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SFSU |
Officer injured after clash with protesters at SFSU Students are back in their dorms this morning under increased security after a group of trespassers tried to occupy a residence hall
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| May. 8 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland police chief steps down 
| Howard Jordan abruptly stepped down, citing an unspecified medical reason. He led the force for 19 months, a time of Occupy protests, budget cuts | |
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| Apr.15 |
San Francisco |
Bay Area cops on alert after Boston bombings | Around 3:21 p.m. the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management activated the Emergency Operations Center to Level Alpha | |
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| Mar.7 |
SJ Arena |
Friends, family remember fallen Santa Cruz officers Friends, family and co-workers gave a final salute to Det. Sgt. Butch Baker and Det. Elizabeth Butler were remembered in a memorial
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| Feb.13 |
Brentwood |
Police officer-owned homes burglarized, guns stolen |
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| Jan.25 |
SF City Hall |
Super Bowl security preparations under way in SF |
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| Jan.23 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland City Council votes to hire Bratton
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| Dec.30 |
Fremont |
Fremont police chief retires after 20 years |
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| Oct.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Officers disciplined in Occupy Oakland protests Oakland officials are accusing more than 40 police officers of committing misconduct during Occupy protests that turned violent
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| Sep.17 |
San Jose City Hall |
San Jose police chief announces his retirement
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| Sep.10 |
Napa |
Motorcade procession escorts fallen CHP officer
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| Aug.20 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland finds source of police radio problems |
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| Jul.31 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland mayor says police takeover won't happen |
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| Jul.20 |
San Francisco |
Police increasing security in around theaters
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| Mar.10 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley police chief's 'error in judgment' |
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| Feb.15 |
Oakland City Hall |
New police chief outlines his vision |
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| Feb.1 |
Oakland City Hall |
Jordan named Oakland police chief |
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| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Sheriff Mirkarimi sworn in under cloud
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| Dec.27 |
San Jose |
Police to stop responding to some alarms |
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| Nov.20 |
Oakland Downtown |
Police order new Occupy camp to dissolve |
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| Nov.14 |
Oakland Downtown |
Cops raid Occupy Oakland for second time 
About 1,000 protesters marched back to Frank Ogawa Plaza tonight, about 12 hours after police evicted the movement's tent city
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| Nov.11 |
Oakland Downtown |
Occupy protesters told they must leave |
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| Nov.10 |
Palo Alto |
Voters approve Measure D in Palo Alto |
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| Nov.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
Former PD chief speaks out on 'Occupy' |
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| Nov.4 |
Oakland Downtown |
2nd veteran injured in 'Occupy' violence
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| Oct.13 |
Oakland City Hall |
Howard Jordan sworn in as interim chief |
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Oakland City Hall |
Police chief resigning after 2 years
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| Oct.6 |
BART |
Report posted on investigations of police |
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| Aug.25 |
SF City Hall |
SFPD to act quicker at BART protests |
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| Jul.20 |
SF Bayview |
SF police chief shouted down at meeting
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SF Bayview |
Town hall meeting held with police |
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| Jun.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
Police lay off 67 cops due to budget cuts
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| May.4 |
San Ramon |
Officer arrested in task force probe Louis Lombardi has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a Northern California drug task force
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| Apr.26 |
SF City Hall |
Greg Suhr named new S.F. police chief Capt. Suhr, a 30-year veteran of the SFPD whose roller-coaster career has included an indictment, is Mayor Ed Lee's pick to be police chief
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| Feb.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
OPD Chief Batts to stay in Oakland |
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| Feb.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
Department veteran becomed police chief Chris Moore was City Manager Debra Figone's pick over Oakland Police Chief Batts. The City Council voted unanimously to approve Figone
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| Jan.22 |
San Jose |
City holds crime, gang prevention summit
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| Jan.17 |
San Jose City Hall |
Oakland chief finalist for top SJPD position |
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| Jan.9 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief named district attorney| George Gascon was sworn as San Francisco's new district attorney in what Mayor Gavin Newsom called his final mayoral act | |
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| Dec.18 |
BART |
State orders BART to reinstate officer |
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| Jul.26 |
San Jose City Hall |
Police Chief Announces Retirement |
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| Jul.13 |
Oakland City Hall |
80 cop layoffs to occur; No deal reached City officials and police union leaders were unsuccesful in their attempts to reach a last-minute agreement by a 5 p.m. deadline
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| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Talks In Final Hours Over Police Layoffs |
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| Jul.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police Chief Warns Of Impact Of Cuts |
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| Jun.25 |
Oakland City Hall |
City Council Votes To Lay Off 80 Cops The council voted 5-3 to eliminate the positions immediately and possibly up to 122 more in January if voters in November don't approve a new...
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| Jun.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
City Considers Losing Up To 200 Officers |
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| May.5 |
San Francisco |
Police To Shut Down Troubled Drug Lab San Francisco police said they have decided to shut down their troubled drug testing lab and outsource the work
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| Apr.22 |
BART |
BART Fires 2nd Officer In Grant Case
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| Jan.6 |
Oakland City Hall |
Response Criticized In OPD Tragedy
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| Dec.29 |
BART |
BART To Appoint Interim Police Chief |
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| Nov.26 |
Petaluma |
Lead Investigator In Polly Klaas Case Dies |
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| Oct.1 |
BART |
BART Promising Changes In Police Dept.
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| Aug.18 |
Oakland |
Report Critical Of BART Police In Shooting |
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Dellums Names New Oakland Police Chief |
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| Jul.29 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland Police Agree To Freeze Salaries |
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| Jul.28 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland, SF To Get Money For Police
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| Jun.10 |
Hayward |
City settles police sex bias lawsuit For $5M |
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| Apr.24 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police officers fired over search warrants |
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| Mar.27 |
Coliseum |
Mayor forgoes speech at officers' funeral Ron Dellums attended funeral for four slain city police officers, but did not speak at the request of at least one killed officer's family
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| Mar.23 |
Oakland City Hall |
Slain Officers Recalled As Proud Vets |
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| Mar.22 |
Oakland |
Schwarzenegger Shows Support For PD |
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| Feb.26 |
Alameda |
Police officer arrested |
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| Feb.18 |
BART |
State legislators introduce BART police bill |
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| Jan.28 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police Chief Blasts City Council, Resigns |
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| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Plans To Fire 11 Cops Accused Of Lying |
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| Jan.15 |
San Jose City Hall |
Two sue San Jose over drunk arrests |
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| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief to retire
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| Dec.17 |
San Jose City Hall |
City to pay $70K in Taser settlement |
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| Oct.31 |
Castro |
Police Presence Spooks Revelers
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| Aug.20 |
Oakland City Hall |
Six Sue Police Over Public Strip Searches |
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
CHP Begins Street Patrols With City Police
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| Mar.30 |
San Jose |
Latinos Concerned Over Police Arrests |
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| Jan.31 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor's aide resigns after affair| Alex Tourk is revealing he had knowledge about an affair that his wife had with Newsom. In the midst of an election year, Alex Tourk ha... | |
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| Jan.19 |
San Francisco |
Falun Gong Lunar New Year Show |
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| Dec.29 |
San Francisco |
Thousands Mourn Slain Police Officer |
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| Dec.12 |
Richmond |
6 Cops Accuse Chief Of Racism
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| Dec.1 |
Richmond |
Funeral Held For Slain Police Officer |
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| Nov.30 |
SF City Hall |
35 Officers Disciplined In Video Scandal Police Chief Fong announced that officers face disciplinary charges in connection to a series of controversial videos
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| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
Thousands Mourn For Fallen Officer |
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| May.18 |
San Jose |
Grand jury: city police intimidating citizens |
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| May.2 |
Treasure Island |
K-9 Unit Officer Dies In Training Exercise |
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| Mar.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
PD Reaches Tentative Labor Agreement |
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| Mar.13 |
Oakland |
Labor Stalemate Slows Crime Fight |
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| Feb.8 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Plans To Add Police Officers |
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| Feb.6 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief questions 'use of force' report Heather Fong called Chronicle's series 'irresponsible,' saying she is concerned about the report's accuracy
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| Jan.12 |
SJ Arena |
Thousands Pay Tribute to Slain Cop |
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| Jan.9 |
East Palo Alto |
Police Mourn Colleague's Death |
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| Dec.15 |
SF City Hall |
All Suspended SFPD Officers Reinstated |
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| Dec.13 |
SF City Hall |
8 video scandal officers returning to work |
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| Dec.9 |
SF City Hall |
Captain: I Did Not Participate In Video |
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San Francisco |
More Tapes in Police Scandal |
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| Dec.8 |
SF City Hall |
Police Officers Suspended Over Video
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| Dec.7 |
SF City Hall |
Video sparked investigation into SFPD | Video footage released by Newsom has sparked an investigation into allegations of racism, sexism and corruption. Mayor Newsom and Police Chief Fong showed and denounced several clips produced by members of SFPD. At least one officer has been suspen... | |
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| May.2 |
Lafayette |
Pittsburg Officer Eulogized as Hero |
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| Mar.21 |
Fremont |
Police begin new burglar alarm policy
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| Apr.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police officers denounce District Attorney |
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| Apr.12 |
SF City Hall |
Vet named department's first female chief
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| Mar.30 |
SF City Hall |
Former SFPD chief Fagan Sr. retires
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| Feb.19 |
SF City Hall |
Shakeup in SFPD command staff |
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| Feb.5 |
SF City Hall |
Former SFPD chief wants millions from city |
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| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor replaces police chief, names woman Newsom announced he had replaced Alex Fagan with a 26-year veteran, Assistant Chief Heather Fong, 47
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| Aug.27 |
SF City Hall |
Alex Fagan Sr. named chief of SFPD |
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| Aug.11 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief announces retirement |
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| Jul.4 |
San Francisco |
Investigation ordered into cop non-stop |
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| Jul.2 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief asks court to clear his name
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| Apr.7 |
West Oakland |
Police fire rubber bullets at anti-war rally Police were trying to clear protesters from an entrance to the docks. Several longshoremen were injured
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| Apr.4 |
San Francisco |
Judge drops charges against 5 officers
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| Mar.11 |
SF City Hall |
DA drops charges against police chief Terence Hallinan couldn't prove that Earl Sanders and his top assistant helped orchestrate a cover-up
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| Mar.3 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief takes medical leave |
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SF City Hall |
Fong in Line to Run SFPD |
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| Feb.28 |
SF City Hall |
Indicted Police Chief in Place for Now |
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SF City Hall |
Police chief indicted in cover-up of brawl Earl Sanders and 9 other policemen have been indicted in connection with a brawl between off-duty officers and a bartender
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| Feb.19 |
Oakland City Hall |
$11 million to settle Riders suits |
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| Nov.21 |
SF City Hall |
3 off-duty S.F. cops probed in beating
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| Nov.6 |
Oakland |
Measure for more police passed
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| Jul.11 |
SF City Hall |
Earl Sanders Nominated as Police Chief
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| Jun.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief announces retirement |
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| May.20 |
SF City Hall |
Supervisors take on police issues |
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| Sep.22 |
Oakland |
4 police officers under investigation 'Riders' accused of falsifying documents, beating suspects, mishandling evidence
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| Feb.9 |
Fruitvale |
Twin brothers shot to death |
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