I am pleased to announce the following members will be promoted effective September 2, 2023.

CAPTAIN

Peter Shields 
Hector Jusino Jr.
Noah Mallinger
Scott Biggs
Carlos Gutierrez
Amy Hurwitz
Robert Kobold
Ja Han Kim
Liza Johansen

Congratulations to the above members for their outstanding achievement.

/s/
WILLIAM SCOTT 
Chief of Police

The San Francisco Police Department is certifying our members in multiple languages. Members who can proficiently speak, read, or write in other language(s) are encouraged to become certified. Upon certification, members can interpret and translate based on their level of proficiency. Upon successful certification members are eligible for bilingual compensation.

Sworn members and non-sworn members who wish to take the examination shall schedule themselves for a bilingual exam: redacted

I am pleased to announce the following promotion effective Tuesday, August 1, 2023.

Gaetano Caltagirone 
Commander
 Administration Bureau

Congratulations for your outstanding achievement.

/s/
WILLIAM SCOTT 
Chief of Police

SFPD 491 Request for Incident Report form and SFPD 591 Request for Incident Report: Family Code § 6228 form has been revised, removing the requirement for a self-addressed stamped envelope when requesting an incident report via U.S. Mail.

The forms have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Tagalog. Members shall immediately begin use of the revised forms dated 07/23 and recycle outdated forms. Copies of the revised forms are attached to this notice and can be located in the SFPD Forms folder and in PowerDMS.

/s/
WILLIAM SCOTT 
Chief of Police

The purpose of this directive is to announce the new Department General Order 11.13, Directed and Recommended Referrals to the SFPD Behavioral Science Unit, adopted by the Police Commission on July 12, 2023.

This Department General Order was created to provide supervisors with a mechanism to help employees get assistance that they may not recognize they need. Specifically, this policy provides supervisors with guidance on when and how to make a referral to the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU).

For members who utilize COPLINK X, it is now Crime Tracer. The search technology remains the same, but the product name changed as part of the company’s rebranding. The San Francisco Police Department has approved all sworn members to use Crime Tracer. Crime Tracer is an intuitive and powerful search engine, purpose-built for law enforcement, ensuring that everyone from patrol, analysts and investigators have the information they need, when they need it.

I am pleased to announce the following promotions:

Effective July 1, 2023 

Denise M. Flaherty, Assistant Chief 
Peter D. Walsh, Deputy Chief 

Effective July 8, 2023

Julian W. Ng, Deputy Chief 
Derrick R. Jackson, Commander 
Derrick J. Lew, Commander

January 2020 marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic which reshaped every aspect of our day-to-day lives. As essential workers and first responders, members of the San Francisco Police Department continued to serve and protect their community despite the incredible challenges to keep our community safe regardless of the heightened risk of exposure and the uncertainty of the time.

This order seeks to establish a written policy for SFPD members wearing laser protective eyewear and to provide direction on the use of such eye protection.

With civil unrest throughout the nation the deployment of laser devices has been used as a new tactic to injure officers by impairing their vision. Accordingly, to maintain a high standard of officer safety the Department will issue laser protective eyewear to officers. The laser eye protection kit includes a frame, a case, as well as a clear lens, a smoke lens, and a laser protective Iens.

The Superior Court has revised its policies and procedures associated with the release of criminal defendants on their own recognizance (OR) with electronic monitoring (EM) as a condition of release.