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Police department outlines multi‑phase staffing task force; commissioners press for community representation
Summary
City police leaders proposed a multi-phase staffing analysis and a volunteer task force to guide methodology for a department-wide workload study; commissioners pressed for clearer community representation and adherence to the proposed timeline.
San Francisco police department leadership presented a proposed, multi-phase staffing analysis and the formation of a volunteer task force to guide workload methodology and departmental staffing recommendations. Director Katherine Maguire told the Police Commission that Phase 1 — a controller’s office sector patrol workload analysis — is in final stages and due to the Board of Supervisors in May, while Phase 2 will cover functional analyses for other divisions and engage a contractor.
Maguire described a task force composed largely of technical experts and agency representatives (controller's office lead Karina Monzon, Department of Police Accountability representative Samara Marion, Department of Emergency Management's Anne Raskin, Commander O'Sullivan and external staffing experts Leonard Maderice and Craig Frazier) and outlined a schedule of approximately five meetings over the project year to vet methodology and present findings.
Several commissioners pressed for direct community input on the task force. Commissioner Robert Hirsch and others recommended designating one or more representatives from the Executive Sponsor Working Group or other umbrella community organizations (Bar Association, ACLU, neighborhood groups) to sit on the task force or serve as a continuous sounding board, rather than relying solely on later-stage surveys. Director Maguire said community perspectives will be tapped via the Executive Sponsor Working Group and through the controller's prior survey of over 500 organizations (approximately 140 respondents), but she agreed to consider adding a community representative to the task force.
Commissioners also reminded staff to adhere to the timeline and to coordinate with PERF and other comparative benchmarks; several noted that earlier PERF estimates suggested the department could be 800–1,000 officers short of comparable cities. The commission asked staff to return with updated membership, a proposed community-representation plan, and a more detailed meeting schedule.
