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SFPD chief reports declines in several crime categories, clarifies Tennessee Street search
Summary
Chief Gregory Pisser told the Police Commission violent crime and several traffic metrics are down year‑over‑year and corrected earlier reports about a Tennessee Street search, saying no shots were fired and no flashbang was used.
Chief Gregory Pisser briefed the Police Commission on May 14 on recent crime and traffic‑safety trends and corrected an earlier account of a search‑warrant service on Tennessee Street.
Pisser said violent crime is down about 14% compared with the same period last year, Part I crimes overall are down roughly 2%, homicides are down about 58% and homicides involving guns are down about 63%. He reported collisions overall are down about 8%, bicycle collisions down about 16% and pedestrian collisions down about 4%, and he said the city has recorded nine bicycle/pedestrian fatalities so far this year — the same number as last year.
On a separate incident, the chief described a search‑warrant service at a Tennessee Street address identified as the Hells Angels clubhouse. He said officers arrested a suspect and gathered evidence in an aggravated‑assault investigation tied to an incident in December. "There was an original report that there were shots fired. That was not the case," Pisser said. Later in public comment he clarified again that no flashbang had been used and that the loud noise reported by neighbors was officers breaching the door: "We did not [use a flashbang]...the loud boom that everybody heard was the sound of the officers breaching the door. There were no shots fired." He also said nobody — suspect or officer — was injured in the service.
Pisser noted department participation in community events (Bike to Work Day) and highlighted that the Police Executive Research Forum and major‑city police chiefs would meet in San Francisco later in the week.
Commissioners asked follow‑up questions about the high‑profile collision that the district attorney did not charge and about temporary enforcement measures at a dangerous intersection pending installation of a permanent traffic signal; the chief said a citation will issue to the driver in the collision and that extra police presence will continue at the Yorba Boulevard and Sunset location until a permanent signal is installed.
The commission did not take formal action on the chief's report.
