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1 week agoSFPD Royally Pisses Off Other Police Departments With Hiring Billboard Right In Their Parking Lots
The SFPD is making no friends among the top brass of other Bay Area police departments, with their LED mobile billboard going right into other departments' parking lots offering their cops higher pay to jump ship. The San Francisco Police Department has been complaining for years that they are short-staffed. But staffing shortages are hobbling police departments all over the Bay Area, and really, across the entire country. The SFPD decided to get cute this week in a move to recruit more officers, and in doing so, has other Bay Area police departments pretty outraged.
San Francisco
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks agoEx-FBI agent, USC security expert to step down from L.A. Police Commission
Erroll Southers confirmed his plans to resign through a spokesperson on Friday, ending a stormy two-year tenure on the influential civilian panel that watches over the LAPD. The spokesperson said that Southers, 68, wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue other professional opportunities - something that wasn't always allowed by the demands of serving as a commissioner.
Los Angeles
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month agoOakland Police Department reassigns traffic enforcement to patrols due to staffing shortage
At a police commission meeting last month, leaders warned this would be the necessary course of action. "We have to be able to answer 911 calls. That's the bare minimum. Everything else is a luxury. We don't like it. I'll tell you right now, the chief is not happy that he has to do it. We have to do this," said Deputy Chief Lisa Ausmus.
California
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