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.

Offensive SFPD Text Messages Could Lead to Criminal Cases Being Thrown Out

By sf-admin • Better Government, News, Public Safety

Via Bay City News

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi estimates as many as 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed following the racist and homophobic text messages allegedly sent by …
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9 years ago

Bay Area Law Enforcement Leaders Call for Rebuilding of Community Trust

By sf-admin • News, Public Safety

The acting head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division told a conference of Bay Area law enforcement leaders today that the agency’s report on illegal police conduct in …
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9 years ago

‘Operation Onymous’: The FBI’s War on Online Black Markets

By sf-admin • News, Public Safety

Blake Benthall, 26, an alleged operator of “Silk Road 2.0,” operating under the pseudonym “defcon” was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday in San Francisco. The Silk Road was an …
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10 years ago

Resilience Is A Team Sport

By sf-admin • Public Safety, Tech

By: Jenny Gottstein

In 1989, my father was at Candlestick Park watching the World Series when Loma Prieta struck. He joined others in the streets to direct cars as San …
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10 years ago

California’s Drought May Increase Earthquake Risk

By sf-admin • Environment, Public Safety

Most of us probably didn’t feel the 4.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of southern Oregon Friday morning, but even the smallest quakes serve as a reminder to many of …
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10 years ago

Ting Helps California Cities Build Safer, Better Bikeways

By sf-admin • Public Safety, Transportation

We’re proud to say that Reset San Francisco Founder Phil Ting’s AB 1193 was signed by Governor Brown, giving cities the ability to build safer, better bikeways.

AB 1193 …
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