Transcripts For SFGTV LIVE Police Commission 20170105 : comp

With the equipment in the room and please rise for the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Commissioners commissioner Vice President turman id like to call roll. Sure. Commissioner president loftus is accused commissioner Vice President turman commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus is excused commissioner mazzucco commissioner serlina commissioner hing commissioner Vice President turman we have quorum and also with us the intern chief of police that chief chaplin and office of citizens complaints. Thank you. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and people of the public director intern chief chaplin and my follow commissioners welcome to the wednesday, january 4, 2017, Police Commission meeting the first meeting of the year i dont see any particular changes we need to make to the agenda so well take it from the top and our fbis ill turning the mike over to former Commission President commissioner mazzucco to tell us how we adjourn. Opened a can of worms the commission adjourns in the memory of a Police Officer a sfofr o San Francisco Police Officers and tint we adjourn in the memory of former Police Officer and assistant District Attorney dennis there is nobody here in the public so with our permission ill tell you about dennis he was a native san franciscan a product of Saint High School a son of a firefighter he attended San Francisco State University and while working as a San Francisco Police Officer for 8 years attended u. S. Law enforcement his star was 955 served at the mission station and parks station and the advice crime unit i had the pleasure of working with dense a deputy District Attorney and come back to San Francisco worked with me as an assistant District Attorney a unique character his brother retired from the Police Department a true family dedicated servant to San Francisco dennis tried one of the most difficult cases a Domestic Violence arson, murder, case successfully got a conviction and dennis was the guy that was calm under pressure and never worried about anything dennis left the District Attorneys office and became a criminal defense attorney a form public defender talked about him in court i have to read this an incredible transcript dpws was a glient e giant in the building and loved where miss common sense and examination none was better at his job he really got it hits the got people he got tare failures and the things that having can happen in life the judge said as cross Capital Improvement plan him and went on to say he loved that guy and will be sorely missed dennis is a true character to bryant street a great attorney and leaves a wife in contra costa a freshmen in college was his son thank you for everything youve done for me and the young da terry the presiding judge of the superior court has anybody seen dennis i used to say yes, but i wish i could. Thank you commissioner mazzucco well be adjoining in honor of the former Police Officer and District Attorney dennis first consent calendar request of the chief chaplin to accept the documents of 320 if Boston Properties to outfit the Police Officers that volunteered that he make a Wish Foundation request the chief of police to accept the gift cards with the central station. Colleagues a memo about those two items and the donations are there any questions. I would assume the chief of police i dont see captain lazarus any questions as these items are placed on the consent calendar not a form vote anyone object to receiving those items seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Those items are by ac application accepted chief thank you and please thank properly thank Boston Properties for the two donations commissioners and next item. Discussion two a chiefs report to allow the chief of police to report on activities with the majority events anticipate to make announcements update on the Holiday Season Community Engagement presentation on the departments notification and response portfolios and the presentation of 2016 Third Quarter firearm discharge review board and status of officerinvolved shooting. Do we have the video keyed up can you run it. Some over the past several units two videos why wear the badge and showcases the officer why they choose to join the department those videos are on social media to talk about what the Police Officers do. Okay. We can run that and the seconds were at the 3450ek e meeting with the unit thought that would be great to highlight how to make the holidays better for people that showcases the turkey give away and a make a Wish Foundation. This is our way to give back. Youre welcome. San Francisco Police department is working closely with the partners weve given away 25 persons grants into the department thank you to everyone. This little gesture we can do for them goes a long way. Happen thanksgiving. We handed out and things and next to help. Made a lot of happy people. Were it is Recreation Center today, our third thanksgiving diner. We served turkey and in general having a good time today. Overtime people see us when bad things happen we get to know people on a personal based with the residents. It is easy to see there is good in other other youre not alone and the only one that had it hard. Oh. This is a time it is more important to give than receive and for the officers to give out in terms of donations. We see a lot of people to collaborate with the folks and we collected 25 hundred toys that helped out kids and hopefully, this year interest triple the amount. Hi good morning and welcome well be talking with cops come on in we have an opportunity to get out of the police cars and come into the coffee shop. Up the hill. Cars or homes. I think that is great. This is fantastic. Here we are a private park for the sfpd raise. Sfpd. We have cable cars. We have people in the bay. You know what that is freezing out there but for a good cause people will be here to do it. With our relationship with the sfpd you all have helped us raise over half a Million Dollar and the kids to help them. It is pretty cool. The water was freezing but fun. I saw that makes a difference in their lives. This is a partner streamlining at the lodge were meeting the public and handing out stickers and fun with the kids. 3, 2, 1. Happy new year. This is good and creates involvement to get them engaged and the little kids thank you and give you a high 5. Whether talking with a cop or jumping in the bay it is all about serving our community. From all of us from the San Francisco Police Department have a safe Holiday Season happy new year. Okay. That concludes that with the Mayors Office and the make a Wish Foundation 6 thousand children are effected a successful season for us and with that, that was our Community Engagement ill run introduce the states for the year before we do the homicide portfolio and start with traffic 2016 our Traffic Company issued 4 thousand plus speed violations which was one and 8 increase of 2015 combined with the district stations 9 thousand speed violations it was a total of 13 thousand plus for citywide issuance which is an increase of 23 percent increase and 2016 data is a 19 reduction in dui from 2014 to november data our december data is not yet complete a 27 percent reduction in bicyclist collisions from 2015 again january to november, december is not available yet a fatality update in december 23, 201618 and fulsome a vehicle versus vehicle one vehicles eastbound by an elderly male and obstructed a vehicle on 18 the elderly male passed away with the medical slash condition and the death, however, the determination is made only by the Examiners Office and another involved in january the pedestrian was crossing with the green light and had a medical episode and collapsed directly in front of a motorist and in the intersection with a green light and substantially ran over the pedestrian the motorist remained at the scene and side cops and initially tried to leave but was transported with a collapsed lung and medical conditions if appear lifethreatening a citywide states for december 30th the desaturation with 3 we had 17 vehicle stops and 14 citations and one vehicle was towed. Crime trends for 2015 two homicides for 2017 and ended the year with 58 a 67 increase by 6 from 2014 we ended with 52 our shooting victims 20175 victims and 2016 end with nine hundred plus and identical in 2014 the crime ways down and the total was one thousand 12 so far for 2017 vehicle burglaries are down 3 percent and new years eve states 4 felon arrests and 2021 drudge arrests and medical calls and the two homicides for the year as far two on january 1st in the Bayview District no arrests 11 25 p. M. And the officers responded regarding a shots fired and the officers located an unresponsive person with a shot to the head and the person was transferred and succumbed to his injuries surveillance cameras are reviewed no arrests the second homicide on the same data occurred at the 214 the officers responded with a report of a shooting the officers located a unresponsive male with a wound to the chest the officers gave aid and however that victim succumbed to his injuries and the subject was detained the surveillance cameras were located in the area, no arrests were made and there were two shootings in the reporting period that was on the 29 of december and responded to the General Hospital and prior to the officers arrive the dispatch said the fires were several that were fired the officers were informed by the trauma unit that personnel that the victim suffered shoots to the chest according to 9 victim the vehicle drop off past the vehicles a suspect we respond and bayview issued a the second shooting in the Bayview District on the 30th of december at approximately 54 minutes after midnight the officers responded to northridge the victim was shot in the head on arrive the victim was had a laceration and she was listed in stable condition according to the victim a knock on the door and she was shot twice the victim gave information to the officers bullet fragments in arrests were made by the Investigation Unit and that concludes that with that, i will ask homicide im sorry investigation staff to come up for the presentation on the notification and response portfolios in that case. Good evening my name is captain bryan the captain of the major criminal justice unit thank you to the members of the public just to pass on about the lady that was shot in the face under was an arrest warrant made today on that were happy that person has been taken off the streets so i was asked here tonight to clarify some of the questions about our procedures about response notifications to officerinvolved shootings on the commission with several questions that were put forward to us and i was going to answer those the best i could i also wanted to give you an update on the year to date cleaners the chief said we have total homicides this year i think what was recorded in the examiner was 59 their including the park homicide that is the park police so we didnt include that in our homicides for the year of those 58 total homicides we had we have made 31 arrests that is a 53 percent clearance for this year, however, what we do im sorry captain obrien. How many. 31 arrests out of the 58 homicides. It is very good by the way, what is better our homicide detail the uniform Crime Reporting the way we report crime nation wide from the homicide occurs lets say in 2013 or 2014 and the arrest is made in 2016 we count that towards our arrests that year for the year of the arrest is made so our arrest percentage right now is 71 percent clearance so in addition to the 31 arrests of the 58 homicide we made numerous arrests from prior years okay for example, in 2015, 52 homicide and our clearance was 60 percent were up 11 percent for the uniform Crime Reporting our homicide investigators are working hard and everyone that includes the task force and night investigations and homicide we Work Together we are kind of comingle in the investigations. Im sorry captain i want to understand 58 homicides out of 58, 31 arrests and then end of the 2014 arrests will not come and do that. Correct. But that will be a separate reporting that will be counted towards the year. Im telling you 31 people for the 58 homicide weve cleared 31 cases. So we are not counting the prior. United states uniform Crime Reporting and the Law Enforcement any report no matter what year we solved a case from 2014 and arrested in 2015 in addition to the 31 people we have more people weve arrested this year. Thank you thats trall. Up to 71 percent thats what we report. I know that is very confusing and still you confuses us sometimes thats all thats how they want us to report it it just to take on to 2016 i know were moving forward but number 57 and 58 victim what who was shot at the golden gate we made an arrest warrant on that we ended the year within an arrest warrant and number 58 homicides matthew was stabbed in front of the van ness street and we made an arrest warrant on that. Okay im ready to move on to the arrest and let you know the response so the first question what does the homicide unit do to secure the scene of a crime the personnel are the ones that secure the scene homicide arrives we determine whether to expand or retrack we can move the perimeters homicide investigators are in control of the criminal justice any questions what is the portfolio between the department and the District Attorney investigators in terms of connecting at the crime scene or responding they put out on call memo that gets emailed to the homicide detail and Operation Centers from the District Attorneys office on theyre a they put their notification and the telephone numbers of everyone they want contact with an officerinvolved shooting that memo then gets put out weekly for dock and homicide and in the past dock if he were alerted when dock is innovative an officerinvolved shooting they pull up the on call sheets and begin with the notification process they manually make calls from 50 to 60 people. Can i stop you for a quick session dock is a form command it is manned twentyfour hour a day and our center for the Police Department for passing the information and making notifications to command staff and on call personnel throughout the Police Department. So begins the process ones their notified our Operation Center is notified with an officerinvolved shooting they start with the number one the police chief and to the crime scene and oraccc there are we moved to a new program and happy to report were live today to embody for bid an officerinvolved shooting now we have move forward at a modern communication a program called ever bridge we did a program run through 3 weeks ago we put out a text mess to the da their immediately notified all at the same time but whether there as officerinvolved shooting there innovative via text email and a phone number that is going to happen every two minutes you get a text phone call or email if you dont respond f you have to respond by texting you got the message or email or picking up the phone call this goes out to all 55 recipients we have in the program all that are notified same time now well not have an issue the chief of police getting a notification lets say someone at the District Attorneys office not notified for 20 minutes i get staggering people coming to the crime scene so everybody gets notified at the same time and were happy the department the operation is trained as well as tonight once the da gets to the crime scene they go to the crime post this is myself and the captain and the lieutenant of homicide and the investigators we get briefed at the same time and occ has done with the crime we do a walk through with occ im sure there are multiple anybody from who else am i missing chief. D o i. The occ, da i and the District Attorneys office themselves there is an actual da with the District Attorney investigators theyre given a walk through and get a visual and get an idea of what that looks like we wait for the okay. From t