Mission Marchers mourn Breonna Taylor, killed by the ‘institution of policing’
Corrected 9/28/20 Protesters gathered at the Mission Police Station Wednesday night after Kentucky...
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30-day suspension recommended for officer who used excessive force
A San Francisco police officer who used excessive force, performed an improper pat search, and...
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Officers who killed Mario Woods used ‘unnecessary force’ — but will face no discipline
The Department of Police Accountability has found that five officers who shot and killed Mario...
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Black Lives Matter marchers demand investment in public safety — not police
Some 300 Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered at Mission High School Thursday evening to...
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Sean Monterrosa family files civil suit over police shooting
The family of Sean Monterrosa, the 22-year-old who was fatally shot by Vallejo police on June 2,...
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Health Department, citing disproportionate ER use-of-force on Black patients, may cut ties with Sheriff’s Deputies
Dr. Grant Colfax, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, today sent an...
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Samara Marion, ‘heart and soul of police reform,’ to retire from SF Department of Police Accountability
San Francisco’s government will lose one of its fiercest and most effective police reform...
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San Francisco police stations to hang ‘Black Lives Matter’ posters — an idea the police union rejected
San Francisco police stations will soon display large “Black Lives Matter” posters, a move...
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SF police union threatens ‘aggressive’ legal action against Police Commission
The San Francisco Police Officers Association said Friday it was ready to “take the most...
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SF Police Commission draws a line in the sand over POA demands to meet and confer
At Wednesday night’s Police Commission meeting, a fiery public commenter told the commissioners...
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SF Police Commission: Racial bias statistics remain ‘disturbing’
Members of the San Francisco Police Commission say they’re unsettled by recent police...
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SFPD to explicitly ban officers from using their knees on the necks of civilians
The San Francisco Police Department is amending its use of force policy to explicitly bar officers...
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SFPD lags in Crisis Intervention Training, and Black people remain over-represented in use of force incidents
Only half of San Francisco Police Department officers have taken a required 40-hour Crisis...
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Police chief says transparency is a step to accountability, but declines to explain his Jessica Williams decision
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott declined to say why he recommended no disciplinary action...
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Officer who shot Jessica Williams was recommended for firing. Instead, he was suspended 45 days.
Editor’s note, June 15, 2020: This story has been updated as more information has become...
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Amid calls for change, San Francisco Police Department remains slow to reform and, despite all data to the contrary, continues to deny racial bias
As thousands of people have taken to the streets of San Francisco to protest the killing of George...
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