... By John Geluardi. The president of the San Francisco police union is claiming city cops have little or nothing to do with the city's rising homicide rate. ...
... Fong's successor will take on a spate of problems at SFPD, including a high homiciderate and low public confidence in the effectiveness of law-enforcement. ...
... "At that point, will the homicide rate go up?" he wonders. ... Nonetheless, he said, he worries that should those cuts occur, the homicide rate might increase. ...
... Monday, Oct. 22 10 am: Public Safety Ross Mirkarimi continues to grill some of the city's top law enforcement officials about our city's homicide rate. ...
... While the homicide rate is rising, the number of arrests for homicides in San Francisco is dropping steadily, according to statistics compiled by the Mayor's ...
... from the survey: Youth homicide is the leading cause of death among youth ages 15-24 in San Francisco (30 per 100,000), and is nearly twice the statewide rate; ...
... unsolved murders for new leads amid high murder rate, low conviction rate By Benjamin ... are most likely to crop up during a time of rising homicide rates (like ...