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Dog Bite

Foreign-Born Dog Soldiers

U.S. police departments, including the SFPD, shun American-bred recruits for their canine corps

Cops vs. Cops

Can a credible case be built against errant cops if the witnesses are involved in the drug trade?

The Chief Is In (for Now)

With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

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.

VideoGate cop injured on duty at his desk job

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.

Lacking (Progressive) Definition

Lefty factions and a phony convention do not an effective political party make

The Bizarro Endorsement

Liberal candidate may get a boost from the police organization that condemns him

Earl’s Last Laugh

Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

Cops Who SPY

Exiled in retirement after Fajitagate, ex–Police Chief Earl Sanders has re-emerged with a fresh account of the infamous Zebra murders. And his critics are on the warpath.

Let It Bleed

Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in S.F. leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado

The Storm of the Teeth

The ever-overreaching Human Rights Commission launches an official investigation of ... a barroom display of a few Indian teeth

Toothless Wonder

Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

Cothran

Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

Cothran

Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

The Grid

Why S.F.'s police watchdog agency has never been effective - and why Prop. H won't change that

Money for Something

Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want

Dog Bites

Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want

Paper Trails

Willie Brown's A-list donors and what they may want

SF Weekly Exclusive: The Offending Muni Reward Posters You'll Never See

We reported last week on a public relations standoff between our local cops' union and the Muni bus system: The cops dropped off a pile of posters seeking witnesses to the murder of a 17-year-old boy, hoping they'd be plastered in city buses and trains. But a Muni official nixed the plan. Happily, s ... More >>

What the Hell Is Guardian Thinking With Newsom-Police Chief-District 6 Love Triangle?

Pose with the mayor and he'll support your run for higher office. It's the law. Anyone who ever languished through a Rhetoric 1A course in college knows the joys of syllogisms: We won't delve into the ins and outs, but we do recall a few examples of spectacularly bad logic, along the lines of: A. My ... More >>

Did Police Union Block New Chief From Hiring Outside Brass?

Police Chief George Gascon​When George Gascon became chief of police two months ago, everybody seemed to agree: This bad-ass cop would rid the SFPD of its dead wood, and reform what experts had taken to calling the Western United States' most hidebound law enforcement agency.On Tuesday, Gascon is ... More >>

Kamala Harris Hasn't Made Friends With S.F. Cops -- But That May Not Cost Her in the End

Kamala Harris​In many American towns, the debate over the merits of Chevy or Ford pickup trucks is no laughing matter. In a nerdier milieu -- one less likely to cause a bar fight at least -- Apple and PC partisans snipe at each other smarmily. And here in San Francisco, we have our own endless, ta ... More >>

Poll: Harris Is AG Front-Runner -- Until Pollster Starts Talking Dirty

With how much salt shall we take Ted Lieu's new poll?​It's not every day that a political candidate eagerly publicizes a survey revealing he's polling in the single-digits and trails the leader by double-digits. And yet, this has turned out to not be a typical Attorney General's race. Would-be AG ... More >>

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 >>

Negotiator Recalls Talking Jumper Down From Lefty O'Doul Bridge

Alexia TsotsisThis ended about as well as it could for the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday​In Sergeant Carl T's world, there are three kinds of jumpers: The ones who are going to do it no matter what, the ones who are despondent and you just need to start talking to them, and ... the ot ... More >>

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

Alexia TsotsisThis ended about as well as it could for the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday​In Sergeant Carl T's world, there are three kinds of jumpers: The ones who are going to do it no matter what, the ones who are despondent and you just need to start talking to them, and ... the ot ... More >>

Unions Sue Jeff Adachi, City to Keep Pension Reform Off Ballot

The union-led brawl over pension reform has, inevitably, found its way to a courtroom​Members of five city unions took the next step in labor's all-out battle against Public Defender Jeff Adachi's pension reform measure, suing Adachi and the city's election director in an effort to keep Propositio ... More >>

Double Drain: Program Pays Cops Pensions While Still on the Force

The union-led brawl over pension reform has, inevitably, found its way to a courtroom​Members of five city unions took the next step in labor's all-out battle against Public Defender Jeff Adachi's pension reform measure, suing Adachi and the city's election director in an effort to keep Propositio ... More >>

DROP Program Could Add $52 Million in Pension Costs, Controller Claims

​This week, SF Weekly's cover story explored a program that allows veteran police officers to simultaneously earn salaries and pensions -- the latter of which is collected in a lump-sum payment which can easily exceed $300,000. While the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) was enacted in 200 ... More >>

Will the SFPD Forgo Raises?

Is he a politician or not?​One of the reasons why so many people like Mayor Ed Lee is because he has that understated aura of being nonpolitical. But in reality, the mayor is rather good at the sport of politics, and he's even better at down playing it.A clear example of this is when he made the t ... More >>

Will DROP Program Live to Double-Dip Again?

​Update: Police Union head Gary Delagnes predicts Ross Mirkarimi will push renewing DROP for one year. Not long ago, SF Weekly wrote a story about the city's Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP). The program allows older police officers to simultaneously earn pensions and salaries -- a tough sce ... More >>

DROP Dead: Double-Dipping Police Program to Expire

Ross Mirkarimi's arguments made sense -- in some world​A program that allowed San Francisco police to simultaneously amass salaries and pensions died yesterday, despite Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's attempts to alter time and space. Readers may recall an April cover story about the Deferred Retireme ... More >>

DROP Kick: Not So Many Cops Enroll in Double-Dipping Program

​We've written quite a bit about the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP), a sweet deal voters awarded police several years back that allowed cops to amass salaries and pensions simultaneously -- and retire with lump sump payments exceeding $400,000. Despite the quixotic and bizarre attempts ... More >>

Police and Fire Pension Deal Could Cost City $61 Million

​This morning, the Examiner reported an eye-opening facet of the police and fire unions' latest deal. Should the city-backed pension plan be voted into law, cops and firefighters will begin paying augmented pension rates in 2013, like everyone else. But if voters choose Jeff Adachi's plan, public ... More >>

Jeff Adachi Responds to Police Slander Allegations

Accusing the accuser ​Gary Delagnes, president of the Police Officers Association, doesn't miss many opportunities to take shots at local pols -- figuratively speaking -- as evidenced again in today's Chron. He penned a brief yet sharp op-ed bluntly calling out Public Defender Jeff Adachi for "sla ... More >>