San Francisco's city attorney is investigating the San Rafael Police Department after one of its officers dropped off an unhoused man in San Francisco without helping him get services.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu told NBC Bay Area Wednesday that his office is now investigating the case.
Some residents NBC Bay Area talked to on Wednesday said they've heard of unhoused people being shuttled from one area to the next, sometimes from state to state. But they said that they never actually seen it on video. “It's egregious. It's just not fair to him, I mean, he doesn't know his way around here,” said San Francisco resident Judy Grossman.
San Rafael police apologized for the incident, saying, in part,"The San Rafael police department does not have a policy to take people to other jurisdictions and just leave them without any notification or approval. We are taking this incident seriously."The San Rafael Police Department also apologized to the residents of the neighborhood and the San Francisco police officers and firefighters, who were called in to help the man.
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