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Public commenters raise use-of-force notice concerns and commission votes to close and not disclose a discussion

San Francisco Police Commission · October 5, 2016
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Summary

Public comment included complaints that a use-of-force policy was not properly noticed for public review and demands for transparency; the commission voted to move Item 5 into closed session and later voted not to disclose the closed-session discussion by voice vote.

Members of the public used the meeting’s public-comment period to raise a range of concerns, notably criticism of the department’s use-of-force policy notice and calls for commission engagement with the Board of Supervisors’ Blue Ribbon Panel work.

A commenter identified in the transcript as Speaker 10 urged the commission to follow up on a Sunshine Task Force hearing and said a complaint alleged the use-of-force policy was not properly noticed. The speaker told the commission, "That's a serious charge…

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