Posts Tagged ‘Crime’

The Guardian takes issues with some of the decisions by our new Police Chief.

Members of the local Muslim community applaud the recent apology from Police Chief George Gascon.

The Examiner explores a new pilot program between the SFPD, merchants, and community members to make neighborhoods safer and cops more accessible to those in need.  Hint:  This project involves a small electronic device that people often feel naked leaving home without.

The Chronicle weighs in on the recent developments of the San Francisco 8, questioning the actions of a few members of the Board of Supervisors.

The tug-of-war between the SFPD and the Patrol Special continues as the Castro Community Benefit District enters the fray.

The Board of Supervisors considers appropriate levels of staffing and funding for San Francisco’s fraud unit.

The number of homicides in the city through May hits 20, a significant improvement over that figure of a year ago, when murders in San Francisco topped 45.

Beating Mayor Newsom to the punch, the POA creates posters for Muni vehicles that publicize the reward for information relating to several of the city’s unsolved homicide cases.  Unfortunately, the police union forgot to clear its plan with MTA, so the posters have yet to actually see the side of a bus.

The NRA files a lawsuit against the City’s law restricting the storage of handguns.

With a new loitering law passed by the Board of Supes last week, SF Weekly discusses how the new law will actually go into effect.  For all those standing around trying to get into a club this weekend, remember 10 feet or you may just get cited.

As Nob Hill residents try to clean up the graffiti from their neighborhood in order to avoid City fees, many historic buildings are getting an unpleasant makeover from the cover-up.

Bringing the case to the U.S. Attorney General, the San Francisco Police Officers Association holds William Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, responsible for the 1970 Park Station bombing that killed Sgt. Brian McDonnell.

Since Supervisor Carmen Chu’s legislation to dismantle illegal massage parlors went into effect last year, the SFPD and Department of Public Health are cracking down on establishments that offer mani-pedis, Reki massages, and, oh yea, sex on their spa menus.

In today’s column, C.W. Nevius reports on the silent bike ride, a ride that silently memorializes those who have been fatally injured in bicycle accidents across the city. If I was on the ride, I would have played the Sound of Silence, but I guess that wouldn’t be silence. But, if I left it on repeat, it would likely be annoying, which is typically my M.O. anyway.

The Chronicle reports that a new study commissioned by the Board of Supervisors shows that new cameras installed in high crime areas are producing mixed results.