New S.F. chief seeks amnesty for officers
Heather Knight,Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writers
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Discipline cases against dozens of San Francisco police officers would be dismissed under an amnesty program proposed by Chief George Gascón.
The new police chief told The Chronicle on Wednesday that he wants to see "the great majority" of roughly 75 discipline cases pending before the civilian Police Commission end with little or no punishment for officers accused of minor misconduct.
Those cases, he said, include charges such as use of inappropriate language, being discourteous, failing to properly fill out a police report or a first-time misdemeanor drunken-driving arrest. They would also most likely involve first-time offenders rather than officers with a long history of complaints against them.
"We don't get anything out of taking a pound of flesh," Gascón said. ....
Sep 2, 2009 7:44 pm US/Pacific
New SFPD Chief To Make Tenderloin A Priority
There is an air of desperation in San Francisco's Tenderloin as the needy line up for soup kitchens, and those suffering from mental illness or drugs make the streets their home. But San Francisco's new police chief is planning on making the cleanup of the Tenderloin a priority of his administration. ....
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