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Public urges San Francisco Police Commission to act after liaison allegedly blocks medical cannabis permits
Summary
Scores of public commenters told the San Francisco Police Commission that a co‑deputized narcotics liaison has withheld sign‑offs for medical cannabis dispensary permits and urged the commission to end cross‑deputization and move liaison duties to community services; the commission took procedural votes but did not resolve the permit complaints.
Public commenters at the San Francisco Police Commission meeting on April 1 urged the commission to investigate alleged conflicts arising from cross‑deputization of officers who serve as liaisons to medical cannabis businesses.
The most repeated complaint centered on a liaison identified by multiple speakers as Marty Halloran. Mary Ingram, a disabled San Francisco resident, said the liaison is a "co deputized narcotics officer" and urged the commission to "look into concerns the disability community who use medical cannabis have about cross deputization" and disparate treatment. Naomi Finkelstein of Access of Love told commissioners that Halloran has been "sitting on permits and refusing to sign off on permits…
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