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Crews to monitor SoMa fire scene for several days after five-alarm blaze
Firefighters are likely to continue tamping down a five-alarm fire in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for several days after it burned a half-dozen buildings Tuesday morning, fire...Read More
San Francisco swears in state’s first Asian American sheriff
San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto was sworn into office Wednesday becoming California’s first Asian American elected to the post of sheriff. Miyamoto, a San Francisco native, was sworn in...Read More
Defense seeks man’s release after deputies shot him, killed dog in ‘unusual’ arrest
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office will be requesting the release of a man currently being held in jail after a deputy-involved shooting Thursday. San Francisco Sheriff’s Department deputies...Read More
Department of Police Accountability takes over investigations of SF deputies
In an effort to increase accountability and transparency, the scandal-ridden San Francisco Sheriff’s Department will no longer investigate misconduct allegations made against their own deputies. Mayor London Breed and...Read More
Paul Miyamoto, SF chief deputy sheriff, announces run for top job
San Francisco Chief Deputy Sheriff Paul Miyamoto is officially part of the race to become The City’s next sheriff.Read More
Hearing scheduled for next month on alleged jailhouse abuse
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department on Thursday said an investigation into allegations of abuse at the hands of deputies at San Francisco jails is currently underway.Read More
Beatings, illegal strip searches continue at SF jails, says public defender
Several public defender clients say that they routinely suffer beatings and illegal strip searches at the hands of deputies.Read More
Deputy reassigned after gun stolen from car
A San Francisco sheriff's deputy has been reassigned after their service gun was stolen from their parked vehicle in Fairfield.Read More
Sheriff ‘very concerned’ over deputy’s stolen gun
San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy is "very concerned" that a deputy's service-issued firearm was stolen from their car last week in Pinole.Read More
SF implements jail reforms for trans inmates
As of Tuesday, the San Francisco Sheriff's Department has formally implemented new policies for inmates at city jails who identify as transgender, gender variant or non-binary, San Francisco Sheriff...Read More
Deputy’s conviction overturned in 2014 assault
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco reversed Deputy Michael Lewelling's 2015 conviction.Read More
SF deputy sheriff’s gun stolen from rental car
A San Francisco sheriff's deputy's gun was stolen from a parked rental car Sunday.Read More
DA Gascon speaks out against new jail
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon Tuesday spoke out against plans to build a new jail.Read More
SF deputies cleared for street patrols
San Francisco sheriff's deputies are now eligible to patrol city streets.Read More