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Police commission to reschedule TASER community hearings after public concerns
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners agreed to redesign and reschedule community meetings on proposed TASER deployment, with a focus on holding inclusive, neighborhood-level town halls and possibly limiting TASERs to officers trained in crisis intervention (CIT).
San Francisco Police Commission members agreed Oct. 24 to reschedule a series of community meetings on proposed TASER (less-lethal electronic control device) use after public criticism that earlier sessions had been canceled and were not held in neighborhoods such as the Bayview, Mission and Tenderloin.
During the public-comment period, Bridal Lyon of the San Francisco Grey Panthers said the commission appeared to be moving toward TASER adoption through a “shadowy” process and that planned hearings had been canceled without adequate outreach to…
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