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Rules Committee forwards Petra de Jesus' reappointment to Police Commission after policy-focused hearing
Summary
The Rules Committee voted 2–1 on June 8, 2017 to forward a positive recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors to reappoint Petra de Jesus to the San Francisco Police Commission. The hearing focused on training, overtime reporting, recruitment and use-of-force policy implementation.
Petra de Jesus, a long-serving member of the San Francisco Police Commission, won a positive recommendation from the Rules Committee on June 8, 2017 to return to the commission after a public hearing marked by extensive community support and sustained questioning from supervisors.
De Jesus, who noted she was born and raised in San Francisco and formerly worked as a public defender, told supervisors she has spent “15 to sometimes up to 20 hours a week” on commission work and emphasized her commitment to implementing Department of Justice and blue-ribbon panel recommendations. “I am committed to seeing the Department of Justice, the grand jury, and the blue ribbon panel reforms implemented in a meaningful way,” she said, citing transparency, training and efforts to change the department’s culture.
Supervisors focused much of their questioning on how De…
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