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Community groups press Police Commission over JTTF ties, nondisclosure and suspicious-activity reporting
Summary
Community organizations told the San Francisco Police Commission the SFPD's 2015 Joint Terrorism Task Force report omits critical details, and they urged the city to enforce local law, allow OCC access to interviews and disclose suspicious-activity reporting to avoid racial or religious profiling.
Lieutenant Daryl Fong presented the San Francisco Police Department's 2015 annual report on its participation with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, saying the department assigned one full-time SFPD member to the JTTF in 2015, that the officer's activities complied with Department General Order 8.1 and related bureau orders, and that the department found no violations of the local ordinance in calendar year 2015.
That presentation prompted sustained public comment from civil-rights advocates who said the report fails to address substantial community concerns. "The FBI MOU is inconsistent with San Francisco law and it's preventing the OCC from doing its job," said Nasreena Baragzi of Advancing Justice, urging the commission to ensure OCC investigators can interview officers before statute-of-limitations deadlines. "We filed our complaint…
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