SIRB review finds officers’ actions largely in policy in two 2024 incidents; one body‑cam activation lapse noted

Lieutenant Lisa Springer, who leads Internal Affairs, briefed the Police Commission on Jan. 21 about two cases the SFPD Serious Incident Review Board considered in Quarter 3 of 2025.

Springer described an officer‑involved shooting in May 2024 in the Bayview District. Officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon; witnesses described an AK‑style rifle but officers later observed a crossbow. Officers formed a containment line, issued multiple commands and, when the subject pivoted and raised the crossbow, one officer fired his department‑issued firearm while other officers deployed extended‑range impact projectiles. Springer said officers were taken into custody and the board reviewed applicable general orders (including DGO 5.01 and 8.11) and found the shooting and the deployment of impact munitions to be within policy. She said one officer failed to timely activate a body‑worn camera; that lapse was the only policy breach found.

The second incident occurred Aug. 5, 2024, during a response to a stolen vehicle in the Tenderloin. Plainclothes officers located the vehicle; during a foot pursuit an officer tackled the suspect and multiple officers assisted with handcuffing. The suspect later complained of hip pain and was diagnosed with a hairline fracture; Springer said the officers' conduct in that event was found to be in policy.

Springer noted that the SIRB covered several cases that quarter but presented two incidents that evening; she also said there were no in‑custody deaths in 2025. Director Paul Henderson added that DPA did not have co‑jurisdiction to present commensurate cases for those specific incidents and that DPA had not presented those items in tandem with SIRB because of jurisdictional limits.

Commissioners asked procedural questions; the commission did not vote on disciplinary actions at the Jan. 21 meeting.