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SFPD is not ignoring crime; they are vastly understaffed, as a result of London Breed's "defund the police" move in 2020. They do not have the resources to res

SFPD is not ignoring crime; they are vastly understaffed, as a result of London Breed's "defund the police" move in 2020. They do not have the resources to respond to all crime anymore. They have to do triage with the depleted resources they have available. They only have enough officers on duty to respond to the most serious violent crimes (and sometimes, not even that.) Everything else is tier 2.

Cenk 5y ago
The SFPD has not been “defunded”. > For the proposed 2021-22 budget, the San Francisco Police Department’s allocation will decrease by $6 million, from about $668 million to $661 million. Those cuts can nearly all be attributed to decreased demand for police at the airport. However, in the following fiscal year, the city projects the police budget will increase once again to $689 million. That’s close to the police budget’s all-time high of $692 million in FY 2019-20. By way of comparison, in FY 2010-11, the police budget weighed in at $445 million. https://www.sfweekly.com/news/is-san-francisco-re-funding-the-police/ https://www.sfweekly.com/news/is-san-francisco-re-funding-th...
- pjlegato 5y ago
  On the contrary; London Breed cut the SFPD budget by $120 million in 2020[1]. They are nearly 50% below "fully staffed" officer levels. Ask any SFPD officer about this, or call a station. They're generally happy to complain and tell you all about it. [1] https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/behind-london-breeds-defund-the-police-turnaround-in-san-francisco/ https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/behind-london-breeds-defund-th... and numerous other sources; Google it.
  - Cenk 5y ago
    No, that did not happen. Please read the link I posted.
jeffbee 5y ago
The sworn force level in SF is higher than in some recent years. The SFPD has gone on a tacit strike because they are a right-wing gang who are trying to overthrow the district attorney.
PenguinCoder 5y ago
> do not have the resources to respond to all crime anymore. This is bullshit. That's their job, to respond to crimes. What else are they doing with their resources?? They have resources enough to try to do the job, they just don't care enough to actually do it.
- pjlegato 5y ago
  If you have n officers working at a given time, and there are (some number larger than n) crimes happening in different locations, you can only physically respond to at most n of all the different crimes.

Cenk 5y ago

The SFPD has not been “defunded”. > For the proposed 2021-22 budget, the San Francisco Police Department’s allocation will decrease by $6 million, from about $668 million to $661 million. Those cuts can nearly all be attributed to decreased demand for police at the airport. However, in the following fiscal year, the city projects the police budget will increase once again to $689 million. That’s close to the police budget’s all-time high of $692 million in FY 2019-20. By way of comparison, in FY 2010-11, the police budget weighed in at $445 million. https://www.sfweekly.com/news/is-san-francisco-re-funding-the-police/ https://www.sfweekly.com/news/is-san-francisco-re-funding-th...

pjlegato 5y ago
On the contrary; London Breed cut the SFPD budget by $120 million in 2020[1]. They are nearly 50% below "fully staffed" officer levels. Ask any SFPD officer about this, or call a station. They're generally happy to complain and tell you all about it. [1] https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/behind-london-breeds-defund-the-police-turnaround-in-san-francisco/ https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/behind-london-breeds-defund-th... and numerous other sources; Google it.
- Cenk 5y ago
  No, that did not happen. Please read the link I posted.

jeffbee 5y ago

The sworn force level in SF is higher than in some recent years. The SFPD has gone on a tacit strike because they are a right-wing gang who are trying to overthrow the district attorney.

PenguinCoder 5y ago

> do not have the resources to respond to all crime anymore. This is bullshit. That's their job, to respond to crimes. What else are they doing with their resources?? They have resources enough to try to do the job, they just don't care enough to actually do it.

pjlegato 5y ago
If you have n officers working at a given time, and there are (some number larger than n) crimes happening in different locations, you can only physically respond to at most n of all the different crimes.