Police Department, DA Agree To Extend Contentious Use-Of-Force Agreement

San Francisco CA

25 February, 2022

5:39 AM

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By Annika Hom, Mission Local February 23, 2022 The San Francisco Police Department and the District Attorney's Office have agreed to let a key police accountability agreement remain in place, for now. The Memorandum of Understanding allowing the DA's office to be the lead investigator on police use-of-force incidents was set to expire today. Without such an agreement in place, the police department could revert to conducting its own investigations, raising questions about oversight and accountability. The police department and the DA's office have fought openly about the Memorandum for weeks, with each side accusing the other of violating it. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.