San Francisco police budget hearing swamped by cavalcade of callers urging department’s defunding
As members of the Board of Supervisors and the police chief today discussed the SFPD budget during...
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SF police union threatens ‘aggressive’ legal action against Police Commission
The San Francisco Police Officers Association said Friday it was ready to “take the most...
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SF Police Commission draws a line in the sand over POA demands to meet and confer
At Wednesday night’s Police Commission meeting, a fiery public commenter told the commissioners...
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SF Police Commission: Racial bias statistics remain ‘disturbing’
Members of the San Francisco Police Commission say they’re unsettled by recent police...
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SFPD to explicitly ban officers from using their knees on the necks of civilians
The San Francisco Police Department is amending its use of force policy to explicitly bar officers...
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‘Taking too long’: What an SFPD policy for Deaf people says about police reform
In the summer of 2016, a 73-year-old Deaf woman suffering from dementia allegedly tried to pull...
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San Francisco has beaten its police union in every venue. Why does the city still defer to it?
Sources: Supervisor Norman Yee now poised to move forward legislation that could undo police...
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BART shifts $2M away from police department, as director defends Confederate general Robert E. Lee
The Bay Area Rapid Transit’s reckoning with internal racism played out in real-time on Thursday as...
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San Francisco School Board votes to cut ties and funds from police
The San Francisco Unified School District will no longer partner with or fund the San Francisco...
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School District moves to part ways with San Francisco Police Department
The San Francisco Board of Education announced a resolution last night that would break its...
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Bogged down in meetings with police union, measure to potentially reduce SFPD size may miss ballot
On May 19, Supervisor Norman Yee introduced a potential Charter Amendment that would mandate San...
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Don’t book ’em, Danno: Police move to limit release of mugshots to prevent racial profiling
Police Chief Bill Scott vowed to crack down on how police release booking photos, also known as...
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SFPD lags in Crisis Intervention Training, and Black people remain over-represented in use of force incidents
Only half of San Francisco Police Department officers have taken a required 40-hour Crisis...
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Police chief says transparency is a step to accountability, but declines to explain his Jessica Williams decision
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott declined to say why he recommended no disciplinary action...
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BART Police may be the next targeted for ‘defunding’
Like every other police department in the Bay Area, the BART Police Department is facing calls for...
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Reform/defund/abolish the San Francisco Police Department: What we can do, what we can’t — and what we won’t
Major alterations to the SFPD may require your vote — and that election can’t come before 2022 On...
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