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Commissioners press for review after captain's newsletter described as demeaning to homeless people
Summary
Commissioner Petro de Jesus asked the commission to investigate a captain's newsletter that used insulting terms for homeless people; the chief said the captain was ordered to apologize and commissioners suggested tying a review to the city's forthcoming social media policy.
Commissioner Petro de Jesus raised a formal concern at the Oct. 23 San Francisco Police Commission community meeting about a Bayview captain’s newsletter that, he said, used demeaning language toward homeless people.
De Jesus read a list of pejorative terms that he said appeared in the newsletter — language he described as “demeaning” and offensive to a vulnerable population. He requested that the commission place an investigation on a future agenda and…
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