SFPD ‘not in substantial compliance’ with several DOJ reforms
Despite concerns that the San Francisco Police Department’s reform process would atrophy following...
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Family of police shooting victim Luis Gongora Pat settles civil suit with the city
The family of Luis Gongora Pat, the homeless Mexican immigrant police shot and killed in the...
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Police oversight body makes big recommendations — but will the SFPD listen?
The San Francisco Police Department needs to improve its body camera and search warrant policies,...
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Family remembers SFPD shooting victim with a memorial and hot chocolate for the homeless
Two and a half years after police shot 45-year-old Luis Gongora Pat to death at the edge of a...
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Police union president spikes Chief Bill Scott’s column from union newsletter
Police Officers Association president Tony Montoya has unilaterally ordered the editor of his...
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Police union moves to block access to all current police shooting files
A last-ditch effort by a law enforcement union may block the public from gaining access to records...
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SFPD Chief Bill Scott’s proposal to cease making suspects sit on the street generates pushback from cops, union
The sight of suspects cuffed and seated on the pavement with San Francisco police officers...
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Special Report: Building the next generation of ‘guardian’ cops — a blueprint for San Francisco?
In 2001, a young, recently retired Marine with the build of a football tight end sat in the Las...
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Sex workers, advocates denied entry into Mission Station in protest over ‘Sex Worker Abatement Unit’
Sex worker advocates are calling on the San Francisco Police Department to end its so-called “sex...
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SF’s top law enforcement officials square off over police shootings
San Francisco’s four top law-enforcement officials took the stage on Friday and chewed over the...
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First ‘Textgate’ disciplinary cases to come before Police Commission today
Tucked away at item No. 9 in tonight’s Police Commission agenda are a handful of issues that...
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Are neighborhood property crime units reducing property crime in SF’s Mission?
Regardless, the crime units program is coming to a police station near you The San Francisco...
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California police misconduct records to be made public again after four decades of secrecy
Starting next year, Californians will have access to certain records relating to police misconduct...
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How the San Francisco Police Department stifles even the most rudimentary of reforms
In 2011, the San Francisco Police Department belatedly entered 1994, when officers and higher-ups...
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SF cops infiltrate Mission Hotel, enjoy coffee and donuts with SRO residents
When Wayne H. returned to his residence at the Mission Hotel Wednesday afternoon, he noticed about...
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Two words edited into bias policy set back SFPD reform
SFPD brass takes a full year to respond to reform suggestions reached in consensus with officers —...
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18 Reasons: Producer Dinner: Sequoia Sake and the Art of Pairing Sake
August 22 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
