course, that fell well below the mark this year we are schedule to get 60 marked vehicles, and we have put together a funding request for another 68 vehicles, which includes some utility vehicles and motorcycles which we have not received in 2 years, and some unmarked vehicles and so that is going to be a big push for us and it will be a struggle, i think that get additional funding but it is the priority for us and so we are looking at trying to replace some of our older cars and if you look at our chart here in the table, the 4.8 million 5.1, and 5.6 that is our central shops budget and that the main nens for what it takes to repair our old vehicles, and the gas on these older vehicles, so we are hoping to replace the new vehicles with more efficient vehicles so we can have less gas. and we did a sar yus, or carlin conducted a study and if we implemented a number of efficiencies retiring the old vehicles and buying new vehicles, we would safe, 1.4 million dollars by 2017 and that would be translate into the equivalent of 28 new marked cars. so as we are able, we are really pushing to try to lobby for more vehicles. and so those are, you know, my planned remarks if you have any specific questions,? >> i want to thank you, both of you, this is probably the clearist budget that we have received since i have been on the commission, it is perfect and so we understand exactly what we are doing and we have a concept of what the hiring is and we have a concept of what the equipment is going to be and the good news is that when i first started to do this, we hear from the budget and we are going to do more with less. and so we have been doing more with less for a long time and thank god that things are better right now and so it is good to see that we are getting more equipment and more importantly we are getting more officers. and the big thing is that a hall of justice and so there are a lot of positive things happening here and again i want to thank everybody as you did, the mayor's office and the board of supervisors and the chief, and the commissioner, and everybody that lobbied for all of these improvements it is important. and so, i think that this is the best budget presentation that we have had and the most promising and i want to thank you for the work in that area. and we are looking for more cars and i have to tell you that it is embarrassing for the cars that you see the paint falling off and i was just in new york and their cars are in the snow and they are very nice they have new cars and we don't. and i think that it is a safety issue for the officers too. >> absolutely, it is. >> so, snaoe advocacy on vehicles that we would appreciate, as well as some advocacy for the new, hall of justice, and the user bond. >> and i would gladly do that and i have noticed that the department of public works gave and two brand new ford explorers and they should go to us. >> commissioner kingsley? >> thank you so much for your report and your presentation. and i echo some of what president mazzucco said in terms of getting a long term picture on all of these various components and the capitol budget including the operating budget and it is very helpful to get that kind of perspective and that kind of break down. and so thank you. and so just a few questions, it looks like the expenditures for the airport and what we received for the airport nets out basically and so what we harg us or what we provie them they pay for, pretty much 100 percent >> they have been great partners for us. >> they have been and they are supplying you know, 30 extra positions in the academy class and what, 15 this year, and 15 next year? >> yeah, 15 next year and your subsequent, and so 15, 16. >> i see. >> so this year we are skipping because we have 30 last year. >> i am sorry, it is the 30 that were this year. >> oh, okay. >> and i am getting the years... >> any way, any way, the numbers, and it is great and it is another 60 foesings basically. are those additional officers, are they solely targeted for the airport? >> as officers retire and were able to send someone out to the airport they do but these 30 people are not designated to go to the airport and i am sure that the chief can jump in there. >> what director martin is doing and smartly i think that he is hedging that he gets his body's back faster. so, he is essentially, i believe that we are at 22. and i think that we are at 22, of his first 30 and he has already gotten back and so when the next class gets out. so, he pays it forward. and so he makes sure that he gets his people back. and then, they come off of this standing seniority list and so these are not in addition to the 1971, the airport compliment is separate and the 1971 is for the officers? san francisco. and right now, we are around 1700. >> okay. thanks for clarifying that. >> with regard to the revenue that comes from the fees, fines, charges. do the tickets and the revenue from tickets, are they included in that category? or did i understand that more accurately from another presentation or comment that they go into the general fund of the city? >> well this is our allocation from the portion, yes. some and the treasure... >> i see. >> the collector collects the money and a portion is allocated to it. >> so we don't get all of it, but we get a portion of it. >> no, we don't get all of it. >> okay, all right. >> maybe that will rise, in the next few years, as we you know, focus on the vision zero. and the capitol assets, and the facilities and so on, is there a process before the budget or at another time during the year where somebody goes out and does a examination of all of the district stations and all of our facilities and is that where this comes from? >> yeah, absolutely. and our facilities, manager, goes out with dpw, and they did a very thorough assessment last year, and it is a ten year plan and then they update it in the fan and together, they come up with new priorities and those are heard and due to the capitol planning committee, january 17th and then they look at the totality of the project and kind of divy up the money. >> i appreciate it and you know, we will do whatever we can to help promote receiving additional funds for your identified items in the future. >> thank you, commissioner loftus? >> thank you so much for your presentation, again. you know these are not things, that are easy to break down and it speaks about them and it is great to see the positive news and so congratulations to you and i have some kind of three types of questions. one is just about civilian positions, and another one is about the crime lab and another one is about whether this includes us getting the heat fixed at bay view station and i know that is a small issue. >> i think that the hvac was spoken to. >> 2014. >> it is the heat. >> okay, great. >> and that came up at a community meeting and come up a few times and i know that the chief and many people have worked on it for some time and find a way to loop back with them. one thing that came up to come up on the commission is what we are doing and this might be a position for the chief around the civilian positions and i see in the next three years that number of ftes is flat around 500. we have the plan that is turning the officers back to the street and carlin and maureen have been on top of it and when it remains flat it means that we are hiring back and retirements are not impacting us and so we are trying to get back above, i believe it was 52. >> 52, >> 52 was in the budget bang when now assessment chiu was in large and we are on track at least plus or minus ten percent and some of the process takes a while and then your other question about the crime lab, director again spoke to that a little bit and that is where we would appreciate the support of the commission as that is the second easter bond for the new crime lab. >> and is that separate from the bond for the new hall of justice? >> yeah. >> the bond for the new hall of justice is one and those moneys are going to the entire public safety campus which includes the new police headquarters. and none of those moneys go to the new crime lab. the new easter bond that will be on the budget in june, will go towards a new medical examiner's office, and traffic company, and the crime lab. >> and when i say hall of justice to me like old school that includes the da's office and the courts and all that have, is that not included? >> so for now, the certain compliment moves to the new public safety campus, and then on the new bond, a certain compliment will move to that building, and i don't know as of yet there is a plan to move the courts and i know that there is another bond being considered for a replacement jail, that would sit where the current mcdonalds and poa buildings sit at 6th and brian. >> and yeah, the courts are a state-funded function. and so that is what the state right now. >> yeah. >> okay. so, yeah, it was then supervisor chiu who asked me the question of the civilianization and so thank you to the department, it sounds like you guys are all working together on that. >> and we can add a slide for the board of supervisors presentation if that is something. >> right, we are still in the process. we have a lot of offers and backgrounds out and so you know, come the budget hearing time we will have completed our hiring process, for the civilianization. and we would comment that the mayor, would like to keep this, you know, the number of the employees, flat and we are sort of unusual in that we are hiring the officers, but, what the mayor is concerned about is hiring too many new hires even though the city is doing well because this happened in about 2008 when we hired a lot of people and then we crashed. and then, so, it has spiked our pension and so we have been instructed to try to keep the number of civilians or the number of employees flat. >> okay. >> including... >> yeah. >> exclusive of what we have already been approved for? >> right. >> in terms of the time line for advocating for the crime lab and i know that is there what is the time line in terms of us getting involved and being helpful? >> i have spoken twice, i believe, so far, at the board of supervisors on the easter bond two and then i actually went and spoke in support of the replacement jail as well. because the current jail, the building is not seismically sound and when you speak to the vulnerable populations and obviously the incarcerated are vulnerable populations they are not asking for another jail in addition to the 6 and 7th floor. the 6th floor has no prisoners, the only prisoners on are the 7th floor, and so the new jail will be significantly smaller but it will be seismically sound and it would not be the line jail that they have upstairs, which i think that everybody is agreed needs to be vacated as soon as possible. >> yeah, that building and the fact that there are other members of the public safety family in particular the da's office given the seismic challenges is difficult for the people whose loved ones go to work every day and hopefully we can get everybody to a place where we can work in a safe place and so thank you for your presentation. >> any further comment? >> not public comment, from the commissioner in >> i just want to say, that want to thank the mayor and the board of supervisors and the chief and by keeping with this process of hiring new officers, and finding ways to get more officers out on the streets, especially because we are affected by this drop program and probably more retirements than any other police department proportion ately if you look at it and i don't know if there was a police department in the bay area that had the drop program where we lost four or five officers and i think that you have to give credit to those that were involved in this and you need to look across the bay or in oakland or look and see what what happens to the cities that decided to save money we are going to cut back on the number of police officers. and i think that the result of that is pretty obvious. and whereas here, we have kept it and we done a lot less, and we have done more with a lot less. but, you know we have enhanced it and i think that we are doing a lot better. and so i want to thank everybody and the commission has been fighting this battle for three years now and i want to thank all of the commissioners and the chief. >> thank you. >> any questions for the chief regarding all of this? or should we move into the director hicks? >> call the next line item. >> i have one question for the chief. >> on the 192 the vehicular manslaughter was that a misdemeanor or a felony? >> i believe that the officers at the scene conducted with the da and charged its a misdemeanor but admissions made after the fact may result in an elevation of that charge. >> thank you. >> 4 b, occ director's report and discussion and review of recent activities present of occ summary of cases received december 13, monthly comprehensive statistical reports and companion reports for the periods january 1 through december 31, 2013 and, january, 1, through december 31, 2013, medation of complaints in december of 2013 and adjudication of the complaint in december 26013. the presentation of occ 2013 first amendment compliance audit of the san francisco police department records purchase su ant to the department general order, 8.10. and occ budget presentation for fiscal years, 14/15, and 15/16. >> thank you, and director hicks welcome back. >> thank you very much. president mazzucco. members of the commission, and chief, and members of the audience it is good to be back. so, let's see, four reports five minutes. well, we will start with occ recent activities. last week i participated on a panel in santa rosa at the junior college and the panel was organized by the local aclu and in response to the community out cry over the shooting of 13-year-old andy lopez by deputy sheriff lopez, and had a replica gun and so the community is organizing around wanting the civilian oversight and so i was invited to be part of a panel which included the community activities as well as the independent police auditor mark smith from bart, and the theme is that the occ is the gold standard in law enforcement and explained what the gold standard means to you i soak about how we structure the investigation and how it is structure and in addition to the out reach that i did last week, sam ramerian in january, and did out reach with san francisco women against rape, where she discussed occ complaints or complaint process and the policy projects that she is working on and in addition, she met with the criminal justice committee with the commission and met the new youth commissioner and discussed the occ policy projects. moving to medations this year, the occ has mediated 7 cases and our immediatation coordinator donna salazar has been invited by lapd to talk with them and in los angeles about our immediatation program because they are going to lunch the medation program as well and they have also ex-tenlded the invitation to one of our mediaters. and today i attended along with other department heads and meeting in the san francisco puc. to talk about the current drought condition, that at this point the lack of rain fall and snow fall, slated to be the worst in california's recorded history, and how the mayor will be proposing an executive order or issuing an executive order for the city departments to reduce the water usage by ten percent. and that concludes my report on recent activities. and let's see. what is the next one? >> the next one is the summary of december cases. and you have in your packets the statistical reports. i will not go through them in great detail, but the number of cases we received last year is similar to the one, and the number that we received in 2012. 727, verses 740. and then the percentage of the sustained cases in 2013 was 6 percent as it was in 2012. moving to medation of complaints in 2013, for the entire year of 59 cases were mediated compared to 63 mediated cases in 2012. mediated cases in 2013, comprised 8 percent of case closures and that is the same percentage as in 2012. moving to adjudication of sustained cases and sustained complaints, in december, the chief adjudicated four occ sustained cases in december. one of them was a neglected duty for an officer failing to recognize that the complainant was limited in english proficient and it is closed because the officer is now retired. in another case, an officer violated the language access department of general order, and the officer was admonished and retrained. and in a third case, the officer failed to collect traffic stop data, this officer received a written reprimand because in 2011, the occ sustained the officer as well for the same neglect of duty violation and so that is the next level that the chief imposes for e585 failures. and then, the 4th case, was neglect of duty again for a failure to collect traffic stop data and in this instance, the officer was admonished. >> and that concludes... >> well, i am not aware that the officer was retrained, that is not the information that i have. that i received from the department. and maybe the chief can speak to that. >> whenever an officer is admonished they receive the retraining on whatever policy or procedure they failed to get. >> >> the third report, is the 2013 first amendment come ploy ans audit of the police department purchase su ant to the department general order 8.10. the department general order 8.10 provides parameters for the police department when it conducts criminal investigations of first amendment activities. the compliance audit was conducted by deputy director eric who is in the audience as well as attorney sam romerian. and the audit did notify any areas of concern. the audit results found no irregularities, and there were ten records of request from outside law enforcement agencies. and those are detailed in the report. and the audit also found that the police commission log was complete. and we have no recommendations. but, deputy director is in the audience should the commission have questions. >> budget? >> i will move into the budget. >> well, the budget. the mayor's budget instructions require departments to prepare a 2-year budget for 14/15 with reductions, one and a half percent the first year and one percent the second. for the occ, that total reduction of 81,000 dollars. since the occ's budget is personnel heavy, we have a five million dollar budget but it is 90 percent of the personnel costs and the only place where that 81,000 can be found is in reducing positions. and the occ currently has 34.75 positions, and in order to achieve the reduction of 81,000 dollars, i am proposing the reduction of one position and it is 8124 position and that will reduce the journey level investigations positions to 16. and in addition, with that amount, which is approximately 130,000, we would purchase 2 vehicles to the tune of about $50,000. our vehicles have cng tanks, they expire when they expire, the vehicles have to be removed from service or the tanks have to be replaced and that cost will be prohibitives and as an angive should the reduction not be taken, we are requesting that our two vehicles be replaced but a general fund equipment request, we will be making that request in our budget. and then, just moving through what is old news but still relevant and that is the controller's audit from 2007, where the controller found that these practices would be a caseload of 16 cases per investigator and we have never been able to achieve that in the office of citizen complaints with 17 investigators, and in an office case inventory of 323 pending cases and the caseload will average 19 cases. with 16 investigators a caseload would average 20 cases. right now, the caseload is around 23 cases because we only have 15. investigators. and we have been, we have refrained, and actual event and prohibited from filling the 16 and 17th investigator positions because of a structural deficit in our budget which will include the step adjustment which assumed that the positions will not be paid at the top steps but we have a staff, which has been in place for some years. and what we have determined is that it, and this step adjustment factor is about 9 percent and it puts us at a $300,000 structural deficit, meaning that we can't fill two positions and so what we are going to propose for the budget is to reduce that factor. and the first year, 5 percent and the second year, 4 percent. and then additionally, i am looking at the controller's offices and recommendations which i know this commission has heard for the six years that i have been on board. and is that we complete our investigations within five months and we have not been able to do that. because of inadequate staffing but not just that, with regard to investigators but also, with our information systems and our attorney staffing. and we have one information technology. business analyst. and he is charged with maintaining our data base and our hardware and our software and our server goes down, he is the one that must respond to that and he is charged with developing software and he just completed the development of our auto prompt calendaring system. and also he is responsible for over seing the contract for the development of our on-line complaint filings. and so, the office would be better served should we have a second person on board and information technology and then, moving to the car replacement and i mentioned that earlier, in my presentation. one of our cars has to go off of the street, at the end of this month. and the second one must go off of the street in august of next year. and and while the city encourages using the pool cars that are in the city hall, and our deputy director is on call for rolling out for officer-involved shootings and so you must have a car with him at all times, secondly, as i mentioned earlier, we do have some physical challenges on our staff. and in terms of performing functions and it would really add to the burden to need to go to city hall to get a car and then to take, use that car to do deliveries to the hall of justice. and because the nature of the documents that we are delivering to the hall of justice are highly confidential and need to remain in our custody and that is the only

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