Jane Warner

I Wasn't Approved for the SFPD Special Patrol Force and All I Got Was This Lousy Gun

Cops vs. Cops

They look like cops. They carry guns like cops. They can even arrest you like cops. But San Francisco's patrol special officers are a different breed of police - one marked for extinction by the SFPD and powers that be.

To Serve & Collect

Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

SF Weekly Letters

Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

San Francisco Patrol Special Police: Rent-a-Cops With Guns

Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

Letters

Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

Castro businesses step into the SFPD's turf war with private security officers

Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.

Patrol Specials Identify Officer Who Shot Suspect in Nightclub Gun Battle

Officials from San Francisco's Patrol Special Police, a quasi-public community policing agency, have identified the officer who shot a suspect in the gun battle outside the Suede nightclub over the weekend that left one dead and four wounded.​Patrol Special Officer Robert Burns -- who was on duty ... More >>

Castro Park May Be Named In Honor of Departed Cop Jane Warner

'Officer Jane,' Jane Warner​Supervisor and mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday to name the recently created mini-park at Castro and 17th Streets in honor of Jane Warner, a longtime city security officer who died May 8. It would become Jane Warner Plaza if Dufty's ... More >>

Did SFPD needlessly hound a rival officer while she lay dying of cancer?

'Officer Jane,' Jane Warner​Supervisor and mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday to name the recently created mini-park at Castro and 17th Streets in honor of Jane Warner, a longtime city security officer who died May 8. It would become Jane Warner Plaza if Dufty's ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

'Officer Jane,' Jane Warner​Supervisor and mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday to name the recently created mini-park at Castro and 17th Streets in honor of Jane Warner, a longtime city security officer who died May 8. It would become Jane Warner Plaza if Dufty's ... More >>

Patrol Special Cops' New Leader Says He Won't Shy Away From 'Confrontation' With SFPD

Patrol Special Officer Alan Byard​The San Francisco Patrol Special Police, a private security force that has co-existed alongside city-employed police officers since the days of the Gold Rush, has elected a leader to head its officers' professional association.The Patrol Special Police Officers As ... More >>

Nudists find opposition in an unlikely place: The Castro

Patrol Special Officer Alan Byard​The San Francisco Patrol Special Police, a private security force that has co-existed alongside city-employed police officers since the days of the Gold Rush, has elected a leader to head its officers' professional association.The Patrol Special Police Officers As ... More >>