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DPA audit urges stronger SFPD use‑of‑force oversight; department outlines fixes and vendor changes
Summary
The Department of Police Accountability presented a December 2025 audit finding gaps in SFPD’s documentation, data flow and reporting for use‑of‑force oversight; SFPD acknowledged issues, partially concurred with recommendations, and said it is migrating vendors (Benchmark → Axon) and implementing unit orders and software reminders.
The Department of Police Accountability (DPA) presented its audit 'Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Use of Force Oversight' to the San Francisco Police Commission on Feb. 5, 2026, identifying gaps in supervisor evaluations, data aggregation for training, and consistent reporting to the California Department of Justice.
Steve Flaherty, DPA’s director of audits, summarized three principal findings: supervisors’ use‑of‑force evaluations rarely include documented reasoning behind policy compliance determinations; the training division lacked reliable aggregate data after SFPD moved evaluations to a vendor (Benchmark) without a stable data pipeline; and SFPD’s reporting procedures did not ensure consistent reporting of qualifying incidents to CalDOJ. Flaherty said the audit found supervisors completed 994 evaluations between May 2024 and March 2025…
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