The San Francisco Police Department, partnered with the Department of Public Health (DPH), provides members with intranasal applications of Naloxone Hydrochloride (Naloxone). Similar to Automated External Defibrillators, the program intends to provide first responders with another tool that may potentially save lives.

Effective immediately, members are authorized to personally serve all documents filed in or related to the City Attorney's lawsuits or actions related to criminal conduct. These documents might include, but are not limited to: Complaints, Summons, Orders to Show Cause, Temporary Restraining Orders, Preliminary Injunctions, and Permanent Injunctions.

Requests from the City Attorney's Office to serve documents related to lawsuits or actions filed in court are to be coordinated as follows

The City and County of San Francisco is committed to promoting and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment where every individual is treated with civility, dignity, and respect. To this end, it is the policy of the City to provide a workplace where each employee has the right to work in a positive, professional, and mutually respectful atmosphere free from Disrespectful Behavior.

The purpose of this notice is to advise Department members regarding the newly implemented Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA) Final Destination Policy.

It has been customary for ambulances to transport police custodies to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, (ZSFGH), for treatment and medical clearance. This process has now changed.

California Vehicle Code 17004. 7(b)(1) CVC mandates that peace officers receive annual training on pursuit driving and pursuit policy. Members will be assigned the Pursuit Policy Test 2023 in PowerDMS. This training shall be completed by Sunday, December 31, 2023.

The purpose of this directive is to announce the revision of Department General Order 5.01 Use of Force and Proper Control of a Person, adopted by the Police Commission on November 1, 2023. The Police Commission agreed to a 30-business day implementation period and therefore, members will be held accountable for this policy starting December 18, 2023.

The Department is required to comply with Assembly Bill 953 (AB953), the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA), which enacted Government Code section 12525.5, which mandates reportable stop information be collected. The SFPD collects this information via the Benchmark Stop Data System (BSDS).

The California Department of Justice and the RIPA Board, through a state level regulatory process, has enacted additional regulations that add and change data collection requirements. These changes will become effective January 1st 2024.

In keeping with the Department’s effort to be transparent with the community and employees of SFPD, the Internal Affairs Division has created a report titled “IAD Quarterly Report.”.

Among other data variables, the report includes the following:

The Department deploys Intoximeters Alco-Sensor IV, Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) devices to all district stations. Each district station will receive two PAS devices and one printer. Trained officers are only to use the PAS devices in the field.

The purpose of this notice is to inform members of the updated contact days and hours of the DEM/HSOC Dispatch Supervisor when engaging in a homeless enforcement action.

Background

On December 23, 2022, the United States District Court, Northern District of California, partially granted a preliminary injunction ("injunction") regarding the City's enforcement of some City ordinances and other laws pertaining to homeless encampments, (Case No. 22-cv- 05502-DMR).