SFPD Rate Of Solving Crimes — Already Well Below National Average — Gets Worse

San Francisco CA

22 April, 2022

4:12 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local April 21, 2022 The San Francisco Police Department's crime clearance rates have dropped to its lowest level in a decade, spurring much lamentation at Wednesday night's Police Commission meeting. A February letter of inquiry from District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen to Police Chief Bill Scott was extensively discussed at the meeting. That letter expressed concerns that a "political rift" between the SFPD and the DA's office was "causing a deliberate work stoppage" by the police. Explanations from the chief of police and his colleague defending the department didn't appear to satisfy the three Board of Supervisors-appointed commissioners — the only ones who spoke during Wednesday evening's agenda item. The three mayoral appointees on the commission sat silent. 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.