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.

Websites become tool for stopping veteran suicides

By sf-admin • Public Safety

At 5:49 p.m. on a January day, Pvt. Jordan DuBois posted on his Facebook page: “I’m goin to kill myself this is my last post … miss u all…”

11 years ago

AlertID Updated for San Francisco

By sf-admin • Public Safety

By: Prabhu Shanmukham Ganesh

In 2012, San Francisco witnessed a 7.5% increase in violent crimes and a staggering 18.3% increase in property crimes.

The SFPD is widely considered one of …
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12 years ago

It Could Happen to Us

By sf-admin • Public Safety

By: Phil Ting

After watching the devastating coverage of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, the NYT piece For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen Here was perhaps the eeriest …
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SFPD Joins The New Media Beat — It Gets Better

By sf-admin • Public Safety

The “It Gets Better” series is an example of the power of people-driven viral marketing. The community sees a problem. The community harnesses the powerful tools of new media to try and …
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Police Department Offers Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card For The Holidays

By sf-admin • Better Government, Public Safety

Once again this holiday season, the Santa Clara Police Department is offering local residents who are wanted on misdemeanor nonviolent offenses a way to avoid spending the holidays booked in jail. …
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13 years ago

Sheriff Uses 10,000 Facebook Fans To Solve A Crime

By sf-admin • Public Safety, Tech

We’ve written before about the power of social media especially in law enforcement. Across the country, innovative police departments are reimagining how technology can help them work faster and …
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