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Police commissioners debate disclosure when awards are considered
Summary
Commissioners and department leaders disagreed over whether nominees for department awards should trigger disclosure when there are pending OCC, internal affairs or DA investigations. Captain David Lazar explained the awards process; several commissioners urged a simple notification to allow the commission to calendar closed-session review.
Captain David Lazar, the department's commanding officer of the training division, walked the Police Commission through the San Francisco Police Department's awards process and the standards for its medals, highlighting General Order 3.09.
Lazar outlined the hierarchy of honors ' gold, silver and bronze medals for valor ' plus meritorious conduct, lifesaving awards, unit citations and captain's complimentary reports. He described the nomination flow (memorandum, captain review, chain of command), the award screening committee of three civil-service captains, the 60-day nomination window for valor awards and the committee's voting rules, including a two-thirds requirement that can lead to downgrading a proposed award if the supermajority is not reached.
Commissioner Chan, who had requested the…
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