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Deputy chief reports weekend spike in homicides, says SFPD deploying task forces and saturation patrols
Summary
Deputy Chief Hector Saines told the San Francisco Police Commission that multiple homicides and about 10 shootings over a recent weekend raised year-to-date homicide and shooting counts; the department is using homicide/gang task forces and targeted saturation patrols while investigators work to determine links among incidents.
Deputy Chief Hector Saines told the San Francisco Police Commission on Oct. 5 that San Francisco experienced a sharp rise in violent incidents over a recent weekend, including multiple homicides and about 10 shootings.
“Multiple units from the city, from the police department — homicide gang task force, night investigations unit, station investigation teams — are investigating these crimes,”…
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