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San Francisco Police Commission votes to move disciplinary cases into closed session after public comment on transparency
Summary
The Police Commission voted to hold disciplinary hearings in closed session after extensive public comment about case transparency and procedural changes; commissioners reiterated that disclosure decisions are controlled by the district attorney and the 2006 Copley decision limits what may be discussed publicly.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted July 13 to conduct disciplinary hearings in closed session for item 5, following public comments that pressed the panel on transparency around police misconduct cases.
Several residents used the public-comment period to raise concerns about police accountability and case disclosure. Dorothy Peterson of Hunters Point said she had been told an inspector intended to give her name "to the defense" despite her telling investigators she had not witnessed the killing she…
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