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Interim chief reports modest shooting uptick, broad declines in other violent crime and updates body-worn camera rollout
Summary
Interim Chief Tony Chaplin told the commission shootings were slightly higher in 2016 compared with 2015 but overall violent crime and robberies were down; he outlined station-by-station body-worn camera training and a mounting-bracket fix being supplied by the vendor.
Interim Chief Tony Chaplin opened the Sept. 7 Police Commission meeting with a data-driven update on violent crime and the departments body-worn camera rollout.
Chaplin reported a small increase in shootings year-to-date: "Our 2016 shooting so far year to date, we have a 108," compared with 96 at the same point in 2015, and said overall violent crime was down about 15 percent. He said auto burglaries and residential burglaries have fallen and that the department seized 664 firearms year to date, including more than 300 over the summer months.
On the departments body-worn camera program, Chaplin gave a station-by-station schedule and training totals: stations including Bayview and Ingleside had trainers and hundreds of officers trained; he said the vendor Axiom will supply stronger magnetic mounting brackets to solve an attachment problem. Chaplin reported a small number of personnel still require training because of disability or other work-status issues and outlined the deployment timeline through the end of the year.
Chaplin also recounted notable recent incidents: an off-duty SFPD officer who interrupted an armed robbery in Oakland, and a large firearms seizure where investigators recovered 57 firearms from a residence. He said several shootings over a September reporting period remained under investigation with no arrests yet.
Commissioners thanked Chaplin and asked for clarification about homicide numbers; Chaplin confirmed year-to-date homicide counts and compared them to last year.
The chiefs report provided the commission with the immediate operational context for later policy discussions on body-worn cameras and use-of-force rules.
