Equipment as quickly as it did, thats astounding. Although there are things to improve, it helps our department be a better department. Were recruiting a diverse force. Very important. Diversity brings perspectives that we need. Perspectives from different cultures and different religions, countries, educational background, Different Levels of experience, diversity brings perspective, perspective brings better policing. So very proud that we are moving forward in our efforts to be a diverse department. Instituting and sustaining these changes wont be easy. We know that. And we accept that challenge. The people along the wall on both sides, along with the community we understand it will be a challenge. Change is hard. Most people dont like change. Change is a very difficult thing, but were committed to doing the changes that we know we need to. And it wont be an easy task, but were committed, focused and well get it done. Out of the 16 Law Enforcement agencies that were once a part of the u. S. Department of Justice Collaborative review process, were proud to step forward today to continue this work and i think were really the First Department that has taken this on in this form. So again, San Francisco leads the way. Were proud to do that. And we really think this is going to be valueadded to get us where we need to go. The California Department of justice will provide us with the technical experience and assistance to help us stay on the right track and achieve the goals that we committed to. This agreement gives our work validation, the attorney general mentioned it, gives us credibility. It gives us transparency. And more importantly, this is about maintaining and Building Trust with the community we serve. We believe this is a means to get there. Ultimately, all we want to see is the best department that we can, we want to see less use of force, we want to see answers to some of the questions about disproportionateality i believe that San Francisco will lead the and i dont say that bragging, i say that because were proud to get to that leadership position in Law Enforcement. This is another challenge, a big one, but its just another challenge im confident and the people along the wall are confident well get there. Thank you all for being here and thank you to the folks standing with me at the podium for your leadership on this matter. Without further adieu, id like to present president of the board of supervisors, london breed. I want to thank our attorney general and our mayor ed lee for working with supervisor cohen and i on the request to partner with the city to implement the 272 recommendations proposed by the department of justice. Issues of Police Reform are very personal for me. Ive seen firsthand the consequences that stem from the lack of trust between communities of color and Law Enforcement agencies. I grew up in a community where the police were not always called when violence occurred, but that is not the future that i want for San Francisco. In the ten years i spent as the executive director of the africanamerican art and culture complex, working with young people and my five years as supervisor, ive worked with the flifrs our Community Police officers in our community, from Northern Police station and i know some of the former captains are here today. As well as our fearless leader during the time she served as Police Commission president , to work with the community on a better model for community policing. And i am so proud of the work that we did together, working with the community, working with the department, working with a lot of the folks who are here today, like sean richard from brothers against guns, and the healing circle with mattie scott. It was an incredible effort and im proud of the work we did in the western edition community. Our residents and our Police Officers all want the same thing. They want our city, our families and our communities to be safe. This is our charge as leaders. President obamas task force on 21st Century Policing recommended that the Police Departments request investigations of use of force incidents in order to increase transparency and accountability to the communities they serve and we have done that here in San Francisco. We continue to follow those recommendations. Two years ago i, along with supervisor cohen had a resolution for the department of justice to conduct a thorough independent review of our Police Department. For me, it was important that we put San Francisco on record requesting this review through a formal action of the board of supervisors, but we didnt stop there. At the same time supervisor cohen and i held regular hearings on use of force policies in order to have a public discussion to evaluate how training procedures could be improved to prevent escalation of violence and to ensure that we put the right policies in place to prevent these tragic incidents from ever happening to anyone else. No poll alone can no policy alone can account for every scenario, but the review i fought for from the department of justice shows that we clearly have work to do. It identifies several key areas where we need to improve, updating our use of force policies, addressing Inadequate Police data. It included the 272 recommendations that weve been talking about here today and as said by our chief, more than half of which, weve already begun to implement. Recently, the current federal Administration Made it clear that the Reform Efforts between the department of justice and local Police Department was not a priority. Under attorney general sessions, the department of justice will no longer issue audit reports or suggest reforms for local Police Departments. As they see it, the elimination of these Reform Efforts fulfills their commitment to respect local control and accountability. But not here in San Francisco. We wont accept that. We are not going to let this go. Were not go to stop our collaborative efforts to improve relationships between our Police Department and communities of color. That is why im so grateful that our attorney general is working in partnership with our city. Were going to continue to do everything we can to implement those 272 recommendations. These reforms, in an effective manner, and im committed along with, i know, supervisor cohen to doing all we can to do that. I am more hopeful now than ever. Our values in San Francisco are just as important. Our fight never more clear and our role to implement these reforms never more needed. I look forward to working with attorney general and the California Department of justice. Our chief, our Police Commissioners, the Police Officers association and many of our communities that many of the folks from our communities that are here today to implement these really important Reform Efforts. Thank you all so much for being here. With that, i want to introduce my colleague on the board of supervisors, supervisor cohen has been a champion on Police Reform effort, including her ballot measure on Police Accountability that was passed by voters to make sure that there are independent investigations when there is an officerinvolved shooting. With that, i would like to introduce supervisor cohen. Good morning. I know this is a heavy topic, but i wanted to affirm that we all in this room come together to stand collectively for peace and justice. Particularly paying attention to those members that we have lost in the community that no longer have a voice. That is the spirit that i bring to this body of work. That im really proud of. Its been very difficult. Today we stand before you patting ourselves on the back for work that we got over the line in 2018. But this work has been going on and quite frankly, for generations and unnoticed. There have been people in the communities that i represent, that president breed represents that have been crying out for generations, for transparency, justice. Today it feels good because its a culmination of the blood that has been spilled, the tears, that we stand before you recognizing that finally policies are stepping up and catching up. I started this work really in 2015 when mario woods was shot and killed. Through a series of conversations with mothers that were grieving, with Community Members that wanted to do more and couldnt understand why things were happening. So we introduced and got past the series of legislation that created a department of Police Accountability that is head by paul henderson, formally joyce hicks, who was part of the initial conversation. The one thing consistent through all of this, as a result of that Pivotal Moment in 2015, i had a conversation with ed lee. And ed lee listened. And he helped me and he rolled up his sleeves and we went to work. We didnt do it alone. We can never do anything alone. President of the Police Commission at the time was instrumental in helping us get through policies that had not been touched in 20 years. Use of force policies hadnt been touch since the 90s. Fortunately, we started laying the groundwork and started doing the work, which allows us to be here today. Which allows mayor farrell to step in the death of ed lee to celebrate. Which allows our attorney general to step in the very big heels that harris occupied. It was the work of women that brought us where we are today. Its the mothers that remind us we must get the murders solved. Its the mothers that remind us why we do what we do. So, im very pleased to see representatives of the community here today. Its important important announcement. See what it means is that with this memorandum of understanding, it brings us one step closer to bringing truth and transparency, to heal the rift that we have been experiencing for generations. And i know that every officer in this room, every Law Enforcement officer in the department, always wants to do what is right and what is best. I dont have any question in that. That is why you see a decrease in officerinvolved shooting because we got serious, we created policies and said were not tolerating this anymore. That is the movement that were here to celebrate, to talk about. This memorandum of understanding means that we are continuing to do the work that we set out to do years ago, when nobody was paying attention. When sometimes i felt nobody cared. So, gentlemen, thank you, chief scott has stepped in and stepped up. But it was greg that started the process, that came to the table, thank you for picking up that mantle, chief, and making sure that these 272 recommendations and a couple hundred more if you include gascon and his recommendations, all of these efforts are all to make sure that Law Enforcement are safe when theyre policing. And that there is trust when we call the police into the community, that there will be fairness. Chief mentioned some legislation that i passed also a few years ago about counting. If we dont keep track, we dont count. We must know who is getting stopped, where, for what reason theyre getting stopped. Collecting this data matters because every life counts. We must continue to pay attention. I will end on a very positive note, im exuberant, happy to be here, happy to be part of that considering i was there in the beginning. And many of you have been here from day one. And i just want to say thank you. [applause] well take a few questions. Hi, this is for the attorney general, what message do you think President Trump and Jeff Sessions are sending in not wanting to pursue these Police Reform measures . All people decide to take whatever message they take from what is going on in d. C. The Important Message is what you hear today. I think all of us understand when our mothers are watching us, we better do it right. And the only message i hope that people hear today is not one emanating from washington d. C. With all its dysfunction, i hope what people hear today is that we know how to make it work, were going to do this as a partnership and all of us, whether its city leaders, whether its everyone who wears the badge and every family that is looking for that opportunity to say we have confidence, the work starts here. Its our mothers who are watching us. Could you outline some of the work that is what broadly is still in the works of these 112 outstanding recommendations . And does that include finalizing an agreement with the District Attorneys Office to take the lead in the shooting investigations that are officerinvolved . Were in the process of meeting on that. Mou. Ive been here a year and weve been in that process the first part was negotiating language to get us to a meeting to confer. And we had to sit down with the Police Officers association, by rule, and meet and confer on this process, because it impact the membership of the Police Department. Thats in process and we have to go through that. As i said, what i think we all want is fairness. We cant there are the best recommendations in the world, but it has to be done fairly. Were doing that, following the rules, and then well see how it comes out. But its our intention to do everything we can to implement the recommendations. To the other part of your question, what remains to be done . There is a lot of work that that remains to be done. Accountability is one of the five findings we have to work on. Over half of those recommendations still need to be implemented. The finding that weve done the worst not the best in terms of implementation is use of force. Over half of those recommendations are in the process of being implemented, so we really are pleased with that. But there is, i mean, each category has significant recommendations. One of the recommendations is to what supervisor cohen mentioned, the revising of our policies. Coming up, i think in the next Police Commission meeting, there is policy to set the stage to have an actual schedule to revise our policies in a timely manner. Thats a huge recommendation and improvement in the department. So i think ill be here all day if i list out all that needs to be done, we have a lot of work to do, but the point were trying to make are the attorney general made it, the mayor, both supervisors and i made it, that were committed to this work and we wont stop until its done. Last september or october when the department of justice announced the end of their collaboration, they said they wanted to work with the Police Department on locating areas, including tactics to target drug and gun violence, you know the list better than i have they been doing that . Well, yeah, clear that was the focus. There is a process to that as well. If its funding that is involved in that, we have to apply for the funding. And so we have at this point not gotten any funding for violent crime, thats one of the areas they wanted to focus on. But were committed to addressing those issues. There is a lot going on there. There is lot going on in the question you asked, but the bottom line, were committed, were going to use every resource available that is appropriate for us to use and were going to keep pushing forward. How would you assess the department of justices interaction with since you took over . [laughter] thanks for clarifying. No, we still have a relationship with the department of justice, we have to. Theyre in the same business we are. And their goal is to have a safe country, our goal a safe city. How are they working with you . Theyre working with us just fine. I want to stay focused on the reform for this purpose, but were working with them just fine. They concluded the work and efound a way we found a way to continue it, thats what is important. [inaudible] no secret, might as well tell the truth, the Trump Administration and Jeff Sessions have all of the initiatives of mr. Barack obama. We still got miles to go and promises to keep. Before we fall asleep. Let me say finally, [inaudible] situation here, that it was on the heels of ferguson that we had a come to jesus meeting at the third baptist church. And to our former chiefs credit, he was honorable, he listened, and i presented to him that 21st century document that came from the Washington Bureau of the National Association of advancing colored people. Nd [inaudible] we owe a lot to our late mayor ed lee. Who met with naacp, who listened and was committed and he was the one who looked down to los angeles and brought the sky here. That the truth and nothing but the truth. Now weve come to this day. Naacp was the agitator, made sure we stirred up the coffee with a spoon, and be able to say [inaudible] Maxwell House slogan. It was good to the last drop. [laughter] thats the way its going to be in this department. Good to the last drop.