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SFPD reports declines in violent crime, outlines camera, training and recruitment plans
Summary
Interim Chief and bureau leaders told the Police Commission the city is seeing drops in homicides and violent crime and outlined near-term rollouts for body-worn cameras, new DOJ-recommended training, and a recruitment push; commissioners pressed for more disaggregated stop/search data and forms for multilingual consent.
The San Francisco Police Department reported declines in several categories of violent crime while asking the Police Commission for continued patience as it implements training, technology and staffing changes.
Interim Chief Tony Chaplin said year-to-date homicides were down roughly 9% compared with the same period in 2015, shootings were down about 4% and overall violent crime was down 14%. He summarized a series of recent incidents across neighborhoods, noting victims' conditions and evidence recovered.
The chief then introduced Captain Connolly of the Professional Standards Bureau, who described several policy and training initiatives the department is deploying as it awaits the Department of Justice's collaborative-review report, which the department said is expected within weeks. Connolly said SFPD content appears in four DOJ manuals and that the agency is…
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