It was reported that the cabbie and the licensed firearm holder accused each other of driving badly. “We are continuing our investigations around that so we can bring it to the clerk of courts for advice on how we can best proceed,” Superintendent Nesbeth told OBSERVER ONLINE. Head of the St Andrew Central Police Division, Senior Superintendent Marlon Nesbeth, said police are looking at the best way to proceed. The shooting happened during a confrontation between the cabbie and another motorist, said to be a licensed firearm holder.
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Legislative changes would also require the board's support.Police will be speaking with the clerk of courts as they continue to probe a shooting incident that occurred in Liguanea, St Andrew last week.Ī taxi driver and a woman were shot and injured during the incident. “We heard a lot of commitments, and now we have to make sure they happen.”īreed said she would ask the Board of Supervisors for more money to pay for police overtime and to increase the department's budget.
“I'm glad the mayor's coming out like this, but it's really actions speak louder than words,” he said. At the same time, he has heard the mayor's promises before and seen little concrete action. "It seems like we're doing the same dance over and over and expecting different results."īut Randy Shaw, executive director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which provides legal services and housing to low-income people, said more police patrols would deter dealers and make the neighborhood safer for residents. “The situation in the Tenderloin isn't ultimately going to be solved through more policing,” he said. He said the city should open a supervised drug consumption site and act to treat addiction rather than using methods that will shove dealing into other neighborhoods. John Hamasaki, a San Francisco police commissioner and defense lawyer who is highly critical of extra policing and surveillance, said Tuesday that taxpayer money is better spent on services, treatment and housing. Some cities where there were calls to defund the police, including Portland, Oregon, have moved in recent months to bolster police budgets. Similar debates are taking place across the country in liberal cities where the murder of George Floyd led to a surge of progressive activism that included calls to rethink the way cities deal with crime.
Increased enforcement, they say, only ends up harming the most vulnerable without improving public safety. They are also upset that San Francisco public schools spent much of last year teaching remotely while neighboring districts and private schools within the city provided in-class instruction.Ĭriminal justice advocates in favor of less incarceration say the media has been drumming up fear in a city where overall crime rates have declined in recent years. They said despite San Francisco's wealth, city officials are not doing enough to keep streets cleared of human feces and trash, provide housing to people experiencing homelessness, and deter drug dealers. The announcement follows a meeting the mayor had last week with Tenderloin families, as well as a report by The Associated Press describing the frustrations of some residents who say the city is in decline. “We are past the point where what we see is even remotely acceptable.” “What I'm proposing today, and what I will be proposing in the future will make a lot of people uncomfortable, and I don't care,” said Breed, a Democrat. The neighborhood contains several government buildings, including City Hall. She also announced the use of emergency powers to improve safety in the Tenderloin, one of the poorest and most drug-infested neighborhoods in San Francisco, where parents have pleaded for protection from drug dealers and violent street behavior. Mayor London Breed said at a news conference attended by her police chief and other public safety personnel that she would introduce legislation to allow law enforcement real-time access to surveillance video in certain situations and to make it harder for people to sell stolen goods. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco's mayor announced Tuesday even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use, brazen home break-ins and other criminal behavior that she says have made a mockery of the city's famed tolerance and compassion. San Francisco's mayor has announced even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use and brazen home break-ins that she says have made a mockery of the city's famed tolerance and compassion
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