Police Commission
10/6/10

Board of Supervisors

Public Safety Committee

Note from the Police Commission Meeting Oct. 6, 2010 - Police Chief Report

“In five years our work force will likely be reduced by 25%.” The crime picture continues, but crime is down by 10% over last year (homicides the same) The reduction in resources in Bernal Heights recently resulted in removal of one foot beat officer, but he was assigned originally to address an uptick in crime, which is down now. There will be a reduction in holiday officers. To meet the policing needs of special events such as sports events (Giants games) I use 10b officers (working off-duty on privately-paid assignments at about $87-109/hr.), but lately I have to have flexibility to move officers around to fill the need. I am now taking officers from district stations to police these valuable events. Traditionally we used overtime funds to pay 10b but we have cut overtime so cannot do that so much. Commissioner De Jesus: I heard that because of reduction in resources in the SFPD, the PERF pilot project in community policing from Ingleside was no longer viable? Chief: Not true. Since Nov. 09 I have implemented that pilot across the city in all districts. (Question: how can community policing which requires officers to stay in the locality and get to know people to develop trust and information-giving/reporting relationships, be fully implemented across the City when foot patrol officers are now being moved around more regularly to other districts?)