Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
Professor joanna schwartz, its such a pleasure. Finally meet you. How are you. Im well. How are you . Very good, thank you. Very good. I really enjoyed reading your book. Even though the subject is quite a serious subject matter. So i feel a little uncomfortable saying i enjoyed it, but i always enjoy being informed. And certainly as someone who focuses on these issues in my teaching and as former Police Officer here in new york city, i just found it absolutely fascinating. I wanted to start off with what what motivated you i know this is your area of scholarship and focus but broadly speaking what motivated you to write this book. Well i before i a professor at ucla, i a civil rights litigator new york city bringing lawsuits. New york city police, Police Officers and new York City Department of corrections, other agencies in the area. And when i was in that practice, there were a lot of questions that came to mind about the way in which our system, the way in which civil litigation ac
Commissioner byrne here. Commissioner yee here. Uh, Vice President carter oberstein, you have a quorum. Commissioner. President elias is in route. Also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Uh, sergeant, could you call the first item, please . Line item one. General Public Comment at this time. The public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes on items that do not appear on tonights agenda, but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Police Commission under Police Commission, rules of order during Public Comment, Neither Police or epa personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. Alternatively you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email the secretary of the Police Commission at sfpd. Commission at sf dot org or written comments may be sent
Been opened. So far this year, and weve closed 96 cases. Uh, there are currently 305 cases that are pending and open on the docket. Uh, that is up this time last year, there were 263 cases that had opened because there are more cases that are coming into dpa right now. Uh, weve sustained 12 cases so far this year. Weve mediated one case, and we currently have 32 cases whose investigation has continued past the 270 day period. And of those, uh, 32 cases, 22 of the cases are told cases, meaning that time isnt being, uh, measured while there is ongoing litigation and legal action, either criminal or civil , in terms of cases that are awaiting disposition, there are ten cases waiting disposition on from the commission, and there are 96 cases, uh, awaiting disposed action from the chiefs office. In terms of the cases that have come into the office and the allegations weve received 15 cases this week from last week. Uh, the highest percentage of those allegations. Again, these are allegation
Been opened. So far this year, and weve closed 96 cases. Uh, there are currently 305 cases that are pending and open on the docket. Uh, that is up this time last year, there were 263 cases that had opened because there are more cases that are coming into dpa right now. Uh, weve sustained 12 cases so far this year. Weve mediated one case, and we currently have 32 cases whose investigation has continued past the 270 day period. And of those, uh, 32 cases, 22 of the cases are told cases, meaning that time isnt being, uh, measured while there is ongoing litigation and legal action, either criminal or civil , in terms of cases that are awaiting disposition, there are ten cases waiting disposition on from the commission, and there are 96 cases, uh, awaiting disposed action from the chiefs office. In terms of the cases that have come into the office and the allegations weve received 15 cases this week from last week. Uh, the highest percentage of those allegations. Again, these are allegation