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Police Commission to Consider Formal Revision of Use-of-Firearms Policy After Bulletin Restricting Firing at Moving Vehicles
Summary
The commission heard a presentation on Departmental Bulletin 10-156, which narrows circumstances when officers may discharge firearms at moving vehicles and will be folded into a revised Department General Order (DGO 5.02). Commissioners pressed for a public hearing and an adoption timeline in early 2011.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Dec. 8 received a briefing on Departmental Bulletin 10-156 and ongoing work to rewrite Department General Order 5.02 governing use of firearms.
Sergeant Mike Nevin of the SFPD’s internal affairs, officer-involved-shooting investigation team told commissioners the priority bulletin — issued in February and currently in effect — was adopted to clarify and tighten the department’s language on discharging a firearm at or from a moving vehicle. He said the bulletin reflects recommendations from the Police Executive Research Forum’s assessment and an internal five-year study of officer-involved shootings that concluded the tactical disadvantages of firing at moving vehicles…
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