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Commission removes two patrol special officers from calendar and revokes another's appointment after noncompliance and resignations
Summary
The commission voted to take disciplinary charges off calendar for two assistant patrol special officers who resigned and revoked the appointment of Patrol Special Officer John Andrews after the department documented repeated failures to comply with training, range qualification and insurance requirements.
San Francisco Police Commission, March 9 The commission acted on multiple disciplinary matters involving patrol special officers at its March 9 meeting.
Officer Carla Brown, assigned to Field Operations Bureau and responsible for patrol-special compliance, told the commission that assistant patrol special officers Christian Crane and Thomas Wong had resigned, leaving the commission without jurisdiction to proceed on pending disciplinary charges. The commission voted by roll call to remove both matters from the calendar; the roll-call record shows the present commissioners voting "aye."
On a separate matter, the commission held a hearing (with Officer Brown sworn under oath) regarding Patrol Special Officer John Andrews. Brown testified that department staff had made multiple certified-mail and telephonic attempts to contact Andrews, that listed phone numbers were no longer valid, and that Andrews had not maintained required qualifications (she stated he had not qualified at the range in over 10 years), had not provided proof of insurance, and had not attended required advanced training.
City counsel and SFPD staff indicated notice attempts and records search; the department told commissioners it does not have a current address for Andrews. After discussion and in light of the lack of compliance and non-response, Commissioner Mizuko moved to revoke Andrews's appointment as a patrol special officer; the motion passed on roll call with the commissioners present voting aye.
What the votes mean: The two matters taken off calendar were removed because the named patrol special officers resigned and the commission said it lacked jurisdiction to continue. The revocation of Andrews's appointment is an administrative removal of his patrol-special status for noncompliance with the department's rules regarding training, qualification and insurance.
Procedure and next steps: The commission recorded roll-call votes for each motion. No criminal charges were discussed at the meeting; these actions address appointment and disciplinary-tracking matters supervised by the commission.
