Supes short-circuit SFPD’s latest attempt to arm officers with Tasers
San Francisco Police Department officers will not be using Tasers, at least not for another year....
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SF police shootings are down — way down. Why is the SFPD still asking for Tasers?
Seconds before the November, 2017, vote to arm the San Francisco Police Department with Tasers,...
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The San Francisco District Attorney is now the lead investigator of police shootings
The next time a San Francisco police officer shoots somebody, the San Francisco District Attorney...
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SFPD still ‘stonewalling’ on delivering misconduct records, complains Public Defender’s office
A cavalcade of Public Defender’s office employees speaking at Wednesday night’s Police Commission...
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The SFPD has taken more than two years to complete 11 reforms. It has one year to complete 261 more.
After some 30 months, the San Francisco Police Department has completed a mere 4 percent of the...
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SFPD shooting victim files suit vs. city of San Francisco
A fleeing man shot in the back last summer by a San Francisco police officer on North Beach...
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Public Defender accuses police of ‘stonewalling’ on delivering police personnel records
Police say ‘backlog’ prevents release of potential misconduct files The San Francisco Public...
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San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy calls in FBI to investigate deputy’s alleged jail beating of inmate
Sheriff Vicki Hennessy has asked the FBI to look into a Thursday incident in which a guard at...
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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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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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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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Why AB 931, a police use-of-force reform bill, died this week
Police interests score major victory On Monday, supporters of a bill that would change how police...
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The battle over California’s police use-of-force bill heats up
Photo: Body cam footage of Officer Chris Samayoa readying his gun before firing through his window...
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