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SF Supervisors Hold Their Noses, Approve Yet Another $91 Million In Overtime for Police and Sheriff’s Departments

The SFPD overtime gravy train will continue running, as on Tuesday, the SF Board of Supervisors very begrudgingly appropriated another $91 million in overtime for both the police and sheriff's departments, after years of similar massive overtime requests.

SFPD and Sheriff's Deputies Do Another Drug Sweep, This Time at Van Ness and Market

The Whac-a-Mole games continued Wednesday night with another law enforcement sweep and mass arrest on San Francisco's Mid-Market Street, resulting in 40 more drug users and/or dealers arrested.

SF Sheriff’s Office Suspends Pre-Trial Ankle Monitor Program, Claims Courts Are Forcing Them To

Suspects awaiting trial in SF will no longer be assigned to home confinement or an ankle monitor, and must proceed directly to jail, because the SF Sheriff’s Office is yanking the ankle monitor program over a legal rift on warrantless searches.

COVID Outbreak at SF County Jail, More Than 40 Prisoners Infected

Another COVID-19 outbreak in the correctional system, as SF County Jail is seeing a spike with 42 prisoners currently infected, though the highest numbers of infections are being reported at the County Jail No. 3 facility which is in San Bruno.

SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto Speaks Out on Recent Jail Lockdowns, Staffing Shortages

After the recent SF County Jail lockdowns and complaints of severe staffing shortages, SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto opens up about his office’s challenges, while the deputies’ union is demanding he calls in the National Guard.

Two SF County Jails on Lockdown Amidst Reported Rash of Attacks on Deputies

After seven staff members were reportedly attacked by inmates at SF County Jail in just a two-week span, two of the jail’s facilities have been placed on lockdown, with the incarcerated restricted to their cells and visits canceled for the time being.

SF Deputy Sheriff Arrested and Charged for Allegedly Stalking, Strangling Ex-Girlfriend

A 49-year-old SF deputy sheriff is currently in custody for what’s alleged to be a seven-month pattern of violence, stalking, and use of surveillance devices on his estranged partner.

SF’s Ankle Monitor System Not Working, As People Still Commit Crimes, or Just Tear Them Right Off

GPS ankle monitors seem like a humane alternative to jail. But they may be too humane, as suspects are still committing crimes in San Francisco while wearing them, or simply cutting them off and throwing them in the trash.

Report: SF Sheriff's Deputy from Infamous 2015 Scandal Forcing Inmates to Fight Just Got Himself Rehired

The SF sheriff’s deputy behind a scandal where incarcerated people were forced to fight, and sheriff’s deputies bet on them, has been rehired after winning his arbitration case.

Scammers Are Spoofing SF Sheriff’s Phone Number, Demanding Bogus Fines Be Paid

Don't take a call if your caller ID identifies the caller as “SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY,” and don’t pay the $5,000-$10,000 fine they’re demanding for some non-existent arrest, as it’s the latest scam hitting San Francisco.

SF Police, Sheriffs Making Bank On Overtime, Some With Take-Home Pay Exceeding $500K

The annual salary report on how much money each San Francisco public employee makes has just been released, and SF police and sheriff’s office employees are pulling hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay.

SF Has Now Arrested 58 People Under This New Public Drug Use Crackdown

In the nine days since Mayor Breed and law enforcement started this much-ballyhooed drug use crackdown, the Sheriff’s Office claims that 58 people have been arrested on drug-related charges.

SF Sheriff's Department to Employ Emergency Unit to Crack Down on Drug Users as Part of Breed Plan

Just in time for tourists to descend on downtown for Pride at the end of June, San Francisco sheriff's deputies will be out in force making arrests for drug dealing and open-air drug use, as part of Mayor London Breed's previously announced plan.

SF Police and Sheriff Unions Engaged in Bizarro Social Media Fight Over Staffing at SFO

Immature posts from law enforcement unions are nothing new, but we can’t help but be amused by the new Twitter fight between SF Police Officers Association and the SF Deputy Sheriffs' Association, who are publicly airing beef between them over who should staff SFO.

SF Sheriff's Deputies Can Now Work Security at Retail Stores, in Latest Retail Theft Crackdown Tactic

You may soon see legitimate, gun-toting, badge-wearing sheriff's deputies working private security at your local Walgreens, as the supervisors approved a plan to let them moonlight as private retail security.

SF Sheriffs’ Union Vows to Quit En Masse Over Vaccine Requirements in a Rambling Facebook Post

The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association says officers will be “retiring early and seeking employment elsewhere” over Breed’s vaccine mandate, and the public response to the statement has invoked doors, hitting, and their asses on the way out.

Santa Rita Jail in East Bay Releases 300 Inmates to Protect Against Virus Spread

These are extraordinary times, and calls are going out nationwide to release low-level offenders from jails so that they are not unnecessarily exposed to the coronavirus.

San Francisco Swears In California's First Asian American Sheriff

San Francisco's 37th sheriff, Paul Miyamoto, was sworn in Wednesday afternoon at City Hall, marking the first time any California county has had an Asian American in this law enforcement role.

Sheriff Mirkarimi: Driver's License Scandal About 'Mayor Ed Lee Consolidating Power'

Last week was a whirlwind one for San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi: on Monday he learned via reporter inquiry that his driver's license had been suspended, on Tuesday we learned that he's had

Inmate Found Dead Tuesday Is SF County Jail's Third Fatality Of 2015

A inmate of San Francisco's County Jail was found dead Tuesday night, in what the Sheriff's Department is describing as an "apparent suicide." 50-year-old Alberto Carlos Petrolino was being held in County Jail

Surveillance Video Shows Sheriff's Deputy Beating Man At SF General

A San Francisco Sheriff's deputy was arrested in connection with beating a man in a waiting room at SF General and then falsifying reports to cover it up. As ABC 7 reports, 33-year-old

Driver Out On Bail After Allegedly Killing Chinatown Grandmother

An elderly woman is dead and a driver has been arrested after a collision in a crosswalk of one of San Francisco's most notoriously dangerous intersections. A 78-year-old San Francisco grandmother identified by