District Attorney (and former SFPD Chief) George Gascón announced today that, according to The Chronicle, "The misconduct investigation into a San Francisco police unit of undercover officers will force prosecutors to drop another 42 criminal cases." This morning, as reported on SFist, the tally was at 13. The total number has since jumped to 57.

Public Defender Jeff Adachi released footage of officers allegedly conducting searches and seizures that contradict police reports, "along with an officer covering up the camera for fifteen seconds, which is reportedly a technique that police often utilize to prevent front desk employees fro tipping off the suspects."

"That information should be given to us immediately," Gascón, who was chief at the time of the searches, told the Chon. "This is not a game, this is not something that we want to have a press conference every other day when we have a new tape. This is real. It involves people's lives."

Below: videos of the search and seizures in question with commentary from the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.