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Police chief defends camera pilot as commissioners demand answers after shooting reports
Summary
At the Jan. 30, 2008 San Francisco Police Commission meeting in Richmond, commissioners pressed Chief Fong on an officer-involved shooting and the public camera pilot; Chief Fong said camera footage is obtained via DEM under written request and noted one prosecutable case used footage, while the chief disputed press claims that the shooting victim had a documented mental-illness history.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Jan. 30 pressed the police department for clearer rules about a public camera pilot and for an explanation of procedures after a recent officer-involved shooting.
Commission President Teresa Sparks opened the discussion after news reports raised questions about both the effectiveness of camera footage and how footage may have been released. Sparks said she would offer a resolution asking the commission to "approve a temporary discontinuation of operations of those cameras citywide until such time that we're given some type of assurance that the expectation of confidentiality can be maintained." The commission asked that the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ), the Department of Telecommunications and Information Systems (DTIS) and…
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