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DPA interns propose updates to SFPD guidelines on First Amendment activities
Summary
A summer internship cohort at the Department of Police Accountability presented a 104-page report urging updates to SFPD's DGO 8.1 to define unclear terms, address modern surveillance (including drones), establish oversight, expand training and require incident tagging for First Amendment-related encounters.
A cohort of Department of Police Accountability interns presented policy recommendations to modernize San Francisco Police Department handling of incidents involving First Amendment activity, urging clearer definitions, alignment with city surveillance rules, expanded training and new oversight mechanisms.
The DPA's summer interns delivered a condensed presentation summarizing a 104-page report that recommends five main changes to Department General Order 8.1 (guidelines for investigations involving First Amendment activities): define unclear terms (for example, "criminal investigation" and what it means for an investigation to "involve" First Amendment activity), provide explicit guidance on modern surveillance technologies…
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