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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2015

SF Police Chief Asks for Firing of 7 Officers in Texting Scandal

San Francisco PD's Chief Suhr announced he will ask the San Francisco police commission to terminate seven officers for sending, or responding to homophobic text messages. He will ask them to look at the actions of six others, as well. One police officer has already resigned.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2015

San Francisco Officers Face Termination Over Racist and Homophobic Texts

San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr was contrite Thursday about the racist text messages sent by officers during remarks to the Board of Supervisors’ public safety committee and said “there will be more than a few officers” referred for termination.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2015

San Francisco Meeting Over OIS Shut Down by Protesters

Protesters repeatedly shouted down San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr Monday night at a public meeting as he tried to explain why his officers shot and killed a 24-year-old woman last Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2015

Supreme Court Considers Impact of Disability Law on Police

The justices heard arguments in a dispute over how San Francisco police in 2008 dealt with a woman with schizophrenia who had threatened to kill her social worker. Police ultimately forced their way into Teresa Sheehan's room at a group home, then shot her after she came at them with a knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2015

2015 IACP/Cisco Systems Community Policing Awards Call for Entries

For the 17th year, the IACP/Cisco Systems Community Policing Awards will recognize and pay tribute to departments worldwide that have collaborated with their communities to bring about change, address crime and terrorism, and make their communities and nations a safer place to live, work, and play.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2014

Man Tries to Rob Off-Duty California Officer, Gets Shot

An attempted robbery suspect was shot by an off-duty San Francisco police officer in the city's Lower Nob Hill neighborhood Wednesday morning, a police spokeswoman said.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 6, 2014

2014 IACP Community Policing Award Winners, Finalists Announced

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) today announced that 10 agencies have been selected to receive the 2014 IACP and Cisco Systems Community Policing Award. The award, in its 17th year, recognizes outstanding community policing initiatives by law enforcement agencies worldwide.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 22, 2014

California Man Arrested for Impersonating Officer, Sexually Assaulting Immigrant Men

"Saying that he was a police officer and then taking them to his residence where he would commit sexual assaults on the victims," said San Francisco Police Department spokesman Officer Albie Esparza.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2014

FBI Hunts Domestic Terror Suspect in Hawaii

FBI agents are hunting for Daniel Andreas San Diego on the state’s Big Island after receiving “credible intelligence” that he might be there, the FBI office in San Francisco announced Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2014

Injured S.F. Officer May Have Been Shot by Partner

San Francisco police were investigating Monday whether an officer wounded in the city's Mission District was shot by a suspect or by his partner, who had fired at the suspect, officials said.

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