Tag: Police Commission

SB 1421 Madness: S.F. Police Commission advances enhanced police misconduct records protocol

Dec 5, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Topics

The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday night unanimously passed a tentative version of the city’s protocol for releasing police misconduct files under a statewide transparency law — a move that may ease confusion and speed up the dissemination of the previously confidential records.

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Paulo Morgado, the SFPD officer who earned more than the chief in 2018, has been fired — again

Sep 3, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Paulo Morgado, an officer who the San Francisco Police Department fired in 2011 and then had to abruptly rehire in 2017 as the result of a major court case, has been canned again. But in the meantime, he got a big payout and walked away with more than half a million dollars.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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....

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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