The San Francisco Police Commission voted Wednesday night to set up a new team to handle crisis situations involving mentally ill suspects.The seven-member commission voted unanimously to create a crisis intervention team within the Police Department, which has dealt with two shootings of mentally ill suspects by officers in the past two months.
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A heartless thief pummeled a 43-year-old man with a metal pole and then stole his wristwatch in the Mission district Wednesday.The robbery occurred around 7:40 p.m. in the area of 16th Street and Julian Avenue, which is near a BART station, police said.The suspect fled after striking the victim. The victim, whose injuries were not life threatening, refused medical treatment, police said.There have been no arrests.maldax@sfexaminer.com
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The pizza box robber has been delivered to jail, police said.Lawrence Swick, 29, of San Francisco, is accused of robbing a Cow Hollow neighborhood bank while holding a pizza box on Monday around 4:30 p.m. He allegedly passed a note demanding cash to a teller at the Comerica Bank at 2001 Union St. He had her fill his pizza box with cash, police said Wednesday.
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Police say a Haight Street merchant shot and critically injured a man in front of his store Wednesday during a dispute over the victim’s Chihuahua.
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A person was shot at the busy intersection of Haight Street and Masonic Avenue during broad daylight Wednesday, police said.Cops on patrol witnessed the shooting at around 1:15 p.m., police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.“The suspect is in custody as well as the weapon,” Esparza said.The victim, who was shot in the torso, was transported to San Francisco General Hospital. His condition was not immediately known, Esparza said.
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In another example of how crooks disguise themselves as bankers, a woman who had her wallet stolen received a phone call from someone claiming to be a bank employee. The caller was actually the thief, police said.After stealing her wallet on Friday, the crook convinced the victim over the phone to offer her personal information. The woman said $500 then went missing from her bank account, police said.
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BART cops began training in community policing this week as part of the transit agency’s efforts to improve its police force after the Oscar Grant killing.
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Cops corralled more than a half-dozen young thugs in connection with the beating of a high school student on a Muni bus on Monday.The victim told cops he was playing with his iPhone when a group of juveniles and young adults boarded the bus in the 3900 block of Mission Street around 3:20 p.m. The thugs had graffiti spray cans, and one had a knife, the boy said.
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The police and fire departments have already called on the public to help catch an arsonist who has put the Castro on edge, but one nurse in San Diego is hoping a reward will encourage a little public participation.
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A fight between a man and woman drew blood in the Ingleside district Monday. The 30-year-old woman stabbed the 27-year-old man in the stomach with a knife during the brawl, which occurred in the 200 block of Holloway Avenue around 9 p.m.Then the man bit the woman in the hand and fled the scene, police said. The woman was later arrested and refused treatment for her injuries, cops said. rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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