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San Francisco supervisors press SFPD over staffing, response times and a $50M budget rise
Summary
The Board of Supervisors’ budget committee heard a lengthy presentation and questioning of the San Francisco Police Department’s proposed budget increase, focusing on officer shortfalls, recruitment plans, overtime and how funding would be deployed amid rising public concern about violent crime and retail theft.
Chief Scott asked the Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Appropriations Committee on June 17 to preserve and restore police staffing, saying the department is operating well below the level recommended by its staffing analysis and is reliant on overtime to cover shifts.
The chief told supervisors the department is short roughly 486 sworn positions and that response times have worsened, with priority‑A calls exceeding the 8‑minute target and now averaging about nine minutes. He said the department plans smaller, more frequent academy classes and a larger recruitment push — including a request for a recruitment firm and technology to track applicants — to reduce the long run attrition and a statewide “washout”…
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