francisco police commission. it is an independent agency, separate and apart from the police department. the police commission is also a civilian body. office of citizen complaints investigate civilian complaints against san francisco police department and make policy recommendations on sentences go police department policy. in california law enforcement agencies must cover procedure to investigate complaints by members of the public against peace officers. the otc serves that purpose. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. the office of citizen complaint is that 33-member staff, the majority of which are investigators, and the balance of this faq consists of attorneys and sports support staff. to that end, office of citizen complaints mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased sourcrecommendations. we when we conduct an investigation, we do so to figure out what hap
three examples of community policing better hope are replicated in other neighborhoods. >[applause] my name is karen huggins, president of the holly courts resident council. i have three of my board members here with me. will you please stand? thank you. thii just want to say we totally except and would request that this general order be accepted tonight, 1.08. we would like to think captain sir you have been doing community policing ever since he became captain for us. this is just secondary. i would like to also thank officers that we have for holly courts. hopkins and supervisor davit compost, thank you for returning. thank you so much for opening your door of your office. every month we meant there for many months, 20 of us, sometimes 30 of us. we all got it done. thank you so much. i would like to also personally think capt. was oulazar. he was a great asset to our ad hoc community. and we meet every month. we meet with the d.a. s office, the housing authority, a com
about these organizations so you can choose see why we chose to recognize them you will see there are a lot of organizations doing hard work and not being rei want to thank you for what you re doing day in and day out. homie worked with people of low income, with a particular focus on latinos./ all of their programs to vocational training to community advocacy are stopped by staffed by likfiling wibilingua. central american resource center is another organization this commission wants to recognize. one of the program i want to highlight is the second chance program. it provides a new start and better future for use. this program provides case management and assistance with finding a corporate job training, employment, community choice and opportunity for this year. there are young women and young men s healing circles that gives their clients safe and affordable and garments to discuss and resolve typical issues. the mission boys and girls club, which is located in the so
in 2010 there were 854 complaints. this represents a 16% reduction in complaints received over 2009 when we received 1018 complaints. and 2010 we sustained allegations and 9% of the cases we closed. we found proper conduct of officers and 29 percent of the investigations we conducted. the largest percentage of abrogation free receive work for or rigid work for unwarranted action. allegations of unnecessary force comprised only 10 percent of the allocation. in 2010, approximately 26 percent of the clintons were african-americans. caucasian s surprised comprise another 32%. another 18% decline the raise. additionally they included asian-americans at 6%, latinos 6%. native americans to%. four percent were others. and we are located on the seventh floor of 25 van ness ave. we are easily accessible through public transportation and we received walking complaints from 8:00 until 5:00 monday through friday. other than that, we have an answering service where we receive complaint