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Board passes first reading of ordinance requiring city police to adopt citywide foot and bike patrol strategy
Summary
Supervisors approved on first reading an ordinance that would require the chief of police to adopt a foot and bike patrol strategy and work with police captains to implement patrols citywide; sponsors said the measure aims to restore community policing without new funding.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 30 passed on first reading an ordinance that requires the chief of police to adopt a citywide foot and bike patrol strategy and work with police captains to plan implementation. The ordinance passed on first reading after a sponsor presentation and was introduced with a broad set of cosponsors.
Supervisor Safaie, the lead sponsor, said the legislation moves community policing from an optional practice to a required strategy across the…
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