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Commission hears FDRB findings and chief's public safety update including gun buyback and bank-robbery investigation
Summary
Sergeant John Crudo presented the second-quarter firearm-discharge review board findings, including one accidental off-duty discharge found not in policy and one shooting of a charging dog found in policy; the chief reviewed recent shootings, a gun buyback, community events and a pattern of coordinated bank robberies being investigated with the FBI.
The Police Commission received a joint briefing on internal reviews of firearm discharges and recent public-safety activity.
Sergeant John Crudo of the Office of Internal Affairs summarized the second-quarter Firearm Discharge Review Board (FDRB) meeting convened June 20, 2013. He said the board reviewed two concluded cases: OIS-13-004 (an accidental off-duty discharge presented by Inspector McDonald) and an officer-involved discharge in which an officer shot a dog that charged during a welfare check. "The finding on the case was not in policy" for the accidental discharge, Crudo said, while the dog-shooting case was determined to be in policy. He reported there remain several open cases from prior years and that some administrative progress depends on district attorney actions and declinations.
Chief remarks to the commission covered recent violent incidents and community outreach. The chief said officers were on scene in a recent shooting at Larkin and O'Farrell in which one person was killed and another injured, and that suspects were taken into custody using video evidence and interagency work. The chief also said the department hired 15 new police service aides on July 29 and previewed community events including academy jamborees and National Night Out participation.
The chief announced a Mission District gun buyback the following evening at the U.S. Bank on 20th and Capp Street, offering $100 for handguns and $200 for certain rifles. "Any guns we get off the street is a good gun gotten off the street," the chief said. He also briefed the commission on an apparent series of coordinated "high jump" bank robberies, said investigators are collaborating with the FBI and asked the public to report suspicious persons near local banks.
Commissioners thanked Sergeant Crudo for the FDRB update and discussed which commissioner would attend upcoming FDRB meetings; a tentative date of Sept. 19 was noted. The meeting later voted to move into closed session on a personnel matter and, after returning to open session, voted to disclose discussions from the closed session under San Francisco Administrative Code section 7.6.7.12(a).
