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Police Commission Forwards OCC Budget to Mayor Without Recommendation, Urges Retention of Mediation Attorney
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4–2 to forward the Office of Citizen Complaints’ FY2009–10 budget to the mayor without the commission’s recommendation, attaching a statement urging that the OCC’s dedicated mediation attorney be retained. Commissioners said the cut could weaken the agency’s ability to process complaints and maintain recent gains in mediation.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4–2 on Feb. 18, 2009 to direct the director of the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC) to transmit the OCC’s proposed FY2009–10 budget to the mayor’s office without the Commission’s recommendation, while attaching a statement urging retention of a dedicated mediation attorney.
Director Joyce Hicks had presented an OCC budget proposal of about $4.2 million that included midyear reductions of roughly $330,000 and described an additional $330,000 contingency cut if the city imposes a second 12.5 percent reduction. Hicks told the commission that the contingency reduction would require elimination of two positions — one investigator and the mediation coordinator attorney — and that losing those positions would push the office to the charter minimum investigator floor and dilute investigative and mediation work.
Commissioners debated alternatives — approving the budget with a formal recommendation,…
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