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I am addressing. Commissioners i want to be really clear because this is on television. For anybody the lives in San Francisco, we are a sanctuary city. Your status living in the United States is not an issue. We will not report. Please. Trust your San Francisco Police Department. Call us. We are here to help. Commissioner turman thank you chief for pointing that out. We already had a constitutional law here, im not sure that it is hour is the best use. The attorney general did do a lawenforceme...

Victims in the city. I want to thank everyone for their leadership to get to this point in my question is, we talked about this a few weeks ago before the police commission. I think you are doing a great outreach to the community. Obviously part of my concern that talk about over the last few weeks is in light of recent events in the city. The concern is that women who dont speak english or are living in poverty will have concerns about reaching out of the Police Department. We want to reassure ...

Least of this, or how is it handled . Commissioner, its been the policy of the San Francisco Police Department since the sanctuary City Ordinance was passed over 30 years ago, before i became a Police Officer, it isnt just something we need to train to. Its always know. I can assure anyone watching on tv at this commission, San Francisco is a sanctuary city. We are here to help regardless of your country of origin or language. We are working hard as you can tell to figure out the language. Chief...

They know they will get to have an interpreter, if they have to wait whether an hour or 45 minutes and during that time the officer is talking probably to the abusive partner, it changes the dynamic. The police come in but theyre not always 100 percent sure that calling the police in the situation is going to be the most successful route. And then you have is a situation where theyre not able to communicate, that dont know what is going on and the city officer talking to the abusive party who a ...

It is important when the victim makes the police report; it helps if a native speaker is there, eases some of the angst the victim may have when reporting a crime. In terms of outreaching and publications, i dont know everything that we have this is internally where we are trying to streamline and have more officers certified. I know you have been on the job three months, its wonderful progress. I want to add that we are in the process of creating a card that we can all of the stations have, all...

Handled . Commissioner, its been the policy of the San Francisco Police Department since the sanctuary City Ordinance was passed over 30 years ago, before i became a Police Officer, it isnt just something we need to train to. Its always know. I can assure anyone watching on tv at this commission, San Francisco is a sanctuary city. We are here to help regardless of your country of origin or language. We are working hard as you can tell to figure out the language. Chief beal spoke about me doing t...

It makes the victim not want to come back and make a report. Certain refugee groups, particular the cambodian, laotian, and now iraqi women are distrusting of government. I would like to suggest that maybe we can have partnership with our Technology Partners to have particular tablets and face time, and split screen. Often times when we are speaking it is not just that we say or hear, but the body language as well. For these women from wartorn countries they are distrusting and if they cannot se...

I will see what we can do. We are coming up with computers and tablets and handhelds. If we can put that technology there we will work towards that goal. My question goes back to the ongoing issues. I would gather that this topic has been raised already with the Police Commissioner or discuss discussed at the commission level. The concern with immigrant communities is that interaction with the police could lead to either party, both parties, being deported and how that is being whether there is ...

Use of Language Line . Is it reliable . They have a sense that getting quality interpretation . By the very nature of using the phone and passing the phone three ways it slows the process. There is no doubt about it. When we dig down into the nuances, Language Line is what we have, they are professional. We trust them. They can testify as well in court. There is threeways to say something. By the very nature of trying to hand the phone back and forth. How long does it take once a call is initiat...

That language, so if it is held in chinatown or wherever, for that outreach. It is important when the victim makes the police report; it helps if a native speaker is there, eases some of the angst the victim may have when reporting a crime. In terms of outreaching and publications, i dont know everything that we have this is internally where we are trying to streamline and have more officers certified. I know you have been on the job three months, its wonderful progress. I want to add that we ar...