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Board hearing spotlights slow progress and public frustration over DOJ police‑reform recommendations
Summary
Police Chief William Scott told the Board of Supervisors that some 29 of 272 DOJ recommendations were found substantially compliant as of mid‑October, and that use of force has declined. Community advocates and many supervisors pressed for faster, more transparent oversight and independent review of racial disparities.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors sat as a Committee of the Whole on Oct. 22 for a detailed update on the city’s implementation of 272 recommendations the U.S. Department of Justice and its partners issued after a multi‑year review of the San Francisco Police Department.
Police Chief William Scott told the board the department has submitted hundreds of work packets and that, as of mid‑October, 29 recommendations had been reviewed and found to be in substantial compliance by the external monitor. Scott said the department has reworked policies, expanded training and added new auditing and early‑intervention units, and cited an extended period with no on‑duty officer‑involved shootings as an outcome of that work.
“My mission is to continue to train because policy and training drive culture,” Chief Scott said during the presentation.
The outside technical assistance contractor, Hillard Hines, described its role as providing independent review and helping the department document…
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