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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

Bike-Riding Hat Thieves Beat Man At Ocean Beach

A man walking near Ocean Beach was violently accosted Friday, by two bike-riding robbers who apparently wanted his hat. Police say the chapeau crime went down at 12:20 a.m. Friday, near

Market Street Mob Beats Women, Steals Their Property

Police are describing a massive brawl on Market Street as a robbery, after as many as 20 people attacked a pair of young women and stole their stuff. According to the San Francisco

Security Camera Installation Begins At Dolores Park

We heard the news earlier this month — San Francisco would be installing security cameras in Dolores Park, the popular Mission District hangout that's seen a recent wave of violence. And it appears that

Masked Man Robs Museum-Goers At Gunpoint

Shots rang out in Golden Gate Park Thursday night, when a robber accosted two people as they left an event at an area museum. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the mugging

Man Fights For Life Following Crash Into Golden Gate Park Trees

Three people were injured, one severely, after two drivers passing through Golden Gate Park lost control and slammed into some nearby trees. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crash occurred at

Police Seek Suspect In Tendernob Road Rage Brawl

San Francisco police continue to be on the lookout for an angry driver, days after he attacked a man on Polk Street. The San Francisco Police Department termed the incident an "Assault with

Two Arrested After Brawl At Ocean Beach Safeway

An allegedly violent shoplifting team was taken into custody Sunday, after a showdown at one of San Francisco's most troubled Safeway grocery stores. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers were called

Mugger Shoots Man In Lafayette Park

Just days after an Uber driver was shot at the entrance to Pacific Heights' Lafayette Park, a second shooting has occurred in the area — this time during an early-morning mugging attempt. "This is

Man Accused Of Hit-And-Run That Injured SF Bike Cop Behaves Oddly In Court

An SFPD was hit by a Lexus SUV in Hayes Valley and the car was found in our neighborhood - explains the helicopters https://t.co/VM6xX40nvw pic.twitter.com/Vy5ehzjvas— Michael McCarthy

Uber Drivers Shot In Pacific Heights, On 380 Near SFO

Clay St at Laguna now open after @SFPD investigate shooting of driver of towed car. He suffered non life threatening injury pic.twitter.com/DwZFhgMMaw— Tiffany Wilson (@TWilsonTV) October 22, 2017 Two Bay

Cop Injured In Hit-And-Run Clings To Life; Suspect Was In Jail Earlier This Year

Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel, 32, remains in critical condition in the ICU at SF General Friday, but SFPD Chief Bill Scott told reporters today, per the Examiner, "He’s doing better today and then