The SFPD is collecting tons of use-of-force data. Now it needs to analyze it, audit says.
The San Francisco Police Department is collecting loads of use-of-force data — but a recently...
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30-day suspension recommended for officer who used excessive force
A San Francisco police officer who used excessive force, performed an improper pat search, and...
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Light discipline for police misconduct is the norm in SF
One 45-day suspension was the most severe penalty paid by a San Francisco police officer over a...
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Officers who killed Mario Woods used ‘unnecessary force’ — but will face no discipline
The Department of Police Accountability has found that five officers who shot and killed Mario...
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Police waited until fatal shooting to intervene in sideshow, witnesses say
One man died and two people were critically injured in a shooting that took place during a...
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Black Lives Matter marchers demand investment in public safety — not police
Some 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered at Mission High School Thursday evening to...
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Defunding the police? Supes push for more cuts to SFPD
Update 8/21/20: The Budget and Appropriations Committee has agreed to cut roughly $26 million from...
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Maurice Caldwell had his conviction overturned a decade ago. The City Attorney says he’s still a killer.
On March 28, 2011, Maurice Caldwell walked out of San Francisco County Jail at 850 Bryant St....
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Malia Cohen stakes out her positions on police reform — glides toward Police Commission appointment
Former San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen cleared her first hurdle to becoming a San Francisco...
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Sean Monterrosa family files civil suit over police shooting
The family of Sean Monterrosa, the 22-year-old who was fatally shot by Vallejo police on June 2,...
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Health Department, citing disproportionate ER use-of-force on Black patients, may cut ties with Sheriff’s Deputies
Dr. Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, today sent an...
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After an eight-hour standoff, Vietnam vet accepts medical attention
Hundreds of neighbors, protesters and bystanders stopped to watch what became a nearly eight-hour...
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Samara Marion, ‘heart and soul of police reform,’ to retire from SF Department of Police Accountability
San Francisco’s government will lose one of its fiercest and most effective police reform...
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San Francisco police stations to hang ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters — an idea the police union rejected
San Francisco police stations will soon display large “Black Lives Matter” posters, a move...
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SF police union threatens ‘aggressive’ legal action against Police Commission
The San Francisco Police Officers Association said Friday it was ready to “take the most...
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SF Police Commission draws a line in the sand over POA demands to meet and confer
At Wednesday night’s Police Commission meeting, a fiery public commenter told the commissioners...
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