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Commission discusses revised plainclothes/undercover DGO; vote deferred after public‑defender and DPA input
Summary
The Police Commission discussed proposed revisions to DGO 5.08 on plainclothes and undercover officers. Presenters summarized changes; commissioners asked questions about vehicle stops, crowd‑control language and deviation authority. The item was not voted on and will return after further review.
Lieutenant David Goff of SFPD briefed the Police Commission on proposed revisions to Department General Order 5.08 governing plainclothes, nonuniformed and undercover officers. The commission discussed the policy at length on Oct. 1 and deferred a vote to allow time to review a letter from the Public Defender's Office and substantive edits proposed by the Department of Police Accountability.
Lieutenant Goff, identified as a Field Operations Bureau lieutenant and subject‑matter expert on the revision effort, told commissioners the DGO was last updated in 1996 and that the department…
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