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Chief previews department annual report and FDRB reviews three officer-involved shootings
Summary
San Francisco Police Chief reported on outreach, youth programs and recent May Day enforcement (about 26 arrests and an estimated $150,000 in damage); the Firearm Discharge Review Board presented three in‑policy findings and commissioners asked for corrections and mental-health/language context.
San Francisco Police Chief Gregory Pizzer briefed the Police Commission on May 2 on the department's recent activities and previewed a photo-rich 2011 annual report that the department plans to post online and make available in limited printed form. "For the public, if you go to www.sf-police.org, this will be posted, if not today, for sure tomorrow for downloading," the chief said.
The chief described outreach work (Take Your Child to Work at Ingleside Station, youth basketball tournaments at USF, and meetings to expand jobs for teenagers) and summarized policing of pre‑May Day and May Day demonstrations. He said an earlier demonstration included "anarchist gang members embedded in it" who joined a splinter march; the department estimated about $150,000 in property damage citywide — including nearly $10,000 to Mission Station — and said officers made about 26 arrests in early-morning enforcement. "He was taken into custody. We're working with the DA's office. He'll be prosecuted for the aggravated assault," the chief said of a rooftop suspect who was apprehended on scene.
Separately, Sergeant Neven presented the Firearm Discharge Review Board's first-quarter 2012 report. The FDRB reviewed three cases and recommended "in policy" findings accepted by command and the chief for the incidents described in the report: OIS 10-013 (11/12/2010 traffic-stop shooting where an officer's round struck a vehicle), OIS 10-015 (12/29/2010 officer-involved shooting where officers fired in defense of others and the suspect was killed) and OIS 11-001 (01/04/2011 reported disturbance at 1380 Howard Street where officers discharged firearms after an officer was stabbed). "The recommended finding and the finding that was accepted by command and the Chief was in policy," Sergeant Neven said for each reviewed incident.
Commissioners corrected a date in the FDRB summary (a 12/29/2010 case was misdated in the report) and recommended the summaries include mental-health and language-access context where relevant. Commissioner Chan asked that mental-health involvement and language barriers be added to the case summaries for OIS 10-015 and OIS 11-001; the commissioners also suggested training recommendations tied to new CIT work where appropriate. Chief Pizzer and FDRB members said cases are subject to concurrent criminal review by the district attorney and administrative review; several pending cases (seven at the time of reporting) remain open pending DA findings.
Captain Greg McEachern and risk-management staff reported improved compliance with OCC document-protocol requests. OCC representatives told the commission that OCC makes more than 100 document requests a month and that a 2003 protocol governs timely production; they credited cooperation between OCC and department legal staff for improved timeliness.
The commission recessed administrative action on one scheduled disciplinary matter and removed a General Order 3.10 discussion from the night's calendar to be rescheduled; procedural minutes were adopted by voice vote earlier in the meeting. The commission welcomed Commissioner Susie Loftus in her first meeting after confirmation.
Next steps recorded on the record included requests for corrected FDRB dates, additional context about SRO-related complaints, and scheduling follow-up on vehicle-pursuit and use-of-force DGO changes.
