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Committee advances ordinance requiring SFPD to publish quarterly, de‑identified victim demographics
Summary
Supervisor Gordon Marr’s Crime Victim Data Disclosure Ordinance would require SFPD to publish quarterly, aggregated, de‑identified data on victim race, gender and age for specified crimes and the motivating factors for reported hate crimes. SFPD and the budget analyst raised technical and timing concerns related to upcoming state reporting standards; the committee accepted amendments and forwarded the measure to the full Board.
Supervisor Gordon Marr introduced the "Crime Victim Data Disclosure Ordinance," saying it would require the San Francisco Police Department to issue quarterly reports on aggregated, de‑identified victim demographic data and the motivating factors for reported hate crimes and urged transparency so communities can better understand disparities in victimization.
The ordinance, as described by Marr, would direct SFPD to regularly disclose aggregated demographic information — including race, gender and age — for victims of specified crimes such as aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, robbery, battery, vandalism, domestic violence and murder, and to report motivating factors for hate crimes (for example, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religious preference). Marr said the measure does not require the collection of new…
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