"Lew is a 20-plus year veteran of the department. He joined the department in 2003 and served at Taraval Station covering the Westside. In 2006 he was nearly killed by a cousin of Mayor London Breed in Silver Terrace; Lew's partner then shot and killed Charles Breed, who had earlier allegedly shot and killed two people. Lew received a medal of valor for the incident."
"Lew received a medal of valor for the incident. Lew rose through the ranks and was put in charge of the city's drug enforcement through the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center. Earlier this year he, like Lurie and the former police chief, acknowledged that cracking down on drug activity was displacing people to other neighborhoods like the Mission."
"Joe was born in Sweden, where half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and then spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time at YIMBY Action and as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023. You can reach him on Signal @jrivanob.99."
Derrick Lew has been named chief of the San Francisco Police Department, succeeding interim chief Paul Yep and former longtime chief Bill Scott. Lew joined the department in 2003, served at Taraval Station on the Westside, and is a 20-plus-year veteran. In 2006 he was nearly killed by a cousin of Mayor London Breed in Silver Terrace; his partner shot and killed Charles Breed, who had earlier allegedly killed two people, and Lew received a medal of valor. Lew later rose through the ranks to lead the city's drug enforcement through the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center and acknowledged that crackdowns displaced people to other neighborhoods like the Mission.
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