(BCN) – San Francisco mayor Daniel Laurie issued an executive directive on Tuesday aimed at addressing the city’s public safety team deficit.
The “Rock Reintegration” includes short -term strategies to fill the gap immediately, such as recently allowing retired officers to return to work, as well as long -term strategies including promoting marketing, cutting bureaucratic red strip in the recruitment process, and investigating additional abuse of additional leave and pathological leave.
Lori discussed the plan at a press conference on Tuesday at the SFPD headquarters, joined by police chief Bill Scott, Sherif Paul Miamoto, and supervisors of Bilal Mahmoud, Danny Souter, Matt Dorsi, Joel Ingredio, and Stephen Sherrill who came to show their support.
SFPD has a fixed decrease in the number of police officers in the oath since 2020. In 2024, there were 1,475 full service officers throughout the city, according to the police department’s recent proposal for the fiscal year budget 2026 and 2027.
Lori said: “At the present time, there is in San Francisco less than 1500 police officers in full service, or more than 500 below the recommended recruitment level,” Lori said. “The Short Office of nearly 200 deputies. This means less than the officers and deputies who walk our neighborhoods and times of slower response and increasing dependence on the additional and non -sustainable additional work.”
To compensate for the lack of employment, SFPD resorted to increasing additional work. Only last week, the Council of Supervisors approved 91 million dollars to cover the costs of additional work for each of the police and police departments.
“We were living in additional time, and this is not sustainable,” Scott said at the press conference. “We are lucky because we have the extra time and that the council and the mayor gave us this funding to fill the gaps, but we know that this is not a sustainable model.”
One aspect of the executive guidance includes the investigation of employment practices related to additional work and satisfactory leave in the next six months after the last audit of the city’s budget, and the Legislative Analysis Office found “violations of the limits of additional work and excessive use of additional work” since 2019.
He revealed that 12 % of the officers who worked in additional time represent nearly a third of the additional spending of the administration during the fiscal year 2022-2023. It also found a possible abuse of pathological vacations, as some officers contacted patients, but instead they work in special security attacks.
Supervisor Jackie Viller, who voted against approval of $ 91 million in additional support, said she will remain on the top of Lori promises with an investigation into SFPD employment practices.
“I will continue to ensure that the report leads to real action to serve San Franciscan, who are the ones who bear this burden more than others.”
Part of Lori will recently allow retired police officers to work patrol roles and investigation, especially special events such as marches and large gatherings. The retired honorable deputies will have the opportunity to return to full -time work. Both officers and deputies who return to work will be able to obtain a regular salary without losing their pensions.
Scott said: “All retirees, listen to me clearly.” “You will not have to abandon your pensions. You can come and work, help in safety in this city and you still earn a little money on the side and help in our publishing mode.”
The use of technology to simplify the recruitment process, its shortening, expand the range of employment, and invest in performance -based marketing strategies, is some of the repairs that Lurie will employ to attract new officers.
On Monday, 55 new recruits began training the Police Academy. Scott was also divided into five side officers to the section on Monday.
“It is a truly exciting time,” Scott said. “We have a really good momentum in this section, and we plan to continue this.”
The executive guidance comes one week after the police chief announced his departure from SFPD after spending eight years. Paul yes, the former SFPD commander appointed by Lori as head of public safety earlier this year, will be a temporary police chief.
Scott said that the move of the city’s leaders and Lori’s reforms makes it perfect time to join the SFPD.
“This city, with the leadership of this mayor, has a special opportunity to move in ways that most cities cannot.” “It’s a great environment now for a police in San Francisco.”
Miamoto praised the executive guidance, expressing optimism that Lori’s reforms will bring significant improvements to public safety employees.
“This executive matter is not only important, but it is very important. It will help us reduce additional work, exhaustion, exhaustion and accumulation in the streets, in prisons, and in the courts.” “It will help to ensure justice, that people be safe, and that San Francisco is a better society.”
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