The SFPD is collecting tons of use-of-force data. Now it needs to analyze it, audit says.
The San Francisco Police Department is collecting loads of use-of-force data — but a recently...
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Covering the Police
Video reveals SFPD shot Cesar Antonio Vargas four times as he charged at them with a knife, killing him
Two San Francisco Police officers shot 21-year-old Cesar Antonio Vargas four times as Vargas ran...
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SF Police Commission approves sweeping new policy on community policing
The Police Commission on Wednesday passed a sweeping revision to the San Francisco Police...
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New body-worn camera measures pass — after 2.5 years of negotiation with SF police union
After years of languishing in negotiations with the San Francisco Police Officers Association, the...
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Settlement reached in lawsuit vs. SFPD alleging delays in domestic violence reports
A settlement in a lawsuit against the San Francisco Police Department means mandatory changes will...
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Wrongfully convicted man’s case against retired SFPD commander headed to trial
Maurice Caldwell, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and is suing a retired San...
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Gaps in SFPD discipline ‘alarming’ to Police Commission
The San Francisco Police Commission raised major concerns about the police department’s...
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Light discipline for police misconduct is the norm in SF
One 45-day suspension was the most severe penalty paid by a San Francisco police officer over a...
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Officers who killed Mario Woods used ‘unnecessary force’ — but will face no discipline
The Department of Police Accountability has found that five officers who shot and killed Mario...
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Black Lives Matter marchers demand investment in public safety — not police
Some 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered at Mission High School Thursday evening to...
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Nurses demand sheriffs’ discharge from San Francisco General Hospital
A mob of nurses and doctors still dressed in their scrubs gathered in front of the Potrero Ave....
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Sean Monterrosa family files civil suit over police shooting
The family of Sean Monterrosa, the 22-year-old who was fatally shot by Vallejo police on June 2,...
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Health Department, citing disproportionate ER use-of-force on Black patients, may cut ties with Sheriff’s Deputies
Dr. Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, today sent an...
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Samara Marion, ‘heart and soul of police reform,’ to retire from SF Department of Police Accountability
San Francisco’s government will lose one of its fiercest and most effective police reform...
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Philz employees allegedly fired for disputing police policies
When a former shift lead at the Mission location of Philz Coffee, Robert Thumas, saw an image that...
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San Francisco police stations to hang ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters — an idea the police union rejected
San Francisco police stations will soon display large “Black Lives Matter” posters, a move...
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