All of us started our lives having been dealt a different hand of cards. While I appreciate that I was born with a parental four aces and an economic double pair, I am acutely aware that many people don’t even receive five cards. Without either of these advantages, the street environment often lures young adults down a perilous direction of crime, which forces law enforcement into the equation. This engagement with police very much creates a
HI Lou - The way the FBI and SFPD log their stats is confusing. The only stat that jumps off the pages of just about any report is who is committing these crimes = Blacks are in #1 position with Hispanics in #2 far behind them. Everyone else gets to split the last 10%.
The other things the stats don't help with much, is how many of these crimes are one offs such as an angry road rage or other purely socially related fight, vs. how many of these violent people are career criminals? Maybe people would understand better if they could see how many people have chosen this as their career path?
As for SFPD - I've been a strong advocate for increasing the size of the force's sworn officers to the point where they can easily allocate a full compliment of officers to all areas of need on all three shifts.
Step 1. IMO full staffing ought to be; for the Mayor, BOS, and Police Commissioners step 1.
Step 2 - Rebuild the whole code book based on what the police know works, and cut out all the crap
that impedes their work. I do not mean the Constitution, I mean the BS.
Step 3. Ask the SFPOA to help make it work. With their help, things should go easier. If they object,
we need to know why.
Step 4. Qualified Immunity - There is no other job like local law enforcement where people can face
sudden life threatening attacks at any time, and where an officer can be called on to make a
split second life or death decision impacting the community. Police need strong protection
in order to have the confidence to do their job. The community also needs confidence that
officers will not knowingly abuse their authority. By making some potential changes, the
qualifications for immunity would be more strongly supported by everyone but the cop haters.
Step 5. Make the use of guns the last resort. Don't immediately draw a gun unless there is knowledge
to support the threat requires it. When the life of another person is not in immediate threat,
then don't rush in. When one person is surrounded or cornered, don't set up a firing squad.
All of the alternative methods and tools that SFPD is not currently using and training for,
should be added, including the ability to back off and control a larger area, but nothing should
prevent any officer from using a gun to defend themselves from immediate threat.
Step 6. Stop all of the politically correct BS. If the suspect is a 5' 300lb Asian, tell us. If it is a 6' skinny,
Black woman - say so, and show photos. he public wants to help.
The most glaring information in this article reads, “RIPA has never conducted a study comparing the victims’/witnesses’ demographic descriptions to the demographic descriptions of the robbery suspects law enforcement arrested.” How could the Commission draw any unbiased conclusion without considering the victims and witnesses involved? Where does the descriptions of the suspects come from? Obviously, the victims and witnesses. Great article…
the commission should be outed to the community and fired.
an election is comingtherefore the mayor should be reminded of her picks and the fool they made her out to be
HI Lou - The way the FBI and SFPD log their stats is confusing. The only stat that jumps off the pages of just about any report is who is committing these crimes = Blacks are in #1 position with Hispanics in #2 far behind them. Everyone else gets to split the last 10%.
The other things the stats don't help with much, is how many of these crimes are one offs such as an angry road rage or other purely socially related fight, vs. how many of these violent people are career criminals? Maybe people would understand better if they could see how many people have chosen this as their career path?
As for SFPD - I've been a strong advocate for increasing the size of the force's sworn officers to the point where they can easily allocate a full compliment of officers to all areas of need on all three shifts.
Step 1. IMO full staffing ought to be; for the Mayor, BOS, and Police Commissioners step 1.
Step 2 - Rebuild the whole code book based on what the police know works, and cut out all the crap
that impedes their work. I do not mean the Constitution, I mean the BS.
Step 3. Ask the SFPOA to help make it work. With their help, things should go easier. If they object,
we need to know why.
Step 4. Qualified Immunity - There is no other job like local law enforcement where people can face
sudden life threatening attacks at any time, and where an officer can be called on to make a
split second life or death decision impacting the community. Police need strong protection
in order to have the confidence to do their job. The community also needs confidence that
officers will not knowingly abuse their authority. By making some potential changes, the
qualifications for immunity would be more strongly supported by everyone but the cop haters.
Step 5. Make the use of guns the last resort. Don't immediately draw a gun unless there is knowledge
to support the threat requires it. When the life of another person is not in immediate threat,
then don't rush in. When one person is surrounded or cornered, don't set up a firing squad.
All of the alternative methods and tools that SFPD is not currently using and training for,
should be added, including the ability to back off and control a larger area, but nothing should
prevent any officer from using a gun to defend themselves from immediate threat.
Step 6. Stop all of the politically correct BS. If the suspect is a 5' 300lb Asian, tell us. If it is a 6' skinny,
Black woman - say so, and show photos. he public wants to help.
The most glaring information in this article reads, “RIPA has never conducted a study comparing the victims’/witnesses’ demographic descriptions to the demographic descriptions of the robbery suspects law enforcement arrested.” How could the Commission draw any unbiased conclusion without considering the victims and witnesses involved? Where does the descriptions of the suspects come from? Obviously, the victims and witnesses. Great article…