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Police Commission hears pilot neighborhood crime breakdown for Mission District; commissioners ask for per-capita analysis
Summary
SFPD presented a pilot neighborhood-level crime map for the Mission Police District showing declines in most crime categories from 2006 to mid-2007; commissioners asked staff for per-capita (population-density) analysis and for captains to present deployment strategies in district meetings.
The Police Commission on Aug. 1 reviewed a pilot presentation from the San Francisco Police Department breaking district statistics into neighborhood areas, beginning with a four-part breakdown of the Mission Police District.
Chief Fong said that overall Part I crimes and total crimes in the Mission were down in 2007 compared with 2006, with the exception of a one-homicide increase in a specific neighborhood slice. The department said the neighborhood boundaries were drawn using mayoral Office of Community Development neighborhood definitions and will be refined.
Commissioner David Campos and others pressed for per-capita analysis that adjusts crime counts for resident and daytime population density; Campos asked for neighborhood-level presentations to the commission that include staffing and deployment strategies from captains so the panel can assess equitable resource allocation. Commissioners also requested that materials be made available in Spanish and other languages for affected communities.
The chief said the data are a first step, that analysts will provide more detailed per-capita and contextual breakdowns (public spaces, schools, transit nodes) and that captains will be asked to bring neighborhood strategies to future district meetings. Commissioners supported the pilot and asked the department to return with additional analysis and multilingual community outreach plans.
