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Committee recommends city code change to let officers issue verbal warnings near reproductive health clinics
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted to forward an ordinance amendment allowing police to give verbal warnings rather than written warnings before issuing dispersal orders at reproductive health facilities; Planned Parenthood Northern California supported the change citing patient safety concerns.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted Sept. 12, 2018, to forward an amendment to the San Francisco Police Code that would allow officers to give a verbal warning — rather than require a written warning — before issuing a dispersal order to protect access to reproductive health-care facilities.
Vice Chair Supervisor Ronan, sponsor of the amendment, told the committee the change responds to recurring harassment outside clinics and to recent streetscape work that removed markings and signs for an…
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