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Rules Committee advances Dorsey’s police staffing charter amendment after hours-long debate and public comment
Summary
The Rules Committee heard SFPD leadership and hundreds of public commenters on a proposed charter amendment to phase in minimum sworn staffing targets and create a five-year recruitment fund; the committee passed technical amendments and continued final action to Oct. 30, 2023.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey, chair of the Rules Committee, opened the discussion on Oct. 23 by presenting a proposed charter amendment to reestablish minimum sworn staffing targets for the San Francisco Police Department and to create a temporary police full staffing fund.
The measure would phase in graduated staffing minimums over five years, reaching a baseline tied to the department’s forthcoming 2023 Proposition E staffing report. "We are about 600 full duty officers short of where we should be," Dorsey said, framing the amendment as a voter-directed way to restore the department’s capacity.
Police Chief Bill Scott summarized operational impacts of the staffing shortfall, including longer response times and a heavier reliance on overtime. "Even with calls going down... we're already at 25,000 of those types of [crisis…
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