Public Safety

We are fortunate that San Francisco is on pace to record the lowest number of homicides since 1954, and violent crimes are on a decline. But we all agree – we still have a long way to go to make every San Francisco neighborhood safe. There are still San Francisco neighborhoods and transit lines where crime is unacceptably high.With 95% of homicide victims under the age of 25 or high school dropouts, how can we make our schools better and safer so young people stay in school and out of trouble? How can we use new technology without losing our privacy rights? How can we put more police on the streets without putting more politics into public safety? Hard questions. But resetting San Francisco public safety means finding the best answers.

Medical Data Can Make San Francisco Streets Safer

By sf-admin • Better Government, Public Safety

Research shows that cars hit two to three people every day on San Francisco’s streets –that’s more than 800 pedestrian crashes a year.

According to San Francisco General Hospital trauma …
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13 years ago

Using Gamification to Teach Safety and Disaster Preparedness – And Kill Some Zombies

By sf-admin • Public Safety, Tech

By: Jade Durkee

So the BIG ONE, that fabled earthquake that will rip California from the rest of the country and set it adrift, is supposed to happen …
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13 years ago

Time for San Francisco to retrofit our public safety strategies?

By sf-admin • Public Safety

Japan’s devastating March earthquake was an eerie experience for many San Franciscans. In the wake of that tragedy, we couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened had a quake …
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14 years ago

Major Online Security Breach at SFPUC?

By sf-admin • Public Safety

CNET has broken the news of a potentially major online security breach at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission – the City of San Francisco’s water and power agency.

According …
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14 years ago

SFFire – Vital App Save Lives

By sf-admin • Public Safety

Did you know that the survival rate of cardiac arrests was only 10% in San Francisco in 2010? That’s why Government 2.0 thought leaders, like Adriel Hampton, united last week …
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