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Taraval captain outlines community policing tools as commissioners probe crime spikes

San Francisco Police Commission · July 31, 2008
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Summary

Taraval Station Captain Paul Chignell reported on neighborhood outreach, daily email alerts, victim outreach and enforcement data; commissioners questioned recent increases in burglaries and larceny and sought deployment and analysis details.

Taraval Station Captain Paul Chignell told the Police Commission on July 30 that the station uses decentralized community policing, daily neighborhood emails and targeted enforcement to respond to local crime and nuisance issues.

Chignell said Taraval covers roughly 23% of San Francisco’s land mass and serves about 160,000 people. He described a system of 13 first-line supervisors who each liaise with neighborhood organizations and said the station has used strike-force overtime to address violent-crime patterns.

"We had a 176 robberies. We did make 33 arrests,"…

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