Recent Streetsblog SF posts about SFPD

Motorist Hits Cyclist in Valencia Street Bike Lane

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 19, 2009 | 14 Comments

One of San Francisco’s most popular bicycle thoroughfares was the scene of a crash on Tuesday, when an automobile incautiously pulled out of a parking spot and struck a bicyclist riding in the bike lane on Valencia Street near 20th Street. Valencia Street’s bike lane. Flickr photo: mary jane watson According to the police report, the […]

New SF Police Chief Has Uncertain Livable Streets Credentials

By Matthew Roth | Jun 17, 2009 | No Comments

Courtesy: East Valley Tribune Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a press conference today with most of the elected and appointed political class, named former Mesa Arizona Police Chief George Gascón to the top job in the SFPD. The mayor said the police commission had conducted 49 public outreach sessions and reviewed 88 total candidates for the […]

Plan Would Track SFPD Officers on Muni Using Translink Cards

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 17, 2009 | 9 Comments

Flickr photo: AgentAkit Everyone knows spotting an SFPD officer on Muni is rare, but now the department thinks it has a way to provide some accountability and track the number of officers who are actually riding the transit system: Translink cards. Tony Parra, the SFPD Deputy Chief and director of Security Enforcement for the MTA, […]

MTA Releases MOU with SFPD

By Bryan Goebel | Jun 12, 2009 | 8 Comments

A rare sighting of an SFPD officer on Muni. Flickr photo: moppet65535 More than a month after it was promised, the MTA has released a memorandum of understanding (PDF) with the San Francisco Police Department, an agreement that will give the transit agency and its chief Nat Ford control over SFPD officers who are supposed […]

Ingleside PD Crosswalk Sting Results in Numerous Tickets, Tows

By Matthew Roth | Jun 10, 2009 | 8 Comments

Lt. Jason Cherniss acts as a decoy in the crosswalk, waiting for drivers to yield, and pointing out those who don’t. Officers behind Lt. Cherniss are lined up to intercept scofflaws . Photos: Matthew Roth Ingleside Station’s new captain, David Lazar, has renewed stings on motorists who fail to yield to pedestrians at intersections and […]

New Ingleside Captain Gets Tough on Drivers Failing to Yield to Peds

By Matthew Roth | Jun 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

Flickr photo: myelectricsheep The Ingleside Police Station has a new captain and he’s out of the blocks with a very progressive pedestrian safety agenda. Captain David Lazar, who just assumed his post at the Ingleside Station on April 18th, will conduct a sting on motorists who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks at five […]

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