San Francisco's Mayor Daniel Lurie initiated the "Rebuilding the Ranks" plan to address staffing shortages in law enforcement. The Sheriff's Department reported success in hiring, with 96 new deputies in fiscal year 2024-2025 despite facing significant previous losses. Nevertheless, they remain short approximately 180 deputies, resulting in nearly $27 million billed for overtime. Recruitment challenges have persisted since 2020, alongside changing public perceptions of law enforcement following high-profile incidents.
"We want public safety to be paramount for people to know we are here for them, that we care about them, that their safety is number one," Assistant Sheriff Tanzanika Carter said.
In fiscal year 2021, the Sheriff's Department hired only 16 deputies while losing 46 to retirements or people simply changing career goals. Every year after that, the Sheriff's Department has had a net loss of deputies.
Despite the increase, they are still short about 180 deputies, forcing the department to incur massive amounts of overtime. Last year that department billed the city for nearly $27 million in overtime alone.
I definitely understand what it's like to be a Black person in this country, what it's like to be a woman in this country and one thing for me personally, I wanted to be the change that I wanted to see," said Deputy A. Williams.
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