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Committee accepts compromise on SFPD overtime; asks for implementation report
Summary
After negotiation with the Budget Legislative Analyst and SFPD, the committee accepted a compromise that reduces proposed overtime cuts and preserves targeted foot-beat hours; SFPD agreed to report back on implementation and to present an overtime-management plan within about three months.
The committee hashed out a negotiated compromise on San Francisco Police Department overtime funding and targeted foot-beat deployments on June 21. SFPD leaders told supervisors the revision preserves some funding for neighborhood foot beats and targeted units while reducing several larger requests.
Chief SFPD representatives outlined a reprioritization: reduced neighborhood-footbeat funding, continued support for housing-development outreach in Ingleside, Bayview and Mission stations, and scaled-back funding for major events and transit-season foot beats. The department said those allocations were calibrated to preserve momentum while civilianizing positions and bringing new recruits through the academy.
Budget Legislative Analyst staff explained the originally recommended reductions (about $3.118 million in general fund one-time reductions) were scaled to reflect a negotiated $1,000,000 concession, lowering the net recommended reductions to approximately $2.118 million. Committee members asked for a three-month follow-up with concrete implementation steps on overtime-management recommendations made by the BLA in June 2018.
Supervisor Mandelmann and others said they were concerned about ongoing overtime and wanted tangible progress reports; SFPD agreed to return within roughly three months with an implementation plan and tangible progress metrics. The committee recorded its intention to accept the BLA recommendations and thanked the department for its willingness to implement controls and provide a progress report.
Next steps: SFPD to present an overtime implementation plan and a progress update to the committee in about three months; BLA will track changes to overtime allocations and report impacts.
