2021–08–31 Tenderloin Station Community Meeting

Are you a general member of the public or an Official League Observer?General member of the public

Date of the meeting
08/31/2021

Location
Zoom (there was also an in-person option)

What meeting did you attend (name of the body, whether it was a regular or special meeting, etc)?
Tenderloin Station Community Meeting (monthly meeting)

Did you attend the whole meeting?
Yes

Tell us about how easy it was for the public to participate: Was it easy to get information about when the meeting is held & how to join? Did you understand the format, agenda, & how to participate? Did this meeting build trust? Did the meeting build relationships between government & the public?
I attended via Zoom and there were also people there for the meeting in-person. Participation was easy other than having to jump through a few hoops to get the Zoom link. SF SAFE, captain, and gov’t officials invited participants to ask questions before, during, and after the meeting. The captain and other government departments answered questions that were submitted on time for the meeting. For questions asked late, people were invited to email or stay after the meeting to talk with the captain. I wish that the meeting organizers had left more times for questions and comments from the community. There were only 15 minutes at the end.

Tell us about the government: who was there? Were they attentive? Were they prepared? Were they courteous with each other and the public? Did this increase your trust in them?
SFPD

• Capt. Chris Canning
• Sargent Clark

City Attorney’s Office: CAT Holly Coulehan
Department of Police Accountability (previously Office of Citizen Complaints): DPA Ellen Dolese
DA’s Office : ADA Ryan Khojasteh
SF SAFE organizers

Everyone there representing an organization was courteous and prepared.

Want to tell us anything else: about the process used, the content of the meeting, decisions made, adherence to laws and regulations, etc?

• “The police is the community and the community is the police” — Capt Chris Canning
• Complimenting & Commendation process — Email the captain, contact community engagement division
• Complaint process — see slide screenshots
• Crime stats review
  - Gun violence is up
  - Acceleration of firearm seizures
  - Overall crime is still down in Tenderloin since last year
• Eduction about different city resources and departments
  - CAT Holly Coulehan
  * Neighborhood and residential safety team — Code enforcement team
  * Works specifically on drug and red light abatement act
  * Community outreach thru attendance to community meetings
  * Enforcement hotline (415) 554–3977
  - ADA Ryan Khojasteh
  * Community liaison program
  * Sfda.district6@sfgov.org
  * Register your residential surveillance cameras to help the DA’s office with investigations https://sfdistrictattorney.org/resources/register-your-camera/
  * Ghost guns — Aug 18 — DA’s office and some other firms just filed civil prosecution against several manufacturers of these guns
  - DPA Ellen Dolese
  * Dept has civilian oversight of SFPD
  * Describe mediation process that the dept facilitates in which they resolve the problem with the officer and a neutral 3rd party
  * Otherwise investigation processes can take up to a year
  - SFSAFE
• These community meetings will continue to be virtual until the chief of police makes a call. Likely this will be the case for a while.
• Questions from the community
  - What is the police deployment in the TL? What is it currently and what is projected over the next two months
  - How many people are in the in-person audience
  - When is the newsletter sent? Typically 1 day before the community meeting
  - What is the timeline for the safe sleeping villages–when will they end?
  * SFPD cannot comment on that, but Department of Health & Human Services can
  - August 18 there was a multiple shooting 350 Turk. 11:35PM. What happened? Drug deal that went wrong
  - Any plans for upcoming foot beats? TL has highest number of footbeat officers of any district in the city