Have you seen this car? Photos released in Valencia Street hit-and-run

Oct 17, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The San Francisco Police Department has turned to the general public for assistance, releasing a...

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California police misconduct records to be made public again after four decades of secrecy

Oct 2, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Starting next year, Californians will have access to certain records relating to police misconduct...

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Activists gather at Mission police station to protest two arrests on Valencia Street

Sep 19, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Trouble

Activist Equipto detained for filming and chiding police during arrest Chaos descended in front of...

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How the San Francisco Police Department stifles even the most rudimentary of reforms

Sep 17, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

In 2011, the San Francisco Police Department belatedly entered 1994, when officers and higher-ups...

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Textgate: Supreme Court swats case, clearing San Francisco to pursue discipline of officers in bigoted text scandal

Sep 12, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The California Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal in the legal case emanating from San...

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Two words edited into bias policy set back SFPD reform

Sep 12, 2018 | Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Newsletter

SFPD brass takes a full year to respond to reform suggestions reached in consensus with officers —...

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Mario Woods: San Francisco Police Department absolves itself of wrongdoing in 2015 shooting

Sep 6, 2018 | Bayview Station, Command Staff, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The San Francisco Police Department has found that the officers who fatally shot Mario Woods all...

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These two potential California laws could dramatically change policing

Aug 23, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A pair of California bills aimed at building greater trust between police and the communities they...

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SFPD officers accused of homophobic remarks have a history of misconduct

Aug 22, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Photo: Patrick M. Tobin (third from the left) receives an honor for utilizing Crisis Intervention...

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S.F. police gang unit detains three, arrests one man in broad daylight action

Aug 21, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Trouble

Officers from the gang unit stopped and detained three individuals today at 3 p.m. on the corner...

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An SF police officer is suing the city, alleging harassment for being gay

Aug 17, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Photo: Outside of Central Station, Officers Brendan Mannix (left) Jen Viceral (right) hand out the...

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Neighborhood notes: San Francisco Police Department to use ‘cadets’ to abate prostitution

Aug 3, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Station Captain Gaetano Caltagirone this week said he would deploy several “cadets” —...

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Police called on African American shopkeeper, owner of Gourmonade

Jul 22, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

An African American man who, only a couple weeks ago, opened a gourmet lemonade business on...

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Car strikes pedestrian at 16th and Mission (updated)

Jul 7, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

A car struck a man standing in front of a bus shelter at 16th and Mission streets just before 8...

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Last week’s SFPD shooting — A frame-by-frame breakdown with expert analysis

Jun 20, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In the time it takes to tie a shoelace, a night of Warriors-related revelry was shattered by...

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San Francisco police reveal videos of officer shooting fleeing man

Jun 15, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

“These videos do not look good,” Supervisor Aaron Peskin tells police Within the...

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