Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced a new public safety measure aimed at giving San Francisco police officers more tools to catch criminals.
SAN FRANCISCO â The ballot measure would give officers access to technology like drones, ease restrictions on police chases in the city and reduce paperwork requirements for officers.According to a press release from the mayor's office, the ordinance would additionally prevent 'the City's Police Commission from prioritizing ideology before community safety.
'People have always wondered, 'Why didn't police do this? Why didn't the police do that?' And it all goes back to many of these new, consistently changing, conflicting policies that have not helped with reforms,' said Breed.Mayor Breed plans to put this ordinance on the March 2024 ballot. It would need a simple majority to pass into law.
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