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Acting SFPD chief reports arrests, uses of force and drone deployment during recent protests; department reiterates sanctuary-city policy
Summary
Acting Chief Paul Yip told the Police Commission that overall crime is down year to date but described recent protest-related activity that included reported uses of force, hundreds of arrests and drone deployment. He reiterated that SFPD will follow city sanctuary policies and respect press freedoms while investigating allegations.
Acting Chief Paul Yip briefed the San Francisco Police Commission on June 11 about crime trends from June 2–8 and the department’s response to protest activity that followed national demonstrations.
Yip reported year-to-date declines in several categories: homicides down 23%, burglaries down 23%, motor vehicle thefts down 43% and overall crime down 27%. He said there were no homicides in the reporting week and described an earlier shooting on June 6 that produced two injured victims. He also reported a traffic collision fatality on June 2 on Geary Boulevard at Second Avenue in the Richmond District, in which a pedestrian pushing a wheelchair was struck and later died; that incident was under investigation.
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