Tag: San Francisco Police Department

San Francisco: It’s a Good Thing Homelessness Only Happens Between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M.

June 6, 2023
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Bleeding hearts, that’s the term used to describe the typical liberal. They just feel so much, and are so compassionate, that their hearts bleed for those who are suffering. Well, San Francisco has a surplus of bleeding hearts, which is why the city’s newest program, created to help the homeless, is perfectly named, the Homeless…

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What It Is Like to Be a Police Officer in San Francisco: Ex-Officer

May 31, 2023
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A bar owner called the police at 1 p.m. and officers responded 14 hours later at 3 a.m. This is common today in San Francisco, according to a report earlier this year in the San Francisco Chronicle. Such is happening, in part, due to a record low number of sworn San Francisco Police officers causing…

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Amid Outcry, San Francisco Pauses on ‘Killer Police Robots’

December 8, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco supervisors voted Dec. 6 to put the brakes on a controversial policy that would have let police use robots for deadly force—reversing course just days after their approval of the plan generated fierce pushback and warnings about the militarization and automation of policing. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to explicitly ban…

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San Francisco Will Allow Police to Deploy Lethal Robots

November 30, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—Supervisors in San Francisco voted Nov. 29 to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations—following an emotionally charged debate that reflected divisions on the politically liberal board over support for law enforcement. The board voted 8–3, with the majority agreeing to grant police the option despite strong…

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Leadership Failure in the San Francisco Police Department: The Exodus Continues

June 20, 2022
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In a startling act of journalism, the Mission Local this week finally wrote about a topic near and dear to my heart, the diaspora of San Francisco cops headed off to greener pastures. In the piece, the author discusses many topics that make up why cops are leaving. Among those in the article are police…

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The SFPD Is Dying and No One Seems to Care

February 24, 2022
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Commentary It’s beyond time to start asking some very hard questions and demanding some actual answers, not crafted talking points, about the San Francisco Police Department’s problems. It’s no secret that the past few years have not been kind to policing across the United States. Retention of qualified officers has been a real issue for…

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San Francisco Restaurant Apologizes After Refusing Service to Police Officers

December 9, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—A restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood is apologizing for refusing service to three uniformed police officers. The store owners said the officers’ weapons, which are part of their uniform, made the restaurant staff feel uncomfortable. The incident later ignited an online debate. After a wave of negative comments on social media and…

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