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Taxi drivers and community advocates press Police Commission on citations, OCC responsiveness and community policing
Summary
Taxi drivers and community leaders urged the Police Commission to address frequent citations, OCC response times and to revive community-based police relations boards; OCC director provided 2009 caseload statistics during the meeting.
Multiple members of the public used the Jan. 6 comment period to raise concerns about enforcement and complaint handling and to urge stronger neighborhood relations.
Amir Lawrence, who identified himself as a San Francisco taxi driver, told the commission the industry is "under assault" by citations from SFPD and the Department of Parking and Traffic and said a police officer had his license canceled and listed as a criminal complaint on his DMV record, leaving…
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