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SFPD transit unit reports mixed Muni crime trends, highlights theft-of-service and canine/TSA programs
Summary
Lieutenant Joe Garrity told the Police Commission that overall Muni crime is down but robberies rose; he highlighted TOSS (theft-of-service) operations, TOMS sweeps, VIPER teams and a TSA-funded passive-canine program as countermeasures and identified high‑concern lines including the 14, 38 and the F line.
Lieutenant Joe Garrity, who presented the Municipal Transportation (Muni) crime report on Oct. 23, said SFPD’s transit-focused operations have reduced some categories of crime while robberies have increased on certain lines.
Garrity told commissioners that, for the fiscal period under review, robberies on transit rose to 161 from prior counts and that pickpocket larceny fell by 127 incidents after deployment of theft-of-service (TOSS)…
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