Roughly 2,300 job seekers attended the second annual San Francisco-sponsored job fair at the Civic Center Plaza on Saturday.
Almost every city department was looking to hire but few are dealing with the shortage the police department faces. The department is down by roughly 550 officers."I was just kind of asking questions about internships but also asked me if I was interested in applying to become a police officer and I said 'yes,"' Mai said.
His older brother will soon join the San Francisco police academy. Mai plans to apply after graduation. "Any elected leader will go after an officer for wrongdoing but, at the same time, when they are doing great work, we have to equally promote that and support that in the same fashion," Mayor Breed said.
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