We got it right now.

We got it right now.

We got it now.

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.

Okay.

President Clay, would you like to take a roll?

Yes, please.

Commissioner Tecky?

Here.

Commissioner Scott?

Here.

Commissioner Leung?

Here.

Commissioner Yee?

Here.

Commissioner Elias is en route.

Vice President Benedicto?

Here.

President Clay, you have a quorum.

Also with us tonight are Chief Derek Liu from the San Francisco Police Department

and Executive Director Paul Henderson from the Department of Police Accountability.

All right.

Well, thank you.

Thank you, everyone, for coming here today for our January 21st meeting.

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 hoa nguyen star number 1057

from park station

good evening commissioners chief lou director henderson before i begin i just want to take a

moment to acknowledge you, Sir Chief Lou, who was inaugurated earlier today here at City Hall.

It's not lost on me that Park Station has the privilege of recognizing an officer tonight

on the same day as your inauguration. And while listening to today's speakers

talk about your professionalism and leadership, it made me kind of reflect on the officer that we

are honoring tonight who also share some of those same attributes. So it's my honor to recognize

Officer Hoa Nguyen as Park Station's Officer of the Month. Officer Nguyen is the kind of officer

every team hopes to have. He's always here, always willing to help, and never says no when someone

needs a hand. He works hard to make himself better and to make the watch better, setting a great

example for everyone around him. Officer Nguyen is the person who lifts morale with his positive

attitude, encourages others, and never looks for recognition. He does the job because it's the right

thing to do. He recently ran the SFPD turkey trot to raise money for the UCSF family house,

showing that his commitment to service goes beyond his daily duties. He lives here in the city,

spends time with his parents in San Jose, and travels to Vietnam to see his family.

Despite all those commitments, he remains deeply dedicated to our community.

Hoa has a lifelong passion for soccer, started playing as a kid in Vietnam,

went on to play at the collegiate level, and even competed on a semi-professional league here in the city.

After joining the police department, he became a part of SFPD's soccer team

and represented us in last year's Police and Fire Olympics.

That same dedication and teamwork he shows on the field

is exactly what he brings to the job every day.

Most recently, Officer Nguyen played a key role

in apprehending a felony vandalism suspect.

After being flagged down by the 911 caller,

he quickly detained the suspect,

confirmed the identity through witness statements,

interviewed witnesses, and recovered the metal stick

that was used in the vandalism as evidence.

He coordinated with other officers to document the damage,

collect photos, and develop probable cause for the arrest.

His thorough handling of the case reflects his commitment

to protecting community property and building public trust.

Officer Nguyen's professionalism, positive spirit,

and commitment to service make him an outstanding example

of what it means to wear this badge.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Officer Nguyen.

It is such an honor to be here today, and this is really a total surprise to me.

out my wonderful partner, wonderful co-worker and bosses here to support me to do what I

supposed to do. I'm not standing here right now, so thank you. My bosses, my co-worker

and SFPD welcome me and let me give me opportunity to do what I do right now. I'm living my American

dream right now. I'm honored to be here. I don't know what else to say, but I try to do better,

more improvement. Thank you. You definitely said it all, and we want to thank you for your service

and your commitment, and particularly your unselfishness and your spirited energy to your

job, and we are very grateful for your dedication to our San Francisco Police Department.

And it's wonderful to have yourself and others like you, your colleagues who come before

us and who don't come before us, because we know each and every day how much you give

to this city doing what you do.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Commissioner Benedict.

Thank you very much, President Clay.

Congratulations.

Officer Nguyen, thank you, Captain, for bringing him to our attention.

I understood that you were surprised by tonight's proceedings, so we're very happy that your team was able to pull off the surprise.

But I want to echo what President Clay said and absolutely thank you for all of your work, for your exemplary work that was just described, for your service to the city.

I think now, I think you put it so well, and I think now more than ever, it's important to remember that this is the San Francisco we can be proud of.

This is the American dream that we can be proud of.

this is what true and genuine service to the public and service to the community looks like,

and that we should all be very proud to have public servants like yourself protecting this.

So thank you, and congratulations.

Commissioner Leon?

Thank you, President Clay.

I just wanted to echo what my fellow commissioners have said and what has already been said about you.

And I would note that in your speech, you didn't say anything about yourself,

but you talked about how other people were part of the success of the San Francisco Police Department and your own success.

I would note that that speaks well of you and also the culture of the SFPD.

So thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you, President Clay.

What an honor.

I just wanted to say congratulations, and you still seem quite shocked by it all.

It just shows your spirit of humility and dedicated to service.

And so just want to congratulate you on a job well done.

And it's awesome to have an officer like you and many others that put the job first,

that put the people first and service and community to help keep us all safe.

So we appreciate your services.

Thank you for your family and your colleagues and everyone that's here to support you.

We appreciate your service, and please keep up the good work.

Thank you, ma'am.

Commissioner Yee?

Thank you very much there, President Clay.

Great to see you again, Captain Wohan.

It's just like deja vu, right, just after the swearing in.

So excellent choice, and great work, and your teamwork.

That's what it's all about here, to make sure that we're safe here day in, day out.

So thanks again and congratulations and stay safe out there wherever you all are.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Chief?

Captain Wilhelm, I'll start off and just say thank you for the kind words.

You're doing a wonderful job over at Park Station, so thank you.

Lieutenant Carraway, same thing.

Thanks for your leadership out there.

You're encouraging officers to do the right thing as exemplified by Officer Wynn tonight.

So Officer Wynne just wanted to say how much I appreciate your efforts.

Thank you for your proactivity.

Clearly on this case, the follow-up, you went way above and beyond.

And lastly, keep up the team effort, the team environment that you're putting out there

because it's contagious.

So thank you.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item one

please approach the podium and there is no public comment 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 tonight's

agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Police Commission

under Police Commission rules of order during public comment neither police or

DPA personnel nor Commissioners are required to respond to questions but

from the public but may provide a brief response alternatively you may submit

public comment in either of the following ways email the secretary of

the police commission at s fpd.commission at sfgov.org our written

comments may be sent via US Postal Service to the Public Safety Building

located at 1245 3rd Street, San Francisco, California, 94158.

If you'd like to make public comment, please approach the podium.

Good evening. I'd like to use the overhead.

I'm here concerning my son, Aubrey Arrascasa, who was murdered in 2006.

His birthday is coming up April 6th, another year.

I believe it'll be 20 years.

I don't even count it anymore because it's been so long.

But I never forget.

I bring these names with me of all the perpetrators that was involved murdering my son.

Out of the two here, Anthony and Mark, one of them is deceased.

And the rest of them are still walking the street to kill again one of our innocent children out there.

I bring this because this is the last graduation picture I see of my son, his handsome face, his smile, something that I'll never see again.

Sometimes I still cry, y'all. It still hurts.

Because I come here all the time and I still don't have justice for my child.

I miss him. I'm getting older.

And I hope that I get adjusted while I'm still alive.

And I'm just sorry for crying, but this stuff still affects me.

This is what the perpetrators left me with, a lifeless body.

And this is what they left me with.

It's not hard to still cry.

Because it still hurts.

People say you should be over this by now.

I'm not.

You should have been over this by now.

He's been gone for so many years.

You should be over this.

But I'm not.

I want my son here.

And I know I could never have him again, but I need justice.

If any member of the public has information regarding the murder of Aubrey Abra Casa,

you can call the anonymous 24-7 tip line at 415-575-4444.

Is there any further public comment?

Good evening, commissioners and chief Lou Lau.

Whatever.

Together on Monday.

I was here last week.

I just want to introduce myself to the two commissioners that were in here last week.

My name is Arlene Drummer.

I'm a retired San Francisco police officer, been retired 26 years.

I was in the first class of women officers.

But I'm here tonight just to say thank you to all of you that came out on Monday

to walk in the Martin Luther King parade in Benedicto.

You had on one of the OFJ T-shirts.

We really did appreciate that.

Sylvia Harper sends her love.

That's all I have to say.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That is the end of public comment.

Line item 3, Chief Support, 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.

Chief Liu.

Chief Liu Good evening, President Clay, fellow commissioners,

Director Henderson, and members of the community.

Before I jump into crime trends, I would just like to follow up on a request that Ms. Brown

had asked about a couple weeks ago.

So I just wanted to let you know that we did ensure that all station lobby monitors were

working with the exception of Mission Station.

It was, I think, broken or stolen at some point, so we're actively trying to fix that.

So I just wanted to get back to you.

Okay, as far as the weekly crime trends, summary as of 1-18-26.

Overall part one crimes down 44% year-to-date compared to 2025.

Total violent crimes are down 26% for the year.

Specifically addressing homicides, there are two homicides in 2026 compared to one in 2025,

representing a 100% increase.

Looking at gun violence, which is defined as the number of people injured in a shooting incident added to the number of persons killed by a firearm, we are down 73% compared to 2025.

Incidents of rapes, which include attempted and forcible rape, are down 71%.

Assaults for the year are down 27%, with a decrease of 31% in assaults by firearm.

Robberies are down 22%, with robberies used in a firearm declining by 50%.

Human trafficking incidents are down 100%, with no incidents being reported so far this year compared to two last year at this time.

Total property crimes down 47%.

Burglaries are down 52%.

Motor vehicle theft down 44%.

Larceny theft, which includes vehicle burglaries, are down 46% overall.

Looking specifically at autoburgs, there is a 58% decrease over 2025.

Moving into significant incidents.

Homicide.

Two reported homicide incidents this week.

As far as shootings, one reported shooting this week.

There was one shooting incident resulting in injuries to one victim for the week ending 1-18-26.

For the year, there are a total of three firearm-related incidents resulting in three victims.

The summary of the shooting.

The shooting was a result of a self-inflicted suicide with a firearm.

And then drilling down on the homicides, there was an incident in the Mission District on January 15, 2026 at approximately 9.42 p.m.

The victim was located with a gunshot wound.

And despite life-saving efforts by officers and responding paramedics, the victim succumbed to injuries on scene.

There's currently no arrest, however, it is an open, active investigation.

The other homicide stemmed from an assault that occurred on January 11, 2026 at approximately

4.30 p.m. on the 300 block of Ellis.

This victim was located with injuries consistent with an assault and was later transported

with life-threatening injuries.

The victim succumbed to injuries on January 17, 2026.

a suspect was detained and charged for this offense.

Moving into notable operational efforts and arrests.

There was a narcotics enforcement operation on January 15, 2026, which was a multi-agency

narcotics operation, which led to the arrest of eight adults.

A total of 1.23 pounds of suspected fentanyl, cocaine-based heroin, and methamphetamine,

and other prescription medications were seized.

Two of these suspects were also in possession of loaded firearms.

Numerous SFPD teams participated in this operation, as well as personnel

from the San Francisco Sheriff's Office, the FBI, and the DEA.

Moving to significant arrests, there

was a stabbing on January 13, 2026 at approximately 2.30 AM

on the 1100 block of Oak in the Park District.

In addition to a victim, one subject was located and arrested.

There was a robbery series in which two robbery

with a firearm incidents happened

within minutes of each other.

Both of these incidents occurred on January 17th

in the Mission District.

In both instances, multiple subjects

robbed a victim at gunpoint.

In the first one, the suspects entered a vehicle,

fled the scene, and the second victim officers

were able to locate three of the subjects who were later

detained and later booked.

Moving to media worthy events, there

was a battery by bicyclists out on the 900 block of Beach

Street, which did receive some media attention.

That occurred on the 17th at approximately 2.49 in the afternoon.

This is currently an open and active investigation.

There was a notable traffic collision on January 18th, 2026 at 1.22 p.m.

in the Ingleside District where a vehicle collided into a church on the 500 block of Nevada.

A further investigation revealed that it appeared to be completely accidental in nature.

In terms of large events, Super Bowl planning is ongoing.

And from last Saturday, no notable incident stemmed from both the Bob Weir Memorial as

as well as the NFL divisional round games.

And then I wanted to mention that there

were a number of sideshows that occurred on January 18th

across six districts.

They were in the Mission, or they appeared in the Mission,

the Terreville, the Richmond, the Ingleside, the Southern,

as well as the central, I'm sorry, Bayview.

It led to the sideshows, led to two arrests

and the seizure of an assault rifle.

And we are currently conducting investigations

and follow-up on these sideshows.

During these issues, we did have help from CHP units

as well as CHP air units.

And that concludes my report.

Thank you, Chief. Vice President Benedicto?

Thank you, President Clay. Thank you for that report. Chief, just a couple of questions

on the sideshows. I know that previously there was the stunt, the Department of Centralized

its responses, right, with a special unit focused on that. Is that still in place and

what role did that play in the response? Yeah, so nightly we do designate what's called

Sunt Driving Response Unit. So basically, they're officers that are pre-designated so that we can

quickly organize and coordinate if we get information that a sideshow is developing.

Were these sideshows car sideshows or motorcycle sideshows?

Mostly vehicle. I don't know for sure if there were no motorcycles involved, but it was

largely vehicles. Okay. I know that just towards the end of Chief Scott's tenure,

There were a number of community folks who were having issues, particularly with the motorcycle-based sideshows.

And I know that when I'd spoken to both then-Chief Scott and interim-Chief Yepp about it,

they talked about the sort of specific challenges that the motorcycle sideshows presented

and that they were hopefully developing more novel approaches.

Any update on how the department responds to the motorcycle sideshows?

We have conducted enforcement operations specific to motorcycles.

I don't want to talk too much about the tactics because it's ongoing.

But I'll just say we have conducted specific enforcement specific to motorcycles.

Thank you very much.

That's all.

If any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 3, the chief report, please approach the podium.

I'd like to use the overhead again.

here we have the

when they implemented the ways to pay tipsters to come forth

for unsolved homicides. I bring these pictures of all the unsolved

homicides that are cases that are still not solved

including my sons.

All of these cases are unsolved.

So I asked

why isn't this being implemented even more it it came out yes but how more can we get this out

there to the public so that people know that ways to pay tipsters I think this is a good idea but

not everybody knows about it so how else can we publicize this instead of me bringing it here and

putting it over the overhead. I don't have no commercial, no television show or anything

except for me and my two feet and climbing and stapling them to a pole. How else can we put this

out there for other people to know instead of me taking them into wash houses where people go in

to wash their clothes and putting them up or taking them over to the YMCA or to Booker T.

Washington how else can we get this out here and I also like to know who is my

investigator now because I hear Scott Warren key is no no longer there could

someone tell me who is my investigator now I'd like to know thank you

And that is the end of public comment.

Line item four, DPA director's report, discussion, report on recent DPA activities and announcements.

Executive Director Henderson.

Thank you.

Good evening.

It's still pretty early to identify the noteworthy trend in our statistics.

We're 20 days into the year.

but this year in spite of the trend that we saw all throughout last year at least for these first

20 days we received fewer complaints than from last year at this time we still have higher than

we had in other years because some of those cases are still going through our systems but

this is what we're seeing in the first 20 days so far over the past two years we've also seen

a pretty significant reduction in the number of pending cases that are awaiting adjudication

both by the department and the commission so we appreciate this

collective effort in reducing that backlog and I'll still keep reporting on

these things but those are starting to trend down now which is a good sign

similar to the quarterly reports we are now transitioning to all of our reports

reflecting the same dynamic and both interactive platforms this year so

that's going to replace our static PDF forms that we've had in the past I

I introduced the new format last week with the quarterly reports,

and the rest of our reports are going to follow that same format.

The other thing that the new reporting will do will increase accessibility

for individuals with both audio and visual impairments,

as well as enable the public to translate into multiple languages in real time.

Also to filter information and provide optimized viewing for seamless scrolling through the various electronic devices.

So that should increase efficiency as well.

These are all things that did not exist in previous reports that were being created from the agency.

The mayor's office approved hiring a line investigator at DBA two weeks ago to fill one of our vacant positions.

We expect to fill that position by February 2nd of this year.

So that's very much appreciated for our workloads in the office.

Also, our policy director, Jermaine Jones, is leaving to pursue some other interests outside of DPA.

I just wanted to thank him publicly for his years of service and acknowledge the contributions that he's made and helped shaping policy for DPA

and modernize standards through collaborations with all of city stakeholders, including the police department.

So we wish him the best of luck.

And we are continuing to work with the mayor's office on replacing that position.

Present in the hearing room today with me is a senior investigator in case there are issues to be brought up and addressed during today's commission's hearing.

And if the public would like to get in contact with DPA, the phone number is 415-241-7711.

The website is sfgov.org forward slash DPA.

And that will conclude my report.

A full report with every number, every detail, and every statistics that I was referencing is posted online and is also available here in the meeting.

Thank you.

President Benedicto?

Thank you, President Clay.

Thank you for that report, Director Henderson.

You mentioned that with the departure of domain domains,

you're working with the mayor's office to get a replacement.

Is that because absent an agreement, that's not a budget position anymore?

It's still a budget position, but there's a freeze on every budget position.

So if you replace a position, the replacement isn't automatic.

There's a freeze, and you have to go through the mayor's office.

And that's across the board in every department right now.

I spoke with them just today, though, on this issue, as I have as soon as we got the notification as well.

We're working on it, but there's still a freeze for budgets in every department, including DPA.

Okay.

That's very helpful.

If you could keep us posted.

Absolutely.

That's a critical position.

Thank you.

I will.

If any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 4, the DPA director's report, please approach the podium.

There is no public comment.

Line item 5, commission reports, discussion and possible action.

Commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements.

Commission President's report, Commissioner's reports, and Commission announcements and scheduling

of items identified for consideration at a future commission meeting.

So I have one item to report.

That's, as you recall, the last meeting we asked Sergeant Youngblood to go back and take

a look on what the protocols were for us to have a out-of-campus meeting from

from in another location in the district as you saw the email he gave is very

lengthy the charter rules require a whole lot of different stuff for you to

do that plus you can't take action it's just everything listed it's it's it's

very good encumbering and probably just unavailable for us to do because we

don't have that kind of bandwidth with with the televisions and all the other

things that need to happen.

But what we want to do, I hope to get in some dialogue, as we told the communities when

we had our forums in choosing the chief, that we would get out there and visit the communities.

And we don't have to do it as a meeting.

We can do it three at a time as we did in the going out for the dialogue and set up

the community meeting.

So let's think about that.

And maybe next month we can come to some kind of agreement, some kind of discussion, how

we can go about setting up these kind of meetings within the community.

and then we can use our captains or whoever, the community liaisons,

to get us set up to go talk to them because they really appreciate us coming out.

And when, you know, certain communities we went to said they'd never seen anyone out there ever,

and they were so appreciative, and the community leaders also were very appreciative,

and they were really happy to go and very eager to set them up for us.

So let's think about that, everyone.

And so next month we'll talk about this and set up getting a liaison

and going out to the communities and speaking to them outside of our meetings here.

Okay.

All right.

That's my report.

That's good.

Commissioner Yee, go ahead.

President Clay, I totally agree with you.

As we did our interviews with the chiefs, as we visited various communities,

they were very happy to see us there and have the input on what's needed in the community,

in the chief as well as what they see.

Those people are our eyes and ears.

Those are the stewards of the city there that can share many valuable insights.

So I'm looking forward to that, President Clay, and I'm with you.

Thank you.

Vice President Benedicto?

Thank you, President Clay.

Thank you for looking into that.

I think it's a good idea.

I think one thing that I know I've done as an individual commissioner that might work is to work with the existing CPAPs and community meetings.

Every station has a CPAP meeting and a community meeting, so that's often two, at least a month.

And so I think that's an easy way to use that existing infrastructure to a commissioner can attend those CPAPs.

I'll be attending a southern station when I think next month anyway.

And so that's something to look at.

But I think it's a great idea.

Just a couple of things from my report.

Myself and one of our fellow commissioners were privileged today to attend the ceremonial swearing-in of Chief Liu.

Obviously, he was officially sworn in when he started his duties in December, but had the ceremonial swearing in for the public today.

It was a lovely event.

There was a number of former chiefs there, Chief Fong, Chief Sir, dating all the way back to Chief and Mayor Frank Jordan, who was also there.

And it was really great to see the community show up for that.

So thank you for having the commission there, Chief.

on Monday. I also had the privilege to march alongside the Chief and alongside

Commissioner Scott and the Officers for Justice in the Martin Luther King Day Parade. I think this

was my third attending, and I want to thank the community and the Chief for the invite.

The MLK Day Parade is truly one of my favorite of the parades. It's for a couple of reasons.

It's incredibly, the contingents are all thrown together, so it's community all marching together,

not kind of regimented contingents.

It's a unique route.

It crosses the bridge going from the Caltrain station to Yerabuena

in honor of the Civil Rights March and Edmund Pettus Bridge.

So it crosses bridges.

There's a moment of silence there.

And maybe my favorite reason is because Offices for Justice is a tremendous contingent.

I was proud to get to wear my OFJ shirt and get to walk with the OFJ folks as well.

And so that was a tremendous honor.

A really special shout out to Commissioner Maddie Scott, who had the energy of a 10-year-old, honestly, with Commissioner Scott was chanting on the bullhorn and leading the chants from the Caltrain station all the way to Yerba Buena, nonstop, chanting, marching, dancing and leading.

And there were everyone else.

No one could keep up with her.

And it was truly an inspirational sight to see.

And Commissioner Scott, you're an inspiration for your advocacy.

and your work in the community.

If she get a t-shirt?

If she doesn't, she should.

I'm sure she has one.

But thank you to the chief.

Thank you to Commissioner Scott.

Thank you to Officers for Justice.

And that concludes my report.

Commissioner Scott?

Thank you, President Clay.

And thank you, Vice President Benedicto, for that accolade.

And I totally agree with you, President Clay,

on getting out in the community and doing more, being more visible for the community.

The community wants to know what the police commission is all about.

They want to know more about what we do.

I'm recruiting as I'm out there.

I'm always recruiting, as I just shared with my sister,

Sister Eileen over there, and recruiting for us to get more young people involved

and serving in the police department to bring down the old stigma

and all of the stuff that was in the past.

Our visibility is very important to be out there with the community

and to engage our young people and why it's so important to be in law enforcement.

You know, it's more than just to protect and serve,

but it's to bring about unity in the community and maintain the safety for everyone.

And it is a wonderful public servant job to have.

And so I totally agree with you, Commissioner Clay,

and we're going to do more as commissioners to get out there to reach you, the public.

And also, as a mother who lost her son to gun violence,

I know very well what Ms. Paulette is going through.

And so I sympathize with you, you know, especially around birthdays and holidays,

is very difficult.

And that's what sparks me

and my movement in this march

because we have to let the people know

that we are better than they are.

We're better than the haters.

And we outnumber them.

And San Francisco is a place

where people have done great things.

And that's why my father moved here years ago

from the south of Jim Crow

so that we can have our rights.

and can have a voice for justice and for unity and equality for everyone.

So the more we get out there, the better it will be.

I'm so thankful, Chief, for the low rate of homicides that we have

and all of the other things that we have decreased in numbers,

and that's because of you, the public and the community,

working with the police department and working with us

because it's about all of us and none of us,

and we just can't do it by ourselves.

The police can't do it by themselves.

We need everybody's participation.

So we need to engage our young people more and our communities more and talk to each other more.

And so I'm just grateful to be on this commission and to serve with such a wonderful group of people who cares and who hearts is in it because we're in it to win it, and together we will.

So thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Scott.

Any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 5, commission

reports?

Please approach the podium.

President Clay, they used to go into the communities and have police commission meetings.

I don't know how long ago it was.

They used to go into the communities

and have police commission meetings.

So what's changed?

I mean, there's different rules or different criteria.

A whole lot of things.

But it's 2019 was the last one in the community.

Right, right.

And it was really, really helpful, really helpful.

Don't wait till something big happened

and people storm this place.

They need to know you now so they'll

have a relationship with you.

OK.

That is the end of public comment.

Line item 6, discussion and possible action to adopt revised Department General Order 3.02,

Terms and Definitions, discussion and possible action.

Is there a motion?

Yeah, I will make a motion for final adoption of DJO 3.02 with a 30 business day implementation time frame.

I second it.

Any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 6.

Please approach the podium.

There is no public comment.

On the motion, Commissioner Tecky, how do you vote?

Yes.

Commissioner Tecky is yes.

Commissioner Scott?

Yes.

Commissioner Scott is yes.

Commissioner Leung?

Yes.

Commissioner Leung is yes.

Commissioner Yee?

Yes.

Commissioner Yee is yes.

Commissioner Elias?

Yes.

Commissioner Elias is yes.

Vice President Benedicto?

Yes.

Vice President Benedicto is yes.

And President Clay?

Yes.

President Clay is yes.

You have seven yeses.

Line item seven, presentation and discussion on SFPD's budget, fiscal year 2027 through

2028.

discussion and possible action.

Good evening, President Clay, Vice President Benedicto, Commissioners, Executive Director

Henderson and Chief Liu. I am the Chief Financial Officer, Kimmy Wu, and I appreciate the opportunity

to present the San Francisco Police Department's first of two presentations

on our budget process and priorities for fiscal years 2027 and 2028.

Today's presentation will cover the budget process and priorities,

and I will return to this commission for Part 2 on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.

The budget process timeline is shown on this slide and as illustrated commences in December

and concludes in July when the Board of Supervisors adopts the final adjusted budget.

By the end of February, we will present our COIT budget, followed by Part 2 of the Department

Phase Proposal to this Commission on February 11th, and submit the Department budget.

Prior to June 1st, we will collaborate closely with the Mayor's Budget Office to finalize

the upcoming budget and attend the budget hearings in mid-June.

Lastly, the Board of Supervisors will adopt the budget by July 31st.

Our 2027 budget priorities is guided by four strategic priorities that align resources

with our long-term goals.

Number one, grow to full staffing.

Restore our sworn work staff with targeted hiring, strengthening deployment to ensure

visible and responsive presence.

Number two, enhance public safety and street conditions.

enforce laws and collaborate across agencies to improve safety and street conditions in high-impact areas while sustaining historically low crime levels.

Number three, equipped officers effectively, provide our sworn members the equipment and resources needed to operate safely and effectively.

Strengthening technological infrastructure using technology, real-time data, and the

real-time investigation center to drive crime reduction and improve operational efficiency.

The mayor's office budget instructions are shown here and this slide summarizes the

instructions issued last month. There is a $400 million citywide in ongoing

savings to improve efficiencies through reviewing discretionary programs,

restructuring roles where needed, reducing work orders, and moving services

towards a centralized model. Reducing spending on technology and procurement

by integrating core IT functions.

And lastly, review all contracts and grants for measurable outcomes and efficiency.

The three main priorities for the upcoming year focuses on policies and priorities

around safe and clean streets, proactively collaboration to enhance public safety

across San Francisco, creating stronger health and homelessness systems for stability and

ensuring public spaces remain clean and safe and inviting. Economic revitalization, re-energizing

downtown to make it vibrant and thriving destination, enhancing quality of life across for children

and families, building a thriving economy and a vibrant cultural scene, as well as effective,

common-sense government, smart, straightforward governance that delivers results.

Our budget across all funds are shown here and is crucial for core services, including

patrol investigations, training, and critical response.

This table is our department's total budget over the last five fiscal years.

And for fiscal year 27, the base budget is shown, and that is $865 million across six main funds.

Compared to the current fiscal year, the $16 million approximate increase primarily stems from our operating budget on the first row.

And this increase is primarily driven by personnel costs related to cost of living adjustment, sworn retention pay premiums, and mandatory fringe benefits.

And so in the next slide, we will examine the first row's general fund annual operating amount.

So the majority of our general funds supports personnel costs, including salaries and benefits,

as well as overtime and the required services from other departments for the San Francisco

Police Department. And given our staffing shortages, this level of funding allows us

to maintain our commitment to our mandate while we work to rebuild our capacity through

hiring and retention efforts. And personnel costs are projected there in the base for $637 million

in fiscal year 27. And this figure is contingent upon ongoing negotiations with the Police Officer

Association as their memorandum of understanding is set to expire on June 30, 2026. So our base

here is showing that we're allocating 62 million overtime budget, which is likely to be adjusted

in the coming months. And over the last five years, the total costs for non-personnel services,

materials and supplies, and capital equipment have remained essentially flat, while labor costs

have grown steadily to reflect staffing needs and contractual obligations.

The slide here is showing all of the fiscal year 27 budgeted full-time equivalent positions,

as well as the historical look back for the past five years, four years total.

Funding for the base is for 2,167 sworn members, and the breakdown between the airport and the city is shown below.

Between the city and airport bureau, there are a total of 682 civilian staff, with 231 and 451 employees at the airport and the city shown on the last two rows for fiscal year 27.

And civilian FTEs are reduced in fiscal year 27 in the base due to the attrition and includes

deleted vacancies from prior year.

The funded positions and our hiring authority for the next fiscal year will not be finalized

until July.

And then the next three slides here, we will review the actuals for our general fund operating

budget, overtime comparison, and required services by other city departments.

This slide presents the department's general fund actuals over the past three fiscal years

compared with year-to-date results as of the end of December 2025.

The personnel costs and interdepartmental services performed by other departments represents

the two highest costs.

Over time, expenditures year to date are $42 million, accounting for 43% of the $98 million

spent in the prior fiscal year.

This level reflects ongoing staffing vacancies, required minimum staffing levels, and continued

operation demands, including special events.

The slide here shows our general fund overtime comparison, and our overtime major categories,

top categories are shown in the slide.

The total actuals for fiscal year 25 were 98 million, and the same top overtime categories

are continuing to drive overtime today.

The year-to-date overtime is 42 million,

reflecting the impact of active staffing management

overtime mitigation measures implemented

earlier in the fiscal year.

And the majority of our overtime is utilized

for field operations, including OT backfill,

neighborhood retail presence,

and the extended shifts for arrests and investigations.

This last slide lists all of the services to other departments and their actuals from

last fiscal year totaling $75 million.

And the majority of the SFPD's budget is for personnel costs, and the first line covers

the workers' compensation through DHR for $27 million.

The second one is for real estate, followed by the Department of Technology.

And number four is for the Department of General Services for central shops, fuel, and our

vehicles.

The fifth is Department of Public Works as well as PUC, and those are for the required

utilities.

And so these are necessary operating costs that make up 10% of our general fund budget.

And combined with the personnel costs, this is over 92% of our annual operating budget for the department.

And this concludes my presentation.

And I will return in three weeks on February 11th to present part two of the department's budget.

First, I want to thank you for this preview and these priorities.

This is very good work, and we look forward to you coming back on February 11th.

And I'm really impressed how you've managed this year the overtime.

And when you look at it, the comparison now where we're at

and the amount of overtime that has actually been expended,

that's good management with your employees and with your budget.

So I commend you all for doing that, and hopefully as you go forward and readjust this,

that we'll be looking at the same type of thing next year or better,

especially if we get more troops on the ground in terms of more officers hired and less overtime use.

So thank you for the preview, and we'll see you back on the 11th, so looking forward to that.

Commissioner Tecky?

I just need some clarification on page 10.

When you say neighborhood retail presence, what do you mean by that?

What categories come there? I don't know if you could answer that.

So that would be the deployment in various neighborhoods.

It also includes Union Square and other parts of the city, mainly for retail, in retail areas.

It doesn't mean the ambassadors, is it?

Does it mean the ambassadors?

No.

That's totally different.

That's personnel.

Okay.

And how about the violence reduction?

What does it entail?

I can answer that.

So we sometimes use violence reduction specific over time.

It may be when there's flare-ups in violence.

A lot of times it would be our districts, for example, Bayview, Ingleside, Mission, Northern,

some of the districts where retaliatory type violence is most prevalent.

Thank you.

If any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item 7, please approach the podium.

Hello, everybody.

Reverend Dr. Megan Rohr, former SFPD employee as the chaplain.

currently working as policy director at Compass Family Services,

San Francisco's largest provider of care for homeless families.

Just wanted to bring to your attention something that I hope will get some funding consideration,

the way less than probably the tires on any of the SFPD SUVs.

we have had a growing problem in our over 100 years at Compass of seeing things kind of change

and shift. We house people in some of the different hotels, both in the Tenderloin and the Soma. We do

everything from child care to workforce placement with families. We have had at least six shootings

in front of our physical locations. One of our spaces, a child care center, that covers zero

until you, and zero to five, before you go to elementary school. We also have to pay for

special ed teachers because the special ed teachers for the San Francisco school district do not feel

safe enough coming to the Tenderloin to do required assessments kids need before they go to school.

Our paid special ed teacher quit recently because she wasn't prepared for the fact that a five-year-old

would come to their speech therapy class

talking about how faceless the dead body was

in front of our child care center over that weekend.

When we last requested McGruff come out

to one of our community events,

we were told it was so moldy it had to be thrown away.

Please consider care, violence prevention,

and especially safety for the zero through five spaces

around our city that are experiencing

some of the changing dynamics that are happening.

It's in line with the mayor's plan, and we think it's super doable, probably maybe with community funding or special ways to get a new McGruff.

And that is the end of public comment.

Line item 8, SAPD's Serious Incident Review Board findings and recommendations, third quarter 2025, discussion.

Good evening, President Clay, Vice President Benedicto, Commissioners, Director Henderson

AND CHIEF LIEU. MY NAME IS LESA SPRINGER AND I AM THE LIEUTENANT IN CHARGE OF THE INTERNAL

AFFAIRS DIVISION. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE QUARTER THREE, 2025 SERIOUS INCIDENT

REVIEW BOARD FINDINGS. I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT TWO INCIDENTS TONIGHT. WE ACTUALLY COVERED

SEVEN IN QUARTER THREE, BUT I'M BREAKING IT UP INTO PROBABLY THREE DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS.

The first incident I'm going to discuss tonight is OIS 24-001, and this occurred in May of

2024 in the Bayview District.

Officers were dispatched to an A priority call of a 221, which is a person with a gun.

They advised, dispatch advised that at Ingalls and Armstrong, there was a white male wearing

a camo skirt walking towards Double Rock with an AK-47.

I believe dispatch may have got that wrong in his camo shirt.

Several units did respond to the area.

When the first responding officers arrived,

they approached the location.

They came across some witnesses who

said that they did in fact see the subject with what

they believed was a gun.

The officers approached with their PUV.

They came across the suspect whom they believed

was in possession of the firearm.

and they announced themselves on the PA.

They told the suspect to turn around.

He ignored their commands and continued

walking away from the officers.

As the suspect reached the corner of Jennings and Carroll,

additional officers did arrive.

The suspect proceeded to walk southbound on Jennings,

still ignoring the officer's commands to stop.

One officer was able to see that the subject was, in fact,

carrying a crossbow, not an AK-47. The officer did have a discussion with his partner knowing

that crossbows, the bolt, could actually penetrate body armor.

Two officers exited their PUV at Jennings and Carroll. The suspect continued to ignore

the officers commands to drop the crossbow and kept walking several of the

officers reentered their vehicles and made like a roving barricade with the

vehicles the officers quickly exited their vehicles and formed a horizontal

line formation between the vehicles so they're basically spread out across the

entire street. The suspect was given the red light admonition which was given prior to

deployment of the extended range impact weapon and several commands to drop the crossbow

and he continued to ignore the commands. The suspect was now facing eastbound towards Donner

holding the crossbow with their right hand and pointing it towards the ground. The suspect

suddenly started to pivot their body to the left in the direction of the officers and

And as he raised the crossbow up, one of the officers discharged his department-issued

firearm.

Pretty much at the exact same time, two of the other officers that were on scene on the

right-hand side deployed the extended-range impact weapons.

So the subject was struck with the beanbags but not by the gunfire.

immediately approached the suspect and took him into custody.

These are the policies that we reviewed in regards to the officer's use of force.

And it's all under use of force in the DGO 5.01 as well as DGO 8.11, which is officer-involved shootings and body cam.

The first officer that deployed his department-issued firearm was found in policy on all of these.

Officer number two was one that deployed the extended range impact weapon, and they too

we found to be in policy proper conduct, as well as officer number three.

There was only one officer that was on scene that forgot to activate his body-worn camera

in a timely manner.

That was the only policy that we found out of policy.

the next incident that we discussed at part one of CERB was a use of force incident 24-001

and this incident occurred on August 5th 2024 and it was officers assigned to Arctic

they broadcast information on a stolen black Chevy Malibu in the era in the Tenderloin

plainclothes officers located the vehicle driving on Macalester and broadcast its location and the direction of travel

several marked units responded to assist officer number one with conducting a traffic stop on the vehicle

at 10th street just south of Jesse the stolen vehicle got stuck in traffic

this allowed backup officers to pass the Malibu and deploy spike strips

but upon seeing the officers, the subject exited the vehicle and fled on foot.

Officers responded to the scene, exited their vehicles, and pursued the suspect eastbound on Jesse Street.

Officer number two quickly caught up with the subject and tackled them to the ground,

and once on the ground, three other officers assisted with handcuffing and taking the suspect into custody.

specifically officer one assisted with handcuffing and there was no reportable use of force

officer number two is the one that tackled the subject so did have the reportable use of force

because he had a hairline fracture to his rib and was admitted to the hospital

officer number three did a figure for control hold of the legs no

reportable use of force and officer four also assisted with handcuffing

Shortly after being placed into handcuffs, the suspect complained of pain to the right

hip area.

An ambulance was summoned and the suspect was transported to the local hospital.

Like I said, x-rays determined hairline fracture to his hip and he was admitted out of an abundance

of caution.

These were the specific general orders that we looked at for each of the four officers

that were involved under 5.02, and they were all found to be in policy proper conduct.

In third quarter of 2025, there are no in-custody deaths.

And then last but not least, these are just all the open OIS cases and OIDs.

Questions for me?

Thank you.

I was just going to say, typically when we have the presentations, DPA also has a presentation

of commensurate cases, but in these cases that were presented specifically those OIS

cases, DPA didn't have jurisdiction and we did not have those cases.

I'm just explaining in case there was an expectation or a presentation on why we weren't co-presenting,

which we typically would have done.

That's it.

Thank you.

All right.

Vice President Benedicto?

Thank you.

for Director Henderson. I know that's usually done by the policy director. I

know for this one it's not because of Mr. Jones departure because you didn't

have jurisdiction. Is there someone sitting on SIR like who's handling the

policy duty as a GPA? It actually wasn't the policy director. It typically would

be Sharon Wu who would have presented but I just met with her today

specifically on these cases to make sure that we were on the same page about it

and why there wasn't a commensurate. Okay, that's helpful. There will be no

interruption. Okay. And yeah, that's my broader question. Who's handling policy in the meantime?

Yeah. Okay. I mean, we're all taking parts of it because it's more than just the policy stuff.

There's other working groups and all that other thing. It's all being spread out until we get

a confirmation. Okay. Thank you.

Any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item

8 please approach the podium there is no public comment line item 9 public

comment on all matters pertaining to item 11 below closed session including

public comment on item 10 a vote where they hold item 11 in closed session and

public comment on item 12 a vote whether to disclose any or all discussion on

item 11 held in closed session if you'd like to make public comment please

approach the podium. There is no public comment. Line item 10, a vote on whether

to hold item 11 in closed session pursuant to California Government Code

Section 54957B and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10B and D.

Action. Motion? Motion to go into closed session. Second. All right on the motion

Commissioner Techie, how do you vote?

Yes.

Commissioner Techie is yes.

Commissioner Scott?

Yes.

Commissioner Scott is yes.

Commissioner Leung?

Yes.

Commissioner Leung is yes.

Commissioner Yee?

Yes.

Commissioner Yee is yes.

Commissioner Laius?

Yes.

Commissioner Laius is yes.

Vice President Benedicto?

Yes.

Vice President Benedicto is yes.

And President Clay?

Yes.

President Clay is yes.

You have seven yeses.

We are going into closed session.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll be right back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

it depends on that president see where is it

all right commissioners we are back in open session on line item 12 vote to

elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 10 held in closed

session San Francisco administrative code section 67.128 action motion to not

disclose closed session second all right on the motion Commissioner Tecky how do

vote yes mr. Tecky is yes mr. Scott mr. Scott is yes mr. Leon yes

mr. Leon is yes mr. Yee yes mr. Yee is yes mr. Elias yes mr. Elias is yes

vice president Benedicto yes mr. Benedicto is yes and president clay yes

doesn't clay is just you have seven yeses thank you line item 13 adjournment

thank you everyone

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.