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Police Commission retreats to closed session, votes not to disclose discussions; public comment urges dropping Corrales charges
Summary
The commission retired into closed session on disciplinary matters and pending litigation, later voted to withhold disclosure of the closed-session discussion, and heard public comment urging the commission to drop disciplinary charges against Captain Corrales citing First Amendment concerns and long service.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted to retire into closed session to consider disciplinary matters and litigation and later voted not to disclose any or all of its closed-session discussions.
The closed session topics announced before the Commission met included disciplinary case numbers handled under Government Code section 54957(b)(1), Administrative Code section 6710(b) and Penal Code section 832.7, and a conference with legal counsel regarding the case Ale Mozaffar v. City and County of San Francisco, U.S. District Court No. C07‑04494.
During the public-comment period on closed-session items, Ruben David Goodman — identifying himself as a San Francisco retiree — urged the Commission to consider dropping the disciplinary matter involving Captain Corrales. Goodman said Corrales had worked decades in the department, described his dedication and past life‑threatening service to the city, and raised concerns about potential First Amendment implications if discipline related to speech were applied. “I just like to say that in the issue of the Corrales matter that he was not involved in the incident… he’s basically working for nothing out of his dedication,” Goodman told the Commission.
A motion to hold closed session was moved, seconded and approved without objection; the Commission retired into closed session at about 7:50 p.m. When the body returned to open session, commissioners moved and seconded a motion for non‑disclosure of the closed‑session discussion. The motion for non‑disclosure was adopted without objection.
The transcript records the public comment and the Commission’s procedural votes but does not show the Commission adopting or dismissing specific disciplinary charges in open session. The Corrales matter was discussed as an open‑session item separate from most disciplinary items, which the Commission said must be handled in closed session to protect confidentiality.
