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Commitment to his clients. And he will be he will be deeply missed. Good evening. The chair has called the meeting to order. If you could please rise for 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. Vice president carter, id like to take roll. Was he . Yeah commissioner walker here. Commissioner benedicto here. Commissioner yanez is excused. Commissioner byrne here. Commissioner yee here. Vice president carter oberstein. You have a quorum. Also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of Police Accountable city for members of the public line. Item one, the weekly officer recognition is going to be postponed until november 1st due to this sergeant is away at training and is not able to be with us tonight. Line item two general Public Comment at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes on items that do not appear on tonights agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Police Commission under Police Commission. Rules of order during Public Comment. Neither police or epa personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public. But may provide a brief response. Alternative you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email the secretary of the Police Commission at sfpd Dot Commission at sf gov. Org or written comments may be sent via Us Postal Service to the Public Safety building located at 1245 third street, San Francisco, california. 94158. If you would like to make Public Comment, please approach the podium. Go ahead. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is paul allen. Five months ago, i brought to the commissions attention that it has failed to comply with section 4. 102. Two of the city charter. That requires the commission, quote, to develop and keep current an annual statement of purpose outlining its areas of jurisdiction. Authorities purpose and goals subject to review and approval by the mayor and board of supervisors after our inquiry on monday, i was told that Commission Compliance with this provision awaits the hiring of a policy analyst, and this is a laughable excuse for delay and it really an abrogation of the committee of the commissions statutory duty commissioners with respect, this is your job, not that of a not yet hired policy analyst. The first order of business as i suggested in a memorandum to you two months ago, should be to direct counsel to prepare a legal memorandum on the commissions, quote, areas of jurisdiction and authorities. Indeed one would have thought that that document would already be behind tab one of a Commission Briefing book. Then there is the articulation of the commissions purpose and goals. Thats your job. You should take pen to paper and write down what you understand to be the purpose and goals of the commission within its statutory responsibility. In importantly, 4. 122 declares that the annual statement is quote, subject to review and approval by the mayor and board of supervisors. Intentionally or not, the absence of such a statement necessarily forecloses such review and approval. Well, at least under that provision of the charter, it is your job, in short, to prepare the annual statement. Not anyone elses. At every meeting of the commission, we hear about sfpd accountability. Is this commission subject to the same standard . Lets dispense with the excuses compliant. Hi this is my first time doing this, so if i do something wrong, let me know my name is angela tickler commissioners. It is very disappointing that you approved a 5. 25 last week because 5. 25 begs a very dangerous question what will prevent this anti Law Enforcement commission from using officer safety as grounds to stop the Police Department from enforcing further laws . Its Common Knowledge that most of what sfpd does is or can be dangerous, but so is your plan to micromanage the sfpd out of existence, which im pretty certain is the goal of at least some of you at a bare minimum, data on the number of officers hurt during foot pursuits should be provided to the public to see if such a policy is even worth pursuing. And if i were an officer and instead of being able to use my training judgment and experience to make a split second decision about doing my job, if i had to go through a pages long decision tree on how to react and then run the risk of having my career jeopardized because seven nonPolice Officers with no experience have made yet another policy. Well, i would either quit or not chase the suspect out. Not worth it, but that is the end goal for some of you, right . Less criminals going to jail when there are less ways for the police to respond to the crimes they commit. Meanwhile, San Franciscos internal reputation and Financial Stability are in a shambles. Uncuff the police and let them do their jobs and see how you can help alleviate the problems of Law Enforcement. Short staffing by reducing and streamlining paperwork and processes that keep them off the streets. You are not authorized to involve yourself in tactical decisions of sfpd, nor is this commission tasked with inserting itself into the operations of sfpd. Your role is limited to policy and procedure, and that must still be in line with the overall objectives of the county and the city. Allowing criminals to simply turn and run and effectively prohibit. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners, for those who dont know me, my name is j. Connor ortega, and im copresident of iconic three. As always, i want to thank our men and women of sfpd for the work they do to keep the rest of us safe. Im here because two weeks ago, the Police Union President and a current commissioner requested an investigation into how private information was leaked to the press and now this resident is here demanding that this commission investigate as to how any private information was leaked to the press. Our officers operate on the premise of trust that those in leadership roles that concern sfpd are handling Sensitive Information carefully and an investigation is needed to resolve or restore that trust. I also demand that this commission to support both Ballot Initiatives that our mayor and supervisors for minimal staffing requirement and granting them the tools and ability fauci to prevent, solve the crimes of retail theft auto theft, car breakins and more. If you dont, then i can see in the future a Ballot Initiative where we end the power of this Police Commission. Understand this average san franciscans have woken up and are no longer going to accept the outrageous policies of this commission enacts that hampers our police force from working to keep us safe. The people of San Francisco support for sfpd outnumber this. Commission 800,000 times to seven. Thank you. Go go. Yes, good evening. I didnt want to come tonight. Honestly im tired. But i didnt want to wait two weeks after what i said to the board, the full board of supervisors yesterday, its like a make sure there is a nail. But basically, all i want to tell you tonight is to remember what i told you last time to own yourself, because its a process to understand what it means, really. And then you share the information. An it is key. You own yourself. There too, right . So because the results are going to show quickly, its automatic because respect is going to be like, yeah, now we must respect more each other because we wont take any crap. I mean, unfortunately well have to deal with that, but at least we know where to say, hey, thats it. Now right . Okay, bye. Hello again. I guess i can use the overhead. Hi, my name is paulette brown. My son was murdered august 14th, 2006, is 17 years since hes been murdered. I am still waiting for some other way to have these homicides investigated. I know last time we talked about getting hiring other people to come in and tipsters so they can get paid some kind of money to talk about the homicides that are going on. Im still yet to hear about that. I am still waiting. Like i said, this is not just about my child. Its about all the i stand with all the mothers and fathers on this thing here, about all the unsolved homicides that yet to be unsolved. I bring these pictures of all the time of me standing over my son lifeless body. No mother should have to do this. I come here every wednesday pleading for justice for my child. The only way that i can talk to you is with pictures. Thats my sons face as they cut him open, they cut his head open for an autopsy. And this is what im left with. I want justice for my child. His name was aubrey. Aubrey aberra casa. He existed. He was full of life. No mother should have to go through this. No mother should have to continue to come here seeking justice for her child. I need justice for my child. And im asking for your support to continue to find somebody to hire, to investigate these cases. Especially my sons. If anyone has any information regarding the murder of aubrey abacus, you can call the anonymous 24 7 tip line. At 415 a5754444. And that is the end of Public Comment just to inform the public item nine on the agenda is going to be removed from todays meeting and rescheduled for future meeting. Sergeant, could you please call the next item line item three consent calendar. Receive and file action. Starbucks coffee donation total cost 800 80 per district. Station for National Coffee with a cop and the 2023 Department Award certificate action motion to motion to receive and file. Second, any member of the public that would like to make Public Comment regarding line item three, please approach the podium and there is no Public Comment. Commissioner walker on the motion. How do you vote . Yes, commissioner walker is yes. Commissioner benedicto. Yes. Commissioner benedicto is yes. Commissioner byrne. Yes commissioner byrne is yes. Commissioner yee yes. Commissioner yee is yes. And Vice President carter overstone yes. Vice president overstone is yes. You have five yeses. Line item for chiefs report discussion weekly crime trends and Public Safety concerns provide an overview of offenses, incidents or events occurring in San Francisco, having an impact on Public Safety Commission Discussion on planned events and activities achieved describes will be limited to determining whether to counter for a future meeting. Chief scott, thank. Thank you Sergeant Youngblood. Good afternoon. Good evening. Executive director henderson. Vice president carter. Commissioners and the public. I will start this weeks report with just a general crime statistics. Just very briefly and then go to some of the events and incidents that have happened over the past week, starting with crime for this week. Overall, there is a 6 decrease in overall all part one crime. That is a difference of about. About 42,002 hundred crimes, fewer than this time last year, approximately. Property crime is down 7. Violent crime is still up 3 as two. Our violent crimes, our homicides are at 43 compared to 42 year to date. This time last year. So thats up 2. Our clearance rate overall is 72. And there have been a total of three homicide in the month of october. Our shootings are down just slightly, 3 from 161 167 year to date. Total gun violence victims to one from 172. This time last year. So thats a 3 decrease as far as us homicides with firearms, they are even with this time last year, our weapon seizures were at 866 firearms recovered year to date. Thats a 2 increase over 2022. As far as ghost guns, weve seen a 10 in increase in in ghost guns from this time last year. We have 176 ghost guns as compared to 161 seized this time last year. There were three nonfatal shooting incidents. Resulting in five victims over this past week. One was at polk and sutter and the northern district. This was on october 12th at 3 30 a. M. The victim was on the sidewalk when approached by two subjects who demand it, the victims belongings after the subjects fled with the victims belongings, the victim realized he had been shot. The victim was transported with non life threatening injuries. That investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made at this time. The other shooting was at leavenworth and golden gate. Three victims in total. That was on october 12th at 12 43 p. M. Midday, three victims were in an a or near a vehicle when the suspect pulled up, fired several shots and fled from the location. Two victims were transported from the scene with gunshot injuries. A third victim, self transported and all were in stable condition on non life threatening injuries. That investigation is ongoing, but no arrests have been made at this time. If anyone has any information about these shootings, please call our tip line. At 415 a5754444. There are three. The fifth victim was a self inflicted wound and that is not the believed to be a criminal matter. I want to go into a few really good arrests this past week. First one is our organized crime effort continues with our what were calling our organized retail theft blitz. And basically for those because weve gotten this question, the blitz means were just putting a lot more resources into this. But ingleside officers conducted a surveillance operation at walgreens located at it, basically at mission and geneva, when multiple subjects entered the store, entered the store, all dressed in masks and dark clothing. The subjects quickly grabbed and concealed store merchandise and when it was all said and done, our officers were able to arrest six of the eight individuals, including one juvenile. There was also a baby with this group of suspects, and that infant was released to the Alameda County Child Protective Services to subjects were able to exit the store before officers could detain them, and that investigation is ongoing. But all merchandise that they were attempting to steal was recovered and six out of the eight individuals were arrested. These operations are ongoing. Weve done a number of them over the last several months, and we have made arrests in every one of these operations that we have conducted. So this is a strategy that we will continue. Were working hand in hand with our Retail Community to make these make these types of operations successful. And weve had really good success so that will continue. Message being for people who would be thieves who want to go in stores and steal properties that we may be in there Police Officers with store security. So were trying to discourage people from doing that. And do as much as we can to reduce the thefts in our city, the retail thefts in our city are another. Significant incident. This was an auto burglary that turned into an assault on an officer and a vehicle pursuit. Officers responded to a vehicle break in at irving street and 43rd avenue. This was on october 12th at 12 to 12 00 in the morning to 12 a. M. Suspects fled on foot and johnson to a waiting vehicle at a high rate of speed. Officers attempted to stop the suspect during the foot pursuit was dragged by the suspects vehicle for approximately three feet, sustaining minor injuries. Therefore, a pursuit was initiated and as the vehicle entered the freeway, the california Highway Patrol assisted and the vehicle eventually stopped and a single occupant fled, eluding capture so that investigate is ongoing to identify that person and we will keep you updated on that one. Lastly we had a Armed Robbery at a smart and final. This is becoming a trend that we want to get our arms around. Weve had an increase in robberies this year, about 16 higher than this time last year. This particular incident occurred on october 12th at 10 53 a. M. At the smart and final. Two suspects walked to the Cash Register to make a purchase. When the clerk opened the register, a note was passed to the clerk indicating that the person had a gun and the store was being robbed. The suspect was able to escape with cash and no arrest has been made. That is still under investigation. And the evidence is being examined in that case. And lastly, just a couple of updates there was a joint News Conference today regarding the apec, the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation conference that will be happening next month. It was led by the us secret service, who is the lead Law Enforcement agency on this. This is a National Special security event which basically is equivalent of a president ial inauguration in terms of the security needs. There will be 21 heads of states, including our head of state and Vice President here. Were expected to have about 20,000 visitors to attend this conference in one way or another, about