Murders and Violent Crime in San Francisco
A 22-year-old employee was shot dead at a youth center in the Western Addition. Business communities beg the Board of Supervisors for better police protection, but the SFPD is already stretched too thin and is struggling to meet demands with an inadequate budget. Bystanders are shot on street corners. Retail businesses demand foot patrols. Tourists are robbed at gunpoint in daylight hours. Residential neighborhoods cry for community policing. Crack cocaine is sold on dozens of SF street corners by teenagers carrying loaded guns.
Introducing the San Francisco Police Department's Patrol Special Police
It is a proactive, decentralized approach to policing, designed to reduce crime, disorder, and the fear of crime while responding to explicit needs and demands of the community. This is the mission of the San Francisco Police Patrol Special Police in serving their beat community.
What is the Patrol Special Police?
The Patrol Special Police is a separately chartered law enforcement group that works under the supervision of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). Patrol Special Officers are appointed by the San Francisco Police Commission and are governed by rules and procedures set by the Commission. Patrol Officers wear uniforms approved by the Police Commission, carry a firearm and are entitled to use a two-way SFPD radio.
Qualification and Training Patrol Officers are trained at the San Francisco Police Academy, or the equivalent thereof, and have fulfilled requirements of the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training. They have also met the medical standards of the San Francisco Police Department and have passed an extensive police background investigation. In addition, Patrol Officers receive training on an annual basis from the San Francisco Police Department and qualify with firearms at the Police Department's range.
Services Provided by the SFPD Special Police
The SFPD Patrol Special Police provide police patrol services to individual businesses, private homeowners, and associations. Our primary role is that of Public Safety and Law Enforcement. Basic Patrol Service During hours of patrol, officers will make passing calls to check the interior and exterior of your property as well as the surrounding city streets and determine if all is well. Closing Service Officers conduct a complete and thorough search of the premises for fire, open windows and unlocked doors. The officer will stand by and assist in making sure all customers and/or employees have left the property and the premises are secure.
Alarm Response
As an additional service to your alarm system, Patrol Special Police Officers will respond to alarm calls usually within a few minutes and provide an on-scene and timely police presence.
Police Calls
During the hours of patrol, Patrol Special Police Officers will respond to your property in the event a police call occurs to assist in the protection of your property and, if necessary, will remain at that location until secured.
Escorts
Patrol Special Police Officers provide escort services for the transport of valuables, deposit of funds or other protective needs.
Contacting the SFPD Patrol Special Police
To learn how your business, neighborhood, event or property
can be protected by the SFPD Patrol Special Police:
call:
email:
can be protected by the SFPD Patrol Special Police:
call:
email:
Important Links:
San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer's Association
San Francisco Police Department
Peace Officer Standards and Training
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