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SFPD offers progress report on Department of Justice recommendations; supervisors press for faster disparity fixes
Summary
Police Chief Bill Scott and SFPD strategic staff updated the Board of Supervisors on implementation of recommendations from the Department of Justice collaborative reform process, citing declines in use-of-force and improved transparency while supervisors pressed for faster reductions in racial disparities and timely quarterly reports.
The San Francisco Police Department briefed the Board of Supervisors on July 16 about progress implementing recommendations from the city's collaborative reform work with the U.S. and California Departments of Justice.
Chief William Scott told the board the department has advanced the work since 2018 and submitted the remaining recommendations for external review. "We are much better at what we do, but we still have work to do," Scott said, highlighting a reported 64% decline in use-of-force incidents from 2017 to 2021 and a 79% decline in pointing firearms over the same period.
Catherine McGuire, executive director of SFPD's Strategic Management Bureau, described institutional changes including a professional…
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