Early Intervention System 3rd Quarter 2025 Report

Preface

The San Francisco Police Department's Early Intervention System (EIS) is a structured system that identifies patterns of potential at-risk behaviors of individual SFPD members, including chronic exposure to stressful or critical situations that may cumulatively affect an officer's job performance. An EIS alert is generated when a member reaches a specific number of Indicator Points in a predefined time period. The alert generated by the EIS Unit should not be misconstrued as misconduct, but rather as an indication of a potential pattern of behavior or repeated exposure to job stress unique to sworn personnel. The intent of the system is to provide non-disciplinary intervention to assist our members in their professional development, ensure they are connected with resources and support, and enable them to provide the highest level of service to the public (outlined in DGO 3.19).

It is the policy of the Department to provide for the protection and confidentiality of peace officer personnel records under 832.7 PC. EIS records fall under this provision.

This report is produced on a quarterly basis by the EIS Unit. The report contains data regarding current EIS alerts and historical data for comparison.

While an officer's Use of Force (UOF) is one of several performance Indicator Points utilized by EIS, the EIS Quarterly Report is not a review of UOF. The data contained in the report has not undergone statistical analysis and is therefore presented prima facie, without conclusions. Any follow-up by supervisors, whether individually or through intervention, is meant to ensure that members are complying with Department policy and are connected with resources and support, with the intent of breaking a pattern of behavior. Additional data — such as number of calls for service, district demographics, and crime type information — is presented to provide context only. No correlations between the data and the EIS alert are explicitly made or should be inferred.