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Chief reports audit, homicide figures and buyback results; commission vows focus on reducing gun violence
Summary
San Francisco's police chief told the commission that an internal audit found thousands of unsynchronized reports and that homicide figures rose to 67 for 2012 (45 involving guns); commissioners praised a recent gun buyback and proposed community engagement to reduce gun violence.
At its Dec. 19 meeting the San Francisco Police Commission heard a year‑end report from Chief Gregory Pease that included an audit of the department's crime data and updates on training, promotions and recent gun‑reduction activity.
The chief told commissioners that as the department improved its technology it discovered a reporting gap: approximately 8,000 police reports had not been scanned into CompStat. "I ordered an immediate audit of all of our numbers," he said, acknowledging the scans would raise year‑to‑date statistical totals but asserting the department was working to reconcile and correct the record.
On homicides, the chief said the city recorded 67 deaths in 2012; when Commissioner…
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