The San Francisco Police Commission met on October 8, 2025, with a quorum present. The meeting included the recognition of an officer for community policing, public comments on varied topics including a homicide reward fund and opposition to military force, routine approvals of reports and minutes, and detailed reports from the Interim Chief and the Department of Police Accountability. A key discussion item was the presentation of community feedback on the search for a new police chief. The commission also approved a revised policy on sexual assault investigations.
Under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. President Clay, I'd like to take a roll. Yes, please. Commissioner Techie is excused. Commissioner Scott? Here. Commissioner Liang. Here. Commissioner Yi is in route. Commissioner Lyas. Yes. Vice President Benedicto. Present. President Clay, you have a quorum. Also with us tonight. Our interim chief of police, Paul Yepp from the San Francisco Police Department, and Executive Director Paul Henderson from the Department of Police Accountability. All right. Thank you, Sergeant. Welcome everyone to the uh October 8th meeting of the police commission at this time. Sergeant, you want to begin? Line item one weekly officer recognition certificate. Presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Officer Joseph Majeski, star number 2105 from Central Station. There we go. All right. Good evening, President Clay, Commissioners, Chief Yep, Director Henderson, members of the public. My name is Chris Del Gandio. I am the very proud uh commanding officer of Central Station. Tonight I have the distinct honor and pleasure of uh honoring Officer Majeski standing here to my right. Officer Majeski has been a uh officer with the San Francisco Police Department for 10 years. I first met him at Richmond Station when you're on probation. And he's worked his way through Northern Station, Baby Station, and now Central Station, where I've had the opportunity to supervise him twice as once as a lieutenant and and now as the captain. Prior to joining the San Francisco Police Department, Officer Majewski worked for animal care and control for four years. Officer Majeski, utilizing his animal care and control experience, he's developed a comprehensive training plan for the use of a catch pole for officers that we hope to employ sometime in the near future uh that they can use as a de-escalation tool and to call public safety when there's threats involving canines, uh, especially with the new general order, which I helped work on for dog complaints. So that would be very useful. Uh Officer Majeski currently works as a North Beach Footbeat uh in the central district. He's a fixture uh in the central district where people know they can always come to him for help. He knows everyone there. When I go on walks with him, everyone says hello to Joe, and uh he's just he's just great uh in that neighborhood. Uh most recently, as many of you have probably heard. Uh he was instrumental in the initial and crucial investigation, which led to the identification and apprehension of a prolific bank robber who robbed three banks in the central district. Uh, he helped uh identify them, and we found out where the gentleman lived, and we got him into custody uh in a very short amount of time, uh, thanks to his work. His diligence and dedication to the central district and to the city and county of San Francisco should be should be commended. So, congratulations, Officer Majeski. Officer Majeski, congratulations. Thank you very much, a job well done. And you know, the community policing, walking the beats, getting to know people, really serves what the community wants in San Francisco. We went through these community meetings as we were going through our search and talking about what they want in a police chief in the police department, and that was one of the major things they wanted to see the officers walking around the streets being able to talk and engage and engage with each other and providing information. So, congratulations to a job well done. Thank you.