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DPA reports fewer long-running investigations, flags late document production and wins national audit award
Summary
DPA Executive Director Paul Henderson told the Police Commission the average number of cases exceeding 270 days dropped from about six in 2023 to about two in 2025, but quarterly document noncompliance rose to 17% in Q4 2024; DPA also highlighted a national Knighton award for its stop-data audit.
DPA Executive Director Paul Henderson told the San Francisco Police Commission on April 9 that the office has reduced the average number of investigations exceeding the 270‑day mark from roughly six in 2023 to about two in 2025, while describing a persistent problem with late document production from SFPD.
Henderson said one policy‑failure matter he labeled “case x” was not subject to the same internal 3304 deadline and that, after interviews and evidence collection, DPA determined the matter was not sustainable. He said SFPD requested extensions and later produced documents only after DPA followed up with noncompliance letters.
"We have reduced the number of cases exceeding the 270‑day mark from an average of 6 in 2023 to an average of just 2…
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