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Board urges police to deliver neighborhood strategy for car break‑ins, bike thefts
Summary
After months of rising property crime, the Board adopted a resolution asking Police Chief William Scott to produce a city‑wide strategy and to assign district officers to focus on automobile break‑ins, bicycle theft and neighborhood property crime and to report back within 60 days.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution on Oct. 31 urging the chief of police to produce a comprehensive citywide plan to address automobile break‑ins, bicycle theft and neighborhood property crime.
Supervisor Scott Wiener? (note: transcript identifies the speaker as Supervisor Yee) and Supervisor Hillary Ronan led the measure as co‑sponsors, explaining that car break‑ins and bike thefts have surged in some districts — Supervisor Yee told the board that through July there were nearly 18,000 reported car break‑ins citywide, and in some districts incidents have doubled. The board had previously considered an ordinance to create neighborhood property‑crime units; after discussions with Chief William Scott, sponsors converted that ordinance to a resolution memorializing mutual goals and asking the department to present its full plan to the board within 60 days of the resolution’s passage.
The resolution asks the chief to hire a crime‑strategies coordinator, establish district‑level points of contact assigned to property crime prevention and response, and coordinate those officers with a citywide unit. The resolution also requests that the chief present details of staffing and implementation and that the board hold a hearing on the plan after the chief’s report.
Supervisor Ronan and others said the structure will emphasize localized prevention while allowing coordination across districts. The board adopted the resolution by unanimous consent.
