The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has reached 'substantial compliance' with 272 state-recommended criminal justice reforms, according to the California Department of Justice. The SFPD has implemented 263 of the recommendations, with the remaining nine on track for completion. While praised for its progress, some officials emphasize that the reforms represent a minimum standard and further improvements are needed. The state highlights the SFPD's decline in use of force and shootings, along with the implementation of innovative practices.
The San Francisco Police Department is in “substantial compliance” with 272 state-recommended criminal justice reform s, the California Department of JusticeThe SFPD, the state said, had implemented 263 of its 272 recommendations — or 97 percent — and was on its way towards fulfilling the other nine.
There are still racial disparities in use of force, the state department wrote, “but the rate that force is used against Black individuals has significantly declined,” more so than the decline among other races. SFPD assigned several commanders and lower-level officers to work on reform, met with the state regularly, and implemented “cutting-edge practices” like withholding mugshots and implementing transgender-policing strategies, the state said.
“Cal DOJ is concerned that the enacted use of force policy changes could have negative impacts on the forward progress that SFPD has made thus far,” it wrote. “The time SFPD officers devoted to reporting use of force is a worthwhile investment … it is important for all stakeholders to understand that public safety and progressive policing can and should co-exist together.”
For his part, Carter-Oberstone, Breed’s police commissioner with whom she frequently clashed, pumped the breaks on the celebration. He pointed to several issues: possible violations of state law from
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