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Taraval station captain praised as community meetings return to neighborhoods
Summary
Community members and commissioners lauded Taraval (Terrevel) Station Captain Curtis Lum at the San Francisco Police Commission’s July 24 meeting, citing neighborhood outreach, youth programs and targeted enforcement as reasons for improved community trust even as robberies rose modestly this year.
Captain Curtis Lum told the Police Commission that the Taraval (Terrevel) Police District covers about 10.8 square miles and serves roughly 163,000 residents. "The Taraval Police District is the largest police district in San Francisco," Lum said, outlining a district structure that includes neighborhood teams, school cars, and a neighborhood-problem solving unit.
Lum reported mixed crime trends through June 30: homicides and some violent crimes were down, robberies had risen from an average of about 15 per month last year to roughly 20 per month this year, and…
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