SF News Richmond Police Chief Shames Sex Workers With Tweet [Update] Today in inappropriate tweets, sassy Richmond police chief, Chris Magnus, tweeted—then later deleted—a comedic bit that landed with a thud. Luckily, SFist grabbed it before it went away. Ahem: "4 Johns
SF News Alleged Puppy Thief Nabbed After Victim's Craigslist Sting Operation Though there are literally thousands of adoptable dogs in California, that didn't stop one man from allegedly stealing two dogs from their home, then attempting to sell them Craigslist. 30-year-old San Leandro resident
SF News San Jose Cop Arrested For Raping Woman He Was Supposed To Help San Jose Police Officer Geoffrey Graves, 38, has been arrested for felony rape, accused of attacking a woman he met while responding to a call. On September 22, Graves and trio of other
SF News 5 SF Police Officers Indicted For Extortion, Drug Dealing Boom. Today five active police officers and one former cop were indicted on charges of extortion, drug dealing, and theft, and falsifying police reports (just to name a few) while working for the
SF News Video: BART Cop Repeatedly Tasers Passenger On the evening of January 29th, riders on a BART train stopped at the San Bruno station watched as an officer repeatedly used a stun gun on a man. Authorities claim the suspect
SF News Photos: Protesters March In Support Of Andy Lopez, Boy Killed By Sheriff's Deputy At least a thousand protesters gathered in Santa Rosa today to march in support of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old boy who died at the hands of a sheriff's deputy for carrying around a
SF News Two Oakland Men Found Guilty In 2006 Murder Of Young S.F. Woman A case based mostly on circumstantial evidence in which three men were accused in the robbery, rape, and murder of a young San Francisco mother in 2006, has almost come to a conclusion
SF News SFPD Shuts Down Sidewalk Chess Games Well, this is a pathetic development in the War on Fun: The SFPD has confiscated all the game tables, chairs, and chess boards that have been used for at least three decades for
Arts & Entertainment Better-Know-A-Cop Website Showcases SFPD Heroics We hear a lot about police officers doing their jobs (or not), but we rarely get to put a face to a name or a name to a heroic achievement. We're guessing that's
SF News Burners Beware: Federal Agents Will Be In Costume As they have in previous years, undercover federal agents are currently roaming Black Rock City, in proper playa garb, trying to bust unsuspecting souls for drugs. The place is not, in fact, the
SF News Former SFPD Deputy Chief Commits Suicide Outside Police Station Morris Tabak, a retired San Francisco Police Deputy Chief, killed himself outside a Sonoma County sheriff's substation Tuesday night. Following the news, ABC 7's Dan Noyes posted the following on his Facebook wall:
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At The Powell Street BART Station... Photo snapped this afternoon by Troy Holden.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Cop Rescues Coach Bag From McCovey Cove Before Tuesday's game against the Reds, Officer Michael Bushnell, the newest member of SFPD's Marine Unit, cruised by McCovey Cove to save a drowning Coach (at least we think it's Coach, maybe Michael
SF News Girl Who Escaped Kidnapper Actually Just A Total Liar A 10-year-old girl escaped an attempted kidnapper in Pacifica on Sunday night by punching her assailant and running away. At least, that's what she said happened. Turns out, the adorable preteen was lying
SF News Black People Arrested for Pot Possession Way More Than Whites If you think the War on Drugs is mostly about "hard" drugs these days, think again. And when it comes to the War on Pot, it's been a futile war to say the
SF News Triple Shooting In Mission Near 16th Street BART At around 3:50 this morning near 16th Street and Rondel Place, three people were shot. One victim was shot in the torso, the other two plugged in the legs. All three were
SF News Watch Memorial For Slain Santa Cruz Officers Live Right now at HP Pavilion, as many as 20,000 officers, officials and civilians have gathered to mourn the deaths of Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler. The noted officers were
SF News Police Say Woman Lied About UC Santa Cruz Rape The 21-year-old woman who told police she was beaten and raped while walking along a wooded area on the UCSC campus has reportedly confessed to investigators that, in fact, the attack was a
SF News Video: SFPD Using Excessive Force During Mission Arrest? The following footage, captured by YouTube user Griz415, shows two cops on motorbikes arresting an allegedly unarmed man in the Mission while using questionable force. You can hear the suspect scream as he's
SF News After Another Extra-Long Meeting, Oakland City Council Approves Hiring Controversial Police Consultant We thought this hiring was already done in December, but it turns out that Bill Bratton, formerly Chief of Police in L.A., still needed formal Council approval to begin his consulting gig
SF News Sorry, Everybody: Carrying Three Or More Condoms Still Makes You a Prostitute Dudes and ladies, straight or gay — If you go out this weekend with three or more condoms in your pocket or purse, there's a chance the San Francisco Police could keep you locked