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SFPD rolls out zone‑based violence plan, expands ShotSpotter pilot in Bayview
Summary
San Francisco Police Department presented a 2008 violence‑reduction plan that concentrates enforcement in five data‑driven zones and described a ShotSpotter gunshot‑detection pilot (26 sensors across ~1.3 sq. miles) in the Bayview, to be evaluated over 60 days with potential expansion to the Western Addition.
San Francisco Police Department leaders presented a new, enforcement‑focused violence reduction plan and an expanded pilot of a gunshot‑detection system at the Police Commission meeting on March 12, 2008. Chief Fong and acting deputy chief Leroy Cashman said the strategy concentrates existing resources in five data‑identified zones where roughly 45–50% of violent crime occurs in about 2% of the city's geography.
“We intend to use every tool in our toolbox,” Acting Deputy Chief Cashman said, describing a mix of target‑specific and zone‑specific deployments, buy‑bust operations, probation searches, stay‑away orders and intensified foot and traffic patrols. Cashman told commissioners the department identified 60 high‑risk offenders as part of the initial enforcement effort and said 15 of those were already in custody or pending felony cases.
Lieutenant Mikhail Ali described technical and operational details of the ShotSpotter pilot now active in the Bayview. He said the system covers approximately 1.3…
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