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Commission to pursue status conferences to speed disciplinary dockets; consent calendar settlement recommendation fails for lack of second
Summary
Commissioners supported a plan to hold status conferences with counsel and the OCC to resolve disciplinary cases more quickly; a separate motion to recommend settlement agreements to the Board of Supervisors died for lack of a second, so the commission made no recommendation on the consent item.
The commission discussed procedural steps intended to accelerate disciplinary cases on its docket, endorsing the idea of a calendar‑style status conference that would bring assigned commissioners, officers’ counsel, management and the Office of Citizen Complaints together to evaluate cases and explore settlement.
An item proposing such status conferences was continued to a subsequent meeting to allow staff to finalize draft language. Deputy City Attorney Marie Blitz was present and commissioners signaled support for the approach as a way to reduce backlog, noting that the commission’s attention to the docket had been limited by the police chief search and other business.
During the consent portion of the meeting, the clerk read a recommendation that the commission recommend Board of Supervisors approval of proposed settlement agreements in two federal cases (John Tennyson et al v. City & County, C04‑0574; Antoine Gough et al v. City & County, C04‑1643). A motion to recommend the settlements was made but failed for lack of a second; the chair noted the matter would therefore move forward without a commission recommendation. The transcript does not record a public roll‑call vote on a non‑disclosure motion related to closed‑session reportability.
Separately, the commission announced a disciplinary assignment for case ALWC09‑120 (patrol special officer Hanley Chan) to an individual commissioner for evidentiary proceedings. The commission adjourned after announcing a community meeting to be held at Paul Revere College Preparatory School in Bernal Heights.
