SF police shootings are down — way down. Why is the SFPD still asking for Tasers?

Jun 19, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Seconds before the November, 2017, vote to arm the San Francisco Police Department with Tasers,...

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The San Francisco District Attorney is now the lead investigator of police shootings

Jun 12, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

The next time a San Francisco police officer shoots somebody, the San Francisco District Attorney...

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Police respond to bank robbery at 24th and Mission

Jun 11, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Police responded at 12:57 p.m. today to a report of a robbery at Bank of the West at 2812 Mission...

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SFPD still ‘stonewalling’ on delivering misconduct records, complains Public Defender’s office

Jun 6, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

A cavalcade of Public Defender’s office employees speaking at Wednesday night’s Police Commission...

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The SFPD has taken more than two years to complete 11 reforms. It has one year to complete 261 more.

Jun 4, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

After some 30 months, the San Francisco Police Department has completed a mere 4 percent of the...

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African American SFPD captain sues San Francisco, alleging campaign of racial discrimination and harassment

May 30, 2019 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Citing a yearslong campaign of harassment and discrimination and a series of attempts to undermine...

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Jeff Adachi leak: Sorry, Chief. The SFPD ‘crossed the line.’

May 22, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

When police on May 10 raided freelance cameraman Bryan Carmody’s home, they purportedly couldn’t...

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Mission Station cops, SRO residents, meet again for coffee and donuts

May 17, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

On Wednesday afternoon, several Mission Station police officers rolled into the Mission Hotel on...

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SFPD Chief Bill Scott defends raid of journalist’s home, sidesteps questions at Police Commission meeting

May 15, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Despite meager attendance, all eyes were on Chief Bill Scott at Wednesday night’s San Francisco...

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Update: 28-year-old Jonathan Bello killed in daylight shooting at 22nd and Bartlett

May 2, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Update: 5/2/19, 3:05 p.m.: The Medical Examiner identified the victim as Jonathan Bello, 28, of...

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Public Defender accuses police of ‘stonewalling’ on delivering police personnel records

May 1, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Police say ‘backlog’ prevents release of potential misconduct files The San Francisco Public...

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SF Police Commissioners walk out of meeting in protest following election of board president

Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Board-appointed police commissioners decry mayoral appointees as “agents of the mayor,” after...

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SFPD responds to calls for transparency with opacity

Jan 23, 2019 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Department declines to be transparent … about its own transparency procedures Search a San...

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SF Bayview residents feel abandoned after abrupt reassignment of respected police captain

Jan 22, 2019 | Bayview Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Bayview residents are dismayed over the swift departure of a police captain they say was finally...

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Mission homicides down 17 percent in overall trend

Jan 17, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile

Homicides, non-fatal shooting incidents, and other violent and property crimes in 2018 decreased...

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SFPD ‘not in substantial compliance’ with several DOJ reforms

Jan 16, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Despite concerns that the San Francisco Police Department’s reform process would atrophy following...

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