Tag: de-escalation
Oakland group launches non-police mental health hotline
On Friday, the Anti-Police Terror Project launched MH First Oakland, a hotline staffed by 12 volunteers with backgrounds in social work, peer counseling, and medicine -- including peer counselors,...
More details emerge in Mission police shooting
We learned a lot more Tuesday night about the shooting of Jamaica Hampton – and it was, at best, disturbing.
Chief Bill Scott released at a town hall meeting a...
Police-reform advocates push Assembly bill to restrict shootings
Nine hundred ninety-eight. That’s how many people were shot and killed by police in the US in 2018. And 115 of those were in California. That’s 2.96 deadly police...
Police Commission meets behind closed doors on Tasers
The Police Commission went into closed session to discuss Taser policy as a labor issue Wednesday, just a week after the defeat of Proposition H, the ballot measure backed...
Rally denounces DA’s failure to charge killer cops
A crowd rallied on the steps of the Hall of Justice today to denounce District Attorney George Gascon’s decision not to file charges against the officers involved in two...
Police accountability groups make POA contract an issue for supes, Farrell
Labor battles in San Francisco are typically about wages, benefits, and staffing. In tough years, City Hall tries to make cuts, and the unions fight back. Of late, public...
Special Report: Ed Lee’s police legacy
Editor’s note: As the candidates for mayor discuss law enforcement, police accountability, and the future of the SFPD, it’s worth looking back at how the last mayor handled those...
Campaign trail: Kim gets progressive endorsements, Breed wants Tasers …
While Mark Leno is getting a lot of press attention for his campaign, and a growing number of organizations are doing a ranked-choice strategy of dual-endorsements, the three politicians...
Cops push stunning ballot measure to allow Tasers
The San Francisco Police Officers Association – the folks who have opposed every major effort at reforming the department – has put up $80,000 so far to pay for...
OPINION: The case against Tasers
On Friday, November 3, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall the San Francisco Police Commission will be holding its last public hearing on purchasing stun guns for San...
