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Commission holds closed session on personnel matters and votes to withhold disclosure
Summary
Following public comment, the San Francisco Police Commission voted to enter closed session to discuss police officer personnel matters protected under the Cokely decision and the Police Officers Bill of Rights, then returned to open session and voted to withhold disclosure of closed-session discussions.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted on Jan. 26 to go into closed session to consider confidential police officer personnel matters. The chair said the matters were protected by the Cokely decision of the California Supreme Court and by the Police Officers Bill of Rights, and the commission heard public comment before making the motion to convene in closed session.
A motion to hold closed session was moved and seconded and the commission went into closed session. After returning to open session, commissioners voted not to disclose the content of the closed-session discussions. The chair called for a voice vote on non-disclosure; the motion carried by voice vote: "Aye," the chair recorded.
The actions taken in closed session were not disclosed in open session, consistent with the commission's stated reliance on legal protections for personnel records and privacy.
Because the subject matter is confidential, the commission provided only the formal votes in open session: the motion to enter closed session and the subsequent vote to withhold disclosure were approved by the commission in public roll-call/voice votes.
