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Commission withdraws Fitzsinger charges, approves beat transfer and backs $159,469 anti-trafficking grant
Summary
The commission voted to withdraw discipline against patrol special John Fitzsinger, approved his purchase of patrol beat 69, and recommended that the Board of Supervisors allow Chief to accept a $159,469 Cal OES anti-human-trafficking grant; commissioners also voted to go into closed session.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Jan. 22 withdrew disciplinary charges against patrol special officer John Fitzsinger, approved his transfer purchase of patrol special beat 69, and recommended that the Board of Supervisors authorize the chief to retroactively accept and expend a $159,469 grant from the Governor94s Office of Emergency Services for anti-human-trafficking work.
Counsel Ashley Worsham and patrol-special liaison Officer Brown told the commission that the outstanding administrative issues in Fitzsinger94s file were resolved. The commission moved to withdraw the charges; roll-call voting resulted in the motion passing (recorded in the transcript as "Motion passes 5 2"). Commissioners discussed that the compliance took time to document and emphasized the importance of patrol-special adherence to documentation and training.
The commission then reviewed the sale of patrol special beat number 69 from Serge White to Fitzsinger. Officer Brown confirmed required documentation (sale agreement, commercial liability insurance, GuardCard, firearm card, client list and $500 fee) had been provided; the commission approved the beat transfer by unanimous roll call.
On a separate agenda item the commission reviewed a draft resolution recommending that the Board of Supervisors authorize Chief of Police to retroactively accept and expend a $159,469 Cal OES grant to support anti-human-trafficking task force activities, including enforcement overtime, U Visa work and victim services coordination. Commissioners asked for more written detail about use of funds and the department said much of the work is handled by the Special Victims Unit and partners such as Casa de los Madres.
Before adjourning, the commission voted to go into closed session on personnel and litigation matters; upon return the commission adopted a non-disclosure vote and adjourned.
