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City human resources says Ralph Anderson & Associates will lead police chief search; commission to meet firm next week
Summary
San Francisco Department of Human Resources announced an executed agreement with Ralph Anderson & Associates to manage the Police Commission's recruitment for chief of police; DHR described its selection process and said the firm will brief the commission as soon as next week.
San Francisco — The Department of Human Resources told the Police Commission on July 9 that it has executed a contract with executive-search firm Ralph Anderson & Associates to lead the recruitment for San Francisco’s next chief of police.
Carol Eisen, San Francisco’s Human Resources director, told the commission the DHR used a prequalified pool of executive-search firms created via a request for qualifications. She said roughly 13 firms initially responded, four firms were prequalified and three submitted full proposals. DHR staff used standard rating criteria and selected Ralph Anderson & Associates based on its experience conducting police chief recruitments in California and its ability to run public meetings and reach qualified candidates.
Eisen said Ralph Anderson can meet with the commission as soon as the next meeting and that the firm added retired chief consultants to its team to advise the recruitment. Commissioners asked for transparency about the procurement process, and Eisen said the commission staff has posted the RFP and the Ralph Anderson proposal on the Police Commission website and that other proposals will be handled under Public Records Act procedures if requested.
Commissioner Elias asked how the firm was selected. Eisen described the RFQ process, the prequalification pool and the standard internal scoring that led staff to award the work to Ralph Anderson. Vice President Benedicto thanked DHR for the update and said the commission will continue to solicit public input into the search process.
Why it matters: The Police Commission is charged with identifying candidates and forwarding names to the mayor. Selecting an executive-search firm to manage recruitment is an important early step in a transparent, public search for the next police chief.
Ending: DHR said it will arrange for Ralph Anderson representatives to brief the commission at the next meeting and that commission staff will maintain a public landing page with recruitment materials and updates.
