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Supervisor Dorsey proposes changes to Homicide Reward Fund to pay for information that leads to charges, accept anonymous tips
Summary
Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced legislation to change San Francisco’s Homicide Reward Fund so rewards may be paid when information leads to filing of criminal charges (not solely on conviction), allow anonymous tipsters to receive rewards while preserving confidentiality, and remove automatic disqualification based on prior criminal history.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey introduced an ordinance at the April 29 Board of Supervisors meeting seeking to modernize San Francisco’s Homicide Reward Fund.
Dorsey said the fund, established in 2016 to incentivize information that helps solve homicides, has not paid a reward in more than a decade and that eligibility restrictions are discouraging potential informants. The ordinance would: permit reward payments when information…
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