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Supervisors press for richer, anonymized crime dashboards; committee votes to broaden hearing and continue
Summary
At an Oct. 12 Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee hearing, analysts and law enforcement officials reviewed gaps in San Francisco's public-facing criminal-justice dashboards and estimated $134,400 in initial enhancements; the committee amended the hearing scope to add the Superior Court and sheriff and continued the item to the call of the chair.
San Francisco's Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee heard on Oct. 12 that the city's public-facing criminal-justice dashboards provide useful summaries but lack the demographic, geographic and disposition detail reporters and researchers say they need to follow cases from arrest to outcome. Vice Chair Engadio convened the hearing and presenters from the Budget and Legislative Analyst's Office, the District Attorney's Office and the San Francisco Police Department described current capabilities, data sources, and barriers to expanding the dashboards.
The committee's Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA), Fred Brousseau, said comparative research found stronger dashboards in jurisdictions including Yolo County, Cook County and Manhattan. "Our estimate is about $134,400" in initial enhancement costs for staffing and one-time technical support, Brousseau said, adding ongoing annual costs would be in the mid-hundreds of thousands to maintain expanded features. The BLA recommended stakeholder input and seeking outside grants where possible.
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