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SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder Asks SFPD For Answers About Chase That Led to Sunday's Crash

One new SF supervisor is pressing the SFPD for answers about the latest example that left seven people injured.

Mayor Lurie Launches SFPD ‘Hospitality Task Force’ to Bolster Union Square Ahead of All-Star Game, Lunar New Year

While this new SFPD ‘Hospitality Task Force’ arrives the weekend before the double-team of the NBA All-Star Game and the Chinese New Year Parade, the reconfigured police staffing will be in effect year-round in the Union Square tourism district.

Daniel Lurie Gets His ‘Fentanyl Emergency Ordinance’ Passed In Landslide Board Vote

Mayor Lurie won a huge expansion of his powers to combat fentanyl markets and homelessness, as the Board of Supervisors approved his so-called “emergency ordinance,” which now involves a pop-up police station at the long-debated SoMa Nordstrom parking lot.

SFPD Honors Officer Who Identified Luigi Mangione During Nationwide Manhunt

San Francisco police Sergeant Michael Horan was honored at City Hall Wednesday as part of an Officer of the Month ceremony, but he bears the distinction of helping crack a case that made international headlines last month.

SFPD Busts Yet Another Underground Tenderloin Gambling Den and ‘Drug House,’ Four Arrested

Three Tenderloin businesses on Ellis and Jones streets were raided Tuesday as suspected gambling dens, as SFPD seized several gambling machines, $30,000 in cash, and a fair amount of meth and illegal sedatives.

Parents Want Man Arrested Who Has Allegedly Been Exposing Himself to Schoolchildren In the Castro

Some parents of children who attend school in the Castro neighborhood say that a man who may be a registered sex offender has been oiling himself up and repeatedly exposing himself to teen girls in the neighborhood.

Update: SFPD Vehicle Crashes Into Building During Portola Car Chase, Two Officers and Two Suspects Injured

An early morning SFPD car chase in Portola at about 3:40 am Monday ended when the suspect car and an SFPD SUV both crashed into a building at San Bruno and Paul avenues, sending two officers and two suspects to the hospital.

SFPD Refuses to Say Where They've Placed Those 400 Automated License Plate Readers All Over Town

The new armada of automated license plate readers in SF are taking three million surveillance photos every day, but the SF Police Department is being cagey about disclosing where the hundreds of cameras are located.

Security Guard Appeared to Pull Gun on Officers In SFPD Bodycam Footage of Union Square Incident

The security guard whom SFPD officers fatally shot in a bizarre incident two weeks ago appeared to pull a gun and move to aim it at officers as they were attempting to detain him, as seen in bodycam footage.

SF Police Shoot and Kill Man Identified as Union Square Security Guard

A hit-and-run incident on a sidewalk in Union Square Thursday evening was followed, hours later, by a confrontation with San Francisco police that left the driver in the alleged hit-and-run dead.

Scathing SFPD Audit Finds Rampant Abuse of Police Overtime Charges

The SF Police Department is now spending $108 million a year on overtime pay alone, with wild and potentially fraudulent abuse of paid sick leave, officers approving their own overtime, and some taking paid time off to moonlight as security guards.

SF Robbery Suspect Crashes Car Evading Police, Leaps 40 Feet From Overpass, Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries

After an alleged three-robbery bender, a suspect evading SFPD totaled his car in a crash, lept 40 feet from a 101 overpass, and injured himself severely before being arrested and hospitalized.

[Update] Dogs on the Loose Create Chaos In Fillmore District After Biting Two People

An apparently vicious dog was shot by police in the Fillmore District and led to an alert from the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management Friday morning due to other dogs on the loose.

Thursday Morning What's Up: SFPD Seizes Four Pounds of Fentanyl In Bust

As part of a bust Tuesday, SFPD made three arrests and seized a pile of suspected fentanyl; the fight over Oakland Airport's new name heads to court today; and Elon Musk got $26 billion richer yesterday thanks to the stock rally.

Bay Area Law Enforcement Gearing Up for Possible Election Night, Post-Election Mayhem

Whether it's celebratory riots, large-scale protests, or opportunistic criminals looking to loot because police might otherwise be distracted, Bay Area police departments are bracing for possible crime and bedlam on Election Night or later this week.

Tuesday Morning Topline: SFPD Touts Drone Success In Catching Thieves

The SFPD shared videos of arrests made with drone assistance; a bicyclist died in a solo crash in Oakland; and the Strava running app is giving away the location of Biden, Harris, and Trump via their security staffs.

JD Vance’s Excuse For His ‘I Hate the Police’ Remark Falls Apart Once Reporters Look Into It

When the NY Times confronted JD Vance over an old email where Vance said “I hate the police,” Vance claimed he was venting his frustration with SFPD over a car break-in. But the Chronicle found that the break-in happened several months after Vance sent the email.

SFPD Arrests 17-Year-Old Suspect In Shooting of Teen Outside Galileo High School

A Galileo High School student was shot next to the school's football field just as the new school year began, and on Tuesday, police arrested a 17-year-old suspect for the crime.

SFPD Arrests High-Volume Drug Dealer In Tenderloin Following Four-Month Investigation

San Francisco police announced the Tuesday arrest of a "high-volume" dealer of fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and prescription pills, and they say they uncovered much evidence of his drug dealing at his Oakland home.

Stats Show SFPD Very Effective at Solving Murders, But Worst in the State at Solving Most Other Crimes

The good news is that the SFPD solved 94% of all homicides committed in SF last year. The bad news is that SFPD ranks worst of all major California police departments in solving nearly every other form of crime.

Multiple SFPD Plainclothes Officers Shot at in SoMa, Suspect in Custody

Several blocks of Market and Mission streets were roped off Thursday night, after a suspect opened fire on multiple plainclothes officers. No one was hit by any bullets, and the suspect was taken into custody.

SFPD on the Defensive, Releases Bodycam Video of Controversially Physical Hot Dog Vendor Arrest

An early September arrest of a hot dog cart vendor at the Embarcadero is still in the news because of the very rough physical tactics used, but the SFPD just released body cam video they claim shows the woman assaulted a city employee, and coerced a little girl to cry.

SFPD’s Non-Lethal ‘Lasso’ Tool Failed Three Times In Lead-Up to Union Square Police Shooting

Just-released bodycam video shows that a September 13 Powell Street BART station police shooting was preceded by three attempts to use a sort of “lasso gun” called a BolaWrap, but that tool failed to subdue the suspect three times.

More Details Emerge About Officer-Involved Shooting at Powell Street BART Station

We're now learning a bit more about what led to the police shooting of an allegedly armed man at Powell Street Station two Fridays ago, and it was actually some proactive policing.

SFPD Busts Illegal Gambling Den in Cayuga Terrace, One Day After Busting Tenderloin Gambling Den

It’s been a jackpot for SFPD efforts to crack down on illegal gambling operations this week, as after a Tuesday raid on an underground Tenderloin casino operation, police on Wednesday popped a Cayuga Avenue home that also had an apparent illegal gambling den.