Outgoing Police Commissioner Questions City's Commitment To Police Reform

San Francisco CA

11 March, 2022

5:18 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local March 9, 2022 Two days after blasting the police department and City Hall for their unwillingness to change SFPD's "culture of corruption and brutality," outgoing police commissioner John Hamasaki questioned the oversight board's commitment to carrying out reforms. Changing the police department's culture requires "a strong chief and a strong commission," Hamasaki told Mission Local in an interview Wednesday. "I'm not sure where we are on that right now." In a blistering Twitter thread, Hamasaki, a criminal defense lawyer, announced on Monday that he would not seek a second term on the police commission, saying that he had "lost any hope I had for SFPD." 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.