That took years for them to develop their plan that is in place as our San Francisco pedestrian strategy, its really great, but the commitment to fund key strategies to keep our children and vulnerable population safe i think the solutions are where we put our money where our mouth is, and its funding and funding whether its the bicycle funding. Im going to have to leave the meeting early because of an Association Government meeting but ill follow this with my staff peter. Street blog has been covering it year after year. And in january in streets blog when the Strategy First came out that its a largely unfunded vision to make our street safer and i strongly and support my colleagues resolution which id like to sign on as a coauthor but i think really the solution is how we put money towards strategies and how our Bicycle Coalitions have been working on for years. I want to say in response to the mayors announcement by press release a few days ago, and some comments from the police on
Dialogue with the Fire Department about that because the policy making bodies have spoken that we want these projects to happen and the departments need to execute on that policy directive. And so i look forward to continuing to improve that process in making sure that were fixing our unsafe roads and making them safe for everyone. Thank you. Thank you supervisor wiener. Commissioner turman, did you want to say something. I have listened to the comments of supervisors and theres so many messages and so many things in there that this commission agrees with us. Public safety, rather one section of whether its drivers or bicycles, 2 3 are responsible for the accident or 1 3, were looking for solutions as well to eliminate these type of incidents. We have you have before you a Police Commission that is dedicated to looking into this problem and working with you to solve it. We were not part of the previous meetings so this is were pleased to be invited here to hear what both our department
Pleased to be invited here to hear what both our department and what other presenters especially the public has to say about these issues. Its something worth being addressed and were here it listen and address it. You wont find a more committed police chief and department who is ready to move on these issues to hear on the recommendations and do what we need to do so protect San Francisco. I do want to take issue with i know there was recent reporting. It was not the intent of the department to blame any victim or anything. These are sensitive issues, so whatever is said can sometimes be twisted and come out wrong. It was from a desire to factually discuss what the issue was and how an investigative what the investigation background was showing. Were not hear to blame the victims. Were here to report on information to share that information and do what we can to make sure these types of incidents get resolved. We dont want our citizen whether theyre pedestrian, drivers or bicyclist to
Commission that is dedicated to looking into this problem and working with you to solve it. We were not part of the previous meetings so this is were pleased to be invited here to hear what both our department and what other presenters especially the public has to say about these issues. Its something worth being addressed and were here it listen and address it. You wont find a more committed police chief and department who is ready to move on these issues to hear on the recommendations and do what we need to do so protect San Francisco. I do want to take issue with i know there was recent reporting. It was not the intent of the department to blame any victim or anything. These are sensitive issues, so whatever is said can sometimes be twisted and come out wrong. It was from a desire to factually discuss what the issue was and how an investigative what the investigation background was showing. Were not hear to blame the victims. Were here to report on information to share that informat
Some Community Partners and i want to under score that two organizations have played and continue to play. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition as well as walk sf. Theyre advocacy on this issue has literately saved lives and we are grateful for this contribution and with that i am pleased to introduce our chief of police, chief, thank you for being here. Welcome to this joint meeting. The floor is yours. Thank you supervisor campos and president members of the board and the concerned public. Here with me is the members of the command staff and every district station captain to respond to the questions. And its important to the Police Department and the leadership of the department from the legislative body and from the citizens. I want to start my comments from last august with regard to what happened when sadly a bicyclist omaly was killed on the 6th and fulson and our initial investigation was lacking. The investigators failed to find a video recorder, the witness testimony put mrs. M