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Committee files charter amendment to study transferring Police Department to Sheriff; unions warn of risks
Summary
Supervisor Chris Daley's charter amendment to put a police-sheriff consolidation question before voters and, if approved, create a study committee to examine consolidation was filed by the Rules Committee. The Police Officers Association warned the change is sweeping and unvetted and could eliminate the chief of police and police commission; supervisors debated costs, public safety and process.
The Rules Committee filed a charter amendment put forward by Supervisor Chris Daley that would ask voters whether the Police Department's functions, assets and operations should be transferred to the elected Sheriff and, if voters approved, would trigger a study committee to determine whether consolidation would save money or enhance public safety.
Daley told the committee the proposal is procedural: he said voters should first be asked whether they want the city to study consolidation and that, if voters approve, a seven-member…
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