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S.F. police outline plan to implement DOJ COPS Office reform report, cite 18-month target
Summary
Captain Michael Connolly and SFPD leaders told the Police Commission the Department of Justice—s COPS Office report consolidated hundreds of recommendations and that the department will prioritize 14 "immediate" reforms with an initial 18-month implementation timeline and project clusters to assign sponsors and managers.
Captain Michael Connolly, who directs the Police Department—s Professional Standards and Principal Policing unit, told the Police Commission on Oct. 19 that the Department of Justice—s COPS Office assessment of the San Francisco Police Department consolidated recommendations from multiple prior reviews into 272 DOJ recommendations and roughly 479 combined recommendations overall. "We have identified 14 immediate recommendations that we need to implement," Connolly said, adding the department expects those immediate items to be addressed within "30 to 60 days."
Connolly described an implementation matrix that groups related recommendations into concept "clusters," assigns executive sponsors and project managers, and sets…
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