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San Francisco police outline zone strategy as Mission District crime rises; residents demand more officers
Summary
At a Police Commission meeting in the Mission District, SFPD leaders described rising violent-crime trends and a zone-based enforcement strategy, said Mission Station staffing is roughly 105 officers, and pledged expanded outreach; residents urged immediate increases in patrols and better communication after recent homicides.
San Francisco Police leaders told the Police Commission at a Mission District meeting on Aug. 27, 2008, that violent crime in parts of the neighborhood has increased and that the department has shifted resources to a zone-based enforcement model to concentrate specialized units where violence is most concentrated.
Chief Heather Fong and Deputy Chief Kevin Cashman said the department’s new approach places an outsized number of resources in five priority zones — including the Mission — where a disproportionate share of violent crime occurs. Cashman described the strategy as layering specialized units (gang task force, narcotics, a violence-reduction motorcycle squad, Honda units and tactical teams) on top of sustained sector-car and foot-patrol coverage.
“Because there’s a disproportionately high level of violent crime in that 2%, we put a…
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