S. F. And they were very concerned about actually the numbers of citations being focused on the focus on five. So she has written us a letter and id like to address have you address some of these issues. One is the drastic drop in citation numbers. Im quoting from the public email that is sent. How is it possible that only 1500 red light tickets were issued, whereas 5,000 infraction tickets were given annually. In 2016, 13,000 speeding tickets were issued and much less are being issued in the last year . One of the first things i did when i took over was to reach out and meet with advocates like those from walk s. F. And the bicycle coalition. I spent time in a meeting with her and some of her staff listening to her concerns and getting her perspective and trying to understand what her concerns were and what they were trying to accomplish. One of the great strengths of the Police Department is that we work in a collaborative fashion, both internally and externally. The numbers are lower than what they were previously. The conversation that ive had with mederas is the figures shes pointing to in 2014 and 2015 and the figures were looking at now, there are some things that are different in the circumstances within the circumstances and what were required to do. In 2014 and 2015, we didnt have bodyworn cameras, we didnt have the additional paperwork that were required to complete for every traffic stop so that the Police Department is able to collect data about the individuals that we stop, what occurs during every traffic stop, locations. Theres a lot of other administrative work thats required. The other piece of this is that the time that it takes to conduct a traffic stop is different from what it was in that period. At that time the majority of officers were still writing citations on paper. A lot easier today. Now officers are using the smartphone. Its a smaller device. It took training. With every bit of technology, it takes time for officers to get acclimated to. Some are proficient with it, others it takes longer. The process of completing a traffic stop takes a little bit longer than it did when we had those numbers previously. So how many traffic stops and citations would you say in an officers tenhour shift that each officer does, just on average . I think its hard to put a number on that, due to the evolving and everchanging tour of duty that every officer faces in the city. Its different in the tenderloin district, where officers are dealing with concerns that are different from what officers are dealing with the need for Police Service in other parts of the city, the richmond district, hay valley. Its hard to put a number on that. If you were to say a Police Officer on the traffic unit and you would see that in one week they did three citations, would you say to yourself that is a low amount of citations for one week. Sorry, a number . On the traffic unit if you find an officer that gave out three citations for one week, would you say you would expect more than three citations in one week . My question would be what occurred during the week. What was that persons assignment. I mentioned in one of the earlier slides, there are a lot of different pieces, a lot of different facets to what an officer at the Traffic Company specifically is tasked with on a daily basis. Again, that changes. So i would want to know what they were assigned to do that week. So im seeing on on the page number 15, is that from january to june 30, thats a sixmonth period, you said that the total citywide violations there are more violations, but the citywide ticketing of these violations totalled 21,931. Is that correct . Yes. But that includes traffic unit, but it also includes the other units at not the traffic unit, but at district stations. Is that correct . That figure is a departmentwide figure. That is a departmentwide figure . Yes, maam. In relation to what the letter actually says and also noticing that we have many more fatalities than we would like, we are not meeting our vision zero goals, we are not on tram to meet those goals, we know that enforcement is a huge part of changing the behavior of drivers. As you know my husband was a solo motorcyclist for years. I think that truthfully speaking it is the only deterrent that the Police Department actually really has this impact, that when you get a ticket once, you think twice about it, or youre trying to run through a stop sign again, youre more cautious. When we look at these numbers citywide, and i believe we should increase our traffic unit to a higher number, i would like to see the traffic unit doubled because i think their enforcement is so super important in our city. I guess what im trying to understand is how much time is actually spent on Traffic Enforcement, how much time is actually spent on other things such as escorts or being pulled to other stations or also special events, and how much real time is being spent on actual Traffic Enforcement . Perhaps you dont have those figures now, but that is a number ill come back to you on. How much time do you think that we are putting into actual Traffic Enforcement and active Traffic Enforcement . I understand to track citations isnt the way to do it. I am trying to get a handle on how much if we were to increase our solo unit to double the amount of solo motorcyclists we have, what can we expect to see in that investment around vision zero goals and also focus on the first five. That is my comment. Thank you, supervisor. Thank you, commander, for the presentation and for the work that youre doing. Commissioner fewer, thank you for raising those points and asking those questions. This is obviously not all on your, but i do want to say it hasnt been a minor reduction, its been a drastic reduction over the last few years on the number of focus on five citations to just over 20,000 in 2018. It looks like were on track in 2018 to be at about 20,000 again. We have less than half the number of focus on five citations in 2018 and likely in 2019 than we had just three or four years ago. That is a dramatic, drastic decrease. At the same time, most people would agree that the conditions on the streets feel like theyre worse. I think the estimate was 170,000 additional trips from uber and lyft alone on our streets. Anybody out there can see it feels like the wild west on our streets. I dont necessarily think the citations are the only indicator of how were doing, but i hear again and again from my constituents that it feels like the Traffic Safety situation has gotten a lot worse at the same time the citations have gone way done. Is there a monthly goal for citations currently, and if so, what is that goal . Thank you for the question, supervisor. Let me answer that question first because you reminded me of a point that i think is important for all the members here to hear me make. There isnt a specific goal numberwise for citations. We dont have quotations. Our goal as part of our commitment to vision zero when were doing Traffic Enforcement that 50 of that enforcement is for focus on the five violations. For anyone viewing or as a member of the public those are speed, red light, stop sign, yielding to a pedestrian in the crosswalk, and yielding while making a turn. The reason that were focused on those violations is that the data has shown that these are the violation are the most common collision factor in the fatality collisions, which is what we are working hard, when i say we, the women and men in the San FranciscoPolice Department out at this moment acting as guardians in the community where they are. This is a big piece of it. In terms of enforcement and impact that supervisor fewer mentioned. One of the things thats hard to quantify is when were making stops doing enforcement operations, there is a deterrent factor for everyone who sees that. I think its difficult to measure. But i know that it happens. Weve been told that and i have my own experience with that as a youngster. Whether i got a ticket or a warning, i changed my behavior. When i would see Police Officers, i wanted to make sure i was obeying all of the traffic laws. One thing that i should tell you is that all of our districts are involved in enforcement for speed, red light, in the tenderloin the traffic officers assisted. There was a new sign that was installed and they were looking for people who failed to yield to pedestrian. This sign was helping so much that they had to move to another area. In addition to this collaboration between our Traffic Company, motorcycle solo cops, the experts when it comes to traffic and all of the officers who are working in the stations, its a team effort. Its a collaborative process. But were also working with our Public Information office to get the word out by social media, facebook, twitter. We know people love to consume information on twitter. There is more work with the Traffic Company on content and with the Public Information office so we can get the word out. We were out last week doing the same type of information, and im told from the Public Information office that putting that information out garnered a lot of information and response. That not only tells a story about what the Police Officers are doing, but it helps to reinforce that message for people to be safe and whats at stake. Thank you for that. One of the things that i guess im questioning and somewhat concerned about is i understand the focus on meeting the 50 of the citations being of those five citation types, but in the raw numbers weve decreased by more than half in the total number of those citations. Even if were staying at 50 of the overall total, the overall number of those citations is declining. I recognize its not the only indicator of whether we are helping to create safer conditions on the road. Certainly the deterrent effect is a big part of it. Although, i hear more and more and it feels like more and more that things are worse on the roads in terms of the Traffic Safety and abiding by the laws around speeding and blocking the bike lanes. If theres something that has changed between 2016 and 2018 that is really specific that would be the cause of us having half as many citations, i think we should know what that is and be able to work closely with you to be able to address that, whether its how the citations are filed or how much time it takes or how to expedite that. That is a dramatic reduction and i know its one youre focused on. The last thing i wanted to ask is the question about understanding where these citations are and where the focus is in terms of enforcement. I notice here despite the tenderloin has every street on the highinjury corridor, it has the lowest focus on the five citations. If you could speak to why that is and how were addressing enforcement, and the places that have been the location of many crashes this year. We recognize anyone not in a vehicle, pedestrians, folks on bicycles, micro mobility devices, and in that part of the district, the unhoused or people of color are more vulnerable in collisions. Almost every street what i recall from my review of the map for the highinjury Network Shows that every street in the tenderloin is in that network. Im joined by our captain from the solos, and weve talked about this map. Ill thank him here for his ladder at the solos and the assistance hes given to me in my time and this assignment. One of the things hes done at the Traffic Company which i think is something well, its something that we that ive talked with the captains about rolling out at their stations. If you go to the vision zero page, everything is there. We need the traffic companies to be certain that these maps are posted, that the officers that are assigned to different areas, that theyre familiar with these locations, the violations that are occurring if theres complaints, and theyre concentrating their efforts on that. I think thats an important part of our strategy to meet that goal because there are there is a tremendous amount of requests for Police Service throughout the city. This piece of our Public Safety mission, Traffic Safety, we have to be very i hate to use the word focused, but we have been focused and smart with our deployment and enforcement efforts. I think thats why the goal is an important number. I think its a positive thing that that percentage for our department is trending up. There is a great need for services of the Police Department. Public safety is paramount and this is a big part of it. Were working on it and we have the strength of having a collaborative spirit in the Police Department is going to help us to move the numbers forward. I hope that was responsive to the question they were asking me. Commissioner. Thank you. Thank you, commander. If the other folks on the roster are wanting to ask the commander questions or comments, we still have our Parking Enforcement director, mr. Mccormick, who has a presentation remaining. Commissioner stefani. Yes, thank you, chair peskin. I just want to, first of all, associate my comments with supervisor fewer in terms of wanting to see the amount of enforcement doubled. I think that would be incredible. I want to drill down on the amount of time it takes to enforce and write these tickets. I understand in 2016 this board passed an ordinance requiring officers to fill out two additional forms regarding who they stop and why. I also understand that the San FranciscoPolice Department asked for additional funding to upgrade citations in terms of of Better Internet connection and things like that and you did not receive that funding. So i need to understand from you what you need from us to better be able to accomplish what were asking you to do. Yes, supervisor. To that point about the process, we have the majority of Police Officers in the department that are issues citations are doing so on the e site with the smartphone as i mentioned earlier. After making all the entries in the required fields for the data, theyre using wireless printers to have the citation printed out. Like with all things with technology and depending on the location, theres sometimes issues with connectivity. Again, that slows the process down. Its sorry, i lost my train of thought there. The second part is we have officers who write citations by hand, because foot beat officers dont carry printers. The officers who are walking the beat when they see that kind of conduct, theyre making traffic stops on foot and writing the citations out by hand. All of the things we do when the Police Department steps up and we get an ask, we say yes and try to do he having we can to improve Public Safety. Although those things require resources and personnel hours. So even the mining and the collection of the data and evaluating all of that. Its about resources and personnel hours. Thank you. Commissioner brown. Ill wait for the parking control officers report. While the commander is up here and i acknowledge that he is new in this particular position, i wanted to make a plug for Traffic Enforcement. Earlier in my comments i referred to the opportunity we took in tearing town the embarcadero freeway and building that surface road, but ive had countless meetings with the m. T. A. , central station, traffic, the port about stepping up enforcement on the embarcadero. So any resources that you can aim in that direction, particularly given the tragic death of a cab drive would be greatly appreciated. You need not respond to that. I just want to put that into your thinking. Thank you, chair and commissioners. Im the director of Parking Enforcement and traffic for the sfmta. Parking enforcement for has many broad responsibilities that go well beyond general enforcement, did the meter get paid, someones driveway winning blocked. We focus a lot of our efforts on special events, demonstrations, and we call those fixedpost assignments. Congestion is a huge significant challenge in San Francisco. Our priorities of the city, the mayor has asked us to focus on increasing bike lane citations by 10 following tragic death on howard. Transit first policy so we can seep muni moving on the crossroad corridors. We strive to address all of these concerns in light of the increased population, the increased vehicle miles traveled. As commissioner haney commissioned. So those are all pulling on our resources and where we go. As you can see in this slide here, weve actually achieved a 7. 4 increase over the previous numbers showing violations relating to congestion, obstructing traffic, blocking the bike lanes, double parking, those vehicles are blocking traffic on the street. We continue to focus to alleviate congestion. This includes citations issued through the cameras mounted on the buses . Yes, it does. So to support some of the transit needs, we have we have fixed posts. You can see some of the locations to try to keep transit moving on a daily basis to make sure the intersections dont get blocked. We put p. C. O. S on post and their job is to keep vehicles from actually getting into the intersection and blocking the intersection so that transit can move on key corridors. We focused our attention on these safetyrelated violations, both from a perspective of keeping the public safe, keeping traffic moving, keeping congestion down, trying to reduce the frustration factor where people will accelerate because they want to get through an intersection to get to the other side when its not safe to do so. The question come up about blocking the box. We heard it before. You can see it on this slide about 2015