For this ex-cop, the drive to get homeless, addicts, and mentally ill out of the criminal justice system is personal
Al Casciato ought to have been thrilled. He ought to have been validated. But when the San...
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San Francisco records lowest number of homicides since 1961
Violent crime and property crime declined across the city in 2019, with homicides dropping 11...
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No majority in police union election — runoff likely looming to decide next POA president
Earlier this month, San Francisco Police Officers’ Association president Tony Montoya told...
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SFPD officers who shot Jamaica Hampton have been assigned back to active duty
The two San Francisco Police officers who shot Jamaica Hampton, a man armed with a glass bottle on...
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Former police union boss threatened supervisor by warning he’d leak her husband’s confidential police records
Threatening letter from former POA boss predated Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer’s ‘Fuck the...
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SFPD officer who shot Jamaica Hampton became a training officer — despite excessive force charges
One of the two San Francisco Police officers who shot Jamaica Hampton on Dec. 7, 2019, is...
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Jamaica Hampton: San Francisco Police Department addresses public at ‘town hall’ meeting following Dec. 7 shooting
In a taut and crowded “town hall” meeting Tuesday night at the packed gym of Cesar...
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Female SFPD officers given less dangerous assignments than men, report says
Female San Francisco Police Department officers continue to suffer from gender inequalities within...
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SFPD drags feet in enacting policy protecting youth from false confessions, critics charge
Eight months after the city passed a law that protects minors from coercion during police...
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Woman who says her son was shot by San Francisco police questions use of lethal force
A woman who said she is the mother of a man shot in the Mission district this weekend by San...
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SFPD officer sued for alleged excessive force incident at the Westfield Mall
A formerly homeless man is taking the San Francisco Police Department to court over a 2018...
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As SFPD reform effort drags on, communities of color feel disconnected
After three years, the San Francisco Police Department has completed 29 of the 272 reform recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Justice. That’s 11 percent. With nine-tenths of the work remaining, community members remain wary of the effort involved and note that, accordingly, they’re seeing few changes on the ground.
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SFPD officer accused of lying under oath after severely beating bicyclist in SF’s Mission
A San Francisco police officer lied under oath about the Mission District incident that led to him and another officer to punch a man in the head a dozen times while also beating his legs with a baton, according to the Department of Police Accountability.
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SFPD officer who threatened to call immigration authorities on minority bystanders violated policy
A San Francisco Police officer, who in May 2017 threatened to call immigration authorities on a group of Asian and Latino men, saying “we’re going to ship everyone back to their own country,” violated a slew of department policies, according to a report by the Department of Police Accountability.
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‘Hello, Officer’: The SFPD’s efforts to speak your language are both high-tech and low-tech
One police officer behind a foldout table at a senior center may not look like the most advanced breakthrough in community policing, but the Ingleside District — which partially encompasses Visitacion Valley and Sunnydale, neighborhoods at the southeastern fringe of the city — is one of the few stations experimenting with placing officers in communities less comfortable with visiting a police station.
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SFPD internal report finds officer who shot Luis Gongora Pat acted ‘out of policy’ in escalating encounter
The San Francisco Police officers who shot dead homeless immigrant Luis Gongora Pat in April 2016 may receive — at most — weeks of discipline for escalating the situation that ultimately led to Gongora Pat’s death.
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Brick & Mortar Music Hall: Sean Healy presents Charlee Remitz, Melanie Iglesias, Jared Harper
January 29 @ 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
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Brick & Mortar Music Hall: Sean Healy presents Joseph Demaree
January 29 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm
