San Francisco is seeing it's highest police academy recruits since the pandemic

Freshly enlisted cadets are aiding the city in achieving its objective of surpassing 500 police officers required to fulfill the demands of the city.

[alihakimi]

Crime can’t be up because you can do anything you want in SF without enforcement

[arxligion]

arrests don't matter if arrested individuals aren't prosecuted!

[Dizz-vddf]

$112k salary and they're spending times in restaurants ($$-$$$). No more donuts. Easy job when you can ignor petty crimes. I just witness 2 juvenile girls at Walgreens ran with X numbers of merchandises. They were fast and the Walgreens clerk couldn't do a thing. Sad day, hope this Walgreens stay open.

[JUSTDixonInc]

In order to give this police department a fighting chance of really making a dent in crime is to properly empower them to be able to hold the criminals accountable.
The way we do that is to start voting differently at the Local level and get these sorry people out of office like mayor London Breed and mayor Sheng Thao across the way.
These women are running the Bay Area into the Ground smh 🤦🏾‍♂️
They need to get booted and get back underneath the covering of a man.

[peterbedford]

Here's a thought, actually do some journalism and report to us how the crime statistics are collected and calculated.

[malin]

It means nothing to the SF residences unless the crimes are under control. Robberies are still taking place daily in the Mission area. According to the report, the crimes are being committed within 6-7 blocks in the same neighborhood on a daly basic. SFPD needs to step up and arrest these robbers instead of ignoring them.

[redjetsen]

It's the district attorney that needs to change

[oscarsmith]

I’m going to take a wild guess here, so defunding the police was just a political slogan. Hopefully the slogan made liberals feel better.

[victor]

What ever happened to defunding the Police? 😂😂

[curiouspeople]

112k a year that is more than teachers earn in those areas

[Zuckerpuppekopf]

Overall Crime rates:
San Francisco > Oakland > Sacramento > Stockton
6700/100K > 6459/100K > 4, 400/100K > 4259/100K
Google it. Oakland and Stockton have higher rates of violent crime, but most of that is gang on gang crime. Realistically, Stockton could be listed as the safer large city in the region you go to to get away from crime.

[DevilDogDen]

Not everyone who graduates is going to make it past probation, and by looking at some of these recruits, the physical fitness standards are obviously very lax. Obese public employees are a huge burden on the tax base because of medical issues. Not to mention the fact that many probationary officers might decide that this isn't for them, etc... So, high academy numbers don't automatically translate into officers on the street. Add to that the stupidly high cost of living in the Bay Area.... Another exercise in futility.... And a HUGE WASTE of taxpayer dollars....

[kclefthanded]

About time but I hope it's not too late

[comeconcon]

Frisco is not alone. other major cities in U.S. are going thru the same problem.

[AATT]

Just send them to Oakland so they can practice on real training day. Lol.

[jazzbeaux]

Where are the members of the apostrophe patrol when you need them?

[JoeKo-wp]

Vote out Breed and all the progressives.

[bigbluemsp]

Good luck trying to actually do your job. They won't let you, and if you do, you'll be tossed under the bus.

[GaryDelabate]

Big deal. London Breed or Newsom wont let them do the job right anyway. Frisco is toast.

[ll]

REMEBER WHEN SHE DEFUNDED THE POLICE?! 🤡