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Police commission weighs tighter timelines for officer disciplinary hearings
Summary
Commissioners discussed a package of proposed changes aimed at shortening delays in officer disciplinary cases, including assigning a commissioner to monitor cases, faster selection of hearing officers, shorter hearing officer reports and allowing penalty consideration the night a finding is sustained.
A San Francisco Police Commission discussion on Sept. 29 focused on a set of proposed revisions to the commission's disciplinary hearing rules designed to cut months from the current process.
A draft circulated to commissioners would: assign a commissioner to monitor each case once filed; require parties to agree on a hearing officer within 14 days and select a hearing date within 90 days; allow the commission to reassign cases languishing more than 90 days; shorten hearing officer reports to a 10-page limit delivered within 10 days focused on observations of demeanor and credibility; and permit the commission to consider penalty on the same night it sustains a finding or continue penalty consideration up to 21 days.
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