Innocent protesters as well and the solution is simple. Force reform and defunding. Lets demilitarize our police. Calling for the defunding of the sjpd. The city released a memo from the mayor and Council Members officially calling for changes to the Police Manual including banning the use of rubber projectiles to disperse crowds. Today it is less than shortsighted, they are literally backwards looking. The San Jose Police chief announced a similar ban earlier in the week. A decision critics say is too little, too late. The county supervisor wants to look at tactics in the Sheriffs Office and today he formally called for new limits of deputys use of teargas and rubber projectiles and added his support for the cant wait propose wi proposal. There is really no doubt that our criminal Justice System is deeply flawed and existing policies allow abuse and in some instances foster it. Reporter they issued a statement saying it is reviewing all of their tactics and banned the socalled choke r
And so i would like to at the end of this meeting to adjourn in honor of the members of the San Francisco Police Department who have paid the ultimate price in losing their lives in the line of duty. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll. Yes. So Vice President taylor. Vicepresident taylor present. Taylor present. Commissioner dejesus. Commissioner dejesus can you hear me . Okay, present. Commissioner hamasaki. Commisioner hamasaki i am here. Clerk hamasaki present. Commissioner elias. Here. Commissioner brookter. Commissioner brookter present. Clerk you have a quorum. Vicepresident taylor thank you, and thank you again. And its been a long time since we met and i thank the mayor for allowing us to resume our mightings virtually Going Forward. This ensures that the safety of the Commission Staff and the commissioners and the presenters and the members of the public is intact. And for the members of the public to make Public Comment the phone number to use is 888 2733658. And th
Good evening, everyone. This is march 20th, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. I apologize to everyone and we were experiencing quite a few technical difficulties to log on to the meeting so im sorry that were Getting Started a little bit late. And im sorry that you guys cant see me right now but im placing my hand over my heart and if everyone else on the commission and the staff would place their hands over their heart so we can recite the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So we would be remiss in having a meeting in may without acknowledging that this is Law Enforcement memorial month. And so i would like to at the end of this meeting to adjourn in honor of the members of the San Francisco Police Department who have paid the ultimate price in losing their lives in the line of duty. Sergeant youngblood, c
To the meeting so im sorry that were Getting Started a little bit late. And im sorry that you guys cant see me right now but im placing my hand over my heart and if everyone else on the commission and the staff would place their hands over their heart so we can recite the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So we would be remiss in having a meeting in may without acknowledging that this is Law Enforcement memorial month. And so i would like to at the end of this meeting to adjourn in honor of the members of the San Francisco Police Department who have paid the ultimate price in losing their lives in the line of duty. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll. Yes. So Vice President taylor. Vicepresident taylor present. Taylor present. Commissioner dejesus. Commissioner dejesus can you hear me . Okay, present. Commissioner
Thank you all for taking on these policies tonight. Vicepresident taylor thank you. Operator you have four questions remaining. Clerk caller, you have two minutes. Caller good evening, commissioners. Chief scott, the executive director, with deputy public defender brian cox. I would like to thank the commission and the Commission Staff for making this meeting happen under extraordinary times and commissioner taylor and elias and everyone in the working group for their efforts to produce d. G. O. S, and the real hero of the operation, richally kilshaw. I think that this represents a step forward in eliminating bias in policing starting with the name itself. As a d. G. O. Becomes live along with the public you are watching to see how it will be implemented and enforced. In particular, and given the recent comments by implicit bias training, i am curious to see how they will evaluate the effectiveness of this d. G. O. And the efforts to maintain a biasfree police force. And creating effec