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Supervisors press SFPD chief over new command‑staff additions as DOJ reforms continue
Summary
Chief Bill Scott defended a reorganization that restores two assistant chiefs and adds commanders to implement DOJ reform recommendations. Supervisors pressed for cost data, pension impacts and whether the changes would reduce patrol resources; the committee continued the discussion to the next session for more analysis.
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott told the Budget & Finance Committee on June 21 that a revamped command structure — including two assistant chiefs and three new commander positions — was necessary to implement the Department of Justice consent‑decree recommendations and to improve span of control and accountability.
"We created three new commander positions that directly oversee implementation of 67 of the 272 recommendations," Chief Scott said, describing an administrative/operational split to improve…
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