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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Eyewitness describes troubling police shooting at 23rd and Mission (updated)
Mission Local’s Julian Mark is on the scene at 23rd and Mission, where, around 8:30 a.m.,...
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SB 1421 Madness: S.F. Police Commission advances enhanced police misconduct records protocol
The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday night unanimously passed a tentative version of the city’s protocol for releasing police misconduct files under a statewide transparency law — a move that may ease confusion and speed up the dissemination of the previously confidential records.
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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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An early test for DA-elect Chesa Boudin? Judge orders charging decision for schizophrenic police shooting victim.
A federal judge has given the San Francisco District Attorney’s office a two-month deadline to decide whether to file criminal charges against the officers involved in the 2017 shooting of a mentally disabled man on his porch.
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Anatomy of a police shooting: The chaotic last moments of Jesus Delgado Duarte
3,295 pages of records reveal disorganization and lack of coherent command structure in March 2018...
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Anatomía de una balacera policial: los últimos y caóticos momentos de Jesús Delgado Duarte
Las 3,295 páginas de expedientes revelan una falta de organización y coherencia en la estructura...
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SFPD and FBI illegally collected information on San Franciscans for years
The San Francisco Police Department for years coordinated with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in violation of local laws and the SFPD’s own policies restricting information-gathering on civilians based on political and religious affiliation, and other activities protected by the First Amendment.
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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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SFPD sued for ‘beating and punching’ man at 16th and Mission
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.
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Effort to require SFPD officers to hand out business cards to detainees has been yearslong affair
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?
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SFPD wants to better respond to racially motivated calls to police. It’s not so easy.
Chief Bill Scott has now specifically requested changes to how his officers respond to racially biased police calls.
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