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Supervisor Dorsey proposes charter amendment to require ‘full staffing’ for SFPD within five years

3006429 · April 16, 2025
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Supervisor Dorsey introduced a charter amendment dubbed the "San Francisco Police Department Full Staffing Act" that would set a data-driven minimum staffing level and require funding to reach it within five years; he cited a recommended minimum of 2,182 sworn officers and contrasted that with current levels of just over 1,500.

Supervisor Dorsey on April 12 introduced a charter amendment titled the San Francisco Police Department Full Staffing Act, proposing to restore and fund a citywide minimum sworn-officer staffing level and to require steps to reach full staffing within five years.

Dorsey said a recent workload-based analysis concluded the city’s minimum staffing level should be 2,182 sworn officers; he…

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