Police Chief George Gascón may have backed down on his fight to bring Tasers to the San Francisco Police Department, but Mayor Gavin Newsom has not.
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Not only could Tasers save lives, but equipping San Francisco police with the stun guns could save money, police Chief George Gascón said Wednesday as opposition to their use mounts.
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Fingerprinting stolen cars may take an extra effort, but police have made at least two matches so far in the first month of a new policy to collect evidence from recovered vehicles.
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Police Chief George Gascón received a top-to-bottom review of the San Francisco Police Department before taking the job, but paying for the work has become a bit of a financial pickle.
The police chief, who makes $287,000 a year, brought on well-known consultant Robert Wasserman to assess the Police Department before starting the job Aug. 7. But the $27,000 needed to pay Wasserman was not budgeted.
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Police Chief George Gascón, his officers and representatives of the 49ers will kick off the Police Department’s 15th annual Operation Dream Holiday Toy Patrol at 4 p.m. today. Donations can be made at Candlestick Park’s Gate F prior to the start of the 49ers game against the Arizona Cardinals. Operation Dream works year-round with The City’s disadvantaged youth to ensure kids receive a holiday gift.
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The Board of Supervisors is taking up an issue near and dear to police Chief George Gascon’s heart, reforming the police disciplinary process to rid the Police Commission of a serious backlog.
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu called for a hearing on a charter amendment that may make it to the June ballot. By most accounts, the system is broken, Chiu said.
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Undercover Muni stings will begin citywide Wednesday following a string of violence on city buses.
Police Chief George Gascon is expected to announce details of the program, dubbed Operation Safe Muni, Wednesday afternoon at a press conference.
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The use of Tasers by the Police Department is a matter of “when, not if anymore,” Chief George Gascón told The Examiner.
Two recent officer-involved shootings and a high-profile case from last year have kept pressure on the Police Department to approve the use of stun guns, which have been rejected in the past.
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When George Gascón started work as San Francisco police chief in August, The Examiner was hopeful he would shake up the department’s long-entrenched ways. We wanted him to make his top priority cleaning up community trouble spots so the streets would become safer.
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