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Tag Archives: SFPD
Man Wounded in Shootout With SFPD
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(Bay City News) A wanted parolee considered armed and dangerous was shot and wounded by police this morning on a busy San Francisco thoroughfare during the morning commute. Investigators had been searching for the 36-year-old man, who was wanted on … Continue reading
Traffic & Transit Advisory for Firefighter Funeral Procession This Friday
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The San Francisco Police Department has announced the roads and public transit routes that will be impacted by Friday's funeral procession for the two firefighters who died battling a house fire in the Diamond Heights neighborhood.
Adachi Releases New Video, Cites Possible Police Theft
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Update May 28: Reports on this story from The Informant and the Chronicle, filling in some of the details. Update 3 p.m., May 27 The new Adachi video is now up on the Public Defender's YouTube site. Here's the description … Continue reading
Another Video from Adachi Roils SFPD
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The SFPD video scandal continues. Yesterday, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released another hotel security video that he says is evidence of police misconduct. Adachi says the video shows police entering the Julian Hotel carrying no bags. The officers … Continue reading
Morning Splash: Adachi Charges 'Systematic Misconduct' by SFPD; Oakland Gang Injunction Funding Continued
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Adachi: Videos Show 'Systematic Misconduct' by SF Police (Bay Citizen) For the second time in a week — and the fifth time this year — San Francisco’s public defender released video that he claims shows police officers violating a suspect’s … Continue reading
S.F. Public Defender Releases New Video of Apparent Police Misconduct
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi released yet another videotape today depicting questionable, if not criminal, San Francisco police conduct. The video, shot last December 30, apparently shows plainclothes officers entering the Jefferson Hotel, on Eddy Street in the city's … Continue reading
SFPD: Arrests Made in German Tourist Slaying
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From Bay City News: San Francisco police announced this afternoon that arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of a German tourist in the city's theater district last August. Mechtild Schroeer, 50, of Minden, Germany, was shot at about … Continue reading
Wednesday Weeklies: SF Cops Working for FBI; Jerry Brown and the Prison Guards; SF T.P. Budget
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This week's new articles from the alternative weeklies… Spies in blue (SF Bay Guardian) San Francisco cops assigned to the FBI's terrorism task force can ignore local police orders and California privacy laws to spy on people without any evidence … Continue reading
Meet Your New SF Police Chief, Greg Suhr
Good profile of new SFPD Chief Greg Suhr by Matier & Ross in today's Chron. M&R describe his career as a "rollercoaster." The ups: Suhr's most recent command was in the high-crime Bayview district, where homicides have dropped nearly 50 … Continue reading
Morning Splash: Lee Considers Three SFPD Police Chief Candidates; Bryan Stow Suffers Setback
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Ed Lee considers 3 police chief candidates (Matier & Ross, SF Chronicle) For weeks, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has been doing background checks and interviewing and re-interviewing the three finalists for police chief – and from the looks of … Continue reading
