Sides and i appreciate his openness to understanding our concerns here. And i specifically am happy about two amendments that supervisor farrell, the department of Public Health and my office have developed. The first would require the department of Public Health to create a team of advocates to work with an individual to attempt to convince him or her to accept voluntary Services Every time a petition for assisted outpatient treatment is requested. This team would consist of a forensic psychologist, a Family Member, and a peer advocate, and the law would actually prescribe the specificity of what the department of Public Health would be required to do. This team would work with the individual to attempt to convince him or her to engage in voluntary treatment at 3 stages during the department of Public Healths investigation to determine whether the individual fits the criteria for courtordered treatment, when the Court Petition is filed and after the petition is filed but before the Co
It does require the courts involvement, which for some individuals can be a traumatic thing. Overall it provides crucial treatment for patients whose Mental Illness itself prevents them from recognizing that they in fact need treatment and will be able to benefit from it. I want to underscore that in the department of Public Health there are over 30,000 individuals each year who are treated in a voluntary way. The overwhelming majority of individuals who receive treatment do so in a completely voluntary way. These services that are provided by the department of Public Health will be accessible to this small population of individuals who are at very great risk for harm coming to them in the community. Its an effort to provide treatment that can potentially allow them to live a more satisfying and recoveryoriented life. So overall i want to emphasize that this is an important option for patients, for families and for our community and provides necessary treatment to an Important Group of
Of the regular night of policing here in the city and it appeared to me that there was more chaos created by overpolicing and cops running every which way through the streets that actual crime or potential crime that would warrant it. So, im curious in light of budget discussions that are ongoing right now how thats justified. And i appreciate the fact that i dont know all the constraints that went into that decision, but im wondering why there were not separate contingency plans or why it wasnt easier to clear up some of that in light of the 49ers loss and what could be prognosticated as a less volatile evening. Thank you. Thank you, jeremy. Any further Public Comment . Good evening, president mazzucco, dr. Marshal, commissioners, chief sur, director hicks. Marks and halloran, Vice President San Francisco Police Officers association. I wanted to address comments made here before this Commission Last wednesday from the director of San Francisco open government. Mr. Harte made several d
Matters or Personnel Matters so it should be relatively smooth agenda. So, please call line item number 1. Line item 1, general Public Comment. The public is now welcome to address the Commission Regarding item that do not appear on tonights agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or occ personnel. Under Police Commission rules of order, during Public Comment, Neither Police nor occ personnel, nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public, but may provide a brief response. Individual commissioners and police and occ personnel should refrain, however, from entering into any debates or discussion with speakers during Public Comment. Please limit your comments to three minutes. Thank you. First speaker. You have a disk . Yes. Well start your time. I played it here before. I dont know why its not playing.
Commissioner [speaker not understood] . Here. Mr. President , you have a quorum and also with us this evening is the chief of police gregory p. Sur and the director of the office of citizens complaints joyce higgs. Thank you very much. Welcome to the february 6, 2013 San Francisco Police Commission meeting. We have an agenda tonight with the presentation regarding our officer involved shooting protocol and investigations. And we have no disciplinary matters or Personnel Matters so it should be relatively smooth agenda. So, please call line item number 1. Line item 1, general Public Comment. The public is now welcome to address the Commission Regarding item that do not appear on tonights agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. Speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or occ personnel. Under Police Commission rules of order, during Public Comment, Neither Police nor occ person