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S.F. police chief reports violent crime down, redeploys units and expands youth programs
Summary
At the Aug. 10 Police Commission meeting, the chief reported violent crime was about 7% lower and Part 1 crimes were flat year-over-year; he described summer youth-job partnerships, a community youth center opening and redeployment of patrol motorcycles to improve response times.
The San Francisco Police Commission received a briefing from the police chief on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, who said violent crime was down roughly 7% citywide while overall Part 1 crimes remained essentially flat compared with last year.
The chief told commissioners that homicides were at approximately a 30-year low and that the department was focusing on prevention work with young people to avoid future spikes in violence. He cited a summer "garden" jobs project run in partnership with the Public Utilities Commission and the sheriffs office that roughly doubled placements from the prior year and said the department hopes to place more than…
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