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Police commission hears camera program update; commissioners ask for cost, crime-solve and displacement data
Summary
SFPD project manager updated the commission on the Community Safety Camera program, citing local community support and several cases where footage assisted investigations; commissioners pressed for total program cost, comparison to hiring officers, displacement analysis and counts of crimes solved or exonerations.
The Police Commission received a multi-part update on the Community Safety Camera (CSC) program and asked the department for more rigorous cost and impact information before committing further resources.
Lieutenant Giddens, the CSC project manager, summarized outreach and technical work since a UC Berkeley "Citrus" team review. He said the team held two community meetings and that field visits to camera clusters in the 16th & Mission and 400 block of Haight showed mostly positive responses from local residents and businesses. "Most of the people in the area said that the cameras are a deterrent and they would like for them to stay," he said. The lieutenant recounted two…
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