SF SAFE, the San Francisco Police Department-affiliated nonprofit that has been mired in a series of financial scandals, allegedly owes its landlord $445,306 in unpaid rent, according to a notice […]

Landlord: Imploded nonprofit SF SAFE owes $445K rent for lavish offices 

The San Francisco Police Commission voted 4-3 to adopt a new policy limiting “pretextual” traffic stops known to target communities of color, despite a renewed effort from the police union […]

SF Police Commission restricts pretext stops over union objections

This is the second of a two-part series detailing the possible effects of Proposition E, Mayor London Breed’s police department ballot measure. You can read the first part here. Most […]

Here’s how Prop. E could change police surveillance in SF

This is the first of a two-part series detailing the possible effects of Proposition E, Mayor London Breed’s police department ballot measure. You can read the second part here. Proposition […]

Prop. E, the mayor’s police measure, is no silver bullet for crime, foes say

The San Francisco Police Officers Association, which has been bargaining for more than a year over a new policy restricting “pretextual” traffic stops, declared an impasse in negotiations today, claiming […]

SF police union declares impasse over pretext-stop policy 

The San Francisco Police Department laid out plans to overhaul some of the areas it has set aside for breastfeeding mothers Thursday in a Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee […]

SFPD to improve lactation spaces after female officers speak out

Scott Neu, a former sheriff’s deputy who was fired in 2015 for allegedly forcing jail inmates to fight each other, and costing the city some $280,000 in settlements, is being […]

Sheriff will rehire ex-deputy behind SF jail ‘fight club’ scandal

Jeffrey Pailet, the former investigator fired by once-District Attorney Chesa Boudin in November 2020, is on track to receive $835,000 from the city for wrongful termination concerning his involvement in […]

SF investigator fired by Chesa Boudin set to win $835K settlement

Once again, crime is on the agenda in the 2024 mayoral race, as Mayor London Breed asks voters to expand the power of the police department and her opponent Daniel […]

Explore: SF crime fell ever so slightly in 2023

Update: Since this story was published, campaign finance records show that Ari Lurie has made a new contribution of $250,000 in support of “Daniel Lurie for Prop E.” Emmett Shear, […]

Ex-Twitch, OpenAI CEO joins campaign for Breed’s police measure

San Francisco police officials stood by the city’s car-chase policy on Wednesday, saying that it follows national best practices and state law — and raising questions about why the mayor […]

SFPD backs its car-chase policy. So why is Mayor Breed fighting it?

The District Attorney’s Office dismissed its case today against police shooting victim Richard Everett, a homeless man who was wielding a knife in the Tenderloin in August, after one of […]

DA drops case vs. SF police shooting victim mid-trial — officer pleads the Fifth

Three years after voters called for oversight of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, and more than a year since the civilian Sheriff’s Oversight Board was selected, the body has tapped […]

Ex-prosecutor to head sheriff oversight in SF

The union representing San Francisco sheriff’s deputies took the unusual step of writing to Moody’s Investment Services last week, asking that the credit-rating giant investigate San Francisco over $169,052 in […]

SF sheriff’s deputies allege city has stiffed them $169K

When San Francisco’s Police Commission voted in January to approve a new policy to curtail certain traffic stops that often target communities of color, it was hailed by some as […]

SFPD’s pretext-stop policy still isn’t in effect. Is the union to blame?  

The trial of Richard Everett, a knife-wielding man who was shot multiple times by police in August in the Tenderloin neighborhood, began this week, with a San Francisco judge turning […]

DA can’t exclude police shooting in trial of man shot by police, judge says

Despite a series of proposals by Mayor London Breed that have historically harmed communities of color, many Black San Francisco community leaders say they remain supportive of the mayor and […]

Is SF returning to the war on drugs? Despite reservations, some Black leaders are OK with that. 

A San Francisco Superior Court judge declared a mistrial today in the case against Jose Corvera, after the jury deadlocked on two counts of resisting arrest and two of threatening […]

SFPD-Corvera shootout trial: Hung jury questions legality of police actions

After his defense team decided against calling any witnesses, the jury began deliberations in the trial of Jose Corvera, who is accused of shooting an imitation firearm at police officers […]

Corvera presents no defense in SF police shootout trial

The San Francisco Police Department is calling all hands on deck for next week’s APEC confab, mobilizing all of its staff and bringing in hundreds of additional officers from outside […]

SFPD gears up for APEC — hundreds of outside cops heading to SF

Members of the San Francisco Police Department testified today that the imitation gun used by Jose Corvera, the man accused of threatening police officers in a 2022 shootout, appeared and […]

Officer at SFPD shootout believed Jose Corvera was ‘threat’ with real gun

A crime scene investigator who inspected Shotwell Street following a police shootout in 2022 testified today in the ongoing trial of Jose Corvera, who is accused of firing an imitation […]

SFPD shootout trial Day 2: Police bullets riddled Mission homes

A man carrying an imitation firearm who was arrested following a standoff — during which San Francisco police officers fired some 15 shots — went on trial today in San […]

Jose Corvera, man shot at in SFPD standoff, goes on trial

The San Francisco Police Department is struggling to explain why its officers use force far more often on Black people than on white people. In a city where Black residents […]

SFPD can’t explain its massive racial use-of-force disparities 

A Muslim former police officer who allegedly endured racism and discrimination during his employment with the San Francisco Police Department — then retaliation and wrongful termination when he attempted to […]

Muslim ex-SF cop to get $455K in bias settlement

San Francisco announced the reopening of a 300-bed annex of its largest jail in San Bruno on Friday, in response to increasing arrests and a growing jail population.  San Francisco’s […]

SF to reopen shuttered jail as inmate population rises

Newly released video footage shows a San Francisco police sergeant shooting and killing Zhanyuan Yang, 31, soon after Yang drove his car into the Chinese consulate.  Sergeant Troy Carrasco, who […]

Video: SF police shoot man at Chinese consulate

Two commissioners walked out of Wednesday night’s Police Commission hearing in protest after a fellow commissioner lambasted a controversial proposal from Mayor London Breed to expand police powers in San […]

SF police commissioners walk out in protest, solidarity with Mayor Breed

A proposal to bail out a flailing police district in Daly City was postponed by the San Mateo Board of Supervisors on Tuesday after the legislator pushing the measure realized […]

Last-ditch effort to save Broadmoor PD postponed amid opposition

San Francisco has moved one step closer to barring private guards from drawing firearms to protect property, after the Board of Supervisors approved a measure to amend the police code […]

SF to bar security guards from unholstering guns for property crime

Police commissioners unanimously approved a new policy on Wednesday that, for the first time in the department’s history, will guide police foot chases for the San Francisco Police Department. “The […]

SFPD develops foot-chase policy