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SFPD chief reports steady violent‑crime levels, outlines OIS status and gun‑violence strategy
Summary
San Francisco police leaders told the Police Commission on Jan. 30 that overall violent crime and gun violence were largely flat or down modestly, described 12 open officer‑involved‑shooting (OIS) investigations, and detailed a multi‑part strategy combining rapid response, targeted redeployments and prevention programs.
San Francisco Police Department leaders told the Police Commission on Jan. 30 that, despite a roughly 15% reduction in staffing, officers handled about 1.0–1.3 million calls for service in 2012 and made roughly 25,000 arrests while violent crime and gun violence trends were broadly stable or down slightly.
Chief (San Francisco Police Department) said the department graduated 43 officers from the academy and described public‑safety planning for the upcoming Super Bowl; he also briefed the commission on a search warrant executed in the long‑running Kevin Collins cold case, saying excavation of a Masonic Avenue property recovered bones that preliminarily appear to be animal remains and that the…
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