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SFUSD presents revised MOU with SFPD and arrest data; community urges action on disproportionality
Summary
SFUSD staff presented a revised MOU with the San Francisco Police Department, task-force work and fall-semester arrest counts (37 in fall) and historical totals; community leaders and advocates urged immediate strategies to reduce the disproportionately high arrest rate among African American students and recommended diversion and stronger collaboration.
Assistant Superintendent Kevin Truitt and Lieutenant Colleen Futu presented a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the San Francisco Police Department, described a joint task force and crisis-response training, and reviewed arrest and offense data.
Truitt reported historical annual arrest totals for SFUSD school years that declined from 195 (2010-11) to 94 in the most recent full year; for the fall semester alone staff reported 37 arrests. The presentation highlighted that African American students are disproportionately represented among arrests and noted efforts to address this through restorative practices, suspension-reduction work and improved data collection.
Community leaders, including NAACP President Amos Brown and Coleman Advocates' Kevin Bogus, thanked district staff for collaboration but pressed for faster action and accountability on disproportionality. Brown urged the board and the police commission to intensify work on community policing, sensitivity training and recruiting a police force reflecting the city's diversity.
Truitt and Futu outlined next steps: task-force composition adjustments, regular meeting schedules, improved data systems for calls for service and arrests, and joint training for school staff and officers on trauma-informed responses. They said they would post the MOU and related materials online and continue convening school, police and community partners.
