I've lived here for 26 years and we have never run the experiment that @chesaboudin is running right now, charging/convicting virtually no one. He did run on this premise, and we are now seeing the direct results. and no, Police aren't great either.
This article is from 10yrs ago and nothing has changed. Police Chief asked for more money to hire more officers, city said okay but stop abusing overtime. Guess what they did. Hired zero officers and used funds to pay overtime to existing officers.https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sfs-new-police-chief-defends-soaring-overtime-spending/ …
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SFPOA has been fighting accountability at every turn. Article from 2008 and guess which parts of this proposed system have been implemented.https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sfpd-slow-to-address-misconduct/ …
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Sorry, the original article was from 2017, this one is from 2010. Same issues year after year:https://www.sfweekly.com/news/police-overtime-so-lax-as-to-seemingly-invite-abuse-audit-says/ …
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