San Francisco Police Department

San Francisco Mayor Lurie To Spare SFPD, Other Public Safety From Budget Cuts

May 28, 2025 1:19 pmMay 28, 2025 1:20 pm

According to an updated San Francisco city budget plan on Tuesday, several city agencies will get to avoid the 15% mandatory cuts meant to eliminate the $876 million budget deficit, with the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), San Francisco Fire...

Greenberg: The Case for Canceling the SFPD’s No-Mugshot Policy Now

May 8, 2025 6:00 amMay 9, 2025 6:29 am

In July 2020, the San Francisco Police Department under long-serving Chief William Scott, implemented a controversial “no booking photos” policy restricting the release of most mug shots, citing concerns about “racial bias and stereotypes”, particularly against Black and brown individuals....

SF Mayor-Elect Lurie Selects Former SFPD Commander Paul Yep New Chief Of Public Safety

January 3, 2025 1:00 pmJanuary 3, 2025 1:00 pm

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie announced on Thursday the creation of a new position in the city, the Chief of Public Safety, with former San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) commander Paul Yep as the new Public Safety Chief. Throughout Lurie’s...

New Information On Healthcare CEO Assassin Found SFPD Identified Shooter Days Before Arrest

December 14, 2024 9:24 amDecember 14, 2024 9:24 am

According to new information given by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) on Friday, the SFPD identified the assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, only a day following the act on December 5th, several days before he was...

New Information Shows UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassin Has California Ties

December 10, 2024 2:26 pmDecember 10, 2024 2:26 pm

The person of interest in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last week, Luigi Mangione, was revealed to have ties to the San Francisco Bay Area, showing that he had lived in California for some time...

San Francisco Crime Down Coincidentally as Mayor Breed Sinking in Recent Polls

April 9, 2024 2:44 amApril 9, 2024 12:15 pm

During the weekend, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced that crime rates in the city fell, posting lower rates of crime in the first quarter of 2024 compared against the first quarter of 2023. Since the first quarter of...

CHP Announces Massive Seizure Of Fentanyl From Tenderloin District in SF Since May

December 22, 2023 4:05 pmDecember 22, 2023 4:05 pm

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday that the CHP has seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl in the approximately 10-block radius of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood since the CHP first began an increased...