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Bayview officers and community criticize commission memorandum; calls for apology and better outreach
Summary
Multiple Bayview officers, Police Officers Association leaders and community groups criticized a commission memorandum they described as unfair and urged improved dialogue, apology from named commissioners, and more systematic community involvement.
During the public-comment period of the Oct. 17 San Francisco Police Commission meeting, Bayview Station officers and community representatives sharply criticized a recently circulated internal memorandum they said mischaracterized community views of Bayview officers.
Gary Delaney, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, told commissioners the memorandum created unnecessary controversy and that he had brought Bayview officers to the meeting so "they want to be heard on the issue." Bayview representatives George Perez and Liam Frost said the memorandum relied on a small number of unsubstantiated perceptions and injured officers27 morale; Perez said Bayview serves more than 70,000 residents and that many officers choose Bayview.
Multiple community speakers, including Mary Harris of All My Neighbors in Action and other neighborhood representatives, urged continued community policing and asked Commissioners De Jesus and Marshall to apologize for language in the memorandum. Commissioners acknowledged the concerns, described steps to increase direct dialogue (including transcripts of task-force meetings and new "commission bulletins"), and said they would continue neighborhood meetings and data collection to better understand perceptions.
No formal disciplinary action or vote concerning the memorandum was taken at the meeting; commissioners emphasized continued meetings with the POA and community groups to resolve the dispute.
