SFPD officer accused of lying under oath after severely beating bicyclist in SF’s Mission

Oct 11, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

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.

SFPD officer who threatened to call immigration authorities on minority bystanders violated policy

Oct 8, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

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.

‘Hello, Officer’: The SFPD’s efforts to speak your language are both high-tech and low-tech

Oct 7, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

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.

SFPD internal report finds officer who shot Luis Gongora Pat acted ‘out of policy’ in escalating encounter

Oct 2, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Topics

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.

SFPD sued for ‘beating and punching’ man at 16th and Mission

Sep 14, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

A man is suing the city and two San Francisco police officers for allegedly “beating and punching” him near 16th and Mission streets in late June — a purported incident stemming from the officers’ attempt to arrest the man for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk.

Effort to require SFPD officers to hand out business cards to detainees has been yearslong affair

Sep 13, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Should police officers hand over a business card with their information every time they stop to question or search someone? If so, how and what information should they hand over?

SFPD wants to better respond to racially motivated calls to police. It’s not so easy.

Sep 11, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Chief Bill Scott has now specifically requested changes to how his officers respond to racially biased police calls.

Paulo Morgado, the SFPD officer who earned more than the chief in 2018, has been fired — again

Sep 3, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Paulo Morgado, an officer who the San Francisco Police Department fired in 2011 and then had to abruptly rehire in 2017 as the result of a major court case, has been canned again. But in the meantime, he got a big payout and walked away with more than half a million dollars.

Mural of police shooting victim Amilcar Perez-Lopez blessed at ceremony

Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Police Shootings

The day marked the four and a half anniversary of the night that the 20 year-old Lopez, an immigrant from Guatemala, was killed by the San Francisco Police Department.