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Folks for sfgtv for the broadcast, clerk. Please be sure that all devices are silenced, items acted on today will appear on june 7 board of supervisors agenda. Please read the first item. To discuss the codes for Motor Vehicle tracking systems and all Motor Vehicles by the city. Thank you, this item is brought to us by supervisor yee, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin, morning, everybody, the item we are talking about is telematics, and this is a technology that has gps along with capa...

Given the problems that supervisor peskin identified with the Small Business commission, just not the last eight months when they didnt have a secretary but years, how do we know we are not spending this money into a black hole. 2. 5 million, how do we know this is money that will be used wisely, if you can respond to that on the Small Business commission and i will ask mrs. Whitehouse on the same thing obwd. Supervisors whether through the standard forms of accountability and oversight, or thro...

Broadcast, clerk. Please be sure that all devices are silenced, items acted on today will appear on june 7 board of supervisors agenda. Please read the first item. To discuss the codes for Motor Vehicle tracking systems and all Motor Vehicles by the city. Thank you, this item is brought to us by supervisor yee, the floor is yours. Thank you, chair peskin, morning, everybody, the item we are talking about is telematics, and this is a technology that has gps along with capabilities to collect data...

Deadline for turning in applications easily there can be 200 people around the block in line at 4 oclock to turn in their applications. Its frustrating for all. And so we do send staff that day, but they cant stay there all day. And our developers bless their heart are on their best behavior when we are there. But things happeni when we are not there. We need to continue this secret shopping that all of our peoples needs are being met. Part of the selection criteria that was developed by the non...

They took away a lot of my thunder because a lot of what they say was what i was going to go over. We are making a lot of headway in the short time that i have been involved. That is a good thing. It is important to know that from what i have seen our department does really reflect our community. We have approximately 400 officers that speak some type of foreignlanguage. Of that 400 or so, most of them, we have 173 that speak spanish, 81 are certified; 91 cantonese speakers, 60 certified; 20 man...

But also many of the folks introduced earlier who have been working on something similar to occur for a long time. We have been somewhat puzzled by the fact as we often hear in these chambers and other matters, by the fact that certainly San Francisco sits in the seat of such Technological Developments that are really evolving and reshaping the world on so many fronts, biotech, biomedical, engineering feats. Will could not understand why we could not board and eight with the technology available...

To get the process moving more quickly. On the street patrol officers, theyre using their own cell phones to call Language Line. On a real level of equipment, officers need a better way to ask his Language Line. We are working with the department and think outside of the box. Bilingual officers use digital recorders because of Department Requires them to tape interviews with victims, witnesses and suspects. The department was able to provide 50 digital recorders. We need more. Let me turn this o...

Forward that we will improve upon . I wanted it a sense of the permanency of this, the development of it, and not just the project that is done every 10 years or something of that nature. This is a very historic thing for me. And sitting down with doctor we talked about what is the definition of Domestic Violence and we really do need to go down the list of statutes and say is this in or not. The District Attorneys Office is tracking Domestic Violence cases, the Police Department also. We are us...

I want to ask a couple of clarifying questions. It looks like the justis project replaces the cable system. My understanding is that it is a database for local background check, i want to get more of the big picture perspective and also want to find out my understanding is that the cable system was not a system connected to any databases. I am wondering if the justis system will be different, connected to any federal database like the fbi or department of homeland security. I am the justis proje...

A few years ago it wouldve taken longer. I am very excited about this and excited that we can share this discussion with the Police Department commission. As far as the development of justice. Thank you very much to all of that been involved. Very critical. Commissioner kingsley . Ms. Young, thank you very much for your report. It is very interesting. Some of the questions i had have been addressed by commissioner schwatzs comments. I wanted more clarity around the timing and history of this. Is...