SF News Chief Suhr Has 'No Intention' To Step Down, Says He's The Best Guy To Change Department “If we can have less of them,” Chief Suhr said of police shootings in an exclusive sit-down with the Chronicle, “it’s a good thing for everybody.” And, as the Department of Justice
SF News After Mayor Floats $17.5 Million Police Reform Package, Supes Grill Him, Some Call To Fire Suhr As part of his proposed two-year budget, Mayor Lee has suggested adding $17.5 million to the SFPD's budget with the goal of instituting reforms and reducing violence, the AP reports via KRON4.
SF News Former Police Union Pres. Defends Allegedly Racist Cop As Community Calls For State Investigation Of SFPD Yesterday, news broke that a 17-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department serving in the Bayview Station was reported by his colleagues for allegedly highly racist remarks. The content of those remarks,
SF News Chief Suhr Cancels Appearance At Police Accountability Forum Over Security Concerns After a march on City Hall yesterday led by five protestors only consuming liquid calories to demand his removal, Police Chief Greg Suhr reneged on a planned appearance with Public Defender Jeff Adachi.
SF News [Update] Mayor Lee Attempts To Visit Hunger Strikers Ahead Of Planned Event, They Refuse While the five hunger strikers demanding that Mayor Lee fire Chief Suhr have been planning to visit City Hall tomorrow and demand parley with him according to 48 Hills, it appears that the
SF News Protesters Block Valencia Street After Police Cut Short Community Meeting Correction: An earlier version of this post ran under the headline "Protesters Block Valencia Street After Chief Suhr Cuts Short Meeting." Chief Suhr did not attend the meeting, and the headline was inaccurate.
SF News SFPD Chief Seeks Review Of Force By US Department Of Justice San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr has asked the United States Department of Justice to review his department's training, policy, and procedure in a "Collaborative Reform Review," a direct response to public outcry
SF News SFPD To Get Officer-Mounted Video Cameras Starting in December, around 50 SFPD officers will strap small, wearable video cameras to themselves. It's all part of a pilot program funded by quarter-million dollar federal grant. According to Chief Greg Suhr,
SF News San Francisco Still Not Cool With Police Tasers SFPD Chief Greg Suhr wants to equip his department with 100 or so electric stun guns as part of a new pilot program that would specifically train officers to handle mentally ill people.
SF News San Francisco Gets Its Own Special Victims Unit No, not an addition to the Law & Order franchise, an actual division of the San Francisco Police Department: Mayor Lee and SFPD Chief Greg Suhr announced yesterday the department would be consolidating