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At SFPD Northern District hearing, residents demand more officers, sensitivity training and answers on cold homicides
Summary
Dozens of community members, faith leaders and victims' families told the Police Commission they support some map changes but want urgent action on hiring, racial‑profiling training and investigations into unsolved homicides; the chief promised a written response and reinstated training.
During a public comment period at a Police Commission meeting in the Northern District, scores of residents, faith leaders and family members pressed the San Francisco Police Department to prioritize hiring, training and cold‑case investigations even as the commission considered proposed map changes.
Multiple speakers demanded that the department implement prior recommendations from a 2008 PERF report and deliver clearer information about which recommendations were acted upon. "Time response in Northern District as well as Bayview District was longer according to that report," Daniel Mohammed of the San Francisco Black and Brown Alliance told the…
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