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Central Station captain warns Broadway’s nightlife is straining police resources, urges tighter promoter and permit controls
Summary
Capt. Jim Dudley told the San Francisco Police Commission on April 30 that the Central District’s Broadway Corridor draws disproportionate weekend policing resources and increases in violent and nuisance incidents; business owners and residents urged a moratorium on large new club permits and better enforcement by the Entertainment Commission.
Capt. Jim Dudley, commanding officer of Central Station, told the Police Commission on April 30 that his 1.9-square-mile district — home to roughly 65,000 residents and 14,000 hotel rooms — requires a focused, neighborhood-by-neighborhood policing strategy, and said concentrated nightlife on Broadway is the district’s chief weekend demand.
"It’s approximately 1.9 square miles of the best that San Francisco has to offer," Dudley said, describing Central Station’s beats and event workload. He urged stronger controls on promoters and said overtime and mutual-aid requests are routinely needed when several clubs dump thousands of patrons onto the streets at the same time.
Why it matters: The Broadway Corridor’s late-night cluster of clubs, restaurants and extended-hours venues repeatedly drew the…
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