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Police commission hears presentation on street encounters, reasonable suspicion and officer conduct
Summary
Department instructor John Evans briefed the San Francisco Police Commission on training and policy for pedestrian contacts, explaining the three categories of contacts (consensual, detention requiring reasonable suspicion, arrest requiring probable cause), the department's additional training hours, and the limits on when officers must disclose suspicion; commissioners raised concerns about perceived profiling and officers' tone during encounters.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Oct. 1, 2008 heard a presentation and extended discussion about street encounters, investigative detentions and officer conduct.
John Evans of the San Francisco Police Department, introduced by the chief's office, said he has instructed pedestrian-contact training at the department academy for 12 years. Evans described the training block as a statewide mandate from the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and said the state requires a minimum of six hours of instruction in that block; the San Francisco Police Department provides eight hours at its academy. "Just…
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