Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: SF Police

The SF police union is embarrassing itself and losing its clout

Slowly, but with increasing momentum, the San Francisco Police Officers Association is losing its political clout. At one point, not that long ago, the POA...

A heated battle over tasers in San Francisco

The annual San Francisco Public Defender's Justice Summit Wednesday focused on the police department's use of force policy -- and the potential introduction of...

The Agenda, May 16-22: Big, ugly luxury housing projects in the Mission and the Tenderloin….

The local news media made a big deal of the legal thrashing that Federal Judge Charles Breyer gave to an SF police officer who,...

The Frisco 5 are back: ‘This is a community-driven fight and we will keep fighting’

In their first appearance since they were taken to the hospital on Friday, May 6th, the Frisco 5 – except Maria Cristina Gutierrez –...

SF Police Department is a total godawful mess, panel concludes

The district attorney’s special task force investigating the San Francisco Police Department issued a devastating preliminary report tonight suggesting that pretty much everything in...

Day XII: Mayor Edwin Lee comes unannounced, leaves without meeting Frisco5

This post is part of our special coverage on the #hungerforjusticesf. Five San Francisco residents are on hunger strike outside Mission Police Station, demanding...

Will Gascon file charges against cops who shot Amilcar Perez Lopez?

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is conducting an in-depth investigation of the shooting of Amilcar Perez Lopez and is expected to announce within...

Wiener votes with cops, against Leno accountability bill

There was a strange moment at the Board of Supervisors today that shows just how powerful even the discredited law-enforcement lobby can be. The supes...

The homeless sweep on Division Street

The mayor is following what the Chronicle editorial board and Willie Brown suggested, and sweeping homeless people off Division Street. We will have a...

The Agenda, Oct. 5-12: The election starts now

Absentee ballots are on the way; we offer some help. Plus: VisionSF packs the house, your editor debates housing policy ... and will Ed...