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San Francisco Gets a Long, Ugly Look at SFPD Windshield Perspective

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 14, 2012 | 21 Comments

Video via SFist.A video of an off-duty SF police officer allegedly speeding through the Broadway Tunnel at 100 mph, possibly drunk, has sparked an outcry from street safety advocates. SFPD Sergeant Carl T (that’s his full legal name) posted the video on his Facebook page in September, eliciting comments from fellow officers who joked and reminisced […]

See Driver Hit Bike Cop. See Driver Run. See Driver Get Arrested.

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 24, 2012 | 15 Comments

Reader Sean Rea witnessed a pretty brazen act of dangerous and petty driving behavior last Thursday on downtown Mission Street: Another hit-and-run on a vulnerable street user. But it wasn’t just any ordinary victim this driver knicked and fled from. It was an officer of the SF Police Department: I was riding down Mission (due to closure of Howard […]

Eyes on the Street: Market Street Bikeway a Favorite SFPD Parking Spot

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 12, 2012 | 39 Comments

Just as one problem improves for bike commuters on Market Street, another arises. Some San Francisco police officers have apparently grown fond of parking their cruisers in the westbound protected bike lane on Market at Polk/Tenth Street, next to Fox Plaza. Back in May I snapped the above photo of a cruiser forcing a platoon of bike commuters […]

Wheelchair Pedestrian Critically Injured at JFK and 8th Ave. in GG Park

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 30, 2012 | 14 Comments

We should never have to report about a traffic injury in Golden Gate Park, but as long as cars are allowed, there will be stories like this one. A man in a wheelchair was critically injured by a car driver Tuesday evening on John F. Kennedy Drive near 8th Avenue in Golden Gate Park. The crash […]

DA Investigating Charges Against Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Criminal charges may be brought against the taxi driver who killed pedestrian Edmund Cappalla on August 11 at Eddy and Larkin Streets, according to Denis O’Leary, head of the SFPD Traffic Company. SFPD investigators reportedly submitted the case to the District Attorney’s office last Wednesday. While it’s not known which charges the DA could file, O’Leary said […]

Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin Yet to Be Cited or Charged

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2012 | 22 Comments

Police are still looking into whether charges could be filed against the taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets Saturday, causing a car crash that killed pedestrian Edmund Capalla, the SF Examiner reports. The driver has reportedly yet to be arrested or cited. “We have to see if he was […]

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