Nearly 50 years later, the area and the city are in some ways unrecognizable, yet San Francisco still struggles with similar issues. Open-air drug dealing has spurredemergency measures in the Tenderloin, and the fear of gentrification figures into...
San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said he's terminating the department's agreement with the district attorney's office to investigate police use-of-force incidents, following accusations that a DA investigator withheld evidence in a police abuse case
The officers used "unnecessary force," the Department of Police Accountability concluded, but they will not be disciplined. Five officers shot Woods 20 times when he was encountered holding a knife on a city street. Woods was suspected of having committed a stabbing. Much of the altercation was...
San Francisco police got approval by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to use existing robots as a potential "deadly force option." The board signed off on the policy 8 to 3 with amendments. SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco police got approval from the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to...
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SFPD Assistant Chief David Lazar told KTVU his officers were attempting to detain a male suspect in his 50s on Shotwell St. when the man, who had two bikes, took off. Lazar says the suspect led officers to 17th St. and Shotwell St. when he started shooting in their direction. ...
An 18-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries when a carjacker shot him and took his vehicle Saturday night in San Francisco's Ingleside Heights neighborhood, according to police.
SFPD, sheriff’s deputy use arsenal of weapons against man armed with knife A man is in critical condition after he was shot by police when San Francisco Police Department and a sheriff's deputy responded to a fight outside the Westfield Centre mall on Tuesday. Police say the man was armed...
SFPDInvestigations Commander Raj Vaswani said two adults were shot at Eddy and Laguna streets. Police responded at 7:06 p.m. to the report of a shooting. One of the victims is a man who suffered life-threatening injuries. Officers rendered aid upon arrival. The victim was transported to a...
"We're coming up the escalator to exit out of Powell Station. The guy shoots the dude who gave the compliment twice in the chest. Took off running," the witness said. "Every other day it's something out here. Either someone's getting robbed, you know or somebody's getting killed, sh...