San Francisco leaders in heated debate over plan to fund new police recruits

City leaders are in a heated battle in San Francisco over a plan to fund new police recruits and fully staff SFPD. Thom Jensen reports.

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[shadowqueen]

More police doesn't change ANYTHING if the Attorney General keeps letting criminals go

[Samuelamnuelgreeneggshamuel]

They need to stop paying these dope heads $600 a month on cash aid and use it for the police force.

[BambooCharcoal]

Defund SF Supervisors NOW… they do nothing… Do nothing complainers

[RoofedAsian]

Defund the nonprofits for the homeless

[.Survivor]

You could have 5, 000 officers, but that won't matter when SF DA's just let criminals go.

[beelikemizu]

They need an audit... Where did all that tax money go they had for the year? I bet there's BS spending they could find, if they looked that is, that's funneling money to friends & family in pet projects. Like most big cities, always straight to increasing taxes instead of balancing a budget and reallocating funds SMFH

[raygordon]

This is coming from someone high up in the Department. It's not the number of Cops we have on the streets. It's the number of criminals let go with court dates or ankle monitors by the courts.

[CannonBlakeHinnant]

Over 1200 applicants and 300 have no arrest but only hired 15-20 and I only 1-2 females, which means 90 percent with no criminal records are not good enough for SFPD. The eligibility list is public info and you can see the names of the 300. They come out with approx 100 on each list each month and hire from a pool of 3 month back log.

[mrm]

You can have a cop at every house in San Francisco and the crime will still be the same if not even more. It's not that hiring more calm. These people have just can't realize that we just have a culture that creates criminal sympathizers that allow crime to go without the accountability. No consequences

[chefjameso]

we can’t wait 5 years !
we need more officers now

[BajatheChickenMan]

This is gonna be great, SF did this to themselves and i enjoying watching the free fall. Buckle up everyone!

[ericwadebrown]

It doesn't take more tax dollars. Just use the money being wasted on the homeless addicts.

[oliverseamus]

These defund the police fools are now crying for more cops and taxes. Zero sympathy

[giftedgreen]

Did you think socialism was going to be fun?

[chinobandito]

Someone should be investigating where all that money from defunding the police has gone to. Because it clearly hasnt been used to help the homeless or treat drug addicts.

[johnf]

So they went from defund to please come back. Why would any young person want to work there?

[TickTock-joto]

Without safety, there's no prosperity. Bye bye SF.

[dtsh]

Isn’t property tax supposed to pay for police? That Ahsha council man sounds funny when he talks fiscal responsibility 🤣

[johnmanzo]

Return the funds from the groups that gained from defunding the police… Just return it.

[thomascrimlisk]

Don't we have 2 million Illegal immigration in this state ?
I wonder how many cops we would need to get them all out no point in more government employees when they don't inforce the the laws on the book and only keep the rich parts of SF safe ect