Release of previously confidential SFPD records could be forthcoming, as police union drops lawsuit
The San Francisco Police Officers Association today dropped its March 1 lawsuit to block the SFPD...
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Why are Mission officers using more force than cops at any other SFPD station?
Mission Station officers are flagged at more than three times the department’s overall use...
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San Francisco dropped the Joint Terrorism Task Force two years ago. Now the FBI wants to pick things back up.
After a two-year separation, the FBI wants to get back together with San Francisco. The bureau...
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SF no longer has final say over police officer discipline — at least for now
Welcome news came last Wednesday evening for San Francisco Police Department officers who are...
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SFPD responds to calls for transparency with opacity
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
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
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
Despite concerns that the San Francisco Police Department’s reform process would atrophy following...
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Family of police shooting victim Luis Gongora Pat settles civil suit with the city
The family of Luis Gongora Pat, the homeless Mexican immigrant police shot and killed in the...
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San Francisco Police vow to better serve sexual assault and domestic violence survivors
The San Francisco Police Department is belatedly undertaking the process of correcting a lapse in...
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Police oversight body makes big recommendations — but will the SFPD listen?
The San Francisco Police Department needs to improve its body camera and search warrant policies,...
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Family remembers SFPD shooting victim with a memorial and hot chocolate for the homeless
Two and a half years after police shot 45-year-old Luis Gongora Pat to death at the edge of a...
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Stolen goods valued at $300K recovered after eight-month sting
The San Francisco Police Department’s press room looked a bit like Santa’s workshop on Thursday...
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Police union moves to block access to all current police shooting files
A last-ditch effort by a law enforcement union may block the public from gaining access to records...
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SFPD Chief Bill Scott’s proposal to cease making suspects sit on the street generates pushback from cops, union
The sight of suspects cuffed and seated on the pavement with San Francisco police officers...
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Special Report: Building the next generation of ‘guardian’ cops — a blueprint for San Francisco?
In 2001, a young, recently retired Marine with the build of a football tight end sat in the Las...
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