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SFPD chief reports rise in homicides, says more officers sent to foot beats
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Chief William Scott told the Police Commission that homicides rose to 45 year‑to‑date from 30 a year earlier and described redeployment plans that roughly doubled foot‑beat patrols to about 150 officers as a strategy to reduce shootings and improve community safety.
Chief William Scott told the San Francisco Police Commission on a September meeting that the city is seeing a troubling increase in homicides and is taking operational steps to respond. "We are still, way up in homicides," Scott said, reporting 45 homicides year‑to‑date compared with 30 at the same point last year. He described a mix of gang‑related and non‑gang disputes among the fatalities.
Scott also reviewed shooting and seizure figures: 99 shootings this year versus 110 last year, a combined gun‑violence total of about 108 compared with 111 the…
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