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2 Feb 2021, 3:14 pm by Dave Maass
Under San Francisco's surveillance oversight ordinance, the San Francisco Police Department and other City agencies are generally forbidden from using new surveillance technology without Board approval and a public process. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 2:11 pm by Nathan Sheard
The law requires that before a city department, including the police, acquire or use a surveillance technology, the department must present a use policy to the Board of Supervisors, which then considers the proposal in a public process that offers opportunity for public comment. [read post]
14 May 2019, 5:06 pm by Nathan Sheard
The Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance also takes an important step toward ensuring a more informed and democratic process before the San Francisco Police Department and other city agencies may acquire other kinds of surveillance technologies. [read post]
14 Jun 2020, 6:50 am by Angela Mauroni
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday several new plans for reforming police practices in the city, including an end to using police to respond to non-criminal activity. [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 2:19 pm by Hadar Aviram
City of San Francisco, a petition challenging my fair city's gun control ordinance in Section 4512 of the police code, according to which, "[n]o person shall keep a handgun within a residence owned or controlled by that person unless (1) the hand-gun is stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock that has been approved by the California Department of Justice"; or "(2) the handgun is carried on the person of an… [read post]
7 May 2019, 4:30 pm by Nathan Sheard
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will soon have an opportunity to join several Bay Area communities—and cities across the country—in requiring Board control of whether city departments may acquire new surveillance technologies. [read post]
6 Nov 2012, 3:56 pm by John Stanko
The California Office of Traffic Safety has awarded the City of San Rafael Police Department a grant of $102,000.00 for traffic enforcement. [read post]
1 Mar 2022, 10:32 pm by Matthew Guariglia
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has pulled a harmful ballot initiative that threatened to gut the city’s landmark 2019 surveillance oversight ordinance. [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 11:11 pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- A California judge on Tuesday continued the $5 million bail for a San Francisco city worker accused of hijacking the city's computer system, and ordered the network administrator to enter a plea on Thursday. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 2:06 pm
In 2003 twelve San Francisco Police Officers sued the Police Department alleging that black officers were being favored for promotions to lieutenant. [read post]
13 Oct 2016, 10:46 am by Ashley Hogan
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Wednesday released a report [PDF] on racial bias committed by the San Francisco Police Department in traffic stops, searches and killings. [read post]
13 Oct 2020, 7:00 am by Nathan Sheard
Take Action end illegal San Francisco Police Department Spying San Francisco residents may have believed that their protest would be protected from unwarranted government surveillance. [read post]
8 Sep 2009, 1:01 am
The incident is being investigated both by Muni and the San Francisco Police Department. [read post]
23 Jul 2008, 6:38 am
It is the taxpayers of the city and county of San Francisco, not him," Vinson said. [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Michael Schaps
Although, as noted above, San Francisco proudly calls itself a “sanctuary city,” it alleges in its Complaint that it currently fully complies with section 1373. [read post]
13 Apr 2012, 1:07 pm by guest-writer
This problem, however, does not seem to be isolated to San Francisco, as police departments across the country have experienced troubles with the reliability of their breathalyzer tests, according to a recent report from the San Francisco Chronicle. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 12:19 pm by Matthew Guariglia
Prop E is a haphazard mess of proposals that tries to capitalize on residents’ fear of crime in an attempt to gut commonsense democratic oversight of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). [read post]