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Chesa Boudin Withdraws Charges Against Man Who Allegedly Attacked SF Police Officer In December

In a move bound to ruffle some feathers — one coming after Boudin effectively ended cash bails in San Francisco on Wednesday — the newly elected DA has chosen to hold off on the charges against a 24-year-old man accused of attacking an SF police officer in December.

Car Break-Ins Still Frequent In SF, But Down 3 Percent Over Last Year

As we await final crime stats from the SFPD for 2019, the department is touting the fact that burglaries from vehicles in the city — while still high — were down slightly year over year through November.

Body Cam Footage Shows Chaotic Scuffle Before SF Officers Shot Jamaica Hampton

The SFPD held a town hall meeting Tuesday night in the Mission to review what happened prior to an officer-involved shooting on December 7 that left a 26-year-old man in critical condition. Both

Today's Bay Area-Wide Gun Buy-Backs Aim To Curb Gun Violence By Getting Firearms Off The Streets

In an attempt to rid SF streets of firearms, the San Francisco Police Department and nonprofit United Playaz are hosting a gun buy-back event today in the city, with other like-minded events happening throughout the Bay Area till later this afternoon.

SF Authorities Want To Reunite Burglary Victims With $2.5 Million In Recovered Property

If you recently lost a laptop, camera, purse, cellphone, or other item to a thief in the Bay Area, you might be able to get it back following the bust of a major fencing operation.

Man Threatening to Jump From Building at Market and Gough Causes Major Traffic

A man has reportedly climbed to the top of a building at Market and Gough Streets in San Francisco and refuses to come down. Police are warning people to avoid the area.

Jamaica Hampton, Shot By SFPD, Remains In Critical Condition As Family Seeks Answers

We're learning more about the 24-year-old man who was shot and critically wounded in an altercation with San Francisco police on Saturday morning. And the SFPD continues to be cagey about the situation as the man remains in critical condition at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital.

SF Police Shoot Homeless Man After Alleged Attack On Officer

Early Saturday morning, SFPD officers shot and critically injured an assumed homeless man in the Mission District after he allegedly struck one of two on-duty officers.

Now the Police Are Suing the Hunters Point Shipyard Consultant Too

Hundreds of police claim in a lawsuit that the alleged fake soil samples led to cases of lung cancer, and possibly even two fatalities.

FBI Report Suggests SFPD Was Lying About Possible Civil Rights Violations

In its cooperation with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), the SFPD has potentially been misleading the public for years about its own violations of local law with regard to the investigation of "First Amendment activities," including those relating to religion and political affiliation.

SFPD Says It Wants To Do Better Responding To Racially Biased, 'BBQ Becky'-Style Calls

The SFPD brass, along with community members and policy makers, convened a meeting on Tuesday to come up with a policy statement concerning non-emergency police calls that could result in "bias by proxy."

SFPD to Host LGBTQ 'Listening Session' Tonight at GLIDE on the 53rd Anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria Riot

The SFPD will join Glide in hosting a "Reflection and Reconciliation Session" tonight. The first in a series of communal forums, these two-plus-hour conversations will offer the city’s police force the chance to hear from the LGBTQ+ folk they serve.

Man Who Struck SFPD Bicycle Officer In 2017 Receives Maximum Sentence

The man convicted in the October 2017 hit-and-run collision that gravely injured SFPD officer Elia Lewin-Tankel was sentenced Thursday to the maximum possible term of 12 years and 8 months in prison.

Two More SFPD Officer-Involved Shootings Result In No Charges

In a pattern familiar to anyone following the Gascón-led DA's office, officers will not be charged in a fatal 2017 shooting, and a non-fatal shooting that followed the 2018 Warriors championship celebrations.

Judge Slams Police, Rules In Favor Of Journalist Bryan Carmody

A Superior Court judge has ruled that a search warrant issued to police in May for the phone records of journalist Bryan Carmody was improper, and that police must destroy any evidence they obtained through it.

SFPD Touts Fewer Use-Of-Force Incidents In Mental Health Calls

Mental health crises and 5150s are resulting in use of force only 0.2% of the time, according to an extremely detailed report just presented to the Police Commission.

Day Around The Bay: SFPD Unveils Rainbow-Covered 'Pride Patrol' Vehicles

600 animal-rights protesters showed up at a Petaluma duck farm today, FAANG stocks got battered on news of antitrust probes, and a Bay Area tech entrepreneur just paid $4.5 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett.

Racist-Texting Former Cop To Be Sentenced For Bank Robberies

Back in February we learned that suspended SFPD officer Rain Daugherty, who earlier was part of that 2015 racist-texting scandal, had pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery. Today he's getting sentenced, and he may get up to three years.

SFPD Chief Bill Scott Gives Extraordinary Late-Friday Press Conference to Apologize For Raid on Journalist

Was it Kamala saying she was concerned? Was it pressure from the mayor to take the fall? Was it finally realizing his department exchanged one political drama for another and dug itself into a deeper a hole?

Reporter Bryan Carmody Sues SFPD For Return Of His Property; DA Condemns Raid

The freelance news videographer at the center of the Jeff Adachi death report scandal is filing a complaint Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court following a controversial May 10 raid at his home by the SFPD.

SFPD Trumpets Drop in Use-of-Force, Shooting Incidents

It’s been nearly a full year since the San Francisco Police Department shot anyone, which they say shows a successful implementation of new use-of-force policies.

Cyclist Reportedly Shoots Uber Driver In Tenderloin Confrontation

5 shots fired on Mason St at Turk. One man down, appears to be alive. #breaking pic.twitter.com/jyRXYu6s11— Fred Zirdung (@fredzirdung) November 2, 2017 A shooting at the peak of rush

Runaway Dump Truck Crunches Divisadero Street Cars, Injures Three

Construction garbage truck breaks loose And smashes into parked cars. Divisadero at Vallejo. @CBSSF pic.twitter.com/BVG94MI3PF— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) October 31, 2017 An out-of-control dump truck hurtled down Divisadero Street Tuesday,

Driver Fatally Strikes Man On Sloat Boulevard

A 45-year-old man was fatally struck by a driver Halloween night, killed as he walked across Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood. According to San Francisco Police Department Sergeant Michael Andraychak, the

Halloween Gunfight In Castro Critically Injures SFPD Officer, Suspect

A suspicious vehicle report in San Francisco's Castro District led to an exchange of gunfire early Wednesday morning, with both a police officer and a suspect injured in the confrontation. According to San