All right here we go. First, as usual, the host (#SF's Telegraph Hill Dwellers https://www.thd.org ) is doing the introductions that happen before the "without further ado" partpic.twitter.com/Uar2eNZ8wi
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Then @chesaboudin jumps in to back the chief, saying #SF police had one of the highest clearance rates (solved cases) for violent crimes last yearpic.twitter.com/UxvURkeXgl
But people feel differently about crime in the city, @EskSF says, and what do the panelists say to that? Crime is real, @SFPDChief Scott says, but the statistics get complicated. Some crimes are up, some down, some aren't reported, "we aren't faring as bad as people might think."
There's a disconnect what the data show and what people feel, agrees @chesaboudin, who thinks it's important for folks to feel safe in #SF. Crime is down in many, not all categories over the last two years. "That's a good thing, but it doesn't mean that everyone feels safe."
If a chain like Walgreens or Target or Gap changes its policy on crimes in stores and police aren't notified, there's not much that can be done there, says @chesaboudin. But wait, asks @EskSF, what about the viral videos?
"When we have the evidence, we're going to follow up on the evidence," says @SFPDChief Scott, and those cases get presented to prosecutors. The notion that only the viral cases get attention is a fallacy, he adds.
"We have good success with a lot of those cases" where there's cell phone video, @SFPDChief says, who notes that the famous Walgreens viral video suspect was tracked down and remains in custody. Here's @SFPD on thathttps://twitter.com/SFPD/status/1406429899888336896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1406429899888336896%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7news.com%2Fsuspect-arrested-robbery-walgreens-shoplifter-shoplifting-on-a-bike%2F10813635%2F …
Now @SFPDChief Scott is comparing #SF car theft stats with other cities, and says that our city's 10% clearance rate is "exceptional." We also have a "really good" rate on homicides and assaults. Robbery clearance rates are going up as well. The point is ...
... property crimes are harder to solve. #SF is a property crime-driven city, but that said, "we want to do better," @SFPDChief Scott says, who encourages people listening to report crimes so there's better data and an opportunity to gather evidence.
A suspect breaking into a car got cut and left blood on the crime scene, @SFPDChief Scott recounts, and that helped the investigation. Is there anything about #SF, asks @EskSF, that could lead to improvement?
Part of improvement is having more resources for, say, retail crimes in particular. @SFPD staff devoted to that are "overwhelmed," Scott says. "You heard me scream for resources in this budget cycle ... we have to add the personnel."
@chesaboudin says his office has had a lower budget than at any time in the past 5 or 6 years. The justice system has also been impacted by #COVID19; there are fewer people out on the streets, and some folks on the street can't join this event by Zoom.pic.twitter.com/MCfRYotVnS
@chesaboudin wants to see clearance rates go up, and says that @SFPDChief Scott just said the same thing, but then adds let's take a step back: In CA, more than 2/3 of people released from state prison will be rearrested and reincarcerated within a few years.
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@SFPDChief Scott says 32 years in this business, this isn't the first time he's faced a changing judicial system, how people are supervised by probation/parole, new laws on the books. "What we have to do is adapt," he says. He concedes he sometimes disagrees with @chesaboudin.
"We depend on each other. My office depends on his office, his office depends on my office ... The public is demanding change in the system." - @SFPDChief Scott
"There's a different standard for an arrest than for a criminal charge that results in a conviction." - @chesaboudin
Comic relief break: OK @RoomRaters which one you like, @EskSF or @chesaboudin?pic.twitter.com/zqABmAgp89
@EskSF is now asking @chesaboudin about the Troy McAllister case https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/da-court-filing-says-office-missed-parolees-out-of-control-spiral/ … and then pivots to his management experience. The DA points to a "realignment" of how parole revocations were handled from the state. "That didn't work, obviously," he says.
#SF is now filing its own parole revocations, and that's a big change, @chesaboudin says. On how he's running the office, "the biggest challenge has not been management or working with @SFPDChief Scott, it's keeping wheel of justice turning" amid a pandemic.
@chesaboudin keeps asserting and underscoring that when police brings his office arrests, he's filing charges in >70% of the cases, everything from petty theft to murder. Particularly for burglaries, @SFPDChief Scott says the most prolific offenders are being detained.
@chesaboudin says @SFPD sent over a list of "two dozen burglars" that were the prolific offenders mentioned earlier, and that sharpened the focus on prosecutions.
@SFPDChief makes a personal apology to folks calling and reporting they've been a victim of crime.pic.twitter.com/81AkRhc09Q
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A correction: @SFPDChief Scott's apology was aimed at folks who say they're dissuaded from reaching out to police and filling a report because of claims that DA @chesaboudin won't follow up.
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