Police Chief Gascón's Goals

During a VIP tour of San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District, new San Francisco Police Chief George Gascón was rendered flummoxed -- especially after a drug deal went down right before his very eyes. (Whoops.) Anyway, his main goal for San Francisco? To "make San Francisco the safest largest city in America." How will Gascón accomplish this feat of metropolitan comfort? reports, "He said he hopes to make the 'first cut' on reorganizing the department within 90 days. To do so, he will dispatch detectives, most of whom now work at the Hall of Justice, to district stations. He also intends to combine the patrol and investigations functions, which are now headed by separate deputy chiefs, under a single operations command." He will also hold public meetings where city's district stations will "be questioned about crime trends."