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Supervisors order gap analysis of Police Code Article 25 to modernize private‑security oversight
Summary
Following complaints of harassment by private security, the Board directed the police department and controller to analyze what is required to implement and modernize Article 25 of the Police Code, including complaint processes, nondiscrimination measures and penalties.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Jan. 25 to require the Police Department, in consultation with the Controller’s Office, to conduct a gap analysis of Article 25 of the Police Code and to report back on steps needed to implement or modernize local oversight of private security firms.
Why the board acted: The ordinance was introduced after community complaints that private security guards had harassed residents and after staff discovered that Article 25 — a 1972 framework that requires private security firms to register with the Police…
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