At SF Bayview town hall meeting, anger erupts as police show footage of an unarmed man (update)

Dec 8, 2017 | Bayview Station, Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Updated, Monday, December 11: The SFPD identified the officer involved in the Dec. 1 shooting as...

Most SF police stations falter in communicating with residents (update)

Dec 5, 2017 | Bayview Station, Central Station, Command Staff, Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Ingleside Station, Mission Station, Mobile, Northern Station, Park Station, Police Commission, Richmond Station, Southern Station, Tenderloin Station, Today's Mission

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Police use of force down citywide; up in SF Mission

Nov 21, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Despite a citywide reduction in police using force in the third quarter of this year, the Mission...

Police chief Bill Scott talks about his critics and his first 10 months in SF

Nov 17, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

In an interview with Mission Local this week, Police Chief Bill Scott talked about a range of...

SFPD makes case for Tasers ahead of Police Commission vote

Nov 3, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

San Francisco Police Department Commander Peter Walsh on Friday afternoon made one last case for...

In SF, investigations of officer-involved shootings abound; delays do too

Oct 4, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

San Francisco police officers got the call at 11:35 p.m. on Saturday — there was a domestic...

As SFPD reforms continue without DOJ, promises to keep pressure on

Oct 3, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

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The Tasers SF proposes buying are backed by few studies

Oct 1, 2017 | Bayview Station, Central Station, Command Staff, Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Ingleside Station, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Northern Station, Park Station, Police Commission, Richmond Station, Southern Station, Tenderloin Station, Today's Mission

To Rick Smith, the founder and chief executive officer of Axon, which manufactures Tasers,...

SF community members push back on Tasers

Sep 13, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

More than 100 people turned out for a community meeting on Tasers Tuesday night, first breaking...

Newest police commissioners work on accountability, tasers

Jul 13, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission, Trouble

The police commission has welcomed two new members since our last coverage of it in October. Here,...

Overview: Police Shootings in SF’s Mission District

Apr 12, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Trouble

Luis Gongora Pat, 45, homeless. Date and Time: April 7, 2016, 10 a.m. Time Elapsed Between...

New Mission police captain shares vision of “customer-service” oriented policing

Mar 28, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Assigned from the Airport Bureau to one of San Francisco’s busiest police districts, new...

Two-Year Anniversary of Police Shooting Sees No Charges Against Officers

Feb 27, 2017 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

None of the officers involved in fatal confrontations with some 40 civilians shot and killed at...

Mission Activists Want Action from New Police Chief

Dec 21, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Activists who have been pushing for police reform from the Mission District said Tuesday they are...

New Police Chief Will Come From LAPD

Dec 20, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

From the Chronicle: Mayor Ed Lee plans to announce Tuesday that he is hiring a veteran Los Angeles...

Police and Community Address Spike in SF Mission Gang Violence

Oct 18, 2016 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Mission organizers and police alike are mobilizing to address a spate of violence including...

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