Legitimacy of police as well as our entire criminal justice system. With these town halls, we work to embody the foundational tenets of what procedure justice is all about. We will release facts known to us at this time about this incident. We will try to do so in a manner that is impartial and neutral. We will answer questions from members of the public as well as members of the news media and we will listen to public feedback. Acting commander mark m will be presenting the facts of this case in a few minutes before before turning the floor over to him. However i want to emphasize that this incident is subject to multiple independent and Ongoing Investigations. As such, there may be some information we cannot release at this time either because of the release of the certain information is prohibited by law or the release of certain information could compromise an Ongoing Investigation or because certain facts have not yet been established with certainty. In other words, we are not able to release unconfirmed information. Next, acting commander mark ms presentation will include detailed verbal narratives of the facts as we know them, as well as audio and video content from the officer involved. Shooting incident. Sfpd officers who responded to the scene were wearing department issued Body Worn Camera, which were activated while they were on their way to the incident, consisting with our Body Worn Camera policy department. General order 10. 11. You will see Body Worn Camera video from these officers from multiple perspectives at the San Francisco police department. Our commitment to full transparency has guided our officer involved shooting investigations and town halls for several years now. Although our practices predate the enactment of many Police Transparency and accountability laws in california, we believe our approach has remained consistent with the letter and spirit of reform implemented by senate bill 1421 for Police Transparency and Assembly Bill 1506 for police accountability. Sfpd commitment to transparency in this process will also be reflected in the release of information online. Video from this town hall include audio recordings from 901 calls and dispatchers and video footage i just mentioned will be posted on sfpd website at San Francisco. Police. Org. It will remain there for public viewing as a reminder , all of spds governing policies and procedures can also be found on our website. San Francisco PoliceDepartment Directives mandate that we release the names of officers from officerinvolved shootings unless safety concerns argue against disclosure. In this matter, weve identified no safety concerns and acting commander mark m will release the names of the officers as a part of this presentation. Id like to explain now the investigative processes for officer involved shootings. San francisco has a Multi Agency Response to officerinvolved shootings and each agencys investigate is independent. Whenever an officerinvolved shooting occurs in San Francisco involving an onduty San FranciscoPolice Officer, the following agencies are immediately notified. The spds Investigative Services detail or isd is the unit responsible for investigating the events that led up to the officer involved shooting. In this case, the activity being investigated is an assault with a Deadly Weapon and a prohibited person with a firearm. The spds internal Affairs Division iad is responsible for conducting an administrative investigation to determine if the officer or officers responsible for the ois are in compliance with the standards and requirements of sfpd policy. Although the investigations are, both sfpd units run in parallel. Each has a distinct investigative purview and focus. Each maintains a strict internal firewall to comply with legal standards and requirements. The San Francisco department of police accountability, or dpa, conducts an independent administrative investigation. In San Francisco, voters created dpa as a successor to the office of citizen complaints with their passage of proposition d in. June 2016. Dpa investigates all sfpd incidents of which any of our officers discharge a weapon within the course and scope of their duties. And whenever that discharge results in an individuals injury or death. The San FranciscoDistrict Attorneys office, independent Investigations Bureau, or iib, is responsible for determining determining the legality of the officerinvolved shooting based on their independent investigation and review. The District Attorney of the county of San Francisco will make the final decision as to whether the officers actions comply with the laws of the state of california. The San Francisco office of the chief medical examiner, or ocm, has a responsibility for conducting an on scene investigation, collecting evidence and taking custody of the deceased person and any officer involved shooting that results in a fatality in tragic cases such as these. The ocm is responsible for conducting an autopsy to determine the decedents cause of death and to report those findings publicly. And this incident, because mr. Bluford died from his injuries, the ocm will conduct an investigation to determine his cause of death. All notified agencies dispatched and dispatched investigators and the appropriate personnel to begin their investigations and independent investigations. Recall on this incident and respondent. Finally, id like to point out that we take Community Feedback very seriously based on feedback from prior officer involved shooting town halls. We also take questions and answer them to the extent that were able understanding that this incident remains an Ongoing Investigation. We will allocate one hour for Public Comments and questions and conclude this town hall. Approximately 5 15 p. M. Thank you very much for joining us today. And now acting commander mark m. Thank you, chief scott. The officer involved shooting or incident discussed in this presentation started on wednesday, july 26th, 2023, at approximately. 2 46 p. M. And took place at the intersection of fairfax avenue and catalina street in the bayview. Hunters point neighborhood. This incident involves San Francisco police department, plainclothes officers assigned to the Community Violence reduction team, or cvs and uniformed Patrol Officers assigned to Bayview Police station. The officers who discharge their firearms were two uniformed officers assigned to bayview station. In this presentation, you will hear the following police terminology and radio code language commonly used by officers. 407 is Police Radio Code for prisoner transportation. 408 is Police Radio Code for ambulance 9. 17 is Police Radio Code for suspicious person 216 is Police Radio Code for shots fired. 221 is Police Radio Code for person with a gun. 1013 is Police Radio Code for advised condition at scene 1025 is Police Radio Code for respond as backup. 1097 is Police Radio Code for arrived at scene 1098 is Police Radio Code for in route to new location. Code three is Police Radio Code for emergency response. Code 33 is Police Radio Code for emergency. Clear channel. Bwc is Body Worn Camera. Ois is an officer involved shooting company is police terminology for the station in dispatch is the department of Emergency Management dispatcher and Radio Communication system. Plain clothes refers to non uniformed Sworn Police Officers who detect crime conduct investigations, conduct surveillance and participate in planned operations and directed enforcement. Public safety statement is information obtained by supervisor from an officer who utilized lethal force at an officer involved shooting. Questions are intended to determine existing threats to Public Safety and identify transitory evidence that must be preserved. The scope of this statement is limited to the collection of such critical, fleeting information. In the immediate aftermath of these critical incidents, it is the departments policy to deactivate Body Worn Cameras before obtaining Public Safety statements. The policy instructs the supervisor to remind the involved officers not to discuss the incident further at the scene. The precise chronology of this incident is currently under investigation in the times presented are approximate. The following is a summary of the events as they are understood as of today and may evolve as further information is learned through the investigation. A word of caution there is profanity in graphic images in this presentation as of august 4th, 2023. We believe the facts are as follows. At approximately 2 30 p. M, three officers assigned to cvr were working in the bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, driving an unmarked department vehicle. These officers were working in plainclothes capacity, equipped with their department issued firearm. Their Body Worn Camera and their department issued radio. The cvr. Officers wore clothing that displayed the word police and sfpd logos. The cvr officers observed a group of five people on the pedestrian walkway at the end of cashmere street and hudson avenue. The cvr officers recognized one person who had an active felony warrant for their arrest. When the cvr officers circled back to take enforcement action, the group of people were no longer in the same area. The cvr officers exited their vehicle and walked the pedestrian pathway going towards fairfax avenue and catalina street at approximately 2 44 p. M. The cvr officers went through an open gate and located the same group of people in the courtyard of an apartment complex on the 1000 block of fairfax avenue. The cvr officers confirmed the wanted persons identity advised the person of their warrant and placed them under arrest. The cvr officers advised dispatch to put them on a suspicious person, call and escort the person in custody to the corner of fairfax avenue and catalina street. The remaining four people from the group and an unknown female bystander also followed the cvr officers to the corner of fairfax avenue and catalina street. The cvr officers requested a unit to respond to their location to provide prisoner transportation. Less than two minutes later, the cvr officers asked for an expedited response on prisoner transport and for an additional unit to assist them as the person in custody became increasingly agitated, yelling profanities at the officer and refusing to go into the unmarked department vehicle. Uniform Patrol Officers assigned to bayview station started the response to fairfax avenue and catalina street while the cvr officers were standing by. A man unrelated to the warrant arrest confronted the officers. The man later identified as mr. Ryan bluford, screamed, quote, what the fuck are yall doing . What the fuck are yall doing in my neighborhood . End quote. Cvr officer one advised mr. Bluford that the individual in handcuffs had an active warrant. Mr. Bluford screamed, quote, he aint got no warrant and aint no fucking police nword. Aint no fucking police bitch ass nword, end quote. Mr. Bluford demanded multiple times for the officers to uncuff the person in custody. Mr. Bluford then yelled, quote, on my mama soul uncuff him right now, before i kill one of you, uncuff him right now, end quote. The cvr officers radioed for a status update from the responding units. Dispatch advised that they were unable to hear the cvr officers transmission due to the noise in the background. The cvr officers then notified dispatch that a group of people had formed at their location in dispatch advised that five bayview units were en route to assist. Mr. Bluford continued on, adamant the person in custody was not going with the police. Mr. Bluford shouted, quote, get the fuck out my hood. He aint going nowhere. What the fuck you mean nword . He aint going nowhere. End quote. Mr. Bluford yelled a verbal threat, saying, quote, yall really want to start with me . Im not worried about the women you want to start with me . Nword ill fuck you up out here. Nword bitch ass, nword, uncuffed, that nword, right now. Nword uncuff him, end quote. Mr. Bluford took a few steps back from the officers, lifted his sweatshirt and reached toward his waistband with his right hand. Mr. Bluford wrapped his right hand around the grip of a light colored handgun and said, quote, we going to go up, end quote. Mr. Bluford turned toward the officers and shouted, quote, we going up, let them roll up here, nword, uncuff him right now, end quote. Mr. Bluford looked in the direction of the officers, held his grip on the handgun and continued to yell at the officers to uncuff the person in custody. The officers yelled, quote, hey, end quote. End quote. He has a gun, end quote. To alert others in the immediate area that mr. Bluford had a handgun. The cvr officers called a code 33 and 1025 to fairfax avenue and catalina street for a person with a gun. The person in custody told mr. Bluford, quote, hey, unk, be cool, be cool, unk unk, be cool, end quote. The cvr officers described the suspect as an older black male wearing a black beanie gray jacket and blue jeans. They advised the armed subject was walking on foot towards fairfax avenue. The person in custody also called to the bystander, saying, quote, hey sis, back up, sis, back up. Come here, sis, back up, end quote. Uniform Patrol Officers, one and two arrive at the intersection of fairfax avenue and catalina street in a marked patrol vehicle. Mr. Bluford was in the middle of the intersection. The cvr officers confirmed over the radio. Thats a subject in front of the patrol vehicle was a person armed with a handgun. Both uniformed officers got out of their marked patrol vehicle. Patrol officer one deploy his department issued patrol rifle and Patrol Officer. Two drew his department issued handgun Patrol Officers, one and two ordered mr. Bluford to put his hands up while giving numerous warnings by failing to comply with these commands could lead to lethal force. The cvr officers ordered the bystanders to move away from mr. Bluford, saying, quote, hey, you need to get away. Come on, please, lets go. Hes got a gun. Lets go, end quote. The person in custody yelled, quote, hey, hey, stop touching my sister, bitch. End quote. The cvr officers advised the person in custody. They did not want the bystander to get hit as Patrol Officers were already interacting with mr. Bluford, despite attempts to move the bystander, they refused and demanded not to be touched and continued to record the event on their cell phone as the cvr officers went to move the person in custody, they yelled, quote, hey, dont touch me, bitch. I dont give a fuck, bitch. Youre the one that got me arrested, bitch. End quote. Patrol officers continued to give commands to mr. Bluford, Patrol Officer. One can be heard saying, quote, get your hands up. Hands up or ill shoot. Hands up or ill shoot you in the head. End quote. Patrol officer two can be heard saying, quote, get your hands up right now. Get your hands out of your pants right now. Get your fucking hands up. End quote. And quote. Put your fucking hands up or ill shoot you. End quote. Patrol officer one also broadcasted over the radio. Quote one at gunpoint, not responding to commands, end quote. Patrol officer three arrived on scene and ran to assist Patrol Officer two Patrol Officer two pled with mr. Bluford to put his hands up, saying, quote, put your hands up, please, please put your hands up. Please, please put your hands up. Please please put your hands up. End quote. Patrol officer two also gave commands for bystanders to move away from the street for a period of one minute and seven seconds. A Patrol Officer one ordered mr. Bluford 20 times to put his hands up and or get down. Simultaneously Patrol Officer two ordered mr. Bluford 27 times to put his hands up and or get down on the ground. Mr. Bluford with his right hand still at his waistband, walked from the middle of the intersection towards the southeast corner of fairfax avenue and catalina street. Mr. Bluford continued to shout at the officers while keeping his right hand gripped on the handgun at approximately 2 53 p. M,