The San Francisco Police Commission met on June 3, 2026, at approximately 1:45 PM. The meeting included presentations on crime trends, the Department of Police Accountability's digital accessibility improvements, and the Crisis Intervention Team's annual report. Commissioners also heard public testimony from families of homicide victims, elected new officers, and held a closed session.
President Clay, like to take roll? Yes, please. Commissioner Lowe. Here. Commissioner Techie. Here. Commissioner Scott. Here. Commissioner Leon. Here. Commissioner Lyas is in route. Vice President Benedicto. Here. President Clay, you have a quorum. Also with us tonight, our Chief Derek Lou from the San Francisco Police Department and Executive Director Paul Henderson from the Department of Police Accountability. Thank you, Sergeant. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here for our June the third commission meeting. And before we start our calendar, I'd like to introduce, or he has introduced our new commissioner, Mr. Larry Lowe. Commissioner Lowe, would you like to say a few words to the body? Absolutely. Uh thank you very much, President Clay. I'm delighted to be here. I'm looking forward very much to working with all my fellow commissioners. I think we have a uh very unique opportunity of uh declining uh crime rates and as well as uh what appears to be a resonance in the community around public safety. And I think that gives us a great opportunity to do something good. So I'm looking forward to doing that. Well, thank you. Welcome aboard. Thank you. Sergeant Dunblood. Line item one, weekly officer recognition certificate. Presentation of an officer who has gone above and beyond in the performance of their duties. Officer Michael Mayo, star number 2308 from the violence reduction team. SF GOP TV. Good evening, Commissioners. Chief Liu. Honored to be uh standing here before you tonight, presenting the police commission officer of the week award to Officer Michael Mayo. Uh I've known Mike for uh a good portion of my career, and uh I'm honored to stand up here and tell you a little bit about Mike and you know the work that he's doing here in San Francisco for our police department. Uh Officer Mayo joined the San Francisco Police Department in 2008. He served with distinction at Northern Park and Mission Stations. Since 2012, he has worked tirelessly in the mission district, first as a patrol officer, uh, and then through hard work and dedication, he was selected to the mission housing and playing clothes team. Uh it was here that he honed his craft as an officer and an investigator. Officer Mayo combated crime, excuse me, violent crime, and more specifically gang crime in the Mr. in the mission district for almost a decade in that unit. In 2021, he was selected to be a part of the newly formed community violence reduction team, where he has become an expert in mission district gangs and a mentor to less experienced officers in the department. As CBRT and as a CVRT team member, he has conducted numerous complex investigations here in San Francisco and across several jurisdictions that has led to severe reduction in violent crimes throughout San Francisco. Uh first, for example, approximately two years ago, a heinous gang related homicide occurred in the mission district where the victim was murdered in front of his pregnant girlfriend. Officer Mayo and his teammates at C VRT immediately responded to the area in search of the suspects.