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Police Commission approves clarified rule for handling overlapping sexual-assault and domestic-violence cases
Summary
Commission approved revisions to General Order 6.16 to codify unit responsibilities when sexual-assault and domestic-violence elements overlap and instructed staff to change language to reduce subjectivity ("may"→"shall" and replace "severe" with statutory language).
The San Francisco Police Commission approved revisions to Department General Order 6.16 on Aug. 6 to clarify how sexual-assault and domestic-violence investigations are allocated between the Special Victims (sexual assault) unit and the Domestic Violence Response Unit.
Officer Dan Lydon explained the revisions are intended to memorialize current practice and remove ambiguity about which unit takes primary responsibility in…
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