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Supervisors continue debate on foot-patrol pilot, direct return Sept. 19
Summary
The Board of Supervisors continued two related measures to create a one-year foot-patrol pilot and a decennial review of police district boundaries, directing staff to return with further analysis and seeking police-department staffing data before final action.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Aug. 15 voted to continue two items — an ordinance to require a 10-year review of police district station boundaries and a one-year pilot program requiring foot patrols in crime-impacted areas — until a special board meeting on Sept. 19.
The measures were introduced by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi as an effort to increase beat/foot patrol presence in select districts. "I wanna see foot and be patrols citywide," Mirkarimi said during the discussion, offering his district as a pilot and arguing the proposal was the catalyst to revive a strategy the city used in the past.
Supporters said the pilot could help restore community policing in…
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