who are cramming for
Police Department Says okay, share the aggregate data, that is when we connect the two so the system can show the reports of the department of women. We dont own the data. The data resides with the department that originated it. Thank you. We appreciate your efforts putting that together so that groups can see trends and recognize issues that we able to deal with. Our next line item is a report of the San Francisco Police Department regarding Language Access. And some of the concerns that were expressed by the assistant District Attorney jean roland about issues regarding interpretation. We have ms. Sandra marion, from occ, to talk about Language Access. Ms. Marion . Good evening. Commissioners, director members of the public and command staff and police officers. Im excited to be here and have the opportunity to talk about the work that many organizations, departments and commissions in collaboration with the Police Department on Language Access. I work for the office of citizen compl
Question. It is not our intent that it be a project. This is something that would be a foundational, fundamental issue moving on. One of the challenges that we will face moving forward is one department only has a certain amount of resources to participate and to keep going, and another one isnt would could end up with something lopsided. An uneven patchwork of data. As we move forward, we want to make sure we have the adequate resources to have this as even and equal participation is possible so that it is not just something that is not sustainable for the long term. Thank you commissioner. Commissioner chan. Commissioner chan thank you for your presentation. I want to ask a couple of clarifying questions. It looks like the justis project replaces the cable system. My understanding is that it is a database for local background check, i want to get more of the big picture perspective and also want to find out my understanding is that the cable system was not a system connected to any d
It is not our intent that it be a project. This is something that would be a foundational, fundamental issue moving on. One of the challenges that we will face moving forward is one department only has a certain amount of resources to participate and to keep going, and another one isnt would could end up with something lopsided. An uneven patchwork of data. As we move forward, we want to make sure we have the adequate resources to have this as even and equal participation is possible so that it is not just something that is not sustainable for the long term. Thank you commissioner. Commissioner chan. Commissioner chan thank you for your presentation. I want to ask a couple of clarifying questions. It looks like the justis project replaces the cable system. My understanding is that it is a database for local background check, i want to get more of the big picture perspective and also want to find out my understanding is that the cable system was not a system connected to any databases.
Nature. This is a very historic thing for me. And sitting down with doctor we talked about what is the definition of Domestic Violence and we really do need to go down the list of statutes and say is this in or not. The District Attorneys Office is tracking Domestic Violence cases, the Police Department also. We are using the Management System but as the systems hoping we will be able to show different sets of information to you. This is just the first touch of prototype reports. Wonderful, thank you. Not to over state, i think it is a critical question. It is not our intent that it be a project. This is something that would be a foundational, fundamental issue moving on. One of the challenges that we will face moving forward is one department only has a certain amount of resources to participate and to keep going, and another one isnt would could end up with something lopsided. An uneven patchwork of data. As we move forward, we want to make sure we have the adequate resources to have