San Francisco Police Department Archives

SF Board of Supervisors Reverses Ruling On Police Using Robots In Certain Deadly Force Situations

December 7, 2022 4:41 pm

After a week of protests following the San Francisco Board of Supervisors decision to allow the SFPD to use robots for deadly force in limited situations, the Board reversed their decision on Tuesday. The battle over allowing police robots to...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve Police Robots For Deadly Force Situations

November 30, 2022 12:13 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a new policy on Tuesday in an 8-3 vote that will allow the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to use remotely-operated robots with explosives in extreme situations where lives are at risk. The...

SFPD Pushes For Police Robots For Deadly Force Situations

November 25, 2022 3:29 pmNovember 25, 2022 3:30 pm

According to a new policy draft released earlier this week, the San Francisco Police Department continued to push forward a proposal that would allow them to use robots to use deadly force in situations where lives are at risk, with...

Homeless Advocates Sue San Francisco To End Homeless Encampment Sweeps

September 29, 2022 2:20 amSeptember 28, 2022 8:54 pm

A lawsuit by a coalition of homeless advocates was filed by the ACLU and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area against the City and County of San Francisco on Wednesday. The lawsuit, filed in...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Vote to Allow the SFPD Access to Private Security Cameras

September 23, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 22, 2022 8:05 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-4 earlier this week okaying Mayor London Breed’s plan to allow the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to access private security cameras. Previously, the SFPD was only allowed to request access to private...

New Report: SFPD Short 825 Officers By the End of 2022

September 20, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 19, 2022 4:53 pm

A new report released on Monday showed that the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is currently short 525 officers, and may be down up to 825 by the end of the year. For years, the SFPD has been down a...

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approve 220 new SFPD officers in City Budget

July 21, 2022 2:30 amJuly 20, 2022 10:35 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 Tuesday to approve a two-year, $14 billion budget that includes the hiring of 220 police officers to fill vacancies within the San Francisco Police Department, and to help combat the high crime...