Mayor London Breed jumps on police reform, but many of her proposals are already under way and struggling
Mayor London Breed on Thursday announced a raft of reforms largely mimicking a reform effort that...
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Covering the Police
Woman found in parked car on Alabama Street pronounced dead Tuesday
A woman who was found in a parked car on Alabama Street was given CPR by first-responders and...
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Police Commission rejects proposed $23M budget cut in acrimonious nine-hour meeting
Five hours of public comment lambastes SFPD and calls for its defunding After meeting for nine...
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Officer who shot Jessica Williams was recommended for firing. Instead, he was suspended 45 days.
Editor’s note, June 15, 2020: This story has been updated as more information has become...
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Woman claims Sheriff’s Deputies struck her, others at San Francisco protest — and pointed Taser at crowd
A South Bay woman is claiming that a group of San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputies became violent when...
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San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott ‘open’ to defunding police department
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said he’s “open” to the defunding of his police department....
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Arrested development: In the George Floyd era, San Francisco’s approach to policing could be radical — and reactionary, too
Supervisor Shamann Walton says he’d like to see at least $25M redirected from police to...
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Hundreds march through Mission in latest action against police brutality
Hundreds of protesters in San Francisco came out to the Mission today in support of a series of...
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SFPD chief defends arrest of 23 protesters on Mission Street
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott defended arresting 23 protesters on Mission Street at around...
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Some 10,000 protesters march through San Francisco in George Floyd demonstration
11:46 p.m. Julian Mark is out. It appears that police arrested 20 or so protesters — including, it...
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Mayor moves to lift San Francisco curfew at 5 a.m. Thursday
Mayor London Breed announced today that the citywide 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew will end Thursday...
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Amid calls for change, San Francisco Police Department remains slow to reform and, despite all data to the contrary, continues to deny racial bias
As thousands of people have taken to the streets of San Francisco to protest the killing of George...
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Curfew remains in effect as San Francisco Board of Supervisors puts off vote on rescinding it
San Franciscans will be subject to an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for at least two more nights after...
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Rules committee rejects Mayor Breed’s moderate nominees to the Police Commission
With the backdrop of a country in flames over the issue of police brutality and San Francisco’s...
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SF Police Commission approves sweeping new anti-bias policy
The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously passed an anti-bias policy on Wednesday night in...
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Counting cops: Voters may be asked to weigh in on police staffing process
San Francisco’s city charter mandates a minimum police staffing level of 1,971 officers. Why?...
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