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Board adopts multidisciplinary police staffing policy after heated debate, 6-5
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors narrowly approved a resolution directing a new, multidisciplinary process for reviewing police staffing levels after hours of debate over whether to mandate a specific officer target. The measure passed 6-5 and will be sent to the Public Safety Committee for further work.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adopted a resolution directing a multidisciplinary process to review and recommend police staffing levels for the city, approving the measure as amended on a 6-5 vote.
The resolution, led by Supervisor Mark Farrell and debated at length, does not immediately raise the charter minimum but directs the Budget and Legislative Analyst and other city entities to study best practices for setting police staffing and to involve community stakeholders in that process. Supervisor Scott Wiener said the city needs a modern staffing goal to reflect population growth and peer-city comparisons; Wiener proposed a target of roughly 2,200 officers based on several analyses and the Police…
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