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Commission backs in principle Supervisor Yee's task force to study police staffing levels, with wording change
Summary
The commission voted to support 'the spirit' of Supervisor Norman Yee's resolution to form a multidisciplinary police staffing study task force, agreeing to strike the word 'deployment' and have the chief work with Yee's office on final wording; commissioners and the controller discussed resources and prior consultant work.
Supervisor Norman Yee presented a resolution asking the Police Commission to convene a Strategic Police Staffing and Deployment Task Force to study staffing needs using calls-for-service data, officer workload, deployment patterns and other evidence.
Yee said the 1,971-officer figure in the city charter needs reexamination and proposed a cross-disciplinary task force including community stakeholders, SFPD command staff, the controller's office and outside experts to produce…
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