Members of the public were given a platform at Wednesday night’s police commission meeting to offer solutions to glaring racial disparities in San Francisco Police Department’s approach to law enforcement. […]
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Person found dead near 24th Street BART plaza
A young man named Aldrich Coloma was found dead early this morning at Osage Alley and 24th Street after the fire department received a 911 call around 5:30 a.m. He […]
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Update: Man in ‘life-threatening’ condition after SF officers shoot, Tase him
Update 11/18/20 6:06 p.m.: Speaking at Wednesday night’s Police Commission meeting, Chief Bill Scott said that the man who police shot yesterday evening and 5th and Market streets is “undergoing treatment […]
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Sheriff to recruit from U.S. Army in new partnership
The San Francisco sheriff’s office is taking a new approach to its staffing shortages: On Thursday, the department announced it is joining forces with the U.S. Army to recruit former […]
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40-year-old man dies in bar fight at Club 26 Mix
“It all happened inside,” said an employee at the neighboring Stop & Shop Market.
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Kenneth Cha, officer who killed Sean Moore, pleads not guilty
San Francisco Police Officer Kenneth Cha today pleaded not guilty Tuesday to homicide charges, nearly five years after he shot Sean Moore, a schizophrenic, on the steps of Moore’s own […]
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Explore: Two decades of SFPD shootings
Two weeks ago, San Francisco police officers shot and killed Michael MacFhionghain, 57, and Rafael Mendoza, 49, while the former appeared to attack the latter with a knife. MacFhionghain and […]
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Police Department, DA extend contentious use-of-force pact
The San Francisco Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office have agreed to let a key police accountability agreement remain in place, for now. The Memorandum of Understanding allowing the […]
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The Dirty Harry vibe emanating from the SFPD beating trial
The trial of Officer Terrance Stangel, who in 2019 severely beat unarmed Black man Dacari Spiers with a baton, rolls into its second week today. Politically, this has been something […]
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SF police 10 times more likely to stop, search Black people than white
San Francisco police officers are 10 times more likely to stop and search a Black person than a white person, according to data Police Chief Bill Scott presented to the […]
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Three of four charges against Black SFPD whistleblower Officer Joel Babbs sustained by Police Commission — termination pending
All but one of the four charges leveled against Officer Joel Babbs by his employer, the San Francisco Police Department, were sustained by the Police Commission Wednesday night, and it […]
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Ex-SFPD deputy chief resigns as Broadmoor police chief amid conflict-of-interest accusations
Facing allegations that he illegally took over as police chief of the Broadmoor police department, former longtime San Francisco cop Michael Connolly broke into tears tonight as he announced his […]
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SFPD rate of solving crimes, already well below national average, gets worse
The San Francisco Police Department’s crime clearance rates have dropped to its lowest level in a decade, spurring much lamentation at Wednesday night’s Police Commission meeting. A February letter of […]
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Suspect in stabbing at 15th and South Van Ness streets released for lack of evidence (updated at 1:45 p.m. Friday)
Neighbors say that a man booked on charges of assault after a stabbing incident Tuesday near the corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street is again in the […]
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Man arrested for fatal stabbing on Potrero Avenue
Eugenio Corleto, 28, has been arrested and charged with the fatal stabbing on Potrero Avenue that occurred on the last day of January, according to a news release from the San […]
