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Residents urge San Francisco Police Commission to address homicides, neighborhood policing and Muni poster dispute
Summary
During public comment at the May 27 commission meeting residents urged action on an 18-homicide year-to-date toll, concentrated violence in the Southeast Sector and Sunnydale, and complained about unaddressed burglaries and a dispute with Muni over anti-violence posters.
SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of public speakers used the May 27, 2009, San Francisco Police Commission public-comment period to press the department on homicide response, neighborhood safety and what they described as poor police follow-up on burglaries.
Sharon Hewitt, a community advocate, thanked the commission for work in Sunnydale but said 18 people had been killed in the past year and urged a multi-pronged response that included mental-health services, jobs…
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