In April, we started an innovative Economic Crimes Against Workers Unit to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation—especially during the pandemic.
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In November, we made history in filing the first ever homicide charges against an on-duty officer in San Francisco when we filed charges against the former officer who shot and killed Keita O’Neil. I personally prosecuted a homicide case, securing a grand jury indictment.
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We also began weekly Facebook Live events on Wednesdays to provide updates on the work our office is doing.
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In December, we announced that a grand jury had indicted both Jamaica Hampton and Officer Flores, who shot him. We also filed felony charges against Officer Stangel, who beat with a baton Dacari Spiers, a Black man who was not observed by police committing any crime.
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We also announced quickly our decisions not to prosecute three officers in two other use-of-force cases this year. We hosted Police Chief Scott on Facebook Live and talked about how our offices can work together to keep San Francisco safe.
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It was a hard year, but one with many achievements. Crime rates this year are down about 25% but we still have work to do together to reduce the rate of burglaries and homicides. The jail population in SF remains significantly reduced and we have avoided an outbreak of the virus.
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We prosecuted over 4,000 new cases this year. We instituted groundbreaking police accountability reforms. We implemented new approaches centered around victims.
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In the year to come we will continue to work our hardest. We will fight for treatment to end our drug overdose crisis. We will expand restorative justice approaches so that crime victims feel empowered by our legal system and those who harm are held accountable.
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We will work to keep everyone in San Francisco safe from the pandemic. We will continue to address root causes of crime so that we can prevent future crime. And we will continue to fight to keep San Francisco safe, healthy, and just.
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