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Board hears progress report on DOJ collaborative-reform recommendations; department says 96.7% compliance, nine recommendations remain

3213769 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

City officials told the Board of Supervisors on May 6 that the San Francisco Police Department has reached ‘substantial compliance’ on 263 of 272 DOJ collaborative‑reform recommendations, while nine recommendations — chiefly around electronic performance appraisals and management dashboards — remain to be completed.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors convened as a committee of the whole on May 6 to receive an update on the city’s implementation of the U.S. Department of Justice collaborative‑reform recommendations for the San Francisco Police Department (Item 38).

Chief Bill Scott and Catherine McGuire, executive director of the department’s Strategic Management Bureau, summarized the department’s progress, saying the state’s final report this January found the department in “substantial compliance” on 263 of 272 recommendations (96.7 percent). Officials emphasized reductions in use-of-force incidents and officer‑involved shootings compared with prior performance periods, and pointed to sustained executive leadership devoted to reform implementation.

Remaining items and next steps

McGuire said nine recommendations remain…

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