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San Francisco Police Department

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    No City For Drunk-Driving (Yet): SFPD's DUI "Scandal" Isn't Automatic DUI Freedom

    ​The San Francisco Police Department's latest evidence-handling SNAFU -- in which numerous drunk driving arrests and convictions were thrown into question because SFPD was monitoring drivers' breath with equipment that wasn't in working order -- rightly made headlines and led foreheads to be slapp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Elderly Couple Can Sue SFPD, Federal Agents Over Missing $200,000

    ​A judge this week ruled that an elderly couple could sue the San Francisco Police Department and other federal agents over what the couple claims was an illegal raid on their San Francisco home. According to court documents, Malaquias and Cayetana Reynoso were inside their home on June 18, 2009, ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    "Alcatraz": What We've Learned So Far

    ​A judge this week ruled that an elderly couple could sue the San Francisco Police Department and other federal agents over what the couple claims was an illegal raid on their San Francisco home. According to court documents, Malaquias and Cayetana Reynoso were inside their home on June 18, 2009, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Apple Products Swiped from San Francisco Delivery Truck

    A bigger prick than Steve Jobs​Some Grinches with hearts two sizes too small came pretty damn close to stealing Christmas when they ripped off a "large quantity" of Apple electronics earlier today.Police tell us that at about 11:30 a.m. an unidentified thief or thieves broke into a FedEx delivery ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2011

    DNA Lab Cover-Up: SFPD to Investigate Claims in Secret Court Records

    A bigger prick than Steve Jobs​Some Grinches with hearts two sizes too small came pretty damn close to stealing Christmas when they ripped off a "large quantity" of Apple electronics earlier today.Police tell us that at about 11:30 a.m. an unidentified thief or thieves broke into a FedEx delivery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Study: Bars, Liquor Stores and Restaurants More Dangerous than Marijuana Dispensaries

    ​Quick! Pick your crime magnet: The stretch of central Market Street in front of Zuni, or the alleyway near cannabis dispensary Shambhala Healing Center in the Mission District?Neither blocks are exactly San Francisco's cleanest, but let's face it, SFPD's finest have more work to do in front of Zu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    SFPD Launches 'Internal Investigation' into Controversial Search for Missing iPhone 5

    ​It appears that the police officers and Apple security employees who stoked a tech-industry scandal with their controversial search for a lost device rumored to be the unreleased iPhone 5 will themselves be the object of law-enforcement scrutiny.The San Francisco Police Department has launched an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Lost iPhone 5: Bernal Heights Man Says Visitors Impersonating Police Searched His Home (Exclusive)

    ​A Bernal Heights man says that six officials claiming to be San Francisco Police officers questioned him and searched his family's home in July for a lost iPhone 5 prototype they asserted had been traced to the residence using GPS technology.The man's statements to SF Weekly in an exclusive inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Cops, Lies, and Videotape Part 2: Another Case Dismissed Because of Officer Misconduct

    Group think ​Just when the recent SFPD scandal dubbed Cops, Lies, and Videotape, had dissipated from the news cycle, a San Francisco judge today dismissed another drug case citing, once again, officer misconduct. In his crusade against the San Francisco Police Department, Public Defender Jeff Adac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Cops Accused of Joining Mobs Telling Man to Jump From Union Square Building; Mother Sues SFPD

    Group think​It's been a bad two weeks for the San Francisco Police Department. First the Public Defender releases footage of an alleged illegal drug bust; then the FBI launches and investigation. Now a  San Francisco mother is suing the SFPD, claiming officers joined in the chants of "bloodth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Gascon Says He Will Seek The Death Penalty In Cases That 'Warrant' It

    Death Penalty Supporter​It's no secret that San Francisco's District Attorney's Office and The Police Department have a long history of tension and soured relations, even long before the fajitagate incident when the famously left-wing Terence Hallinan indicted the top brass of the SFPD.Things didn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Exclusive: SFPD Concealed DNA Sample Switch at Crime Lab

    ​Records of bungle in 2008 case were destroyed, investigation findsA forensics analyst's error that resulted in a mix-up of DNA samples, reportedly in a homicide case, has been concealed by officials at the San Francisco Police Department crime lab for close to two years, SF Weekly has learned. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Reports Police Responded an Hour Late to Mission Shooting Inaccurate, Says SFPD

    ​A disturbing triple shooting on Saturday in the Mission came with its own disturbing sub-story: While eyewitnesses and medical personnel pegged the incident as occurring close to 10:30, the San Francisco Police reported responding at close to midnight. Did the SFPD let three bloody men roll arou ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Feds complain that S.F.'s sanctuary city policies impeded investigation of Latino gang

    ​A disturbing triple shooting on Saturday in the Mission came with its own disturbing sub-story: While eyewitnesses and medical personnel pegged the incident as occurring close to 10:30, the San Francisco Police reported responding at close to midnight. Did the SFPD let three bloody men roll arou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    'Text-a-Tip' Program Drags SFPD Into 21st Century. SFPD Web Site? Still Vintage 1994.

    The SFPD Web Page induces nostalgia for the 1990s​When Police Chief George Gascon today announces San Francisco cops will soon have the ability to engage in real-time text message conversations with people who have witnessed -- or are witnessing -- a crime, it will be more than a technologically u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Just How Many Cars Have Been Torched In the City? Depends On Whom You Ask.

    www.lcpstc.org​Yesterday we were apparently the first to notice that the term "Arson" coupled with "vehicle" wasn't an inadvertent repetition on the weekend police report, and wrote a small item about a trio of cars going up in flames. Several hours later, the police told us that, in fact, a quint ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Man Beaten, Gnawed By Four Robbers -- Who Filch His Sweatshirt

    If you wear a sweatshirt like this, the SFPD cannot guarantee your safetyLike "stupid and clever" the line between "heroism and foolishness" is often very fine. A San Francisco man can ponder that after he chose to fight off a quartet of would-be robbers Tuesday morning and lost his shirt -- literal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Love Given Bad Name In Cross-Bay Relationship Discussion/Demolition Derby

    'It's not you, it's me...' What's more awkward than domestic arguments on public transportation? How about arguments on the Highway Transportation System -- carried out in separate cars via metal-on-metal violence. San Francisco Police officers were called in on Saturday to settle a relationship dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Knowledge Is Power: Cop's Tutorial at Head Shop Results in Big Drug Bust

    Wait, that's not the Uncola!A talkative head shop owner and his eager pupil on the San Francisco Police Department can take credit for a sizable narcotics seizure over in Ingleside.During a recent routine traffic stop, a pair of officers noticed a soda bottle in a plastic bag in the driver's glove c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    If the Shoe Fits: Cops Match Crime Scene Bloody Footwear to Shoeless Limping Man

    J'accuse!In a case that comes close to the hypothetical situation of tracking a bleeding elephant in the snow, San Francisco Police have arrested an early contender for "Worst Getaway Attempt" of 2009. Responding Wednesday to a hit-and-run call in the Outer Sunset involving a car bowling over a barr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    How Do You Manage To Get Busted For Drunk Driving Even Though You're In the Back of a Cab? Here's How.

    The San Francisco Police Department has proven that a soused man sitting in the back of a taxi can still be nailed for drunk driving -- provided he irritates his cabdriver enough. A pair of police at Holloway and Arellano Avenues were flagged down by a cabbie early Saturday morning who, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Scalp a Ticket, Go to Jail? Basis of San Francisco's Law Odder Than You'd Think.

    It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Father: SFPD's Dogged Insistence Hugues de la Plaza Committed Suicide Is 'Almost Complicity'

    Joe EskenaziFrançois de la Plaza says of the SFPD: "They can still help us toward our objective of finding the murderer. ... There is still a lot to do." Through tightly clenched teeth, François de la Plaza says he still believes the San Francisco Police Department can catch the person who killed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Breaking News: French Authorities Conclude De La Plaza Death '100 percent homicide.' S.F. Police Refuse to Read Report

    A formal report recently produced by French investigators and coroners regarding the San Francisco stabbing death of Hugues de la Plaza concludes that the French national's demise was "100 percent homicide," according to his former girlfriend. Melissa Nix was informed of the news by de la Plaza's fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Mission Possible? SFPD Nails 100 Percent of Homicide Suspects in 2009

    Maybe the SFPD ate their Wheaties. Maybe they made a New Year's resolution. But you know that bit about the San Francisco Police Department having one of the worst arrest rates of homicide suspects in the United States? It appears that it's a new day, folks (in the first 16 days of 2009, at least).W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    So How Many Folks Are Nabbed for Yapping on Cell Phones While Driving? Your Guess is as Good as the SFPD's

    Is it possible to be more irresponsible than texting your underaged mistress to score you some drugs while driving a Corvair with infants and kittens wandering in the backseat? While this sort of behavior might make the Examiner blotter, there's no way for the San Francisco Police Department to tabu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Ring of Fire: Outhouse Arsonist Continues Rampage

    The unknown miscreant or miscreants immolating area outhouses has burned another according to the San Francisco Police Department. A porta-john in the 1200 block of Washington Street went up in the predawn hours; like the other 14 johns torched since November, this is in or near the Russian Hill sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    SFPD Moving to Help Crime Victims in the Country Illegally Get a Visa

    By Lauren SmileyThe San Francisco Police Department has stalled for the better part of 2008 in signing U-visa applications for immigrants in the country illegally who have become the victims of crime. (Read our piece on the wait in this week's paper.) Police said they were just waiting to approve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    SFPD Report Urges More Tasers, Fewer Dog Bites

    By Peter Jamison The San Francisco Police Commission and the Board of Supervisors' Public Safety Committee are getting together tonight at 6 p.m. in city hall to chew over the findings of an organizational assessment of the city's police department. The analysis, performed by the Police Exec ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2008

    No Sanctuary

    Police slow to help crime victims who are here illegally.

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Police slow to help crime victims who are here illegally.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    SF Cops Nab Dozens of Criminals in Citywide Sweep

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    San Francisco Police Department Can't Stop Homicides

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    After 14 Years, His SFPD Paperwork is Approved

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Do police foot patrols work? San Francisco takes 208 pages to say “We don’t know.”

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    SFPD Wants to Get Paid for Getting Dressed

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Urban Etiquette: Graffiti Dos and Don'ts

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2008

    Man Shot In Butt While in Cab; Woman Shot in Wrist While In Home

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Gunman Shoots Three While They Sleep Wednesday in Potrero Hill

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2007

    Teen Stabbed In His Sleep At Bustop at 24th and Folsom Wednesday Night

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Bernal Heights Shooting Last Night

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    Guns and Government: The Snitch's WeekinReview 9.14-9.08

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    SFPD Dedicates New Resources to Cold Cases

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Cops Who SPY

    San Francisco Police arrested 39 fugitives on Thursday over a 12-hour period. The citywide sweep targeted high-risk parole and probation violators who were wanted for robbery, narcotics and sexual predator crimes. There were four women among those arrested. The arrests were made as a result of ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    Lifestyle Check

    A gay ex-cop buys a ranch in Gold Country and finds his own version of Brokeback Mountain

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    No. 1 With a Bullitt

    San Francisco's murder rate is at its highest level in a decade. Whose fault is that?

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Mob Rule

    Flash mobs: serious social movement or quirky entertainment (or both)?

  • News

    May 15, 1996

    Dead Heat

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

  • Calendar

    November 29, 1995

    Crushing CRUSH

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

  • News

    September 6, 1995

    Foreign-Born Dog Soldiers

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

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