SF Police Commission approves sweeping new anti-bias policy

May 21, 2020 | Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Police Commission, Trouble

The San Francisco Police Commission unanimously passed an anti-bias policy on Wednesday night in...

San Francisco dropped the Joint Terrorism Task Force two years ago. Now the FBI wants to pick things back up.

Feb 27, 2019 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission, Topics

After a two-year separation, the FBI wants to get back together with San Francisco. The bureau...

First ‘Textgate’ disciplinary cases to come before Police Commission today

Dec 5, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission, Topics

Tucked away at item No. 9 in tonight’s Police Commission agenda are a handful of issues that...

Taser Wars: Police Commission gamely moves to vote on stun gun policy likely to be undone by ballot measure

Mar 12, 2018 | Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

Atsome point on Wednesday, the meeting’s going to careen off the rails. “Shit-show...

SF police often offer confusing or no information on community advisory boards

Feb 22, 2018 | 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

First-year Police Chief, Bill Scott, wasn’t the first thing San Francisco stole from Los Angeles....

SFPD stations offer few places to sit and not much information

Feb 13, 2018 | Bayview Station, Central Station, Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Ingleside Station, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Northern Station, Park Station, Police Commission, Richmond Station, Southern Station, Tenderloin Station, Today's Mission

What happens at a police station? Or, here’s a better question: what should happen there? If you...

Road to SFPD reform cautiously, sometimes haltingly, engages community

Jan 1, 2018 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Department of Police Accountability, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

SanFrancisco’s attempt to incorporate community input into the police reform effort could be...

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

Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism....

Dramatic scene unfolds as commissioner considers tie-breaking Taser vote

Nov 5, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Police Commission

Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism....

SF police officials greenlight Tasers after long and rowdy meeting

Nov 4, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism....

SF Human Rights director advises against Tasers – for now

Nov 2, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

All during the fall, the Human Rights Commission held community meetings with hundreds of San...

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...

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,...

National training experts weigh in on SFPD Taser adoption

Sep 26, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Park Station, Police Commission, Today's Mission

As the San Francisco Police Commission decides whether to equip the SFPD with Tasers, two national...

Video: SF residents talk Tasers

Sep 25, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

Over the last two weeks, the Human Rights Commission and the San Francisco Police Commission have...

Residents wonder at second hearing on Tasers whether they will be heard

Sep 20, 2017 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Commission, Today's Mission

There were those who came with questions, those who came to lecture and those with prepared notes...

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

Dramatic scene unfolds as commissioner considers tie-breaking Taser vote

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