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DPA reports understaffing, rising jail population and video‑evidence gaps to oversight board
Summary
The Department of Police Accountability told the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board it is 'severely understaffed' handling sheriff investigations, noted a rising jail population and warned that malfunctioning surveillance and limited body‑worn cameras have hampered some investigations.
Marshall Keim, chief of staff for the Department of Police Accountability, told the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board on Nov. 14 that the DPA is ‘‘severely understaffed, with only 1 dedicated investigator and 1 senior investigator working on all of the sheriff's investigations.'"
Keim said the department continues to prioritize the most serious allegations but that pending cases remain ‘‘at an all time high.’’ He gave the board a snapshot of the jail population: 1,299 on Nov. 7 and 1,362 the morning of the meeting, with a 180‑day average of roughly 1,318. He added the female…
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