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Community speakers urge pause on SFPD taser adoption; commissioners plan cost analysis
Summary
Dozens of public commenters, including advocacy groups, urged the Police Commission to delay any vote on adopting tasers, citing DOJ oversight changes, health risks and disproportionate impacts; a commissioner said she would request a cost analysis from the Controller's office.
Public comment at the Police Commission meeting centered on proposed adoption of conducted-energy devices (tasers). Alexander Post, identifying himself as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America's San Francisco chapter and an appellate attorney, urged the commission to pause any vote while federal oversight is in flux. "Without an independent body, I think that we need to take the pause," he said, asking the commission to schedule more community meetings in neighborhoods most…
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