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Youth and police commissioners urge deeper training and broader youth outreach at joint San Francisco meeting
Summary
At a joint meeting, youth commissioners, community groups and SFPD leaders highlighted successful youth programs and urged more substantive officer training, wider "know your rights" distribution and regular youth‑police joint activities to reduce negative encounters, strengthen trust and sustain diversion efforts.
San Francisco — At a packed joint meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission and the San Francisco Youth Commission, youth representatives, community organizations and law‑enforcement officials laid out a plan to deepen police–youth engagement and reduce adversarial contacts.
Youth commissioners and dozens of young people urged concrete changes including scenario‑based officer training about adolescent brain development and de‑escalation, wider distribution of the SFPD’s “know your rights” pamphlet in schools and community centers, and more routine joint programs that put officers and youth together outside enforcement settings. “This is your night,” President Mizuko told attendees as he opened the session, emphasizing that the meeting aimed to center youth voices.
The meeting mixed personal testimony and program briefs. Youth speakers described encounters they…
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