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SFPD outlines enforcement, fire risks and prosecutions tied to illegal marijuana grows
Summary
Captain O'Leary told the Police Commission that SFPD has investigated multiple illegal marijuana grow operations this year, cited fire and safety hazards from faulty wiring and said prosecutors have pursued felony charges in some cases; commissioners pressed the department on distinctions between medicinal and illicit grows.
Captain Larry O'Leary of the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division told the Police Commission on Aug. 5 that investigators have seen a rise in illegal marijuana grow operations in residential neighborhoods and warehouses and highlighted public-safety risks tied to faulty wiring and violent crime.
"There had been 18 cases presented to the narcotics division this year alone, 10 of which resulted in an arrest," O'Leary said, summarizing the unit's caseload and describing photographs of a warehouse fire on Shafter Street where handmade ballasts and faulty wiring caused a blaze that injured a firefighter.
O'Leary said many…
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