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Commission presses patrol-specials audit after spotty paperwork, notes charter limits
Summary
Staff reported an audit of 25 patrol-specials showing mostly compliance on handgun qualifications and insurance but spotty paperwork; commissioners agreed to a June follow-up and reiterated the commission cannot eliminate patrol specials without a charter amendment.
The San Francisco Police Commission on May 1 received an update on compliance among patrol special officers and scheduled a follow-up audit after staff reported incomplete paperwork for some operators.
Officer Chang, serving as interim keeper of patrol-specials files, told the commission the department is auditing 25 patrol specialists and assistant patrol specialists and that "most of them have complied" with handgun qualification and proof-of-insurance requirements, though several applications had missing items and one…
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