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Police commission schedules officer election, hears public complaints about fireworks, petitions and Sixth Street safety
Summary
At its July 6 meeting the San Francisco Police Commission approved minutes, heard public complaints about July 4 fireworks, alleged on-duty officers harassing petition collectors and calls for a Sixth Street storefront substation; the chief reported mostly flat crime and summer beat plans. The commission set its officer-election date for Sept. 7 and voted to send disciplinary items to closed session.
The San Francisco Police Commission met Wednesday, July 6, and approved the minutes from prior meetings before turning to public comment and reports. Commissioners scheduled their next officer election for Sept. 7 and voted to move pending disciplinary items into closed session.
Public comment highlighted neighborhood concerns. A resident said loud, sustained illegal fireworks kept them awake on July 4 and that a night captain did not respond when dispatch was notified, adding that falling embers threatened a new roof. Another speaker, identified as Clyde, reported eyewitness accounts that on‑duty officers had harassed people collecting signatures for an adoption petition. Daniel Hurtado, executive director of the Central Market Community Benefit District, thanked officers for recent patrols after several shootings and urged the commission to…
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