SF Mission District homicides down slightly in 2017
Homicides in the Mission District were down in 2017, with eight murders reported by the end of the...
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SF Police Commission addresses “issues” in SFPD body camera policy
The Police Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday for changes to the body camera policy in...
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Road to SFPD reform cautiously, sometimes haltingly, engages community
SanFrancisco’s attempt to incorporate community input into the police reform effort could be...
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At SF Bayview town hall meeting, anger erupts as police show footage of an unarmed man (update)
Updated, Monday, December 11: The SFPD identified the officer involved in the Dec. 1 shooting as...
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Police use of force down citywide; up in SF Mission
Despite a citywide reduction in police using force in the third quarter of this year, the Mission...
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Police chief Bill Scott talks about his critics and his first 10 months in SF
In an interview with Mission Local this week, Police Chief Bill Scott talked about a range of...
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SFPD makes case for Tasers ahead of Police Commission vote
San Francisco Police Department Commander Peter Walsh on Friday afternoon made one last case for...
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In SF, investigations of officer-involved shootings abound; delays do too
San Francisco police officers got the call at 11:35 p.m. on Saturday — there was a domestic...
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As SFPD reforms continue without DOJ, promises to keep pressure on
Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism....
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The Tasers SF proposes buying are backed by few studies
To Rick Smith, the founder and chief executive officer of Axon, which manufactures Tasers,...
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SF community members push back on Tasers
More than 100 people turned out for a community meeting on Tasers Tuesday night, first breaking...
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Newest police commissioners work on accountability, tasers
The police commission has welcomed two new members since our last coverage of it in October. Here,...
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Overview: Police Shootings in SF’s Mission District
Luis Gongora Pat, 45, homeless. Date and Time: April 7, 2016, 10 a.m. Time Elapsed Between...
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New Mission police captain shares vision of “customer-service” oriented policing
Assigned from the Airport Bureau to one of San Francisco’s busiest police districts, new...
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Two-Year Anniversary of Police Shooting Sees No Charges Against Officers
None of the officers involved in fatal confrontations with some 40 civilians shot and killed at...
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Mission Activists Want Action from New Police Chief
Activists who have been pushing for police reform from the Mission District said Tuesday they are...
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