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Rules Committee forwards Angela Chan to full Board after hours of testimony on police oversight and crisis response
Summary
After two-hour candidate presentations and extended public testimony, the Rules Committee voted 3-0 on April 17, 2014 to forward incumbent Angela Chan’s reappointment to the San Francisco Police Commission, highlighting her work on crisis intervention training and language-access policies amid competing endorsements for Victor Wong.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on April 17 voted to forward incumbent Angela Chan’s reappointment to the Police Commission to the full Board after lengthy testimony from both candidates and more than 50 public speakers.
Chan, a four-year incumbent, told the committee she helped design and push for a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model that trains officers in de-escalation and mental-health response. ‘‘I need to see it through,’’ she said, describing the effort to move CIT from training into a permanent department general order and reporting that ‘‘after three years, over 240…
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