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Residents press commission on youth services and policing while an inspector alleges discrimination in homicide assignments
Summary
Community members told the Police Commission that youth lack activities and that policing practices have alienated young people; Inspector Lee publicly alleged his grievance over a denied homicide-detail transfer amounted to discrimination and asked the commission to intervene and reform the selection process.
At a Taraval-area community meeting, multiple residents and youth speakers told the Police Commission that the removal of a local recreation center and limited youth programming have left teenagers with few alternatives and heightened tensions with officers.
Several speakers described frequent stops and ticketing for low-level infractions and argued the department should focus resources on serious offenders. "Do the real policemen. Kick some doors in. Get these parolees who got guns," one community member said, arguing that enforcement was misdirected at minor conduct. Other commenters said officers who engage with youth on a personal levelasking about school and…
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